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The colours of dinosaurs have long been a mystery, since soft tissues aren’t preserved in the fossil record. But, for the first time, scientists have teased out colours from fossilized feathers to reveal the orange and white ringed tail of a 125-million-year-old dinosaur! The fascinating article outlines the incredible methods these brilliant paleontologists used, and how this development finally takes dinosaur colours out of the hands of artistry and places them into the realm of science.

(Via NPR)

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