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Pampadromaeus: Brazil’s Triassic Plains Runner
A newly discovered dinosaur from Brazil may give paleontologists a better understanding of what the ancestral dinosaur looked like
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The collected remains seem to represent an approximately 18-foot-long predator in a lower weight class than the giants living in the same environment
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What’s in a Name? Hominid Versus Hominin
You may have noticed that our ancestors are increasingly called hominins, which is the result of researchers revising how they classify primates
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Male nursery web spiders aren’t necessarily punished for giving false gifts
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A trip to Texas shows the unexpected consequences of a severe drought
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What Caused the Dinosaur Stampede?
According to a recent study, the cause of Australia’s “Dinosaur Stampede” may have been more comedic than nightmarish
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Leyesaurus and the Origins of Giants
A new dinosaur found in northwestern Argentina adds more detail to the big picture of how forerunners to Jurassic giants evolved
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The Science of Sarcasm? Yeah, Right
How do humans separate sarcasm from sincerity? Research on the subject is leading to insights about how the mind works. Really
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Did a recently discovered pair of dinosaurs die at each other’s throats?
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Examining Telecommuting the Scientific Way
A trial at a company in China finds telecommuting workers are more productive than their counterparts in the office
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GRAWR! Dinosaurs As They Never Were
Frustrated by disappointing dinosaur facts, one blogger decides to create some of his own
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Hominids have complicated names, but their scientific monikers are less mysterious when their Latin, Greek and African roots are decoded
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No Evidence Yet of ET, White House Says
If there’s an alien conspiracy, the President doesn’t know about it
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Is “Nanotyrannus” a small-bodied tyrannosaur, a juvenile of some unknown species, or a young Tyrannosaurus rex?
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Ecology Explains How the World Works
This is not a glamorous science; no one will ever accuse an ecologist of being in it for the money
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Computers Are Good Fossil Hunters
New technology is allowing researchers to narrow their searches for places where ancient hominids were likely to have lived, traveled and left fossils
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SVP Dispatch: Dinosaur Round-Up
At the close of the annual paleontology meeting, dinosaur science seems more vibrant than ever
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Cold temperatures aren’t enough to kill off any bacteria on your clothing
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SVP Dispatch: Life on the Lost Continent
At the annual SVP meeting, paleontologists review just how western North America got so many weird dinosaurs
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