Video: Robotic pet dinosaur by Pleo, found on the Synthesis Magazine Blog which has declared 2008 “Year of the Dinosaur.”
If you’ve been keeping an eye on the science pages, you’d know it’s actually been a big week for dinosaur news.
A fossil unearthed in China has given scientists a rare glimpse of what dinosaurs were like in the flesh. [BBC]
A new book argues that the demise of the dinosaurs was due not to an asteroid impact, nor massive volcanic eruptions in India, but instead to tiny biting disease-spreading insects and arachnids — mosquitoes, mites, ticks and biting flies. [Fox News]
Creationist wants $60,000 for rare mastodon. [Nature]
