Terry Marotta: Explaining Redcoats to a child Jun 30, 2009
Well there was this Catholic priest, Father Teilhard de Chardin, who was also the kind of scientist specializing in fossils and dinosaur times, and he once said something that I really like and believe. He said the whole history of the universe is the history of matter evolving toward consciousness. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Turn your bookishness into decor Jun 30, 2009
A stack of books (similar sizes or piled large to small) adds height to a lamp or serves as a base for treasured objects, such as fossils or a sculpture. "You can make a big stack into an end table," designer Libby Langdon says. (Honolulu Advertiser)
'Ice Age' warms up to dinosaurs in third installment Jun 30, 2009
"We did a twist on a velociraptor, the guanlong, that are based on fossils found in China," he says of ferocious predators who threaten mammoth Ellie (Queen Latifah) as she's giving birth. "It looks like a nasty raptor with a spike on its muzzle and spinelike quills coming out from its neck.". (USA Today)
1941 science test shows how things have changed Jun 28, 2009
"What they had were fossils, and the system of classifying species we still use today," Holliday says ... Paleontologists don't use the word "primitive" anymore to describe features on fossils, he adds ... "We only use 'primitive' when we are making fun of someone else's fossils," Holliday says. (USA Today -- Tech)
Gas-saving getaways can provide family fun Jun 27, 2009
Rickwood Cave was carved from an ocean bed, and shell fragments and fossils of marine life are visible along the ceiling and walls. Rikards Mill. (Wetumpka Herald, AL)
Ancient Climate Change: When Palm Trees Gave Way To Spruce Trees Jun 26, 2009
"Fossils of land plants are excellent indicators of past climates," said Dr. Greenwood. "But the fossil plant localities from the Canadian Arctic and Greenland don't appear to record this major climate change, and pose problems for precisely dating their age, so we needed to look elsewhere.". (Science Daily)
Paleolithic Bone Flute Discovered Jun 25, 2009
12, 2007) Reliably dated fossils are critical to understanding the course of human evolution. A human skull discovered over fifty years ago near the town of Hofmeyr, in the Eastern Cape Province of South. (Science Daily)
Dinosaur Hunter Guilty In Theft Case Jun 25, 2009
(AP) Renowned dinosaur hunter Nathan Murphy was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation after pleading guilty to stealing fossils ... Murphy's theft case was pending when President Barack Obama signed a law in March setting a penalty of up to five years for stealing bones or other fossils from public land ... The Paleontological Resource Protection Act is the country's first-ever law to specifically protect fossils. (CBS News)
Dinosaur hunter sentenced for stealing fossils Jun 25, 2009
- Renowned dinosaur hunter Nathan Murphy was sentenced Wednesday to four months in a halfway house and three years probation after pleading guilty to stealing fossils ... Still, U.S. Attorney Bill Mercer said the case would serve as a deterrent to others who would steal fossils from public lands ... Murphy's lawyer, Michael Moses, said the scientific integrity of the fossils wasn't compromised by his client's digging. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Algorithm Charts Evolution Of Genetic Networks During Fruit Fly Life Cycle Jun 25, 2009
They are studying the process of evolution not through fossils but directly, as it is happening. Now, by modeling the steps evolution takes. (Science Daily)
Encouraging a Love of Science in Ch... Jun 25, 2009
Start a collection of rocks, fossils, leaves, seashells, etc. Finally keep in mind that reluctant or science-wary students don't always have to be told that what they are about to do is "science." Science activities can be introduced with worlds like "play," "explore," "investigate," or "discover." Students will soon learn that what they're really doing is studying the world around them. (Suite101.com)
Rabbit-Size Elephant Ancestor Found -- Oldest Known Jun 24, 2009
No other fossils of the time have teeth like this. "This is some kind of precursor of the tusk of the more modern [elephant]," Gheerbrant said. (National Geographic)
Life begun on Earth 'earlier than thought' Jun 24, 2009
WASHINGTON: Complex life forms may have evolved on Earth 400 million years earlier than previously thought, a new study of fossils has suggested ... "New sampling of the Vindhyan basin in India has confirmed the presence of fossils older than has been previously accepted. These fossils, which are more than 1.6 billion years old, are likely to be more than a billion years older than what was previously accepted for fossils found in this region. "They are also between 400 and 600 million years... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Megafauna demise blamed on humans Jun 23, 2009
But an analysis of kangaroo fossils suggested they ate saltbush, which would have thrived in those conditions ... Last year, researchers dated fossils from Tasmania with the best precision yet, finding that many species survived more than 2,000 years after the arrival of humans ... Dr DeSantis said that she was pursuing a similar analysis of other megafauna fossils in other regions of Australia. (BBC News -- Science)
Summer camp blues Jun 22, 2009
