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Goodbye Triceratops, hello Torosaurus

07 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Science
Another cherished childhood myth demolished. This week paleontologists Jack Horner (one of those I respect the most) and John Scannella revealed that the beloved Triceratops was not a separate species, but rather the immature form of Torosaurus. First Brontosaurus, now Triceratops...

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2010 AL30 fly-by today

13 January 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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A rather mysterious, small object whizzed by us this morning, less than a third...

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Tags: science, space junk, astronomy, asteroid, near-earth asteroid 0 Comments


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Interstellar cloud baffles scientists

25 December 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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Remember the early planetary spaceships, [url="http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/"]Voyager 1 and...

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Darwin's sesquicentennial

12 October 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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Tags: science, biology, paleontology, origin of species, Darwin, evolution 4 Comments



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