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I went to the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park with a friend today. I could have spent a lot more time, if we hadn’t left dogs at home in crates. I was pleased that allowed photography inside, even with a flash in most areas. I loved this restoration, which looks more like modern art than a fossile.

Effect Measure, at ScienceBlogs, has some well-written posts about Swine Flu.  Remember to wash your hands.

In celebration, Astronomy Picture of the Day show a photo of The Heart Nebula.

Google is celebrating Charles Darwin’s birthday today with this logo and a pointer to some links about him.

NASA’s Astonomy Picture of the Day has a image of Orion s Belt.

The full Moon will loom larger in the sky on Friday than it has since 1993, as it will be nearly as close as it ever comes to Earth in its orbit.

New Scientist.

This week, scientists announce a new dinosaur named after our local Garden of Gods: Theiophytalia kerri. The fossil was misclassified when it was originally discovered in the 1880s.

On April 15, Expelled will have their complete response to the film which claims that educators and scientists are being persecuted for their belief that there is evidence of design in nature. (via my favorite science blog, Pharyngula.)

Astroprof writes about Daylight Wasting Time? and a research study that was done in Indiana.