Roy Smith

Oct 23, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Roy Smith |David M. Martill

ABSTRACTThe diets and feeding strategies of pterosaurs remain a poorly known although speculatively debated topic in vertebrate paleontology. Fossilized gut contents, which offer a crucial direct line of evidence to help decipher these elusive questions, are only known from a handful of pterosaur specimens in a few notable fossil Lagerstätten, such as the Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria.

Jul 29, 2024 | audible.com | Roy Smith |Aaron van Wirdum |Elizabeth Kelly |Quincy Washington

He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 11 By: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell Narrated by: Heath Miller Length: 26 hrs and 19 mins Unabridged Overall 5 out of 5 stars 1,608 Performance 5 out of 5 stars 1,552 Story 5 out of 5 stars 1,552 Jason and his companions managed to forestall the inexorable undead, but their battle is far from done. Both they and their enemies are scattered across a strange realm, one that someone must conquer if anyone is to get out alive. Territory by territory, factions fight...

Aug 9, 2023 | stuttcars.com | Roy Smith

A water-cooled engine? And it’s at the front? And it’s a Porsche?! The motoring press in the late ’70s couldn’t believe it.

Aug 2, 2023 | stuttcars.com | Roy Smith

Motor racing has always involved risk for the drivers, and sometimes for spectators too, as was seen to horrific effectin the disaster that occurred at the 1955 Le Mans 24 Hours. Any safety equipment or facilities, at that time, were the responsibility of the circuit owners—circuit improvements, and spectator safety remained a low priority as recently as the 1980s.