To get a head start on her future career as a dinosaur expert, last week Nikki learned about fossils and how to dig an excavation pit during a junior paleontology class at the Museum of Arts and Sciences. "It's fun to be here because you get to learn about what they do and learn using hands-on experience," she said. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Method For Computing Evolutionary Trees Could Revolutionize Evolutionary Biology Jun 21, 2009
6, 2007) Researchers have shown for the first time that fossils can be used as effectively as living species in understanding the complex branching in the evolutionary tree of life. While many scientists feel. (Science Daily)
100-mile long rummage sale continues on Highway 21 Jun 20, 2009
Apart from practical items and homemade kuchen, the shoppers in the Hinles' driveway looked at antique farm tools and fossils. John Toman picks up petrified wood and bubbly brown rocks from his fields north of Flasher. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
It's no fraud: fossils reveal early life on earth Jun 20, 2009
Now the controversy has been resolved by researchers including an Australian geologist, Birger Rasmussen, in an investigation into the disputed fossils that has resulted in an even more extraordinary find. Professor Rasmussen and his colleagues have shown the fossils, from central India, are not only real, they are the oldest known evidence of multicellular life on Earth - the remains of algae that lived in a shallow sea about 1 ... This sensational claim was soon challenged by an Indian... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Size did matter Jun 19, 2009
Matzke-Karasz said, 'In these microfossils, we detected organs that are required for transferring giant spermatozoa ... These fossils had been collected, investigated and then donated to the Natural History Museum in 2000 by Robin Smith ... Eight years later, the same specimens were analysed using synchrotron X-ray holotomography at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, through collaboration with Paul Tafforeau, a palaeontologist at the ESRF. This method is currently... (EurekAlert!)
Dino tracks - Follow remnants of prehistoric creatures across state Jun 19, 2009
The Makoshika Dinosaur Museum displays fossils from around the world ... The Garfield County Museum features Cretaceous fossils from the Hell Creek Formation ... Opened in June 2008, the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station houses some of Montana s finest fossils and a preparation lab. (Missoulian, MT)
Ancient crustaceans produced enormous sperm, scientists find Jun 19, 2009
A new method for analysing the interior of fossils has shown that millimetre-long mussel-like crustaceans called ostracods used giant sperm to mate ... The technique, known as holotomography, imaged the large sperm pumps and seminal receptacles of well-preserved ostracod fossils found in Brazil ... The samples came from the Santana Formation, which has already yielded a wealth of perfectly preserved fossils, particularly of fish. (BBC News -- Science)
Giant Sperm Found In Microfossils Jun 19, 2009
"In these microfossils, we detected organs that are required for transferring giant spermatozoa," reports Matzke-Karasz ... This protective armor fossilizes particularly well, so ostracods are some of the most common fossils found, some dating back to 450 million years ago ... Because these fossils are particularly interesting to evolutionary biologists, the group working with Matzke-Karasz investigated fossils of the Cretaceous Harbinia micropapillosa that still had intact remains of the soft... (Science Daily)
What's Playing Jun 18, 2009
Night at the Museum 2 - Ben Stiller returns as the museum security guard with an unfortunate knack for bringing old fossils and wax-figure displays to life. But can he rouse the grown-ups in the audience out of their stupor. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Mammoths survived later in Britain than previously thought - study Jun 18, 2009
But the Natural History Museum researcher used a relatively new method of radiocarbon dating to get very accurate ages for the Condover fossils. "The big issue with all radiocarbon dating is contamination from different sources. You have to be sure the sample you extracted from the fossil is absolutely pure," said Dr Lister. (BBC News -- UK)
* Digging into the City by the Bay Jun 18, 2009
The Academy of Sciences at 55 Music Concourse Dr, tel: 1-415-379-8000, includes an aquarium, planetarium and the usual host of taxidermy and fossils you would expect to see in a natural history museum. The highlight, however, is a four-story rainforest located in the middle of the building. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
New dinosaur gives bird wing clue Jun 18, 2009
The Limusaurus fossil sits among small crocodile fossils. A new dinosaur unearthed in western China has shed light on the evolution from dinosaur hands to the wing bones in today's birds. (BBC News -- Science)
Humans related to orangutans, not chimps, says new Pitt, Buffalo Museum of Science study Jun 18, 2009
The researchers acknowledge, however, that early human and ape fossils are largely found in Africa, whereas modern orangutans are found in Southeast Asia ... Plant fossils suggest that forests once extended from southern Europe, through Central Asia, and into China prior to the formation of the Himalayas, Schwartz and Grehan write, proposing that the ancestral dental hominoid lived and roamed throughout this vast area; as the Earth's surface and local ecosystems changed, descendant dental... (EurekAlert!)
