Word: skeletonic
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...piece of news emerged that thrilled even the most unscientific corners of society. Effectively negating years of pessimism over the chances of ever finding one, researchers at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh have uncovered the softball-size remains of a heart inside the fossilized skeleton of one of their dinosaurs. And what a find it is: The Thescelosaurus pumper, which may be the first dinosaur heart ever seen by human eyes, is decidedly un-reptilian; it's divided into four chambers and fed by a single aorta. This structure, scientists explain, suggests that the dinosaur...
...bets are off, however, if genetic engineers find a way to intervene. What slows the human body down is less the architecture of its skeleton than the chemistry of its muscles. The key to speed is making muscles contract faster, and the key to that is gassing them up with as much oxygen as possible. "About 80% of the energy used to run a mile," explains physiologist Peter Weyand of Harvard University, "comes directly from oxygen...
...young Wes Linster, dinosaurs were more than a childhood fantasy. Ever since he was 10 months old, he had joined his parents and siblings on dinosaur hunts in Montana and Wyoming. In August 1994, when Wes was 14, he uncovered an almost perfectly preserved skeleton on a ranch near Choteau, Mont. Recalls Wes: "I bolted down the hill to get my mom because I knew I shouldn't be messing with...
Good thing. Last week the young dino hunter's discovery was unveiled at the Graves Museum of Archaeology and Natural History in Dania Beach, Fla. What he found was a new type of birdlike predator that lived 75 million years ago. "The skeleton is a jewel," says veteran Yale paleontologist John Ostrom. "It's virtually complete, undistorted, unbroken, pristine...
...product called the "Realdoll" is a surprisingly realistic rendition of the female form. Dubbed a blend of fantasy and reality, realdoll.com boasts that its doll bears "elastic flesh, an articulated skeleton and sexy features like no other love doll in the world." This doll is no flotation device. A concoction of silicon and steal, the real doll is made precisely to the specifications of its creator. Every aspect of the doll can be altered--from height, weight and bust size to shoe size, pubic hair color and style...