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After the writing, before dinner, I watched an episode of Nova online, about the discovery in China of the four-winged, feathered dromaeosaurid theropod Microraptor and the evolution and biomechanics of flight in non-avian and avian theropods.
Howard Hughes and the Little White Pills greygirlbeast 2009
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Who wouldn't want to fly in neurologically synchronized harmony with a four-winged alien dragon?
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For those, though, who want something more serious than singing, PBS 'Nova (8 ET/PT, times may vary) examines the recent discovery of the fossil remains of a four-winged dinosaur — and takes a re-creation out for a test flight.
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Who wouldn't want to fly in neurologically synchronized harmony with a four-winged alien dragon?
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But, to return to the flies, Pringle suggests that the four-winged ancestors of flies probably had long abdomens, which would have made them stable.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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There was a really good show on Nova recently about a 350-million-year-old fossil of a four-winged, pigeon-sized dinosaur which was fascinating.
Poultrysaurus James Gurney 2009
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Black greasewood or four-winged saltbush may grow around the perimeter in the transition to the salt shrub community, where they often stabilize areas of low sand dunes.
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Silvia Izquierdo/Associated Press Scientist believe the four-winged Microraptor lived approximately 130 million years ago and flew in the same way a flying squirrel does today.
Early 'Birds' 2009
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In a related matter, the post by Wells completely screws up its discussion of four-winged flies.
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But, to return to the flies, Pringle suggests that the four-winged ancestors of flies probably had long abdomens, which would have made them stable.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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