A team of 100 researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford discovered around 200 dinosaur footprints along five trackways in southeast England during a week-long excavation in June 2024. The footprints date back to the Middle Jurassic period, offering new insights into certain dinosaurs’ size and speed. The environment for the dinosaurs at the time was likely lagoonal. The trackways were made by long-necked herbivorous sauropods and a carnivorous Megalosaurus.
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Columbia Univ to pay $200m to settle clash with Trump admin: 10 things to know
Columbia University has agreed to pay over $220 million to the Trump administration to restore federal research funding lost due to concerns about antisemitism on campus, including $200 million over three years and $21 million for civil rights violations against Jewish staff. The agreement requires institutional reforms, such as restructuring disciplinary procedures and adopting a federally-endorsed definition of antisemitism, while maintaining university independence. Want More Context? 🔎
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