Journal of Systematic Palaeontology Originally Posted: June 6, 2016 Ronald S. Tykoski and Anthony R. Fiorillo recently published new research titled, An articulated cervical series of Alamosaurus sanjuanensis Gilmore, 1922 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from Texas: new perspective on the relationships of North America’s last giant sauropod. READ MORE
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Preston Hollow People Originally Posted: June 3, 2016 After a year of planning and preparation, a group of students hosted the first TEDxGreenhillSchool on April 2. The idea stemmed from a weekly tradition started by Greenhill upper school science teacher Chris Bigenho, who started emailing various TED Talks each Tuesday. These quickly became known as […]
GeorgiaWorld Originally Posted: May 25, 2016 The questions kids ask about science aren’t always easy to answer. Sometimes, their little brains can lead to big places adults forget to explore. With that in mind, we’ve started a new series called Science Question From a Toddler, which will use kids’ curiosity as a jumping-off point to investigate the […]
Live Science Originally Posted: May 26, 2016 The armored cousin of the Ankylosaurus dinosaur didn’t have a football-size club on its tail, but it did have a super sense of smell, said scientists who examined its skull. The Cretaceous-age Pawpawsaurus campbelli walked on all fours and lived in ancient Texas about 100 million years ago, the researchers said. It […]
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Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: May 24, 2016 On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the denizens of Southern Methodist University’s campus seemed to move at a leisurely pace. A few cyclists clicked along the pathways and the stately brick buildings, with their bright white colonnades, were quiet. Commencement had taken place a few days earlier. But […]
SMU Research Originally Posted: May 23, 2016 Pawpawsaurus’s hearing wasn’t keen, and it lacked the infamous tail club of Ankylosaurus. But first-ever CT scans of Pawpawsaurus’s skull indicate the dino’s saving grace from predators may have been an acute sense of smell. Well-known armored dinosaur Ankylosaurus is famous for a hard knobby layer of bone […]
SMU NEWS Originally Posted: May 17, 2016 Earthquakes triggered by human activity have been happening in Texas since at least 1925, and they have been widespread throughout the state ever since, according to a new historical review of the evidence published online May 18 in Seismological Research Letters. The earthquakes are caused by oil and […]
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Celebrating Dedman College Faculty Books
The Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute and Dedman College hosted the inaugural SMU Faculty Bookfest on Tuesday, May 3 in the Dallas Hall Rotunda. Remarks and presentations were made in celebration of books published by SMU faculty in 2015. View a slideshow of the event photos here. For more information on Dedman College faculty books, click here.
Modern Readers Originally Posted: May 9, 2016 Don’t let those sharp teeth fool you, because this ancient hammerhead reptile had no appetite for meat. The hammerhead’s most distinctive feature was its two menacing rows of teeth, with one group resembling needles and another group resembling chisels. That would normally hint that it was a carnivore, and […]