Instant Genius: Dinosaurs

Instant Genius: Dinosaurs

Everything you need to know about dinosaurs, from how they thought, to what Jurassic Park got wrong.

Published: May 11, 2020 at 1:48 pm

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Could we clone a mammoth or a dinosaur?

9/23/2016
Jurassic Park had some lofty ambitions, but in reality cloning even a recently extinct animal is much more problematic than it sounds.
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Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs?

2/24/2015
The mystery of dark matter has long been a cause of confusion and debate. Yet now, the blame for something entirely unexpected has been pinned on this phenomenon.
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Did all dinosaurs have feathers?

7/25/2014
Scientists have discovered that feathery dinosaurs were even more widespread than previously thought.
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Dinosaurs: now in colour

8/15/2019
New discoveries of dinosaurs’ colours and patterns are revealing how these ancient technicolour beasts lived.
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Could a dinosaur survive in today’s climate conditions?

7/27/2016
Whatever Jurassic Park would have you believe, dinosaurs roaming the Earth today might need a bit more puff if they want to catch up with hapless tourists.
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3D models of dinosaur embryos created using particle accelerator

4/11/2020
The scans reveal that the dinosaurs’ skulls developed in a remarkably similar way to those of today’s chickens, crocodiles, and lizards.
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'River monster' first-known dinosaur to have lived in water

4/30/2020
The discovery of the remains of the first aquatic dinosaur, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, in Morocco has been described as ‘game-changing’.
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17 unusual, bizarre, and downright weird dinosaurs

5/30/2018
The T. Rex might be king of the dinosaurs, but it looks like his court was home to more than a few jesters - here are some of the weirdest dinosaurs to have roamed the planet.
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Five real Jurassic Park dinosaurs

4/18/2013
Though the creators of Jurassic World felt no need to include feathered dinosaurs in the latest films, were they to feature some of the fluffier dinosaurs (in appearance only, of course) there’d be plenty to choose from. Here are five of the most recent feathered discoveries…
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How to flat-pack a dinosaur

1/10/2017
The Natural History Museum's 'Dippy' the diplodocus skeleton is about to be become a giant 3D jigsaw.
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Look inside a dinosaur's skull with these pictures from the pop-up book Tyrannosaurus Rex

3/8/2020
T. rex's extraordinary senses helped it to be one of the greatest hunters to walk the Earth.
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How did dinosaurs grow so big?

12/17/2009
To be fair, brachiosauruses did eat more than their share of greens to help them grow larger.
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Sinosauropteryx - the first true colour dinosaur

3/9/2016
Dinosaurs weren’t just green and black. Recent research allowed scientists to unveil the true colours of one of these prehistoric animals.
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Steve Brusatte: The truth about dinosaurs

5/30/2018
The image of dinosaurs as drab, slow-witted reptilians is slowly being overturned - we talk to palaeontologist Steve Brusatte to find out how.
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