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    The plates on Stegosaurus and the fleshy, domed skulls on pachycephalosaurs could certainly have been for recognition, but not the kind of recognition cited in this article comparing it to teen fashion. Isn’t flashy recognition often a sign that says, “Don’t eat me because I am poisonous”? There may have been enough noxious secretions in […]

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  2. Paleontology

    Just for Frills?

    The more that paleontologists scrutinize some dinosaurs' plates, frills, and other anatomical oddities, the more they suspect that the rationale behind these features is simply the need to be recognizably different.

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  3. A Slumber Not So Sweet: Loss of brain cells that regulate breathing may cause death during sleep

    Elderly people may die in their sleep because they gradually lose brain cells that control breathing.