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$5.5 Million Triceratops: Meet ‘Trey,’ the Minivan-Sized Fossil Hitting the Auction Block 

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66-Million-Year-Old ‘Trey’ Hits the Block: Why Dino Fossils are Outselling Fine Art

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Move over, Jurassic Park. A massive piece of prehistoric history is officially up for grabs.

Ridgewood NJ, Starting today, collectors and institutions have until March 31, 2026, to bid on one of the most significant paleontological finds of the century: “Trey,” a 66-million-year-old Triceratops skeleton. With a projected closing price of $5.5 million, Trey is the latest superstar in a booming dinosaur auction market that has recently seen fossils fetch upwards of $40 million.

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The Microplastics “Bombshell”: Why Scientists Are Recanting the “Plastic in Your Brain” Theory

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The Microplastics Reversal: Is the “Plastic in Your Blood” Narrative Based on Bad Science?

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New York, NY – For years, the headlines have been terrifying: microplastics are in our blood, our brains, and even our unborn children. But a growing movement of analytical chemists is now issuing a “bombshell” challenge to these claims, suggesting that the global panic over internal plastic pollution might be built on a foundation of false positives and laboratory contamination.

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Experienced Hiker Nearly Dies After Getting Trapped in Real Quicksand at Arches National Park

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Trapped for Two Hours in Freezing Temperatures, Survivor Debunks Hollywood Myth After Harrowing Utah Rescue

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ARCHES NATIONAL PARK, UT – Forget the cheesy movie trope: quicksand is a very real, and very dangerous, threat in the wild. An experienced desert hiker learned this the hard way on Sunday when he became hopelessly trapped in the freezing early morning at Utah’s renowned Arches National Park.

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The Science Behind Chromatography: Foundational Principles Explained

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Chromatography is a practical laboratory technique for separating components in a mixture. Over time, this process has proven indispensable in science and industrial applications. A quick revision on its founding principles can help elucidate its value and how it works. This post covers the basics of chromatography, its types, and its applications.

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Antarctica’s Ice Sheet Is Growing — And Here’s Why You Haven’t Heard About It

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Ridgewood NJ, Antarctica is gaining ice — not losing it — and the latest peer-reviewed research confirms it. A new study published in Science China Earth Sciences reveals that between 2021 and 2023, Antarctica’s massive ice sheet experienced record-breaking mass gains driven largely by increased snowfall in four major glacier basins.

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Tyrannosaurus rex population density was around one individual per 40 square miles

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Ridgewood NJ, a new study estimated that a staggering 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rex lived and died in the roughly 2.4 million years that the species roamed the planet. The species had a population density of around one individual per 40 square miles. Around 20,000 individuals were alive at any given time. The scientists note that the precision of the analysis was low due to uncertainty about the accuracy of the relationship between the animal’s body mass and population density.

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