November 2015
A relationship between diet and jaw gape in dinosaurs
An article published in the journal “Royal Society Open Science” describes a research on the mouth and in particular the opening of the jaws of various dinosaurs belonging to the suborder of theropods (Theropoda). Many of them were carnivores and especially the famous ones such as the Tyrannosaurus rex or Allosaurus are generally depicted with their mouth wide open, in a menacing pose.
However, so far there had never been a study to understand how wide those animals could open their jaws. Research conducted by a team led by Dr. Stephan Lautenschlager of the University of Bristol showed a clear relationship between their diet and their maximum jaw gape.
Happy birthday Michael Bishop!
Michael Lawson Bishop was born on November 12, 1945 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. His father was in the military so while growing up he spent a lot of time in various countries where he was serving. He started his career as a writer in the ’70, at first writing science fiction then also other genres. His most famous novel is “No Enemy But Time” (1982), winner of the Nebula Award.
Google released TensorFlow, its artificial intelligence core, as a free / open source library
Google released its TensorFlow machine learning engine as a free / open source library. It’s the core of a software used by the company for services such as Google Now and Google Photo. It was originally developed by the Google Brain team, the deep learning project started in 2011 to address issues about artificial intelligence and neural networks.
Lieut. Gullivar Jones, His Vacation or Gulliver of Mars by Edwin L. Arnold
The novel “Lieut. Gullivar Jones, His Vacation” (cover photo ©Simon Jones), also known as “Gulliver of Mars”, by Edwin L. Arnold was published for the first time in 1905.
US Navy Lieutenant Gulliver Jones found himself on Mars unexpectedly, thanks to a magic carpet. There he discovers ancient civilizations and strange places where people are in part very different from the Earth’s but otherwise similar. Slowly, he’s at least partly able to settle in one of Mars exotic city.
Among the people Gulliver Jones meets there’s the beautiful princess Heru. When a group of people with bad intentions kidnap the girl to give her to the sovereign of another kingdom, the Earthsman decides he’s going to save her at all costs. Jones begins a long and dangerous journey to find her.
