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DNA from a tiny but mighty insect could help reveal the timeline for prehistoric humans
8+ hour, 16+ min ago (1013+ words) ATLANTA " Mosquitoes haven't always had a taste for human blood " partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to human blood could provide a novel window into…...
Jeffrey Epstein's interest in dinosaurs has led to a reckoning in the paleontology community
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1014+ words) BIRMINGHAM, England " A British dinosaur convention is banning some paleontologists named in the Jeffrey Epstein files from attending DinoCon " as the global scientific community becomes the latest to grapple with the convicted sex offender's connections to prominent people in the…...
Baby long-necked dinosaurs were a 'perfect snack' for predators
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (497+ words) WASHINGTON " It may have been suicidal for a predator to go after a healthy adult Brachiosaurus, a behemoth weighing perhaps 60 tons that was a member of the long-necked group "of dinosaurs called sauropods that included the largest land animals ever…...
New dinosaur fossils excavated at Dinosaur National Monument
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (188+ words) DINOSAUR, Colo. " Paleontologists removed new dinosaur fossils from a parking lot construction site at Utah's Dinosaur National Monument on Friday. The National Park Service reported that the fossils were identified on Sept. 16, 2025, when construction crews removed a portion of the…...