Could it really be possible to one day create living, breathing dinosaurs from traces of ancient DNA?
As part of the first ever Manchester Science Festival (October 20 to 28) there will be a special screening of the Oscar-winning movie at the Printworks Odeon Cinema in Manchester on Wednesday. The film will be followed by a question-and-answer session about the science behind the film. The dinosaur discussion will continue when University of Manchester palaeontologist Dr Phil Manning, biomechanics expert Dr Bill Sellers and colleagues will be explaining to visitors to the Manchester Museum their recent research that has accurately predicted the running speeds of five meat-eating dinosaurs. Their study, which used a sophisticated supercomputer to produce running models of each dinosaur, showed that even the six-tonne T. rex would have been able to outrun a sportsman such as a professional footballer. More snarling gnashers will be on display at the Manchester Museum when science historian Dr Emm Barnes recreates scenes from Victorian Manchester when rabid dogs routinely roamed the stree
