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Luis Alvarez: The Atomic Bomb, the Pyramids, and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs
11+ hour, 3+ min ago (1521+ words) American physicist Luis Alvarez, whose 115th birthday is celebrated on June 13, is renowned as the proposer of the theory that an asteroid was responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs at the boundary between the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. However, throughout…...
PHOTOS: Dinosaur fun at Mc Alester Public Library
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (142+ words) Mc Alester News-Capital A Southeastern Oklahoma Library Systems Children and Teen Services Librarian came from Coalgate to Mc Alester to share her Felt Dinos program as part of the Summer Reading Program. Children created felt dinosaurs as they learned, used…...
A Deep-Sea Robot Found a Megalodon Tooth 10, 000 Feet Below the Pacific in a Place No One Had Ever Explored
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (695+ words) Far below the Pacific Ocean, where few areas have ever been explored, researchers stumbled upon a mysterious tooth that had remained hidden for millions of years. A fossilized megalodon tooth has been discovered more than 10, 000 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean,…...
This Dinosaur Was Even Bigger Than a T-Rex'And Twice as Fast
3+ hour, 23+ min ago (406+ words) Home " News " This Dinosaur Was Even Bigger Than a T-Rex'And Twice as Fast Carcharodontosaurus carved out its niche as one of the Cretaceous period's top predators. Its habitat encompassed lush wetlands and relatively barren desert plains of modern-day North Africa,…...
Lucy's hunter revealed: Giant crocodile terrorized early human ancestors
3+ hour, 47+ min ago (632+ words) More than 3 million years ago, the famous early human ancestor Lucy and her relatives shared the landscape of East Africa with a formidable predator. Hidden in rivers and lakes, a massive crocodile with a distinctive hump on its snout likely…...
What scientists found in 40 meters of South African coastline rewrites dinosaur timeline
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (274+ words) A study detailing the site appeared in the January 2026 issue of the South African Journal of Science. The researchers determine the tracks are approximately 132 million years old, placing them in the early Cretaceous Period. Consequently, these are the youngest dinosaur…...
Millipedes originated 460 million years ago, study rewrites timeline
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (647+ words) A new study has established the first-ever evolutionary history of all living millipedes, one of the planet's first land animals that pioneered its terrestrial ecosystems (as the first chemical weapon manufacturers, too). At a time when the Earth was bare,…...
Library invites readers to "Unearth a Story" with free activities
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (154+ words) Palestineherald. com Palestine Public Library encourages everyone to "Unearth a Story" during its annual summer reading program. Children, teens and adults of all ages can participate by logging reading hours, attending programs or participating in activities through July 12. Participants can…...
Unearth Your Story" continues all summer
8+ hour, 3+ min ago (486+ words) Unearth Your Story" has hit the ground running or, should we say, dinosaur stomping." If you missed our kickoff event " well, you missed out. But there is still lots of fun to be had at the library this summer. Space…...
Shelf Life: Adopt a dinosaur and enjoy pasta paleontology at Missoula Public Library
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (35+ words) The Missoulian Javascript is required to use this website. Montana Public Radio's Pea Green Boat broadcasts live from the Missoula Public Library....