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Secret canals in flying dinosaur cousin’s bones could inspire lighter, tougher planes
Researchers suggest that studying the biological designs of prehistoric creatures could advance materials science.
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Rare Neck Fossil With Puncture Mark Suggests a Prehistoric Crocodilian Snacked on a Young Pterosaur 76 Million Years Ago
The fossil sheds light on interactions within the Cretaceous food web and may represent the first record of this type of ...
From pterosaur to planes: how fossils from a flying reptile could make aircraft safer
The pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight. The species evolved to form enormous wingspans reaching ...
Ancient pterosaur bones could inspire the future of aerospace engineering
The microarchitecture of fossil pterosaur bones could hold the key to lighter, stronger materials for the next generation of ...
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What were the first birds like?
Like Archaeopteryx, it had claws and a long tail, but some of its bones are much more primitive looking ... event at the end of the Cretaceous Period when the non-avian dinosaurs died out? It was ...
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Ancient Pterosaur Bones May Revolutionize Aerospace
The microarchitecture of fossil pterosaur bones could hold the key to lighter, stronger materials for the next generation of ...
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11 Of Ancient Earth’s Most Unbelievable Prehistoric Animals
For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...
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This Unassuming Restaurant In Weirton Has Mouth-Watering Ribs Known Throughout The South
In the heart of Weirton, West Virginia, there’s a culinary treasure that’s been quietly sizzling its way into the hearts of ...
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The Red Devil flies again
Once one of 130 British fighter planes, the Red Devil is the only surviving Bristol M.1 Monoplane Scout. On Whidbey Island, a ...
Paleontology Shaken: Organic Molecules Found in 66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Bones
Liverpool researchers' discovery of collagen in fossilized bones could provide new insights into dinosaurs. For years, ...
Technofossils: how the pollution of today will become the fossils of the far future
It’s fun to conceptualise like this, and set the human story within the grand perspective of Earth’s history. But there’s a ...
How can pterosaur bones help aeroplane designers?
Studying the ancient flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs could help engineers make aeroplanes that are more ...