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Dinosaur George exhibit comes to Abilene’s Spark Science Center
1+ hour, 12+ min ago (220+ words) The Dinosaur George Traveling Exhibit is stomping into Abilene this weekend for a three day stop at Spark Science Center. The exhibit will be on display August 6th through 8th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is included with regular admission or membership to Spark…...
Parkasaurus: Dinoluxe Edition - Review
10+ hour, 48+ min ago (229+ words) Parkasaurus is a classical top-down sim builder game, in the vein of the classic Theme Park or Zoo Tycoon games. This means the camera is in a fixed angle: you can of course zoom in and out, but the camera…...
Prime 1 Studio Opens Pre-Orders for 128cm Jurassic Park Brachiosaurus Statue
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (673+ words) The Brachiosaurus encounter specifically was the scene that made the argument before any predator appeared on screen — that these animals were real, alive, and immense. Prime 1 Studio's Legacy Museum Collection has spent years building out the franchise's roster of teeth…...
Scientists Stunned: 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil Brain Reveals Unexpected Secrets
10+ hour, 7+ min ago (429+ words) The Futura Team represents the pulse of Futura’s editorial department, bringing together a collective expertise dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Rather than the work of a single author, every article published under this signature is the result of…...
Fossil Find in China Reveals Dinosaur Family Never Before Seen in East Asia | Sci.News
45+ min ago (40+ words) Paleontologists working in southern China have identified a new species of sauropod dinosaur that appears to belong to a group never before documented anywhere in East Asia....
Fossils from Wyoming’s Smiley Draw deepen understanding of early primate evolution
10+ hour, 29+ min ago (472+ words) LAWRENCE — A new study from the University of Kansas complicates the picture of primates living in North America some 55 million years ago during the Eocene, a warm period that allowed mammals to diversify quickly. The research, published in the Journal…...
Danube dries up in heat: Skeleton of giant mammoth uncovered in Bulgaria - AOL
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (342+ words) On the banks of the Danube near the town of Ryahovo in Bulgaria, the remains of an ancient mammoth have resurfaced. The river, with water levels at record lows because of recent heatwaves, has revealed bones which, according to researchers…...
Identification of carnivory in the flowering plant Saxifraga via multidisciplinary evidence | Nature Communications
8+ hour, 9+ min ago (1699+ words) Phylogenetic convergence and key processes of prey attraction, capture, digestion, and absorption, supported by field experiments, enzymatic assays, and stable isotope labeling. 15N denotes a stable nitrogen isotope. Additionally, to assess the consistency of insect trapping across the species’ geographical and…...
'A moment in time': Fossil footprints shed new light on the extinct 'Nutcracker Man"
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (721+ words) Scientists have revised the longstanding picture of “Nutcracker Man” — an extinct hominin, or human relative, nicknamed for its large teeth and powerful jaw muscles — thanks to fresh analysis of fossil footprints from a site in Kenya. Nutcracker Man, whose species…...
These Ancient Sea Worms Have “Biometal” Jaws
3+ hour, 50+ min ago (402+ words) Not as scary as a great white shark, but the science is fascinating 3:00 PM CDT on August 4, 2026 There’s much in the natural world scientists and engineers can use for materials inspiration. Take, for example, the ancient bristle sea worm Perinereis…...