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View Article  Everything Dinosaur 2010 Dinosaur Calendar

Everything Dinosaur 2010 Dinosaur Calendar

Scientists don't really know what colour dinosaurs were, as only very rarely does any form of pigmentation fossilise.  The illustrations of dinosaurs and various CGI ...   more »

View Article  Time for the Perseids - Annual Meteor Shower

Annual Perseid Meteor Shower

Astronomers in the UK are getting ready to observe one of the most spectacular annual events in the night sky - the Perseid meteor shower.    more »

View Article  Bird Brains - Feathered Friends Capable of Complex Problem Solving

Bird Brains - Corvidae proves Aesop Fable could be True

The term "Bird Brain" is often meant as an insult, but in reality some members of the Order Aves (the birds) ...   more »

View Article  Update on the Isle of Man Archaeological Excavations

Ronaldsway Site Yields Exciting Prehistoric Artefacts

The excavation on the site of the new taxiway at Ronaldsway airport on the Isle of Man is nearing completion, as the archaeologists ...   more »

View Article  Themed Dinosaur Party Food

Theming Food for Dinosaur Parties

When it comes to organising that dinosaur themed birthday party for a dinosaur obsessed youngster one of the many questions we get asked is how ...   more »

View Article  Little Frogs Starting to Leave the Pond

Little Frogs Starting to Leave the Office Pond

Over the last couple of days we have been keeping a look out for signs of the first of the frogs from ...   more »

View Article  Coping with the Heat - How Some Dinosaurs Did It

Coping with Heat - How Some Dinosaurs Stayed Cool

As temperatures soar in the United Kingdom and the southern part of the country endures temperatures in excess of 30 degrees ...   more »

View Article  New Radiocarbon Dating Information Changes Mammoth Extinction

Mammoths around in Great Britain much Longer than Previously Thought

Re-assessment of radiocarbon dating information indicates Mammoths around in the United Kingdom until about 14,000 years ago.   more »

View Article  Welcome to our Office - We Wish

Welcome to our Office - We Wish

Lots of science weeks and school exercises at the moment, they are always fun (but hard work too).  We were invited to attend ...   more »

View Article  Life Begins at 40 for the Open University

Open University Celebrates Forty

The Open University is marking four decades of educating people far and wide, young and old with a series of events being held throughout the country ...   more »

View Article  Reflections on Lyme Regis - Rockwatch - The Club for Young Geologists

Lyme Regis Reflections - Rockwatch the Greatest Club on Earth

After a pleasant couple of days digging for fossils at Church Cliffs between Lyme Regis and Charmouth on the Dorset ...   more »

View Article  The Jurassic Park Finger Puppet Theatre Company

Dinosaurs as Thespians - Walking on Stage with Dinosaurs

Over the years we have supplied all sorts of dinosaur themed items to theatres, television studios and peforming arts societies.  Dinosaur ...   more »

View Article  Teaching, Teaching, Teaching (hopefully some learning)

Teaching, Teaching, Teaching

Everything is in full swing on the teaching front, we have got some work to complete for one of the UK universities over the next few weeks ...   more »

View Article  Count Down to the Bollington Festival

Bollington Festival Starts next Month

The annual Bollington Festival starts on Friday May 8th and runs until the end of the Bank Holiday weekend (Monday 25th May).

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View Article  Woolly Rhino - An Odd Shaped Rhino Horn

Woolly Rhino (Coelodonta antiquitatis) - Odd Shaped Horns

Whilst one of our team members was doing some dinosaur themed teaching activities with school children before the half-term holiday, they ...   more »