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Mystery crater potentially caused by relative of dinosaur-killing asteroid

The ocean floor is famously less explored than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we discovered what looks like an asteroid impact crater.

The Conversation

New evidence shows more than one asteroid could have killed the dinosaurs

Newly-discovered crater suggests the Chicxulub impact may have been part of an encounter with an asteroid cluster.

Inverse

Ancient creature with no anus is not earliest human ancestor, research suggests

Saccorhytus , a spikey, wrinkly sack, with a large mouth surrounded by spines and holes, is part of a different family tree.

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The Trials review – tomorrow’s children hold us to account for climate crimes

In a near-future world on fire, a jury of 12 young people listen to testimony from the ‘dinosaur’ generation

The Guardian - UK

GlasGLOW dates announced as 'epic dinosaur adventure' comes to Glasgow's Botanic Gardens

GlasGLOW is back this autumn, with 'an epic dinosaur adventure into The Land That Time Forgot'. Here's everything you need know including prices and when you can get tickets.

Glasgow Live

GlasGLOW announces 2022 show for dinosaur lovers this Halloween

The sell-out Glasgow light show is coming back with an adventurous theme for its fifth year.

Daily Record

Meet a dog-size, armored dinosaur

The bizarre Jakapil kaniukura resembled an armored pitbull trotting on its hind legs

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‘The whole embryo was there’: expert makes rare find on Sheffield museum opening day

Dean Lomax identifies probably oldest known vertebrate embryo from UK at Yorkshire Natural History Museum

The Guardian - UK

Why do animals have tails?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

The Conversation

Prehistoric Bronze Age Daggers Were Not Used As Weapons, Research Finds

Newcastle University scientists in northern England developed a new technique to study organic material on the blades.

Zenger

New Lanark invites dogs and their owners for a special Dogs Day Out this weekend

You can bring your four-legged friends to New Lanark this weekend.

Daily Record

Study: Hidden Cushion Enabled Dinosaurs to Carry Heavy Loads

Australian scientists have cracked an enduring mystery, discovering how sauropod dinosaurs -- like Brontosaurus and Diplodocus -- supported their gigantic bodies on land. In a study published in the journal Science Advances on August 10, a University of Queensland and Monash University-led team used 3D modelling and engineering methods to…

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Rare microscopic creatures discovered in Scottish Highland caves

Discovery of ostracods thought to be a first for Scotland

The Independent UK

Scientists discover first-of-its-kind small armoured dinosaur the size of a pet cat

Jakapil kaniukura may have had a two-legged stance unlike most armoured dinosaurs of this kind, scientists say

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Large meat-eating dinosaurs like T Rex traded big eyes for stronger bite, study suggests

Such eye socket shapes helped large dinosaurs evolve high bite forces without compromising skull stability, scientists say

The Independent UK

Dinosaurs evolved different eye socket shapes to allow stronger bites – study

Oval eye sockets of these predators could have evolved to help the skull absorb impact as they pounced on prey, the study suggests.

The Guardian - UK

T rex’s keyhole eye sockets helped its bite, research suggests

Specialised shape thought to have evolved to let dinosaur spread stress across skull as it chewed prey

The Conversation

A key feature contributed to sauropods getting so enormous, new dino foot study reveals

For the first time, we have shown that a soft heel pad was crucial to how sauropod dinosaurs supported their immense weight, according to a new digital reconstruction of their feet.

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Zenger

Giant Deep Sea Crustacean Discovered In Gulf Of Mexico

A giant deep-sea crustacean, a huge marine relative of the common woodlouse or roly-poly, has been discovered in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Times of India

‘Made in India’stone tools existed 2.47 lakh years ago!

1/10 - Our assumption about modern humans is about to be challenged 2/10 - It was argued that modern humans migrated from Africa to India 1. 25 lakh years ago 3/10 - It was argued that early humans from Africa carried middle Paleolithic stone tools to India 4/10 - But…

The Independent UK

Giant meteor impacts created Earth’s continents

Analysis of minerals in rocks suggests that continents were formed through giant meteorite impacts

The Independent UK

Study finds evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continents

The theory that the continents originally formed at sites of these collisions had been around for decades but with little evidence to support it.

The Conversation

Southern conifers: meet this vast group of ancient trees with mysteries still unsolved

When you think of “conifers”, tall, conical shaped trees often found in public parks or front yards may spring to mind. But these impressive trees are far more fascinating than you may have realised, as they represent just one piece of an unsolved botanical puzzle.

Daily Mirror

Giant armoured deep sea creature with 14 legs discovered 2,500ft under the waves

The creepy looking animal has a distinctive creamy-yellow shell and was found living beneath the waves off the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico - where an asteroid strike wiped out the dinosaurs

Zenger

Newly Found Mammoth Butchering Site Proves Humans Were In North America Much Earlier

A newly discovered mammoth butchering site proves that humans were in North America nearly 15,000 years earlier than thought, scientists have revealed.

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