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Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway

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Tawa hallae and the Making of Meat-Eating Dinosaurs

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Eight Awful Movies for Science in the 2000s

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Were Dinosaurs Meant to Fly?

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Ten Movies We Loved From the 2000s

Many man-eaters are wounded or old; some have been deprived of natural prey sources; others may simply have developed a fondness for human flesh.

The Most Ferocious Man-Eating Lions

Africa’s lions may usually prey on zebras or giraffes, but they also attack humans, with some lions responsible for over 50 deaths

Doing the Hadrosaur Hop

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Getting Inside the Panda’s Genes

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Samson the Tyrannosaurus Finds a Temporary Home

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The Big Dipper’s Newest Star

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“Walking With Dinosaurs” Puppet Walks Off

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Volcano Red

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A Musical Interlude

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Dinosaur Sighting: Return of the “Thunderbeast”

Peregrine falcons are the fastest animal on earth. They have been clocked at over 200 miles per hour as they descend upon their target.

The World’s Fastest Animal Takes New York

The peregrine falcon, whose salvation began 40 years ago, commands the skies above the Empire State Building

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New Dinosaur Helps Fill Out the Early History of “Raptors”

This figure shows the history of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations as directly measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii.

Climate Change: Why We Worry

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Did Caterpillars Starve Dinosaurs to Death?

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Nine Gift Ideas for a Science-y Holiday

Here’s a list of ideas for what to give your geeky loved ones this holiday season

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Underwater Antarctica

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