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Fossil???s last meal challenges 245-million-year claim, could indicate flood burial
1+ hour, 1+ min ago (940+ words) The fossil of a pre-dinosaur marine reptile, found in southern China, is offering scientists a nearly perfect picture of its simple digestive tract, with the scales of a sushi dinner still preserved inside. But leading creation scientist and trained geologist…...
A museum curator wrote the first T. rex novel on his daily commute
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (214+ words) first T. rex novel — Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (1916) / public domain, via The Public Domain Review Louis Pope Gratacap was the curator of mineralogy at the American Museum of Natural History from 1880 until his death in 1917. He usually…...
When did humans become right-handed?
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (824+ words) There were no questionnaires in the Stone Age asking people which hand they preferred. No prehistoric schoolchild wrote “right-handed” on a form. Yet scientists have found ingenious ways to investigate which hand our ancestors used hundreds of thousands of years…...
🦖 Dig into summer discovery with the world-famous Dueling Dinosaurs
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (11+ words) 6AM City...
Extinct Human Leg Bones Found On Seafloor Are Fueling New Claims About Real-Life Biblical Giants
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (269+ words) Protein analysis of two fossils from Taiwan’s Penghu Channel reveals Denisovans stood up to 190 cm tall — no biblical giants needed Protein analysis confirmed the Denisovan lineage — and the size estimates are striking enough without any mythology attached. Key facts to…...
Extinct Denisovans May Have Been Some of the Biggest Humans of the Ice Age
3+ hour, 52+ min ago (738+ words) Ancient proteins suggest some Denisovans ranked among the Ice Age’s tallest humans....
A Real-life "Syrax"? New lizard species from Thailand named after a???House of the Dragon??? character
8+ hour, 20+ min ago (362+ words) A real-life “dragon” has entered the scientific record. Scientists have described a new species of mountain horned lizard from Thailand. They have named it Acanthosaura syrax, after "Syrax", the dragon ridden by Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon....
Nocturnal dodo? Study suggests we were very wrong about Mauritius' iconic flightless bird
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (877+ words) Rigorously fact-checked science, expert commentary and an ad-free experience built for those who want to go beyond the headlines No ads on any Live Science articles. No pop-ups. Full access to everything. Trusted, in-depth, pro-science features that are available only…...
Journey to the Beginning of Time: A Summer Vacation Filled With Dinosaurs and Megafauna
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (508+ words) In the Hours Preceding the Fall of Tau-Sants" by Rich Larson "Alien Boy" by Fawaz Al-Matrouk "Into Your Sun-Blessed Life" by Isabel Yap "Not Like Other Girls" by A.L. Goldfuss Published on August 12, 2026 Journey to the Beginning of Time (Czech: Cesta…...
Left Hand Laughs
8+ hour, 5+ min ago (29+ words) Left Hand Valley Courier The inventor of the heat index just died. He was 88 but felt like he was 109. You might be interested in:...