Just published yesterday! DOI: 10.3390/w18060659

Here is our paper published TODAY on vertebrate origins: Early vertebrate biomineralization and eye structure determined by synchrotron X-ray analyses of Silurian jawless fish royalsocietypublishing.org/r…

I'm fundraising for The Royal British Legion. Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/roy-woge…

Trump is also an inciter of racial hatred and a narcissist. Vote Harris/Walz and respect yourself. Not one of your children will thank you for four more years of the orange buffoon.

I can understand why people might want to change traditional party politics, but Trump and his ilk are NOT the change America needs. I urge all of you to Dump Trump. He is: an insurrectionist, liar, abuser of women, cheat, corrupt, a bully, lazy, and incompetent. (see next)

I just sent in my overseas ballot paper, proud to exercise my right and duty as a US citizen. Tracked delivery cost me £11, that's about $14. For all of you who can vote without spending a penny: GO VOTE on ELECTION DAY! (see next post)

Vindication for Robert at last. Palaeontologist cleared of fabricating data in dino-killing asteroid paper manchester.ac.uk/discover/ne…

Today was a good day. "I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious." ~ Vince Lombardi

My artistic daughter has a cartoon avatar of me - Mr. Particle. Here is her sketch of congratulation.

28 years at the University of Manchester. 51 years since I started working. On September 20th (my 66th birthday), I finally retired. New title: Emeritus Professor of Geochemistry. I'll carry on working with colleagues, but no more management quicksand.

The Catalpas are in full bloom in Fog Lane Park. They're old friends from North America, and for two weeks each summer explode with loveliness.