What dinosaur fossils could teach us about cancer

Dinosaur fossils aren’t just relics of the past – they’re guides to the future.

Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
June 16, 2025 • ~7 min

How pterosaurs can inspire aircraft design

Looking back in time could inspire the aircraft innovations of the future.

Michael Habib, Adjunct Professor, Biology, College of the Canyons • conversation
June 13, 2025 • ~10 min

Why Dippy the dinosaur remains beloved, 120 years after arriving at the Natural History Museum

Dippy has been seen up close by more people around the world than any other dinosaur.

Michael J. Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of Bristol • conversation
June 5, 2025 • ~7 min

The bizarre-looking dinosaur challenging what we know about the evolution of fingers

Oviraptorosaurs are weird dinosaurs, which look a bit like flightless birds. But these ancient animals aren’t just funny looking fossils. As my team’s new research shows, they can help us understand how…

Milly Mead, PhD student in Palaeontology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh • conversation
April 3, 2025 • ~8 min

How palaeontologists are uncovering dinosaur behaviour

If we struggle to work out what the whole animal looked like most of the time, how can we begin to piece together their lives and how they behaved?

David Hone, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
Feb. 26, 2025 • ~6 min

Asteroid has a very small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but a collision could devastate a city

The chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are small but fluctuating.

Maggie Lieu, Research Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham • conversation
Feb. 24, 2025 • ~8 min

How we uncovered the UK’s biggest site of dinosaur tracks in a quarry in Oxfordshire

The footprints were uncovered at a large quarry in Oxfordshire.

Duncan Murdock, Collections Manager, Earth Collections, Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford • conversation
Jan. 23, 2025 • ~7 min

How ancient flying reptiles ruled the skies – new research

Pterosaurs may help inspire future technology.

Natalia Jagielska, PhD Researcher in Geosciences , University of Edinburgh • conversation
Jan. 9, 2025 • ~6 min

A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain’s largest flying animal – how scientists proved it from a single finger bone

The Jurassic pterosaur’s size was estimated from only its finger bone.

Jason Gilchrist, Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
Sept. 12, 2024 • ~8 min

We discovered a new way mountains are formed – from ‘mantle waves’ inside the Earth

Motion deep in the Earth called a mantle wave can lift up the toughest parts of our planet.

Thomas Gernon, Professor in Earth & Climate Science, University of Southampton • conversation
Aug. 22, 2024 • ~8 min

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