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Giant asteroid killed off dinosaurs 66,038,000 million years ago: study
Scientists said Thursday they are a step closer to proving the death blow for dinosaurs 66 million years ago was a gigantic comet or asteroid that struck near Mexico. Although a catastrophic impact has long been thought to be involved earlier work left doubts about just when the object, estimated…
Music Fridays: Dinosaurs! Edition
Sorry about the blogging silence yesterday; I had out of town guests, and we were at the Natural History Museum looking at dinosaurs. But I’m back for the Panda Party! So come on over and play some tunes this Friday afternoon. And I know you’re probably thinking I’m going to…
Australia had ‘globe-trotting’ dinosaurs: study
Scientists said Monday a new fossil discovery suggested Australia’s dinosaurs were cosmopolitan globe-trotters, unlike the “unique weirdos” of its current wildlife. Palaeontologist Erich Fitzgerald said an ankle bone fossil found 87 kilometres (54 miles) from Melbourne indicated that meat-eating dinosaurs known as ceratosaurs lived in what is now Australia some…
Study: Space rock caught some dinosaurs already in decline
Large, plant-eating dinosaurs were already in decline by the time a space rock smashed into Earth 65 million years ago and ended the reptiles’ long reign, a study published on Tuesday says. The findings by scientists in the United States and Germany do not dispute the mass extinction that so dramatically ended…
Animatronic dinosaurs roam museum halls
The Queensland Museum of Natural History is celebrating its grand reopening with a spectacular display of animatronic dinosaurs. They roam the halls, ride the escalators — and frighten small children. The museum, located in Brisbane, Australia, has just undergone a $US 14 million renovation. There is a special exhibit to…
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