************************************************************** K12NewsLetters - From Educational CyberPlayGround http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** From: "Roger Smith" <jollyroger@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Museum Fails to Smell a Rat * Original Home to Animal Life * Dust-up among the Dinosaurs * Computer to "Morph" Deformed Fossils * Dino's-Eye view of Asteroid Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:00:07 +1200 Welcome to this edition of DINOSAURNEWS. The FREE international Dinosaur webzine read in more than 80 countries each week. This Week's Headlines (For the FULL STORY visit the NEWS section of the webzine at this address: http://www.dinosaurnews.org ) ** Talk on dinosaurs slated this week Wegweiser, an affiliate curator with the museum from Powell, Wyo., will discuss her discovery of preserved dinosaur skin at the talk entitled "Dinosaur Mummies of the Cretaceous." ** Not Dinosaurs But: Museum fails to smell a rat Staff did not notice that the rat was out of place amid the museum's usual fare of dinosaur bones and artefacts from the animal kingdom ** Barren Siberia, of all places, may be original home to animal life Trilobites, the primitive shelled creatures considered by many to be among the first animals to appear in the fossil record, may have originated in a place known today largely for its barren lifelessness: Siberia ** Scientists in dust-up among the dinosaurs Scientists at the Natural History Museum, renowned for its display of dinosaur skeletons, have accused two directors of improper behaviour, wasting public money and creating a "culture of fear" _______________________________________________________________ FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO DINOSAURNEWS - Send an email to: subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________________________ ** Zoo Adding Dinosaur Exhibit Franklin Park officials are hoping the exhibit will boost overall attendance this summer and attract visits from delegates to the Democratic National Convention ** Palaeontologists Use Computer to "Morph" Deformed Fossils Back to Their Original Shapes It's bad enough that fossils, buried deep in layers of rock for thousands or millions of years, may be damaged or missing pieces, but what really challenges palaeontologists, according to University at Buffalo researchers, is the amount of deformation that most fossils exhibit ** Feature Site: Two Medicine Dinosaur Centre The Two Medicine Dinosaur Centre is involved with several research projects and research to date has led to several publications ** Get a dino's-eye view of a big, big asteroid Want to see what it would have been like to be 100 miles away from the humongous impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago? ** Curator shares dino toys at Mesa SW Museum He also leads the museum's excavations in south-eastern Arizona that are turning up many fossils of camels, horses, elephants, turtles and occasional dinosaurs that lived more 65 million years ago in what used to be sea coasts near Safford and Sonoita ** Utah Friends of Palaeontology Annual Meeting & Symposium ** Visit the DINOSAURNEWS News Archive - stories from the past fortnight now filed online __________________________________________________________________________ DINOSAURNEWS webzine now read in 80 countries. Hundreds of Dinosaur Books, The latest Dinosaur News, Dinosaur Games, Dinolinks and a Dinomall. Read something ferocious this week: http://www.dinosaurnews.org SEND US YOUR NEWS: Does your Museum have a dinosaur focus? Put us on your media database. We welcome your news of events, discoveries and exhibitions news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com VENDORS REACH THE EDUCATION MARKET FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING Find PREMIUM & FEATURED MERCHANT LISTING ALSO http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp HOT LIST OF SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp SERVICES http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/PS/Home_Products.html Net Happenings,K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>