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Pass notes No 2,682: Tyrannosaurus Rex
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
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Is our image of the prehistoric predator a little wide of the mark? Age: 68m years, give or take. Appearance: Does just what it says on the etymological tin – it looks like a tyrant lizard king. I know the one – huge legs, massive tail, mighty jaws, weirdly tiny and endearing arms waggling about at the ...7 hours ago -
New Dinosaur Extinction Theories
Texas Tech Today —
Authority: 445
Dr. Sankar Chatterjee of Texas Tech University has found a crater in India that is far bigger than the one in Mexico. Reporting on the find, The Economist (October 24, 2009) says Chatterjee’s crater “is 500 kilometres across. The explosion that caused it may have been 100 times the size of the one that created ...10 hours ago -
Oscar 2010: Animated Feature Semi-Finalists
Alternative Film Guide —
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Up by Pete Docter (top); A Town Called Panic by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar (middle); Fantastic Mr. Fox by Wes Anderson (bottom)Twenty features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 2010 Academy Awards. They are:Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Astro Boy ...11 hours ago -
Dinosaur discovery may help to explain why creatures grew so big
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
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A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200m years ago may help to explain how the creatures evolved into the largest animals on land, scientists in South Africa said today. Aardonyx celestae was a 23ft-long (7m) small-headed herbivore with a huge barrel of a chest. It walked on its hind ...11 hours ago -
Biomechanics of Running Indicates Endothermy in Bipedal Dinosaurs – PLoS ONE
Anthropology.net —
Authority: 551
Although the linked paper doesn’t specifically address issues of anthropology, it’s nevertheless worth checking this to see how the researchers reached the conclusion that the amount of energy required for running meant that the two-legged dinosaurs studied would have required far more than a cold-blooded ...12 hours ago -
Bones Show Biggest Dinosaurs Had Hot Blood
Wired Science —
Authority: 770
The infamous T-Rex may have been a cold-blooded killer, but new evidence suggests he probably had warm blood. Paleontologists have debated the issue of dinosaur metabolism for decades: Did those ancient, lumbering beasts adjust their body thermostat based on the outside temperature, like today’s reptiles and ...14 hours ago -
Warm-blooded Dinosaurs Worked Up A Sweat
Impact Lab —
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Schematic diagram to show how the mechanical advantage and active muscle volume in the dinosaur hind limb were reconstructed.Were dinosaurs “warm-blooded” like present-day mammals and birds, or “cold-blooded” like present day lizards? The implications of this simple-sounding question go beyond deciding whether ...14 hours ago -
Images of the New Sauropodomorph
Discovery News - Technology —
Authority: 736
At Discovery News this week you can read about a new dinosaur from South Africa that lies at the heart of the sauropodomorph to sauropod transition. It helps to reveal how plant-eating dinosaurs became the worlds largest known animals and ...15 hours ago -
Veterans Day: American soldiers versus Dinosaurs
Once Upon a Geek —
Authority: 491
I did this same post last year for Veterans Day, but I thought it was worthy of repeating. In honor of Veterans Day, I thought I would post some of my favorite covers from the comic book ‘Star Spangled War Stories’. These all feature ‘The War That Time Forgot’ as the lead story. American soldiers versus ...20 hours ago -
Murphy’s law is void of a time vector!
Fire Earth —
Authority: 433
Nature Defaults on Hydroelectric SupplyLocalize or face the consequences: Brazil Power failure plunges its largest cities into darknessThe US, EU countries, China, Japan and other energy dinosaurs WILL experience similar disruptions…Another Warning Shot by Nature: Your systems are too inflexibleBanking on the good ...20 hours ago -
Major Blackout Plunges Brazil into Darkness
EDRO —
Authority: 98
Another Warning Shot by Nature Power failure in Brazil plunges its two largest cities into darkness Tens of millions of people sat at home by candlelight as police urged then not to venture outside to prevent an upsurge in street crime . A major power failure brought chaos to Brazil’s two largest ...21 hours ago -
MSP#150: Yeah, we can’t believe it either…
Major Spoilers —
Authority: 539
In this issue: News is discussed, comics are reviewed, a poll is taken, and listeners call in, during the live recording of the 150th issue of the Major Spoilers Podcast!Direct DownloadSubscribe via iTunesRSS FeedPodcast AlleyShow Notes after the Jump!NEWSThoughts on that Batman and Robin #6 CoverLinkageWho is Norman ...1 day ago -
Say hello to Aardonyx
Dave Hone's Archosaur Musings —
Authority: 125
The skull of Aardonyx, courtesy Adam Yates. Hopefully you have now said you ‘hellos’ so we can actually talk about the animal. Published today, Aardonyx was described by a team led by Adam Yates of Dracovenator fame. The beast in question is a new sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Early Jurassic of South ...1 day ago -
Study suggests dinosaurs were warm-blooded and nimble
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 982
A new study of their skeletons suggests dinosaurs like T rex were nimble, warm-blooded creatures Tyrannosaurus rex was an athletic, warm-blooded animal that jogged rather than lumbered around its territory, according to a new study. Researchers led by Herman Pontzer at the University of Washington, St Louis, ...1 day ago -
Feathered Dinos Tube (Safari Ltd)
The Dinosaur Toy Blog —
Authority: 116
Safari Ltd have produced several tubes (‘Toobs’) which contain a diverse selection of mini-dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. These tubes are a great choice for the indecisive amongst us – why pick one single large dinosaur when you can get an entire tube of small dinos for the same price!? The American ...1 day ago -
You don’t have to feed them, ’cause they’re reptiles.
microecos —
Authority: 98
O h, hey blog. Not much. Touch-and-go lately. Got the DFA reissues of the first two Pylon albums: Gyrate (plus) and Chomp (more) in the mail this weekend, thanks. Not that I should really be adding anything to my plate at this point, but I’ve started a gig writing science stories for the online only San ...1 day ago -
Review: Xtractaurs
Kid's Tech Toy Reviews —
Authority: 118
Mattel showed off Xtractaurs at CES back in January . Now the dinosaurs are available, another entry in Mattel’s line of merged physical and online play set of toys. Xtractaurs combine the offline world of dinosaur play, with an online world filled with adventure games and perhaps most important, the ...1 day ago -
National Geographic Dinosaurs On Ice PDTV XviD-OTV
Virtual Download —
Authority: 164
National Geographic Dinosaurs On Ice PDTV XviD-OTV | English | MP3 VBR ~102 kbit/s | 576×368 | 46m 57s | 349 MB In the far north of Alaska, an Australian scientist is experimenting with extreme methods of paleontology to unlock the secrets of polar dinosaurs, but just like it was 70 million years ago, the Arctic ...1 day ago -
Ice Ace: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Blu-ray Review
KillerFilm —
Authority: 553
THE FILM: Your favorite heroes from the previous computer animated hits, Ice Age and Ice Age 2: The Meltdown are back. The third installment of the Ice Age films, Ice Ace: Dawn of the Dinosaurs , finds wooly mammoths, Manny (Ray Romano) and Ellie (Queen Latifah), embarking on their biggest adventure ...1 day ago -
Top 5 List of the Best Toys for Boys
Good for the Kids —
Authority: 98
Shopping for little boys ages 3-7 can be a challenge unless they go with you to the toy store and you endure them saying, “I WANT THAAAAT!” over and over until you leave with $50 worth of action figures they’ll play with for exactly 23.6 seconds. Here is a list of our customer’s favorite toys for boys from ...2 days ago