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• Get a grip

  - 2007-09-03

  Some tree frogs can stick sideways to tree trunks and even hang upside down. Jon Barnes, a scientist at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, recently discovered what gives these frogs their ability to cling at such extreme angles. Tree frogs rely on a thin coating of sticky mucus...

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• Was T. rex just a big freeloader? - Paleobiology - Brief Article

  - 2003-03-22

  Paleontologists have long debated whether Tyrannosaurus rex was a predator or a scavenger. In most previous analyses, scientists have scrutinized the creature's teeth and jaws. Now, Graeme D. Ruxton and David C. Houston at the University of Glasgow in Scotland weigh in on the issue from another angle: whether a...

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• Paisley pushes exercise to top of heart patients' priorities.

  - 2002-10-10

  M2 PRESSWIRE-10 October 2002-BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION: Paisley pushes exercise to top of heart patients' priorities C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10142002 One of Scotland's heart disease black spots is set to benefit from British Heart Foundation BHF funding of GBP123,500...

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