jurassic park

In 1842 a Victorian anatomist looked at some unusual fossils and, noticing they had something in common, he decided we needed a word to describe these strange creatures. He called them dinosaurs.…

‘Life, uh, finds a way.’ This week on Up To 90, we talk ‘Jurassic Park’ – the film that brought CGI to the fore and gave us Jaws for a generation-but with dinosaurs. And Jeff Goldblum. In Steven Spielberg's massive blockbuster,…

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The self-appointed prince of Irish comedy Trevor Browne reviews office small talk this week. What topic will give you the most mileage and bore you the least? Also in this episode – Trevor’s history of fighting at school, a T-Rex Formula…

Sorry. I'm so sorry. It's been so long. I won't bore you with why it's been so long but know that I'm sorry. To get us back into the swing of things, this week's Digest is mostly about two big things that have happened in the world of Irish…

Oh My God What A Complete Aisling co-author Emer McLysaght joined Alan Maguire and Ellen Tannam to talk about Jurassic Park - the movie and the book, palaeontology, transition year work experience, the importance of posters, Sam Neill, Jeff…

12 Angry Men I say that I think the fella might not be guilty; a lot of the evidence just doesn't make sense to me. I start to explain why but I get the feeling that everybody is just politely waiting for me to finish. One of the angry…

I know what you’re thinking: “not another unproduced hack preying on the goodwill of people’s dreams selling his snake-oil to the masses in the form of a how-to guide.” And if this was anyone else, you’d be right. But I AM a produced…

As Jurassic Park taught pretty much anyone from my generation, Palaeontology is a fascinating field.  You’re talking about giant lizards that used to stomp about the Earth, what’s not to love. It consists of what I consider to be two main…

Denis O'Brien is not a popular man. We would even go so far as to say that he is an unpopular man. Harsh words, we know, but we're nothing if not straight talkers here in the humour section of HeadStuff.org. Denis O'Brien is an Irish…