A paintbrush with orange paint colors a grey dinosaur on a pink background, representing researchers’ efforts to reconstruct dinosaur colors in the past decade.
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Many paleontologists believe that the shape of fossilized pigment containers in cells can help determine dinosaur colors. But some remain skeptical. 

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Warm-Bloodedness in Mammals May Have Arisen in Late Triassic

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The Dino That Looked T. Rex-y Long Before T. Rex 

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South African Hominin Fossils Predate Lucy, Analysis Suggests

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Science Snapshot: Mastodons on the Move

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“Necks for Sex” May Explain Giraffes’ Distinctive Anatomy 

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Anatomical Firsts in Early Arthropods

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Most Dinosaurs Were Warm-Blooded: New Study Challenges Long-Held Beliefs

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Ancient Tooth Could Be Clue in Denisovan Migration Mystery

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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