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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Doug Henderson Prints and Originals for Sale

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After a seemingly long public absence, Doug Henderson is now on Facebook and selling signed prints and original art through Ebay ( earthis...
Friday, April 27, 2012

Opened This Day: American Museum of Natural History

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image From Today In Scince History : On this day in 1871, the American Museum of Natural History opened to the public in New York City....
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Philoventator curriei, A New Troodontid from China

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The taxonomy of the troodontid IVPP V 10597 reconsidered. 2012. Xu Xing, et al. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 50 : 140-150. Abstract: The par...
Saturday, April 21, 2012

The Return of Steve Bissette's Tyrant!

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More info HERE
Friday, April 20, 2012

Born This Day: Willi Henning

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From the Willi Hennig Society : Hennig (April 20, 1913 – Nov. 5, 1976) is best known for developing phylogenetic systematics ,  a coherent...

Born This Day: Sir William Logan

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From Today in Science History : Logan (April 20, 1798 – June 22, 1875) was a Canadian geologist dubbed the "Father of Canadian Geolog...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Died This Day: Eramus Darwin

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Erasmus (Dec. 12, 1731 – April 18, 1802) was a prominent English physician, poet, philosopher, botanist, naturalist and the grandfather of n...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

Premiered This Day: Women of The Prehistoric Planet

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Written and directed by Arthur C. Pierce, and starring the perennial C-list actor John Agar ( who had his own Prehistoric Theme Park! ), thi...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Premiered This Day: The Land That Time Forgot

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Directed by Kevin O’Connor, this 1975 film starred Doug McClure.

Died This Day: Amanz Gressly

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Gressly (July 17, 1814 - April 13, 1865) was a Swiss geologist and paleontologist who originated the study of stratigraphic facies when he d...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Free, Online journal, eLife, to Compete with Nature and Science

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From BBC News : One of the world's largest research charities, the Wellcome Trust , is to establish a free, online publication called eL...
Saturday, April 07, 2012

Born This Day: Kenneth Oakley

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From Today in Science History : Oakley (April 7, 1911 - November 2, 1981) was an English physical anthropologist , geologist, and paleontolo...
Friday, April 06, 2012

Created This Day: The American Museum of Natural History

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In 1869, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City was officially created with the signing of a bill by the Governor of New ...

Born This Day: James Watson

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From Today In Science History : Watson was born on this day in 1928. An American geneticist and biophysicist, he shared the 1962 Nobel Prize...
Thursday, April 05, 2012

Premiered This Day: One Million B.C.

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Directed by Hal Roach, and starring Victor Mature, Carole Landis , and Lon Chaney, Jr., this film is noted for its lizards dressed up as din...

Yutyrannus, A Giant Feathered Tyrannosauroid From China

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A gigantic feathered dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China . X. Xu, et al. Nature 484: 92–95. Abstract: Numerous feathered dinosaur sp...

Died This Day: Hermann Muller

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The father of radiation genetics , Muller (Dec. 21, 1890 – April 5, 1967) began his career with T.H. Morgan studying mutations in fruit flie...

Born This Day: Alpheus Hyatt

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From Today in Science History : Hyatt ( April 5, 1838 - Jan. 15, 1902 ) was a U.S. zoologist and paleontologist who studied invertebrate fo...
Friday, March 30, 2012

Star-Spangled Dinosaurs

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From the always fun Pete Von Sholly
Monday, March 26, 2012

Born This Day: Richard Dawkins

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The Richard Dawkins Foundation
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