Armed with 3D scans of the most complete supermassive dinosaur skeleton ever unearthed, and the latest paleontology and biomechanical research, a graduate student in Westphal College’s Digital Media program, is bringing a giant dinosaur to […]
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How to Build a Flexing Robotic Dinosaur Limb In Seven ‘Easy’ Steps
With their discovery of Dreadnoughtus schrani in 2014, a team of Drexel University researchers unearthed not only the most complete skeleton of a new species of supermassive dinosaur, but also a trove of research opportunities. […]
Quick Take: What Jurassic World Got Wrong (and Right) About Dinosaurs
“Jurassic World,” the long-awaited sequel to the movie “Jurassic Park,” shattered box office records in its opening weekend. But has it had comparable gargantuan success in improving viewers’ knowledge about what dinosaurs were really like? […]
Asteroid Crash Kicked Off Mega-Volcano in the Process that Killed Dinosaurs, According to New Study
When an enormous asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, a planet-wide quake shook the magma plumbing of a massive, active volcano—radically changing the style of volcanic eruption in one of the planet’s rarest, largest […]
Drexel Snapshot: Dreadnoughtus Departure
The world said hello to Dreadnoughtus schrani for the first time just a little over three months ago, but soon it will be time for the Drexel scientists and students involved in studying this extraordinary […]
Digging Deeper into Dreadnoughtus: Dinosaur Interview Part 2
A team led by Drexel University’s Kenneth Lacovara, PhD announced a major new dinosaur discovery with a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports on Sept. 4, 2014. The dinosaur is BIG. So big that […]
Digging Deeper into Dreadnoughtus: Dinosaur Interview with Ken Lacovara
A team led by Drexel University’s Kenneth Lacovara, PhD announced a major new dinosaur discovery with a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports on Sept. 4, 2014. The dinosaur is BIG. So big that […]
Dreadnoughtus schrani: Frequently Asked Questions on the Super-Massive Dinosaur
In a scientific paper published in the journal Scientific Reports today, a Drexel-led team has described a new genus and species of dinosaur they have named Dreadnoughtus schrani. An overview of the discovery and its […]