Nov 20th, 2008 · In recent decades, U.S. automakers ignored both fuel economy and beauty. If they don't change their ways, other companies and other means of transportation will succeed — and Detroit will become a dinosaur.
Aug 28th, 2008 · A new study finds oxygen has probably not varied all that dramatically since dinosaurs first roamed the Earth. Scientists in Ireland say the atmosphere seems to have been at least 15 percent oxygen for hundreds of millions of years.
Aug 14th, 2008 · Scientists from the National Geographic Society were hunting for dinosaur bones in the Tenere Desert in Niger. Instead, they found the graves and remains of people who lived there as long as 10,000 years ago.
Jul 2nd, 2008 · At the Dinosaur National Monument, young visitors search for Jurassic-era bones and pledge to take care of their environments.
Jun 12th, 2008 · Experts are announcing the death of the midsize SUV. High fuel prices are the reason. The Associated Press quotes one expert brilliantly mixing metaphors, saying of the big vehicles: "They're dinosaurs. Put a fork in them."
May 2nd, 2008 · Host Steve Inskeep has today's Last Word in business.
Apr 25th, 2008 · Analysis of proteins found in a scrap of collagen from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex leg bone provides strong evidence for the idea that dinosaurs are the ancestors of modern-day birds. Paleontologist Mary Higby Schweitzer talks about the finding and what it means for our understanding of evolution.
Apr 24th, 2008 · Boasting a cast of respected rap veterans — and their dinosaur avatars — the new collection called Baby Loves Hip Hop is all about helping pre-schoolers get their pre-historic party started.