It has been given the scientific name Pegomastax africanus, or "thick jaw from Africa".

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While the scientific name for bonobos is Pan paniscus, "they should be Peter Pan, " Hare said.

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Latrodectus mactans is the scientific name for the deadly black widow spider.

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It's gurnard, which has the scientific name Triglidae - or sea robbins.

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The Montana dinosaurs have not been seen by palaeontologists before and have been given the scientific name Oryctodromeus cubicularis, meaning "digging runner of the lair".

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In the name of scientific detachment, they cited a possible alternative explanation that the features were caused by the movement of dry dust down a slope.

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But a spokeswoman for the CSIRO said it had always published books on its scientific work and put its name to publications, and this was "no exception".

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At the same time as he published this heresy, Mr Gould was making his name as a writer of popular scientific essays.

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This may sound somewhat scientific, but the event is not really as bad as the name sounds.

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The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) will officially endorse the new element's name in six months' time in order to give the scientific community "time to discuss the suggestion".

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Scientific-Atlanta and Motorola locked up the box market by controlling--in the name of antipiracy--the encoding software that scrambles a video signal at the cable company's hub and descrambles it at the home.

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