Bird-like Dinosaur Illuminates Finger Evolution Jun 18, 2009
(June 17, 2009) Plants or meat: that's about all that fossils ever tell paleontologists about a dinosaur's diet. But the skull characteristics of a new species of parrot-beaked dinosaur and its associated gizzard. (Science Daily)
Fossil Teeth Of Three-toed Browsing Horse Found In Panama Canal Earthworks Jun 18, 2009
ScienceDaily (June 17, 2009) Rushing to salvage fossils from the Panama Canal earthworks, Aldo Rincon, paleontology intern at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, unearthed a set of fossil teeth ... Expanding the Panama Canal waterway to make way for supersized ships is a dream come true for geologists and paleontologists, according to Carlos Jaramillo, senior scientist at the institute, who, in collaboration with the University of Florida and the Panama Canal Authority, has organized a... (Science Daily)
Ancient Ice Age, Once Regarded As Brief 'Blip' Found To Have Lasted For 30 Million Years Jun 18, 2009
Page commented: "These fossil fuel- rich deposits formed during relatively warmer episodes during the Early Palaeozoic Icehouse when the partial melting of ice sheets brought about rapid sea-level rise. This melt-water may have bought a massive influx of nutrients into the surface waters, allowing animals and algae to thrive and bloom in the plankton, but also altered ocean circulation, creating oxygen-poor deep waters which facilitated the preservation of fragile, carbonaceous planktonic... (Science Daily)
Nothing to do Jun 17, 2009
"Mtsilvertip... I guess I have to remind you that tourism ranks second next to agriculture as Montana's leading income? While I never intended to turn this article into a "What should teens do" forum, I guess it has sort of turned that way. I'm not saying that downtown businesses should play the role of babysitter, as patriot is concerned with. I'm not even saying downtown businesses should trend toward the younger crowd. I was suggesting giving some young people jobs so that businesses could... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
* Inspired by nature Jun 17, 2009
Lots of people dont see fossils, at least not in Taiwan. I wanted to make it look like the river had uncovered it, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Fossil Bone Bed Helps Reconstruct Life Along California's Ancient Coastline Jun 16, 2009
The team's interpretation of the fossils and the geology to establish the origins of the bone bed, the richest and most extensive marine deposit of bones in the world, are presented in the June 2009 issue of the journal Geology ... The new and extensive study of the fossils and the geology of Sharktooth Hill tells a less dramatic story, but an important one, for understanding the origin of rich fossil accumulations, said Nicholas Pyenson, a former UC Berkeley graduate student who is now a... (Science Daily)
Petrified: Calistoga's forest of stone Jun 16, 2009
My 45-minute walk ended at the visitor center, a glorified gift shop that sells pieces of petrified wood from elsewhere around Santa Rosa as well as fossils, such as trilobites, and gemstones, such as rose quartz and chunks of sulfur from India. The shop also features photographs of local rock wood specimens on display in the Hall of Planet Earth at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
No shell game Jun 16, 2009
The beach offers plenty of shells to beachcombers, but most are in the form of Miocene-era fossils. Getting shells home is the acid test for new collectors. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Climate change? Big mammals may be flexible Jun 16, 2009
Both sites contained lots of fossils from many of the same large mammals, including peccaries, pronghorn, horses and elephant-like creatures called gomphotheres. The researchers drilled into 115 fossil teeth and analyzed the enamel powder for chemical signatures that reflected what the animals had been eating when they were alive. (MSNBC -- Environment)
A rock in every space Jun 16, 2009
Ray Vebel of South St. Louis was selling minerals, crystals and some fossils. He said this year s event has drawn a lot of people. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Part of a Neanderthal man's skull is dredged up from the North Sea Jun 16, 2009
The North Sea is one of the world's richest areas for mammal fossils ... According to Professor Chris Stringer, from London's Natural History Museum, some fishermen now concentrate on collecting fossils rather than their traditional catch ... "There were mammoth fossils collected off the Norfolk and Suffolk coasts 150 years ago, so we've known for some time there was material down there that was of this age, or even older," Professor Stringer, a museum research leader, told BBC News. (BBC News)
Famous fossils to go on display in Times Square Jun 16, 2009
A fossil controversy lollapalooza heads for the Big Apple later this month, exhibitors announced Monday. On display, Ida, the 47-million-year-old fossil primate made famous last month by publicity campaign, joins Lucy, the 3. (USA Today -- Tech)
Obama's Secret Moves On Health Care Jun 16, 2009
