Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the Cretaceous, Michael Crichton is set to publish his sequel to Jurassic Park, The Lost World (presumably a graceful tribute to Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1912 novel of the same name). Out in September in the US, Knopf intend a print run of two million. Perhaps Robert Bakker will give Crichton a run for his money with Red Raptor (September from Bantam, 拢12.99, ISBN 0 59303 919 X). Bakker is the palaeontologist most likely to be described as a maverick for his heretical notion that dinosaurs were warm-blooded, lively creatures rather than chilly and sluggish. This debate still rumbles on around the density of bone cells and biophysical arguments.
More from New Scientist
Explore the latest news, articles and features
Popular articles
Trending New Scientist articles
1
Woman with Alzheimer's starts conversing again after taking psilocybin
2
How menopause radically changes the brain 鈥 and what happens after
3
If you aren't terrified by this heatwave, you should be
4
Faecal transplant makes the brains of old mice act young again
5
Where, when and how to watch the 2026 solar eclipse
6
Our verdict on The Selfish Gene: An unpopular piece of popular science
7
We鈥檝e uncovered a master gene that switches on human development
8
The race to understand how and when Thwaites glacier will collapse
9
Lost books by ancient philosophers recovered from 'unreadable' scrolls
10
I have a 100 per cent chance of getting cancer due to a rare gene
