dinosaurs
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Gorgeous Fossil Shows Ancient Bird With a Pair of Super-Sexy Tail Feathers
Introducing Yuanchuavis, an extinct bird that lived 120 million years ago in what is now China. Its elaborate tail feathers appear to contain a mix of functional and decorative characteristics, scientists say, revealing new insights into the evolution of ancient birds.
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How Do We Know Birds Are Dinosaurs?
Ferocious tyrannosaurs and towering sauropods are long gone, but dinosaurs continue to frolic in our midst. We’re talking about birds, of course, yet it’s not entirely obvious why we should consider birds to be bona fide dinos. Here are the many reasons why.
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Neuralink Doesn’t Have The Technology To Create Jurassic Park & Life Will Not Find A Way
The co-founder of Elon Musk’s Neuralink, Max Hodak, says they could rebuild Jurassic Park “if we wanted to,” so I guess the whole moral of the story was lost on him. “We could probably build Jurassic Park if we wanted to. wouldn’t be genetically authentic dinosaurs but (shrug emoji). maybe 15 years of breeding + engineering to get…
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Central Park’s Rare Snowy Owl Visitor Shows Why We Must Conserve Land Everywhere
Central Park is prime bird real estate, and on Wednesday, a prime bird showed up. Birders flocked to the park to check out a snowy owl, the first recorded sighting of the bird in more than a century in the park. There’s something wildly incongruous about a stark-white owl on a baseball diamond in the heart…