People often ask how scientists and artists working to reconstruct the past seem to be able to make such bold claims about how peoople...

So what's the point of studying the past? It seemed a harsh question from the lips of those wondering how a 'dead' subject could lead to...

I've been doing a spot of writing again (you never know, one day I might finish that novel) and in the process of describing a place in...

I was intrigued by some comments in the current (Jan 2015) National Geographic in the editorial feature 'looking ahead.' A series of...

Over the past couple of years I've been aware in a change in my thinking about the world. I've loved the details of nature since...

It is somehow impossible for the human mind to take in that over a million years seperates this Sea Potato shell found on Scottish...

Deep Time is a term coined by John McPhee in the 1980's built upon ideas geologists had been discussing since the 18thC. In essence, Deep...

Welcome to the all new Scipio Designs on-line portfolio! If you like my work or have any comments I'd love to hear from you. I'm open...