Pythagasaurus is the fabled Tyrannosaurus practiced in the skills of trigonometry and long division. Apparently he knows all eight numbers.
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posted by homunculus
on Nov 11, 2011 -
9 comments
DINOSOAP archaeological soap lets you easily experience the fun of archaeological work! Body itself as a special soap made of double-modulation soap: scrub in the process each time, easier to dissolve the outer layer of the "loess" will gradually erode, slowly revealing more difficult to dissolve the inner layer buried in the "dinosaur fossil." Just few weeks, a mini ancient dinosaur fossils can be excavated Hello! [more inside]
posted by Gator
on Aug 20, 2011 -
18 comments
Experts are little help in the constant struggle in this conversation to separate myth from reality, because they have the same difficulty, and routinely demonstrate it by talking past each other. Respected scientists warn of imminent energy shortages as geologic fuel supplies run out. Wall Street executives dismiss their predictions as myths and call for more drilling. Environmentalists describe the destruction to the earth from burning coal, oil, and natural gas. Economists ignore them and describe the danger to the earth of failing to burn coal, oil, and natural gas. Geology researchers report fresh findings about what the earth was like millions of years ago. Creationist researchers report fresh findings that the earth didn’t exist millions of years ago. The only way not to get lost in this awful swamp is to review the basics and decide for yourself what you believe and what you don’t.
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posted by infinite intimation
on Jun 27, 2010 -
31 comments
Vintage dinosaur books. Those of a certain age likely discovered dinosaurs in the pages of one of these books in their grade-school library. I'm almost sure that
this one was my first (but I remember the cover being black instead of red), and that
this was my second. Does anybody remember
this one? Or
this?
posted by e-man
on Feb 9, 2010 -
41 comments
Dinosaur coloration has always been a source of wild speculation. Artistic renders have ranged from the conservative (battleship grey, lizard green) to the
flamboyant, but all guesses appeared
equally valid. While there are some wonderfully preserved examples of
dinosaur skin texture, fossils have remained stubbornly monochromatic… until now.
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posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul
on Aug 11, 2009 -
62 comments
Gary Owens (
previously) and
Eric Boardman on dinosaurs: "More Dinosaurs,"
1,
2,
3. "Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs,"
1,
2,
3. "Son of Dinosaurs," (featuring
Jimmy Stewart)
1,
2,
3,
4,
5. Not dinosaurs, but still cool: "Prehistoric World,"
1,
2,
3.
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posted by brundlefly
on Sep 13, 2008 -
5 comments
Superstar Scottish comics writer
Grant Morrison is about to tear the DC Universe apart again with
Final Crisis, the latest in a series of apocalypses and world ending events he's inflicted
on various comics worlds over the years. But there was a time before fame when he wrote the tie-in comic for
ZOIDS, the robot dinosaur children's toy. So what did he do? Ushered in the apocalypse, in the form of
THE BLACK ZOID.
posted by Artw
on Apr 17, 2008 -
74 comments
John Updike writes about bizarre dinosaurs for National Geographic. "How weird might a human body look to them? That thin and featherless skin, that dish-flat face, that flaccid erectitude, those feeble, clawless five digits at the end of each limb, that ghastly utter lack of a tail—ugh. Whatever did this creature do to earn its place in the sun, a well-armored, nicely specialized dino might ask. " Besides the Updike essay there's a
image gallery, an
interview with John Updike
[audio starts automatically], a dino
IQ test, an
audio critique of the way dinosaurs have been depicted in the latter half of the 20th Century
[audio starts automatically], a closer look at
the odder features of some of the stranger dinosaurs, an examination of the
nigersaurus (
images) as well as dinosaur
wallpapers and
jigsaw puzzles.
[via MeFi's Own ed]
posted by Kattullus
on Nov 30, 2007 -
26 comments
"Imagine, if you will, a load of horseshit." John Scalzi with everything you need to know about the $27 million
Creation Museum.
"In the first room of the Creation Museum tour there’s a display of two paleontologists unearthing a raptor skeleton. One of them, a rather avuncular fellow, explains that he and the other paleontologist are both doing the same work, but that they start off from different premises: He starts off from the Bible and the other fellow (who does not get to comment, naturally) starts off from “man’s reason,” and really, that’s the only difference between them: “different starting points, same facts,” is the mantra for the first portion of the museum."
Don't forget the
photo tour. [
previously]
posted by Mikey-San
on Nov 13, 2007 -
76 comments
