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Archaeology Feb 23, 2011

New 'thunder-thighs' dinosaur discovered (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new dinosaur named Brontomerus mcintoshi, or "thunder-thighs" after its enormously powerful thigh muscles, has been discovered in Utah, USA. The new species is described in a paper recently published in ...

Aug 18, 2006

Have you ever seen an elephant... run?

If an elephant is thundering towards you at 15mph you are probably not too concerned with the finer points of biomechanics or the thorny question about whether they are truly running or not. But for researchers, understanding ...