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Impress your niece or nephew with these T rex facts.
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New laboratory experiments add analytical rigour to the search for ancient biomolecules
The Jurassic Park franchise has spawned several movies, theme parks and spin-off products.
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Jurassic Park was a technological breakthrough for film because of its use of CGI. It also revived an interest in paleontology and raised ethical questions about DNA use.
Dr Alan Grant (Sam Neill) yn ceisio denu'r T. rex i ffwrdd o'r plant sy'n gaeth yn y car.
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Rhyddhawyd Jurassic Park ar y sgrin fawr ym mis Mehefin 1993 a newidiodd sinema am byth.
The T-Rex is a popular Jurassic World character.
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The biggest crime of the film was exaggerating the size of dinosaurs.
While resurrecting dinosaurs may not be on the docket just yet, gene drives have the power to alter entire species.
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As genetic engineering and DNA manipulation tools like CRISPR continue to advance, the distinction between what science ‘could’ and ‘should’ do becomes murkier.
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Jurassic World’s Claire Dearing was critiqued for wearing heels – but her outfit choices show the development of her character.
Tyrannosaurus rex was a relentless predator who lived during the Cretaceous Period more than 65 million years ago.
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Ever since moviegoers saw the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ millions have wondered if scientists could make a dinosaur in the lab.
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So how accurate is the T. rex’s running speed in that famous Jurassic Park jeep-chase scene?
A Hypacrosaurus skeleton at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, Alberta.
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Scientists claim to have found DNA in fossilised dinosaur cartilage.
There’s a new kid in town inJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.
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The latest in the Jurassic World film franchise sees dinosaurs pitched as future weapons. So who’s behind that monster idea?
Who will get Chris Pratt first - the volcano or the Rex?
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The genetically modified dinosaurs are back in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Fantastic entertainment, and the science isn’t too bad, considering.
Computer-generated dinosaurs walk the Earth.
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The first time computer-generated characters interacted with humans on a movie screen was 25 years ago, in ‘Jurassic Park.’ Since then, technology has improved, giving directors more choices.
Resurrecting dinosaurs might not be so easy.
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Jurassic Park’s dinosaur DNA premise is not so simple in real life
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A new fossil has reminded us that the real velociraptors were a world away from the huge scaly lizards seen in Juarssic World.
How we think things may have looked: In early Cretaceous China, a pair of Beipiaosaurus make way for a pack of Yutyrannus trudging over a recent snowfall. Large pterosaurs (Feilongus ) and tiny birds (Eoenantiornis ) take flight.
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The latest Jurassic World movie has been criticised for its less than accurate portrayal of some of the dinosaurs. But how we imagine they looked and behaved has changed many times over the years.
Lunchtime at the super-croc enclosure.
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Palaeontologists have been lining up to complain about the inaccuracies in the new blockbuster. They need to focus on the positives.