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Sep 13, 2024

Dinosaurs’ Extinction: The Secret to Wine Today?

Did you know that the extinction of dinosaurs is the reason we have wine? In this video, we dive into the reasons that scientists believe that wine is a result of this mass extinction.
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A paleontologist holding a fossil by the coast.
Podcast
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8 minutes
Apr 16, 2024

What Dinosaurs Lived in New England?

Our Triceratops fossil, Cliff, did not live in New England. So what kind of dinosaurs did? We ask two local experts, Mark Agostini and Dr. Mark McMenamin, to tell us what fossils have been recovered from our own backyard.
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A life-size T-rex model from our Modeling the Mesozoic exhibit.
Exhibit
Jan 1, 2024

Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic

Check out fossils and life-size models to learn how paleontologists compile evidence and change the way we view these extinct animals.
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A Triceratop fossil from the Cliff exhibit.
Exhibit
Jan 1, 2024

Colossal Fossil: Triceratops Cliff

Get an up-close view of one of the world's rarest paleontological finds, a nearly complete 65-million-year-old fossil discovered in the Dakota Badlands in 2004.
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An artist's depiction of a worm hole in space.
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15 minutes
Jul 27, 2023

Are Sci-Fi Authors Scientists or Writers?

There are so many amazing writers of science fiction. When they were young, did they dream of bring famous authors, or amazing scientists? Author Katie Slivensky shares her journey through the worlds of science and fiction.
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An illustration of ancient palm trees with a terrorsaur flying by.
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14 minutes
Jun 12, 2023

What Do You Mean, That Isn't a Dinosaur?

The word 'dinosaur' refers to a specific group of animals. Many animals get included under the dinosaur umbrella when they are actually from different groups. Becca from our programs team helps us set the fossil record straight.
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An artist's concept of a dinosaur covered in feathers
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20 minutes
Feb 21, 2023

Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?

Great giants once ruled the Earth until they disappeared... or did they? Investigate dinosaurs and their modern-day descendants.
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A fossil in a cast.
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6 minutes
Oct 1, 2022

Death to a Display: How Does the Journey of a Dinosaur Fossil Begin?

A great article by Tom Holland in The Guardian newspaper in 2015 illuminated our obsession with dinosaurs: “Emblems alike of success and failure, of continuity and extinction, of weirdness and familiarity, they are fit objects on to which we can project...
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A museum staff member scrubing a triceratop fossil.
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8 minutes
Oct 11, 2021

How Often Do You Brush a Triceratops Fossil's Teeth?

Taking care of a 65 million-year-old Triceratops fossil is a delicate task. We ask Katie from our Collections department how, and how often, it gets cleaned in this Pulsar podcast brought to you by #MOSatHome.
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10 minutes
Jun 27, 2021

Why Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers?

We ask leading paleontologist Dr. Jingmai O'Connor to tell us everything she knows about feathered dinosaurs.
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15 minutes
Jan 20, 2021

Top Ten Science Stories of 2020: Part Two

We continue our annual countdown of the ten most exciting, important, and fun stories from the world of science in 2020 with #8, #7, and #6.
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A dinosaur skull.
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2 Minutes
Jan 19, 2021

Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?

We visit our Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic exhibit with a special live animal guest to help answer the question.
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11 minutes
Nov 17, 2020

What if the Dinosaurs Hadn't Gone Extinct?

We chat with Becca, one of our museum educators, about the driving factors behind the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
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10 minutes
Jun 5, 2020

Did T. rex Eat Stegosaurus?

Our own paleontology whiz, Katie, answers some of the many dinosaur questions we've received. Hear about feathered fossils, the swimming spinosaurus, and more.
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Mar 27, 2020

Museum Stories: The Arrival of Cliff

If you've visited the museum, you've likely met our 65-million-year-old resident triceratops fossil. Ever wonder how Cliff first came to us? Hear the story of his arrival first-hand.
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