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Furthermore, there is nothing that tells us whether the bird was alive or dead when the dinosaur consumed it.
It is a rather unnerving fact that whether you are dead or alive may depend on where you live.
Whether the cricket is dead or alive, traditional wisdom is evidently defunct, a tedious chirp no one has time for.
Dead zones are areas of the ocean that no longer have enough oxygen to support sea life.
The ring patterns of old living trees were matched to those of dead trees to pinpoint years when the dead trees had been alive.
In cold-winter climates, where freeze damage occurs, remove all dead and injured stems.
Nine new species that dine only on dead whales have been discovered, a new study says.
In the dead of winter, spring-blooming bulbs are especially welcome in the house.
We watch for the pair of bald eagles that have lately come to nest in a tall dead oak.
Most die away from the hive, so researchers don't have dead bodies to examine.
When blowfly eggs hatch in a patient's wound, the maggots eat the dead flesh where gangrene-causing bacteria thrive.
It was interesting, but really stopped the flow of storytelling dead in its tracks.
Many giant squid have washed up on beaches or have been found dead or dying in fishing nets.
When he composed them, he would dream of the dead lying on the ground.
The nematocysts can still release their sting even after the jellyfish is dead.
The subtle art of raising long-deceased spirits from the dead.
The animal is dead by the time it is in a microwave so no dielectric shielding.
Ceremonies for the dead have always fascinated people of all ages.
In mild-winter climates, remove dead or old canes and make cuts as shown above right.
Nothing kills a gadget dead faster than a dunk in the toilet or a splash of beer.
It is odd that an industry that would not be seen dead in last season's colour is wedded to the last century's technology.
But this particular caterpillar is already dead, and its corpse has been protected by two unseen and unlikely partners.
These beads are made from the remains of dead relatives.
They may linger near a dead body for days and partially bury it.
Microorganisms, particularly bacteria, produce proteins in their cell walls that bind water-even if they are dead.
Today doctors use medicinal maggots to clean wounds by dissolving dead tissue and to disinfect them by killing bacteria.
Experts are close to piecing together the entire genomes of long-dead beasts.
She had feared him dead after receiving funeral notices for some of the friends he served with.
If he were dead, he told his therapist much later, then nothing more could happen to him.
Cellphone dead zones might soon become a thing of the past.
The scene is a sheriff's office near a mountain lake, where a hunter and his dog have been found dead.
They don't call him the godfather of the dead for nothing.
Check your web presence for dead links and old information.
She could even have stolen cash from him, cursed him dead, and hidden his remains.
Three of them are known to have been killed, and the fourth is presumed dead.
The placement of the body is said to signify honor and bring the dead closer to heaven.
Alders need little pruning except to remove suckers, crossing branches, and dead wood.
Others worry that the inevitable increase in dead kangaroos will alarm the campers who frequent the island.
Dead ahead lies a heavy thicket, an ideal spot for an ambush by drug smugglers.
Memorials are not about the dead, but a comfort for those that still live.
Now that the local newspaper is all but dead, there are few sources of news in the traditional sense.
And they must tell students that their professor is dead.
Dead leaves drift on the green, cloudy water that's nearly to the brim of the six-million-gallon open concrete reservoir.
We will all be dead by the time the slightest evolution in our species develops.
Originally, when the dead came back, they weren't really malicious.
Despite all the dead air, the true believers say the odds of success are now better than ever.
Scores of people are dead, and you're in your robe, getting the paper somewhere.
About half of the turtles on the beach are already dead.
Remove any dead material from the previous season as new growth resumes.
Already, human impacts on the ocean are large, from spurring jellyfish to dominate to boosting algae blooms and dead zones.
Still, after decades of experience, they have failed to fix the seriously dead veggies and the lack of flavor.
There will be no dead bodies at the scene, unless someone is killed by the explosion itself.
Not all dead birds and tree squirrels can be tested for disease, but all reports are helpful.
We sweep nearly everyday, so these are new dead bees.
Our reporter spends a dark night with the living dead.
Well-run companies still know when they need outside expertise, which is why strategy consulting is far from dead.
What they can do when normal flies are long-dead is absolutely amazing.
His predictions of the violence to come turned out to be dead right.
How offshore garbage dumping contributes to ocean dead zones.
Last year, people started reporting dead or dying specimens.
Relatively few animals have been reported dead, however, reviving speculation that animals somehow sense impending disaster.
She knew her father was dead and that they would live their lives without him.
As soon as you start thinking about getting it right, you're dead in the water.
Film criticism isn't dead and it certainly isn't dying due to film bloggers.
Dilemmas about dealing with online records of the dead are becoming commonplace.
With tens of thousands of elephants dead each year for their tusks, extinction looms on the horizon for these majestic creatures.
Maybe they're trying to bring the dead back to life.
Rake up and dispose of dead leaves, since fungus spores can overwinter on them.
But now, finally, there are batteries that won't fade to dead.
Their stench has been compared to the scent of a thousand dead elephants rotting in the sun.
Many were dead and others almost dead, and nobody had the health or strength to help the diseased or bury the dead.
Realizing he had worked his whole life in vain, he destroyed all his paintings and was found dead the next day.
Emmet is forced to quit his newly acquired residency to join in what will in all likelihood be a dead-end search for his father.
There is something intensely animal about our relationship with the dead.
Place your subject in any of the four corners instead of dead center to keep the image from looking flat.
Essentially sufferers believe themselves to be dead.
The names of the dead are inscribed in the bronze that surrounds the pools.
As the population of menhaden declines, algal blooms have proliferated, transforming some inshore waters into dead zones.
Always avoid bare-handed contact when handling dead animals.
Oxygen-starved ocean dead zones may be more widespread than thought.
While it is long dead there is a lot of information on volcanoes and the different types of end results.
Need little pruning except to remove wayward or dead growth.
UK researchers have developed a series of robots that power up by digesting sugar, rotten apples, and dead flies.
The details are unclear, but one gunman is dead and it appears no one else was injured.
Dead zones are low-oxygen, or hypoxic, areas in the world's oceans and lakes.
Outside pressure for reform, in other words, is all but dead.
News literacy is agnostic about how people are getting their news-from dead-tree media, the cloud, or anything in between.
Not long but long enough to know that whatever it was was truly dead.
We're going up the alleyways, looking under cars, finding hypodermic needles and dead cats.
Sadly, everyday there are lots of dead bees on the patio, some with the yellow stuff on their legs.
Or, if the other queen has emerged by the time they find each other, they will often fight until one is dead.
It was not crowded elbow-to-elbow, the weather was wonderful and the mosquitoes all dead.
Some within two hours, some merry at dinner and dead at supper.
He thought he was dead immediately following the event but sustained no serious injuries and went back to work a few weeks later.
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