Fossils

Science

Girl Digs Up A 160 Million Year Old Fossil

9:40AM September 16, 2011 | Casey Chan

Emily Baldry, an adorable five-year-old girl from the UK, was doing what a normal kid her age would be doing: hanging out at with her family and digging. Unlike other normal kids though, she found a 160 million year old fossil. She called it Spike. More »


Science

How The World’s Oldest Fossils Could Give Clues About Life On Mars

1:40AM August 23, 2011 | Rebecca Boyle - PopSci

Clusters of islands poked through hot oceans 3.4 billion years ago, when the world still had no oxygen and the seas churned under a pallid, overcast sky. But life thrived on Earth even then, scientists say — and now they have the world’s oldest fossils to prove it. More »


Science

How Did Dinosaurs Have Sex?

12:00PM February 13, 2011 | Casey Chan

Dinosaurs! They’re big, heavy and spiky in all the wrong places. How in the hell could they have sex to reproduce? Smithsonian Magazine tackled this topic saying: More »


These Pumpkins Run On Fossil Fuel

9:00PM November 1, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Did anyone see any truly great pumpkins this year? Did you try carving your own pornkins, or maybe an R2D2-O’-Lantern? For me, nothing beat last year’s Sleepy Hollow Pumpkin Blaze dino display. [Flickr via Ecorazzi via Photojojo]


Science

What Happens When You Fossilise A Pheasant In Four Months

5:40AM October 6, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Whether in the name of science, art or sheer morbidity, Austin Houldsworth’s determination to fossilise a pheasant and a pineapple got results. Although, if Houldsworth’s goal is eventually to fossilise humans, I hope we turn out better than the bird. More »


Science

How To Fossilise Yourself For Future Generations

3:22AM September 26, 2010 | Esther Inglis-Arkell

Find a way to guarantee that in ten thousand years your fossilized bones will be prodded at by lab-coat-wearing beings who are taller and have better teeth and prehensile tails. More »


Science

The Triceratops Never Existed

11:00AM August 1, 2010 | Casey Chan

Scientists are saying that the Triceratops dinosaur – you know, the three horned one – was actually a juvenile form of a Torosaurus, the three-horned dinosaur you don’t know. Apparently, dinosaurs’ skulls can shape-shift. More »


Gaming

The Fossil Record Now Includes Outdated Personal Electronics

2:00AM March 9, 2009 | Jack Loftus

I never really thought I’d ever type out the phrase “fossilised Walkman” or “fossilised PlayStation controller” in my lifetime, and yet, here I am Sunday morning, doing just that. Hooray?

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Gadgets

Trilobite Clock: It’s Half Past Creepy and a Quarter Till I Pee My Pants

8:40AM January 30, 2009 | Sean Fallon

After seeing Jud Turner’s skeleton bike the other day, it’s clear that he has some things going on in his head. Scary things—like this “Trilo Temporalis” trilobite fossil clock.

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