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IOL News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Fun and learning: the best kids' books and games for 2025
Luna is about to start school for the new year, but she's not feeling well. Image: Loot Description: Luna's journey Luna is about to start school for the new year, but she's not feeling well. She is scared anddoes not know what awaits her. Luckily, her mom's wise words comfort and guide her. Hermom says: be good, be kind, but always speak your mind. This is why Luna knows how to answer the girl who is mean to her. And this is how Luna faces all the obstacles on her journey. In the process she learns what it means to have grit and courage. Price: R139 Visit: The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends! Image: Loot Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ Description: Oi Dinosaurs! The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends. Get your hands on this roaring, stomping, dino-packed new title in the award-winning, bestselling Oi Frog and Friends series. Price: R210 Visit: This Exit Puzzle for kids mixes a richly-illustrated 368-piece jigsaw, an exciting storyline and 6 mathematical riddles hidden within the jigsaw image. Image: Loot Description: Ravensburger Exit Puzzle Kids Jigsaw Puzzle - Jungle Expedition (368 Pieces) Imagine you and your family have won a night at the natural history museum. On reachingthe home of the Brachiosaurus you suddenly hear a loud crunching noise. What is it? Can you discover what's making that strange and scary sound and then exit? This Exit Puzzle for kids mixes a richly-illustrated 368-piece jigsaw, an exciting storyline and 6 mathematicalriddles hidden within the jigsaw image. Price: R339 Visit: Get into the fast fun for everyone with UNO - America's #1 Brand of Card Game. Image: Loot
IOL News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Fun and learning: the best kids' books and games for 2025
Luna is about to start school for the new year, but she's not feeling well. Image: Loot Description: Luna's journey Luna is about to start school for the new year, but she's not feeling well. She is scared anddoes not know what awaits her. Luckily, her mom's wise words comfort and guide her. Hermom says: be good, be kind, but always speak your mind. This is why Luna knows how to answer the girl who is mean to her. And this is how Luna faces all the obstacles on her journey. In the process she learns what it means to have grit and courage. Price: R139 Visit: The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends! Image: Loot Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ Ad loading Description: Oi Dinosaurs! The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and Friends. Get your hands on this roaring, stomping, dino-packed new title in the award-winning, bestselling Oi Frog and Friends series. Price: R210 Visit: This Exit Puzzle for kids mixes a richly-illustrated 368-piece jigsaw, an exciting storyline and 6 mathematical riddles hidden within the jigsaw image. Image: Loot Description: Ravensburger Exit Puzzle Kids Jigsaw Puzzle - Jungle Expedition (368 Pieces) Imagine you and your family have won a night at the natural history museum. On reachingthe home of the Brachiosaurus you suddenly hear a loud crunching noise. What is it? Can you discover what's making that strange and scary sound and then exit? This Exit Puzzle for kids mixes a richly-illustrated 368-piece jigsaw, an exciting storyline and 6 mathematicalriddles hidden within the jigsaw image. Price: R339 Visit: Get into the fast fun for everyone with UNO - America's #1 Brand of Card Game. Image: Loot
Observer
5 days ago
- Science
- Observer
First fossil proof found that long-necked dinosaurs were vegetarians
In the movie 'Jurassic Park,' a character proclaims there is nothing to fear from a towering Brachiosaurus, because it's a 'veggie-saurus' that eats only plants. Littlefoot, the 'Longneck' dinosaur in the 'Land Before Time' series, eats leaves, or 'tree stars.' But although pop culture and general scientific opinion have agreed for decades that the long-necked sauropod dinosaurs were herbivores, there was no definitive proof found in the fossil record. But there were hints of a diet full of green stuff. Fossils of sauropods, which stomped across the planet for 130 million years, are plentiful; additionally, herbivores tend to outnumber those of carnivores. The animals had small, peglike teeth, and their huge, lumbering bodies seemed ill equipped to chase down prey. 'Plants were pretty much the only option,' said Stephen Poropat, a paleontologist and the deputy director of the Western Australian Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Center at Curtin University in Perth. A study published in the journal Current Biology provides what may be the first concrete proof to support this argument, in the form of fossilized plants discovered in the belly of a sauropod. 'It's the smoking gun, or the steaming guts, as it were — the actual direct evidence in the belly of the beast,' Poropat said. Poropat, along with scientists and volunteers from the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum, encountered the fossil on a dig in Queensland, Australia, in 2017. — KATE GOLEMBIEWSKI ?NYT
