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The T-Rex Was Even Bigger And Scarier Than We Thought

As if the Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn’t big and scary and sharp toothy enough, scientists are now saying that they’re EVEN BIGGER. Using 3D laser scans, scientists virtually weighed T-Rexes and found that those beasts weighed in 30 per cent heavier than expected.

September 7, 2011
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The Strongest Pro-Genetic Engineering Argument Yet

The creature depicted here is both between and beyond classifications. Every bit as cunning as a megashark, even deadlier than a crocosaurus. It is terrifying, it is awe-inspiring. It is $US24.99 at Party City.

August 21, 2011
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This Is Why You Don’t Mess With Raptors

If Jurassic Park taught me anything, it’s that Velociraptors are terrifyingly awesome. So hearing Sam Neil give that classic speech brings me right back to that fascination. And the terror. Don’t forget the terror.

July 28, 2011
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Scientists Say Earth Killed Her Dinosaurs With Oceans Of Lava

It wasn’t just an asteroid come down from the heavens to destroy the former masters of the planet. No. Our Earth Mother knew their time had come, and unleashed oceans of lava to scorch the lands that dinosaurs once roamed.

July 21, 2011
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Scare Children With This Ownable Animatronic Triceratops

Because who doesn’t want to own a dinosaur? Hammacher Schlemmer is offering you this gargantuan, 6m Triceramonster that looks like it stepped out of Jurassic Park. The first one. The other two don’t count.

June 10, 2011
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This Man Wants To Resurrect Dinosaurs… Using Chickens

Palaeontologist Jack Horner wants a pet dinosaur. (I’m right there with you, Jack.) And according to his TED talk, we’re actually getting closer to making Jurassic Park a reality. Thanks to chickens.

April 23, 2011
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Robots That Dance, Discover And Devour You And Your Family

I thought these guys were monster food when I first saw this picture. Lucky for them, it’s just a robot. Head over to The Atlantic’s In Focus to check out other remarkable photos of robots and their caretakers. [The Atlantic]

April 16, 2011
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How To Build The World’s Largest Dinosaur

As if the anyone needs additional incentive to be interested in a dinosaur exhibit beyond, like, dinosaurs, the American Museum of Natural History is opening The World’s Largest Dinosaurs, centred around a massive half-skin, half-dissected, life-sized Mamenchisaurus.

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How Did The Biology Of Giant-sized Dinosaurs Actually Work?

Tomorrow marks the opening of New York’s Museum of Natural History’s long-awaited dinosaur exhibit, called “The World’s Largest Dinosaurs”. We talked to curator and paleontologist Mark Norell about the show – and how these super-giant animals ever stayed upright.

February 24, 2011
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Scientists Name New Dinosaur Thunder Thighs

Scientists discovered a new dinosaur with enormous leg muscles and named it Brontomerus, which translates to thunder thighs in Greek. Scientists, trying to turn an insult into a positive, say it could deliver strong kicks to predators. [BBC via Neatorama]

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