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Dinosaurs

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature

Did One Young Scientist Discover the Paleontology Pot of Gold?

by Aaron Gilbreath April 30, 2019October 19, 2022

Answers to some of paleontology’s most frustrating questions might lay in the dirt in North Dakota, but can the scientist who discovered them be believed?

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature

The Scientist at the Center of a Heated Scientific Feud

by Aaron Gilbreath August 23, 2018October 19, 2022

When one female scientist’s thirty years of research contradicted the established theory of dinosaur extinction, people started calling her a bitch that should be burned at the stake.

Posted inQuotes, Science & Nature

Who Needs Jurassic Park When We Have Liaoning, China

by michelleweber April 20, 2018October 19, 2022

Liaoning’s wealth of fossils is helping paleontologists better understand dinosaurs’ relationship to birds — and making China a paleontology hot spot, for better or worse.

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