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Pennie Latin explores the science behind the everyday.

Pennie Latin explores the science behind our everyday experiences and speaks to key scientists working in Scotland.

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Brainwaves: Dinosaur Hunting with Steve Brusatte

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Dinosaur Hunting with Steve Brusatte

BBC Radio Scotland - Brainwaves, Dinosaur Hunting with Steve Brusatte

A whistle-stop tour of the amazing age of the dinosaurs with top expert Dr Steve Brusatte.

Pennie Latin invites paleontologist Dr Steve Brusatte to choose the 5 fossils which best capture his life, work and infectious passion for dinosaurs.

Who doesn't love dinosaurs? Dr Steve Brusatte certainly does and his knowledge, story telling and passion for the subject are utterly infectious.  In this Brainwaves Pennie Latin joins Steve in his Edinburgh laboratory to discuss the 5 fossils which best capture his love of the subject together with a flavour of a story which lasted over 180 million years then ended so dramatically with a mass extinction. Among his chosen 5 fossils Steve discusses the Sauropod trackways he discovered on the Isle of Skye, Scotland's Jurassic Park, in 2015 and the extraordinary fossil of a Zhenyuanlong which he first saw in China and is a brilliant example of a feathered dinosaur.

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