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...study of the running ability of Tyrannosaurus Rex, reported last week in the journal Nature, suggests that the king of the prehistoric jungle wasn't quite the speedster we once thought. Researchers found that T. rex (as imagined in an early 20th century painting, left, by Charles Knight) was too massive to sprint like the giant-size cheetah it appears to be in movies. This is just the latest in a series of humbling revisions made over the past decade or so, as new fossils were unearthed and old ones re-examined. But one thing hasn't changed: this...
...POSTURE The classic images of T. rex showed him standing upright, with tail near the ground for stability. The correct posture is shown in this skeleton from Chicago's Field Museum: the beast balanced its weight over its hips like a seesaw...
...SMELL OF THE KILL Studies of skulls and braincases indicate that T. rex had a keen sense of smell, a key weapon in tracking prey. The dinosaur's nostrils have been repositioned as well: closer to the end of its snout rather than its eyes...
With around forty undergraduates, graduate students and guests—including Morris’ wife—in attendance in the Lowell House Junior Common Room, Morris discussed his current book Theodore Rex, its prequel, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, and Dutch, his controversial biography of Ronald Reagan...
...Astaire?s achievement can be considered alone; he?s solus rex. But Kelly, more than any top Hollywood star I can think of, cannot be discussed without reference to another star; he must be appraised in relation, or opposition, to Astaire. Kelly was the younger brother, way brasher, more overtly ambitious, letting the steel and sweat show - Gene was No. 2, he had to try harder. Fred was No. 1 with a ballet. And in American movie dance, there was no third...