This is how big dinosaurs actually were in real life
Most of us imagine dinosaurs as the huge, towering prehistoric beings that once walked the Earth. But it turns out that dinosaurs were actually a wide range of sizes— and some of them weren't much...
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Everything you need to know about the coolest new creature in Jurassic World
If you were among the dinosaur-loving hordes that helped Jurassic World to the biggest opening weekend in movie history, then you've already met the park's aquatic attraction: a massive ancient...
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Here's how to get every kid's dream job
Paleontology may be one of the coolest careers to break into, but it's far from the easiest.As Smithsonian Magazine and National Geographic writer Brian Switek laments, while some people develop other...
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SCIENTIST: We might have 'Jurassic World' pet dinosaurs in 10 years
Dino-chicken. Chickosaurus. Squawkasaurus Rex. None of these sound quite as terrifying as the reptilian star in "Jurassic World," which set box-office records when it opened this past weekend. Dubbed...
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This German sociologist is essential to understanding 'Jurassic World'
Jurassic World has made $1 billion in its first 13 days of release. Superficially, the film is an escapist tourism fantasy that devolves into a lurid nightmare of human-on-dinosaur and...
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A wall in Bolivia is covered in thousands of dinosaur footprints, and it's...
Cal Orcko, located 3 miles south of downtown Sucre in Bolivia, is home to the world's largest and most diverse collection of dinosaur footprints from the Cretaceous Period.The limestone cliff hosts...
View ArticleSecrets of the American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the largest museums in the world. Tucked into its 1.6 million square feet of space are several secrets. Some you can see, some you cannot.Produced by...
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These are the winners of the Nobel Prize's goofy parody awards
The Nobel Prizes are given for the scientific breakthroughs that revolutionize their fields.But some studies are more comical than revolutionary.That's where the "Ig Nobel" Prizes come in. These awards...
View ArticleThese are the most absurd academic studies this year
The 25th Ig Nobel Awards recognized some of the year's most bizarre, trivial or unusual discoveries in the fields of biology, economics, and mathematics. If you've ever wondered if a chicken can walk...
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A new Arctic discovery 'challenges everything we thought' about dinosaurs
When we think about dinosaurs, we mostly imagine towering creatures pushing through jungle, surrounded by lush, tropical foliage.But researchers looking further afield have discovered remains from...
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There may be another surprising reason for the dinosaur extinction
A study published in Science today finds new evidence that a meteorite impact wasn't the only thing that killed the dinosaurs.Millions of years ago, a vast amount of lava erupted onto what is now...
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Scientists discovered an ancient animal that outlived the dinosaurs' demise
The world had been wrecked. An asteroid impact in Mexico compounded by colossal volcanism in India 66 million years ago had killed about three-quarters of Earth's species including the dinosaurs.But...
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Astronomers are freaking out over this newly discovered Earth-sized planet —...
A newly discovered exoplanet has a lot of astronomers excited, and for good reason.The exoplanet, dubbed GJ 1132b, is about the size of Earth and lives in a solar system roughly 39 light-years from...
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Leading Harvard physicist has a radical new theory for why humans exist
Where do we come from? There are many right answers to this question, and the one you get often depends on who you ask.For example, an astrophysicist might say that the chemical components of our...
View ArticleA Harvard physicist explains why we could be in the middle of the sixth mass...
Harvard Physicist Lisa Randall explains how Earth could be in the middle of the 6th mass extinction due to human activity.Randall has authored several books, including the recent "Dark Matter and the...
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Scientists have discovered giant dinosaur footprints in a Scottish lagoon
WASHINGTON - On a platform of rock jutting into the Atlantic on Scotland's Isle of Skye, hundreds of newly discovered dinosaur tracks are changing the way scientists view the lifestyle of some of the...
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Nicolas Cage bought a stolen dinosaur skull for $276,000 — and now he's...
It sounds like a scene from the next "National Treasure" movie, but, in fact, Nicolas Cage is returning a stolen dinosaur skull in real life.According to Reuters, the actor has agreed to turn over a...
View ArticleThis is how big dinosaurs actually were in real life
Most of us imagine dinosaurs as the huge, towering prehistoric beings that once walked the Earth. But it turns out that dinosaurs were actually a wide range of sizes— and some of them weren't much...
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A 75 million-year-old fossilized baby dinosaur is helping paleontologist fill...
A dinosaur youngling belonging to the same group of beasts as Triceratops has been described in detail in the Journal of Vertebrae Paleontology. This ancient juvenile, which lived at the twilight of...
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An ancient relative of T-rex has been found in Wales
You can find all kinds of things on a beach. Lost sunglasses, loose change, seashells, the fossilized remains of a dinosaur. You know, the usual.In 2014, fossil hunters found the remains of a dinosaur...
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