Male Dinosaurs May Have Been Babysitters

Male Dinosaurs May Have Been Babysitters
Those ferocious Hollywood meat-eating dinosaurs you're used to seeing in the movies very possibly had a much softer side: the males might even have been sort of prehistoric babysitters, as per a far-flung study conducted by a Texas AandM University researcher. Jason Moore, a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, and team members from Montana State University, Florida State University and the American Museum of Natural History in New York discovered that some types of male dinosaurs probably cared for and watched over eggs in much the same way that females of other species do. Their work appears in the current issue of Science magazine........
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CT to reveal hidden face
Using CT imaging to study a priceless bust of Nefertiti, scientists have uncovered a delicately carved face in the limestone inner core and gained new insights into methods used to create the ancient masterpiece and information pertinent to its conservation, as per a research studyreported in the recent issue of Radiology.......
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Stamp duty on home loans to be scrapped
NEWS.com.au Jun 21 2009 4:56PM GMT
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Bank of America Resurrects Home-Mortgage Advertising
AdAge China Jun 21 2009 7:35PM GMT
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Cacao Ritually Used in Chaco Canyon
Inhabitants of Chaco Canyon apparently drank chocolate from cylinders like these about a thousand years ago. That's the finding in a paper published this week by PNAS, a publication of the National Academy of Science and written by Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Patricia L. Crown and her Collaborator at the Hershey Center of Health and Nutrition W. Jeffrey Hurst........
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'Vanilla' home loans could benefit borrowers
Caribbean Business Online Jun 21 2009 8:07PM GMT
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Discovery of early African mammal fossils
A limestone countertop, a practiced eye and Google Earth all played roles in the discovery of a trove of fossils that may shed light on the origins of African wildlife. The circuitous and serendipitous story, featuring University of Michigan paleontologists Philip Gingerich, Gregg Gunnell and Bill Sanders, is the subject of a segment on the award-winning television series "Wild Chronicles, " currently airing on public television stations (Episode 412-Looking Back; check listings for local air dates). "Wild Chronicles" is produced by National Geographic Television and presented by WLIW21 in association with WNET.ORG........
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Largest Prehistoric Fossil Snake
Scientists have recovered fossils from a 60-million-year-old South American snake whose length and weight might make today's anacondas seem like garter snakes. Named Titanoboa cerrejonensis by its discoverers, the size of the snake's vertebrae suggest it weighed 1, 140 kilograms (2, 500 pounds) and measured 13 meters (42.7 feet) nose to tail tip........
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