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San Francisco's popular interactive Science and Technology museum is offering pay-what-you-wish admission this Sunday'with special Mother's Day programming
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (327+ words) The Exploratorium will have music, dancing, and crafting to celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, May 10. Here's what to know. The Exploratorium is a popular science, technology, and art museum in San Francisco, offering educational exhibitions and hands-on learning opportunities. The…...
Tyrannosaur fossil reveals dark secret about apex predator: "Like solving ancient murder mystery
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (465+ words) Some tyrannosaurus species were opportunistic scavengers, even feasting on the remains of their much larger T rex relatives, according to a surprising fossil discovery. The name "Tyrannosaurus, meaning tyrant lizard, was coined in 1905 by the American palaeontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn…...
The Lost World of Dragons at Sloan Museum of Discovery
5+ hour, 28+ min ago (225+ words) By jward@tctimes. com | on May 06, 2026 FLINT " Sloan Museum of Discov'ery will open its newest exhibition, The Lost World of Dragons, on May 16. The exhibition, developed by Stage 9 Exhibits, explores the tales and tails of these ancient mythical beasts and…...
Tyrannosaur fossil reveals dark secret about apex predator
32+ min ago (475+ words) Iconic dinosaur species didn't let resources go to waste Some tyrannosaurus species were opportunistic scavengers, even feasting on the remains of their much larger T rex relatives, according to a surprising fossil discovery. The name "Tyrannosaurus, meaning tyrant lizard, was…...
Hikers stumble upon evidence of a sea turtle stampede from 80 million years ago
9+ hour, 13+ min ago (865+ words) Free climbers scrambling over a steep coastal mountain in Italy noticed something odd on a broad slab of limestone. The rock sitting on the Monte Conero anticline near Ancona, in Italy's Marche region, holds many deep, paddle-like footprint tracks packed…...
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7+ hour, 55+ min ago (63+ words) Phillip Hamilton " about 7 hours ago K. J. Genualdo " about 3 hours ago Phillip Hamilton " about 6 hours ago K. J. Genualdo " 5 days ago See The Winner Of April 2026's Meme Of The Month! Uploaded by Kimmy Dude May 05, 2026 at 09: 35 PM EDT Resolution: (1054px x 1170px) File size: 174 KB…...
OK Museum of Natural History presents the world's tallest dinosaur and the paleontologist who helped name it
11+ hour, 30+ min ago (158+ words) The Lawton Constitution NORMAN " This weekend, the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is thrilled to present original fossil specimens of what scientists believe to be the world's tallest dinosaur " and to introduce the public to one of the…...
The ancient platypus was larger and more toothy than the modern platypus
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (23+ words) Palaeontologists have described new remains of an ancient platypus from South Australia. It lived about 25 million years ago and had real teeth....
This ancient "crocodile" hunted on land and bit harder
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (492+ words) The new species was named Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa. It was described by palaeontologists at Yale University in a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. The fossils come from the famous Ghost Ranch locality in New Mexico. The…...
A skull full of surprises: Discovering the evolutionary secrets of fish brains
9+ hour, 52+ min ago (505+ words) image: Shape variation and fit between the brain (pink) and endocast (beige) across extant ray-finned fishes plotted on an evolutionary tree. Branch colors represent Brain Endocast Coefficient. Tip circles represent endocast complexity. view more Credit: Rodrigo Figueroa (PRSB 2026) For every…...