The Repig's have been exposed for what they are, Bigots, Slime Merchants, Cunning Greedy old Southern Fossils. Also more bad news for the Repig's --- Dow moving up again today, {{{{Shake }} in fear Repig's your prayers are not working. (CBS News -- Health)
Baby Stars Finally Found In Jumbled Galactic Center Jun 16, 2009
13, 2004) Just when astronomers thought they might have dug up the last of our galaxy's "fossils," they've discovered a new one in the galactic equivalent of our own. (Sep. (Science Daily)
Southwest Montana Snapshots Jun 6, 2009
It will feature Butte minerals, fossils, gems, jewelry, demonstrations and games. Fifteen dealers of gems, jewelry, minerals and fossils will also be on hand. (Montana Standard, MT)
Ancient sea life thrived in Central Valley Jun 6, 2009
That was 15 million years ago, but evidence of their existence lies in a priceless layer of fossils where a team of scientists from UC Berkeley has discovered clues telling how that fantastic fossil-rich site known as Sharktooth Hill formed in the water and was exposed to the surface much, much later ... Scientists call these dense layers of fossils "bone beds," and they are packed together as if they were cemented ... Sharktooth Hill has been known for its trove of fossils on the surface since... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Crowding created modern civilization Jun 6, 2009
Modern-looking humans thin-boned, big-brained and slim-faced turn up as African fossils that date to about 200,000 years ago. However those folk's tools and decorations flint blades and shell beads turn up (and then disappear for millennia) only around 75,000 years ago in Africa and about 45,000 years ago in the Middle East. (USA Today -- Tech)
T. rex 'would outrun footballer' Jun 6, 2009
The work used data taken directly from dinosaur fossils, rather than referring to previous work on modern animals ... "We're now doing some work on Hadrosaurus which is assumed to be one of the things that T. rex would prey upon because there have been fossils found with bite marks on their backs. "What we find is that we're getting really quite high speeds for these animals as well, which makes perfect sense. (Yahoo News -- Dinosaur & Fossil Discoveries)
Ancient creatures survived arctic winters Jun 6, 2009
Ted Daeschler via NSFScientists look for fossils on Canada's Ellesmere Island ... Since then, fossils of , giant tortoises, snakes and even flying lemurs one of the earliest forms of primates have also turned up ... Fossils of tree stumps as large as washing machines can still be found there. (MSNBC -- Technology)
China, India go with the wind as fossils dwindle Jun 5, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald - Business News, World News & Breaking News in Australia Skip directly to: Search Box, , , Text Version. sheep graze near China's Dabancheng Wind Power Plant. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Kids' Summer Camps Jun 5, 2009
Adventure Camp July 6-9; discover fossils at Clark Canyon Reservoir, explore Indian caves near Grasshopper Creek, take a raft down the Beaverhead River, and finish the week learning about the Kid's Pond; K-1st grade; 9 a.m. to noon; 45 ( 60). Journey Camp July 7-9; two days spent in the outdoors, one day at the Kid's Pond learning about safety, fish, and what lives in a pond, and one day floating the Beaverhead River; for children 3-5 who are not entering kindergarten; 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, 1 to... (Montana Standard, MT)
Mammoths roasted in barbecue pit Jun 4, 2009
Fossils help scientists peel back the layers of time to reveal stories of life from eras long past. Discovery. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Lexington Science Olympiad team celebrates season Jun 4, 2009
Of the 24 events, Lexington won six Dynamic Planet, Ecology, Electric Vehicle, Elevated Bridge, Fossils and Physics lab. Head coach Olga Guttag was proud of her hard-working team that jumped two places from last year s fourth-place finish. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Badlands' education efforts reach 6,000 Jun 4, 2009
Other topics included park fossils and park wildlife, including buffalo and swift fox. Teachers are encouraged to visit www. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
A devil of a drill Jun 4, 2009
Massive tractors and diggers lay dormant, lining the walls like dinosaur fossils unearthed during the course of excavation. They haul the tunnel muck up to the disposal site, said Caltrans Safety Corridor Coordinator Jeff Kraus, pointing to a crusty dump truck on a trudge toward the rock face of the northbound tunnel on a cool, foggy afternoon in May. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
* World News Quick Take Jun 3, 2009
He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 9 in a separate federal case involving more fossils taken from Bureau of Land Management land. In 2000, Murphy discovered a mummified, 77-million-year-old duckbilled hadrosaur known as Leonardo, which is considered the best preserved dinosaur in the world. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Montana man gets 60 days for dinosaur bones theft Jun 3, 2009
