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Three parasaurolophus stand on a rock beach. Pterasaurs fly over head and a small mammal watches the dinosaurs as they meander along the water's edge.
What Happened to the Dinosaurs?
Illustration of a group of Brachiosaurus dinosaurs in the water. Sauropod late Jurassic to early Cretaceous
Why Does -saur Appear So Often in Dinosaur Names?
Illustration of a group of Brachiosaurus dinosaurs in the water. Sauropod late Jurassic to early Cretaceous
Did Humans Live at the Same Time as Dinosaurs?
Tyrannosaurus Rex attacking two Struthiomimus dinosaurs.
How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Sounded Like?
Spider monkey swinging in a tree. (primate, jungle animal)
Why Do Animals Have Tails?
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All Saints Day. All Souls Day. Candles in cemetery in Poland on All Saints Day, November 1. All Souls Day, November 2. Christian church, All Hallows, Solemnity of All Saints, Feast of All Saints, purgatory, Roman Catholic church
7 Unique Burial Rituals Across the World
Statue of Nostradamus
Nostradamus and His Prophecies
Submerged sperm whale off east Sri Lanka coast, mammal
How Did the Sperm Whale Get Its Name?
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet
10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.
Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

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Also Known As Paul Callistus Sereno
Born October 11, 1957 (age 67) • Aurora • Illinois
Subjects Of Study dinosaur • theropod
Earl Douglass
American paleontologist
Barnum Brown
American paleontologist
Edwin H. Colbert
American professor, curator, and paleontologist
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American paleontologist
John Ostrom
American paleontologist
Edward Drinker Cope, c. 1889
Edward Drinker Cope
American paleontologist
Marsh, Othniel Charles
Othniel Charles Marsh
American paleontologist
Sir Richard Owen, detail of an oil painting by H.W. Pickersgill, 1845; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Owen
British anatomist and paleontologist
Mantell, detail of an engraving
Gideon Algernon Mantell
British paleontologist
Watch a silent short of Thomas Edison, who invented the phonograph and incandescent electric light
Thomas Edison
American inventor
Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn T. Seaborg
American chemist
Alfred Sherwood Romer, 1965
Alfred Sherwood Romer
American biologist
George Gaylord Simpson
American paleontologist
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners
Jennifer Doudna
American biochemist
Michael W. Young
American geneticist
Tsien, Roger Y.
Roger Y. Tsien
American chemist
Emilio Segrè
Emilio Segrè
Italian-American physicist
Stephen Jay Gould
American paleontologist
Buck, Linda B.
Linda B. Buck
American physician
Martin Chalfie
American chemist