{"id":558139,"date":"2026-07-19T23:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558139\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T23:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:08:11","slug":"why-a-t-rex-skeleton-selling-for-50m-is-damaging-science-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/558139\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a T rex skeleton selling for $50m is damaging science &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxOQlZqa1BZRm14dVZwN0dxeDh0ZDQzZDROakphTDN2MTFvTnhmWUZBb0JMWS1kZ2IxYVFjVmtqeFZ4TGl2TEFZeWRMOGkySV9DMmNnczJYcTAxZlZpY2tGT3ItejBhTHpWcF9TcW1zMHRjTjdSN1RxV3hNMjU0WERxZk9EN2VIQVJacTZr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why a T rex skeleton selling for $50m is damaging science<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFA0Qi1Rd045UG1kdFhxbWZERjQydlJ3QnowcG44N1NoRUJfREx1MC1ZUi1jck52Q0FleWpZVUZOUUlfNGs3MXg1Q0tfazZXRnZkbnVCNHpZa1Jndw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">T. rex could become most expensive fossil ever &#8211; but it&#8217;s a \u200bproblem for scientists<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxNcW9qVkdjNUNpV1VDY1FMSnFQYTVoR1FPMDBRU0JoeU8wc2g2aHBhYm45N2FaYjNLbXhYY0pVcDQ1aWZYVjZPSlhhNzQzc1BvVWM5LUVDU05nZHVfaTVrLUVmRExnZU8xbnlTS3hEdFFRXy1Bb19jNEV3Si1PNnlabDU5WDQxa3pmRHRRUkFjamRLdHJFSTRwR05Oa2RfUm9CZW4wWm5kdl9hdmUz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gus the $50m T-rex breaks dinosaur fossil sale record at New York auction<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZEFVX3lxTFBuRjktVXlMRUJKZHpuNDhtZk93VmJ1eG5JRzBBZXhIMXNuUUpoYzB1NVI0NGZLTHJmZUJxUl9kV2FxdVpoSHlyYjVUdFRrOUgwUnZ6Ry1zY0RlQzN4V0hPa1AyNmI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">T rex fossil \u2018Gus\u2019 sells for $50.1m at New York auction, setting new record<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE0xRi1oYlk4ckhyOXRQS25mX1FzQzNRX2M4Yi1CLVBIb2l4YTdRbW9ETmJpMFpMR2E0dFZiN01va21UZlZiWHlpa1M1NUZqSjF4TGVlVWo4Wm5zcWRidHJZelBObnhGRHpIRTgyeXI3T3I?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A T. rex found in South Dakota could smash auction records \u2014 and possibly disappear forever<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why a T rex skeleton selling for $50m is damaging science&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesT. rex could become most expensive fossil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,60,82],"class_list":["post-558139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}