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jurassic World: The Experience at Gardens by the Bay till 31 Dec
On 29 May, Jurassic World: The Experience debuted within the Cloud Forest at the . Presented by NEON and Universal Live Entertainment, this event brings the cinematic wonder of the Jurassic World film franchise to life through life-sized animatronic dinosaurs nestled within the legendary mist-shrouded conservatory. For Singapore Adult Residents, a ticket to the Cloud Forest will set you back by S$26. For Singapore Children & Senior Residents, the same ticket will set you back by S$22. Check out these highlights. Experience the Brachiosaurus Falls, where amidst a landscape of dense forests and thundering waterfalls, a Brachiosaurus duo erupt in calls, harmonising with each other. Come face-to-face with a fierce animatronic T-rex, then make your way to safety by slipping through a fence, prowling among palm-like plants with thick trunks and spiky leaves. These include cycads such as the Cycas revoluta (Japanese Cycad) and Cycas rumphii (Queen Sago), plants that once grew across the land during the dinosaur age. Enjoy an exciting photo opportunity where you get to choose from different animated backgrounds, along with exclusive digital reels to preserve your special Jurassic World visit. Don't forget to drop by the retail area for some merchandise to remember your adventure. Learn about prehistoric plants such as the (Golden Chicken Fern) (above, left). In the past, the fine, golden hairs that distinguish this fern were applied to wounds to stop bleeding. Today, Cibotium barometz is popular in gardens and collections. Favouring moist gullies and valleys in Eastern Australia, the feathery foliage of Dicksonia Antarctica (Tasmanian Tree Fern) (above, right) shelters an abundance of ferns and mini orchids. Despite their preference for humid places, mature ferns are wildfire tolerant. Children's Festival 2025 24 May – 15 Jun with Lilo & Stitch exhibits The post Jurassic World: The Experience at Gardens by the Bay till 31 Dec appeared first on
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Well-preserved dinosaur skull belongs to new sauropod species
Sauropods were some of the largest dinosaurs to ever stomp across the planet, and they did their stomping pretty much everywhere. But while paleontologists have discovered fossils from species like Apatosaurus and Brachiosaurus on almost every present-day continent, those found in China have been largely relegated to the nation's southern and western regions. Well-preserved remains of non-neosauropod eusauropods are even more rare. These relatives existed through the Middle Jurassic approximately 174 to 161 million years ago. According to a recent study published in Scientific Reports, a team led by researchers at the China University of Geosciences has discovered a new sauropod species they call Jinchuanloong niedu. And their specimen's skull is one of the most well-preserved ever excavated. Almost all giant, long-necked dinosaurs beyond their earliest evolutionary forms belong to the eusauropod clade. They eventually became the only sauropod line to survive past the Early Jurassic's global mass extinction event, with many species evolving to make up the neosauropoda later clade includes Brachiosaurus and Apatosaurus. While these newer neosauropods were the majority, some non-neosauropod continued to exist through the Middle Jurassic. But of those, paleontologists have recovered very few with well-preserved skulls, leaving large gaps in the overall fossil record. Jinchuanloong niedu, however, is helping to fill in those missing pieces. The remains discovered at the Xinhe Formation located in northwestern China encompass five articulated cervical vertebrae, 29 articulated caudal vertebrae, along with a nearly complete skull that includes its mandible. The fossil trove's location in the sedimentary layers indicate the dinosaur lived sometime around the Middle Jurassic's late Bathonion period–roughly 165 to 186 million years ago. After comparing their specimen with other East Asian sauropods, the university's announcement noted a mix of 'primitive and derived features' that pointed to a unique, previously undiscovered its preservation, the first known Jinchuanloong niedu specimen doesn't appear to be an adult. Physiological features including unfused neural arches in the caudal vertebrae imply that the dinosaur was a juvenile or subadult when it died. But given that it was already nearly 100 feet long, it's a near-certainty that Jinchuanloong niedu still grew to colossal proportions.
