Joe Staton’s classic article “Tastes Like Chicken” was the subject of a question on the September 25, 2013 edition of the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” TV program: The question posed to contestants on that program: “Since the animals are thought to be distant relatives, biology professor Joe Staton once wrote ‘chances are that […]
Tag: dinosaur
United States of America v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton
Evidence for the proposition that The Law has a long reach in time and space: “United States of America v. One Tyrannosaurus Bataar Skeleton“. For some background on the case, see “Bones of Contention“, by Paige Williams.
BONE WARS: The Game of Ruthless Paleontology
Love dinosaurs, or love the men who loved dinosaurs too well, or love games, or love a good fight, or love history? If you love any of those things, you may be predisposed to enjoy the game called Bone Wars. Here is the description given by the game’s inventors: BONE WARS: The Game of Ruthless Paleontology […]
Eminent space-dinosaurs self-plagiarism headline
Today’s Headline of the Day appears in the Nature newsblog: Eminent chemist denies self-plagiarism in ‘space dinosaurs’ paper (HT Ed Yong)