dinosaur
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Their goal was to estimate how much stress gravity and body weight placed on the femur, or thigh bone, when each dinosaur shifted its weight onto its hind legs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
The mixture of satisfaction, excitement and sheer bewilderment that Neill wore in the first dinosaur scene in “Jurassic Park” was so effective that it made viewers feel like they, too, were witnessing something beyond imagination.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The dinosaur is now on display at the city’s natural history museum, which opened in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed "Gus" sold Tuesday for $50.1 million at Sotheby's in New York, making it the most valuable dinosaur fossil bought at auction after a 10-minute battle between seven bidders.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
She was just scratching in the dirt with her big old scaly dinosaur feet and pouncing on bugs.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
"Being impacted by such a rare, distant projectile really underscores how unlucky the dinosaurs were," says Dr. Claeys.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The American Museum of Natural History gave fans the chance to rub shoulders with dinosaurs while watching Messi, 39, fail to steer Argentina to its fourth World Cup.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
The U.S. is the only country where fossils excavated on private land can be sold, prompting a long-running debate about whether dinosaurs should be privately owned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
For the technology available at the time, the dinosaurs looked incredibly realistic and left viewers transfixed.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
It’s not dinosaurs we need to be worrying about...it’s people.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Tyrannosaurus Lex(icon)
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Paleontology: Dinosaurs - Introductory
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