He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 9 in a separate federal case involving more fossils taken from Bureau of Land Management land ... Murphy had sought to have molds of the fossils made that could have brought up to $400,000 in the sale of casts on the retail fossil market, investigators said. (USA Today -- Tech)
Scientists Map Penguins From Space By Locating Their Feces Jun 3, 2009
19, 2008) Australian and New Zealand researchers have used ancient DNA from penguin fossils to make a startling discovery that may change the way we view species. . (Science Daily)
St. Mary students explore mystery fossil Jun 3, 2009
Courtesy photo GAYLORD -- First- and third-grade students at St. Mary Elementary were treated to guest speaker Dan McGuire, an exploration geologist with a wealth of knowledge about fossils. Students were able to hold a 500 million-year-old Trilobite fossil, found on the bottom of the ocean in North Africa. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Paleontologist gets 60 days for stealing bones Jun 2, 2009
Sentencing in a separate federal case involving Murphy s theft of at least a dozen more fossils is scheduled for July 9 ... The self-taught owner of a Billings business that lets people pay to dig for fossils, Murphy, 51, was convicted in March on the state charge ... He unequivocally was taking fossils from various sites, including the Hammond ranch (where the raptor was found), and selling them, Iacuzzo said. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
CU-Boulder study shows 53 million-year-old high Arctic mammals wintered in darkness Jun 2, 2009
University of Colorado at Boulder Assistant Professor Jaelyn Eberle, left, searches for early mammal fossils in the high Arctic with Brendan Postnikoff of the University of Saskatchewan (blue parka) and ... Animal teeth are among the most valuable fossils in the high Arctic because they are extremely hard and better able to survive the harsh freeze-thaw cycles that occur each year, Eberle said ... Since then, fossils of aquatic turtles, giant tortoises, snakes and even flying lemurs -- one of... (EurekAlert!)
High Arctic Mammals Wintered In Darkness 53 Million Years Ago Jun 2, 2009
Animal teeth are among the most valuable fossils in the high Arctic because they are extremely hard and better able to survive the harsh freeze-thaw cycles that occur each year, Eberle said ... Since then, fossils of aquatic turtles, giant tortoises, snakes and even flying lemurs -- one of the earliest forms of primates -- have been found on Ellesmere Island, said Eberle. (Science Daily)
Mich. college gets artifacts from Pa. couple May 31, 2009
That s in addition to 23,000 in fossils and replicas they donated earlier to the Port Huron school. "> Curious? Search ScoutPA. lect> Your online website and business directory. Daily American Archive Search Search for an Event Search our Classifieds Mich. college gets artifacts from Pa. couple Rating: 0 Saturday, May 30, 2009 11:45 PM EDT PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) St. Clair County Community College has received donations of about 140 artifacts from a Pennsylvania couple including a replica... (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Science and religion find common ground May 30, 2009
To Ham, it doesn t matter that scientists have recently unveiled Ida the 47-million-year-old fossil hailed as the evolutionary link between modern primates and more distant species the latest in a string of significant fossils to be hyped by the media ... Indeed the very religious Anning likely was unsettled by the fossils she was finding as was Darwin himself, who asked in one of his private notebooks: Who else but God could have made things happen in such a marvelous way. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Full Story» May 29, 2009
Includes 5 samples of volcanic rock from the USA. Plus rocks, fossils, and meteorites for kids and educational purposes. Secure ordering, world-wide shipping. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Scientist Paid $750,000 for 'Missing Link' Primate Fossil May 29, 2009
Fellow scientists denounced the discovery as hype and criticized Dr. Hurum, saying that the purchase could stimulate a black market in fossils. Dr. Hurum explained in an interview with The Times why he was willing to pay far more than had been paid for any fossil primate. (Fox News)
Neanderthal Womans Birth Canal Reconstructed May 29, 2009
Using 50,000-year-old fossils from France and a computer synthesizer, the researcher has generated a. (Oct. (Science Daily)
Toothy sharks once ruled Tuscany May 29, 2009
Some three million years ago, eel-like snaked through the region that now supports Tuscany's finest vineyards, suggest fossils recently found in the clay soil of the Chianti region ... Fossils help scientists peel back the layers of time to reveal stories of life from eras long past ... Along with the Chlamydoselachus shark teeth, Casati and his team unearthed other fossils which included otoliths (ear stones which in fish play a role in hearing and balance) and teeth from other deep-water... (MSNBC -- Technology)
