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Dinosaur collagen used to create one-of-a-kind handbag
8+ hour, 11+ min ago (400+ words) By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM, April 2 (Reuters) " Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the U.S. in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the "value of laboratory-grown leather. The teal-coloured bag…...
Large shinbone found in New Mexico belongs to close kin of T. rex
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (694+ words) WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) " A new analysis of a large shinbone unearthed in a remote spot in northwestern New Mexico in the 1970s shows it belongs to a close relative of Tyrannosaurus rex that predated that huge meat-eating dinosaur by several million…...
New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (566+ words) WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) " Footprints are among the most common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resembling a dance floor, sort of a dinosaur discotheque. But identifying…...
Baby long-necked dinosaurs were a ‘perfect snack’ for predators
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (522+ words) WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) " 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…...