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How to dig up 55 tons of dinosaur bones from the world’s fiercest desert
A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
The natural history-themed sale on Wednesday features a 54-pound hunk of Mars estimated at $2 million to $4 million.
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World’s only complete baby dinosaur skeleton from 150-million-year ago up for auction
As the second most complete skeleton in existence, the “beautifully mineralized” fossil bones give the rare object and piece of natural history a rich, grey-black color. Made up of 139 bone elements, ...
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Preserved Blood Vessels Discovered in a Rib Bone from the World’s Largest T. Rex Could Shed Light on How Dinosaurs Healed
“Preserved blood vessel structures, like we have found in Scotty’s rib bone, appear linked to areas where the bone was ...
You Can Buy The Largest Martian Meteorite Ever Found (And A Sick Dinosaur Skeleton Too)
Out of the 122 lots, the main event is NWA 16788, a Martian meteorite that is the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.
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Sotheby’s poised for red hot bidding battle as largest Martian meteorite goes up for auction in NY
NWA 16788 was discovered in Niger & is assumed to have travelled 140 million miles to reach Earth. Weighing 24.67 kg, the ...
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US AI supercomputer Nexus will compute faster than 8 billion humans combined
Georgia Tech is building Nexus, a $20M AI supercomputer designed to democratize cutting-edge scientific research.