Dinosaurs defended as smarter than old myths
A coalition including scientists educators and authors pushes back against era old views of dinosaurs as dull clumsy and brainless. They cite evidence of brains coordinated packs and parental feeding in nests while promoting accurate dinosaur information through the Dinosaur Society database.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Technology Review
Don Lessem
Dinosaur Society
Newton Lower Falls
Mass
San Francisco Examiner
Cambridge drops parapsychology fellowship over spooks claim
Cambridge University confronted a bequest funded post for psychical research. Officials chose nonbeliever Nicholas Humphrey after critics mocked the field as spooks and ectoplasm. Humphrey argued there is no evidence for psychic phenomena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Murray
Cambridge University
England
Perrott and Warwick Fund
Cambridge
Dan
Nicholas Humphrey
Humphrey
An Francise
Akihito Name Given to New Goby Species
Scientists naming a newly found goby after Emperor Akihito. The fish Platygobiopsis akihito was discovered in Indonesia by two U.S. biologists, as reported by Science Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akihito
Japan
Hirohito
Indonesia
U.S
Science Magazine
San Francisco Examiner
Robots Patrol English Rivers to Track Polluters
In southern England, river pollution inspectors deploy two robots named Merlin and Sherlock to detect contaminants. Merlin is a drum anchored in open water, while Sherlock sits on the bank in two green boxes. Each unit carries probes that measure acidity temperature conductivity and murkiness of water samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Merlin
Sherlock
Seed to cash: Iowa seeds fund state tree nursery program
A group of Eastern Iowans turns acorns walnuts and other seeds into cash for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources seed collection. The state pays up to 20 per bushel for red and white oak acorns 5 for bur oak and mixed acorns 20 for white ash seeds and 10 for wild plum and green ash. Seeds gathered at state parks and forests feed the State Nursery near Ames which plans 800 000 black walnut and 750 000 oak seedlings for planting.
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Palisades-Kepler State Park
Mount Vernon
Wapsipinicon
Anamosa
Lake Macbride
Iowa City
Shimek
van Buren County
Stephens
Lucas County
Yellow River
Allamakee
Loess Hills
Harrison County
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Clayton
Muscatine
O’brien
Warren
Grebasch
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Yellow River Forest
Gerald Grebasch
Missouri
Jerry Reisinger
Palisades- Kepler State Park
Do It Yourself Water Gel Lotion Recipe
A home recipe describes making a lotion using water gelatin glycerine cologne rubbing alcohol and eggbeater. Heat dissolve pour refrigerate stir as it cools then whip air into the mixture and adjust with water to reach pouring consistency.
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Iowa Forest
Ttist Magazine
Bedkindn
Jax
Gar
Vendola Drive
Rafael
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