By Paul Weimer:If Isaac Asimov (see January 2nd’s scroll) was one of the two midwives of getting me into science fiction. J.R.R. Tolkien was one of the two midwives of getting me into fantasy (the other, absolutely no surprise to any of you, was Roger Zelazny). I think I’ve t...
My favorite dinosaur is two legs. It runs fast. It has a small head. It likes to fly, but it can't fly. It can swim and run. It ate fish. This is my favorite dinosaurs. And you?( 我最喜欢的恐龙是有两条腿。它跑得快。它有个较小的头。它喜欢飞，但它不会飞。它会...
What got me was not just that dinosaurs were near and grotesque but that they were part of a much bigger history, a Greek historical story. So in the fourth grade, in 1964 I announced to my parents that I spend the rest of my life studying dinosaurs. And my parents nodded their heads...
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Whatever the reason, the only place we can come face to face with a dinosaur today is in a museum.1. What's the passage mainly about? A. What it was like to live long ago. B. Dinosaurs were of different sizes. C. Why we can't meet a dinosaur today. D. What the biggest lan ...
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we placed the robot in positions where no shadows would appear near the grasshopper while the robot’s forelimbs or tail were in motion. The main body of the robot was tilted 37° upward for experiments concerning proto-wings (experiments 1–3; Fig.3E) to imitate a posture observed in gro...
A characteristic of Teylers Museum very endearing to me is the lack of artificial light throughout this part of the museum. Used to spotlights picking out the key specimens (or parts) of exhibits and all the rest in the (semi-)dark (with only few, usually historical museum buildings defying...