As Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, Sam Neill portrayed a scientist who was authentic, normal and relatable. For many budding paleontologists, it was life changing.
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Sam Neill has died at 78. He was an actor who chose restraint and reason, embellishing his characters with a feeling of genuine realism.
Life on Earth, according to ‘The Dinosaurs,’ is a story of conquest. And that is a cultural story as much as a scientific one.
We all know science influences books, movies and TV – but the influence goes both ways.
Thirty-two years, six Jurassic iterations and countless monstrous digital apparitions later, the wow factor is a distant memory.
Fossils tell us the titanosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs – but new discoveries could reveal new giants!
Impress your niece or nephew with these T rex facts.
New laboratory experiments add analytical rigour to the search for ancient biomolecules
Jurassic Park was a technological breakthrough for film because of its use of CGI. It also revived an interest in paleontology and raised ethical questions about DNA use.
Rhyddhawyd Jurassic Park ar y sgrin fawr ym mis Mehefin 1993 a newidiodd sinema am byth.
The biggest crime of the film was exaggerating the size of dinosaurs.
As genetic engineering and DNA manipulation tools like CRISPR continue to advance, the distinction between what science ‘could’ and ‘should’ do becomes murkier.
Jurassic World’s Claire Dearing was critiqued for wearing heels – but her outfit choices show the development of her character.
Ever since moviegoers saw the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ millions have wondered if scientists could make a dinosaur in the lab.
So how accurate is the T. rex’s running speed in that famous Jurassic Park jeep-chase scene?
Scientists claim to have found DNA in fossilised dinosaur cartilage.
The latest in the Jurassic World film franchise sees dinosaurs pitched as future weapons. So who’s behind that monster idea?
The genetically modified dinosaurs are back in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Fantastic entertainment, and the science isn’t too bad, considering.
The first time computer-generated characters interacted with humans on a movie screen was 25 years ago, in ‘Jurassic Park.’ Since then, technology has improved, giving directors more choices.
Jurassic Park’s dinosaur DNA premise is not so simple in real life
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Chancellor's Fellow in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Edinburgh
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Senior Lecturer in Communication
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Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
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Emeritus Strategic Professor in Palaeontology, Flinders University
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Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Director of the Centre for Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Genetics, University of Kent
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Palaeontologist, Earth Science Faculty, University of New England
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Adjunct Lecturer in Creative Industries, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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PhD Candidate, Palaeontology, University of Oxford
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Postgraduate Researcher in Palaeontology, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer, Media Studies and Production, University of Southern Queensland
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PhD Student, University of New England