Can your imagination tell the difference between a 40 ft and a 50 ft reptile?

Luckily for you and me, dear reader, the Tuesday Science Times has become even more visually enticing. The newish Science in Pictures combines an extremely concise format with useless and bizarre information. And pretty pretty pictures, which was the only part I liked anyway. A fun picture or illustration is matched with a title, and an explanatory paragraph of two to four sentences. But don't worry; there is still plenty of room for fun!

Here are my two favorite tidbits.

I have actually devoted a significant amount of time-um, let's say minutes--wondering about the origins of domesticated farm animals, notably sheep and cows. But I had not yet given any thought to chickens. Luckily, the Times always anticipates my burning intellectual desires. So, Darwin believed modern chicken to be descended from red jungle fowl. Boy, is the joke on him. Turns out, chickens are descended from gray jungle fowl AS WELL as red jungle fowl. What on earth is a jungle fowl? Is it a specific species? Or just a genus? Could I have a pet jungle fowl? Would it (either color) get along with my jungle reptile? Goddammit, they always leave me wanting more...

In other earth shattering discoveries, a ferocious Jurassic reptile previously believed to have reached lengths of 40 feet is now thought to perhaps maybe one time a billion years ago to have reached lengths of 50 feet. And inspired the most awesome illustration ever! One question: How big is that sea gull?