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Megan Sever

Megan Sever (www.gneissediting.com) is an independent science writer and editor based in Portland, Oregon. As a science journalist, she has covered the geosciences -- especially paleontology and natural hazards -- for more than 20 years. More of her work can be found at authory.com/MeganSever

100 years since we learned dinosaurs laid eggs, what do we know now?

100 years since we learned dinosaurs laid eggs, what do we know now?

In July 1923, 100 years ago this month, scientists and explorers made an extraordinary discovery that forever changed our view of dinosaurs. An expedition to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia unearthed fossilized dinosaur eggs, in a nest, confirming that dinosaurs laid eggs like the reptiles that scientists at the time thought dinosaurs were. The find was announced in newspapers at the time, to much fan ...[Read More]