Portal:Science/Did you know/1

by Jon Lomberg

...that space artist Jon Lomberg (artwork pictured) was Carl Sagan's principal artistic collaborator on many projects such as Cosmos and the Voyager Golden Record?
...that NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson has logged 497 hours in space?
...that Othniel Charles Marsh named two species of the dinosaur Coelurus from the same quarry, not knowing that the bones belonged to the same skeleton?
...that the type specimen of Dromicosuchus had damage to its jaw and neck that may have been inflicted by the teeth of the large carnivore it was found underneath?
...that the scientific name of the common Australian garden fungus Aseroë rubra means 'red disgusting juice'?