Metal object found in Carboniferous coal and other news

[Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>]

From: Ben Creisler
bcreisler@gmail.com


Some recent news stuff, much non-dino:

I usually avoid posting news stories from Russian news services. Some
fairly dubious "pseudoscience" material gets into the regular
media--not even rising to the level of concretions identified as
supposed "giant" dinosaur eggs. This one seemed weird enough to treat
as an exception and it has been reposted by the Huffington Post with a
photo. Note the Romanian claim of aluminum "spaceship" parts from the
Jurassic....

Photo of specimen:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/23/300-million-year-old-tooth-gear_n_2527424.html

The photo for this version is  not the sample….
http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_01_19/300-million-year-old-UFO-tooth-wheel-found-in-Russian-city-of-Vladivostok/


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>From the ridiculous to the sublime....


Mike Taylor advocates Open Access

http://m.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/jan/17/open-access-publishing-science-paywall-immoral

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Giant Cretaceous clams found in Utah

http://www.sunad.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=26966

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Fire damages Museum of Natural Sciences, Pontifical Catholic
University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas) (in Portuguese)

http://g1.globo.com/minas-gerais/noticia/2013/01/apos-incendio-museu-da-puc-minas-fecha-por-tempo-indeterminado.html



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Eosinopteryx press release

http://www.southampton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2013/jan/13_12.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-21181611

Ampelosaurus brain press release
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130123195349.htm