{"id":549629,"date":"2026-07-19T22:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/549629\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T22:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T22:32:11","slug":"why-a-t-rex-skeleton-selling-for-50m-is-damaging-science-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/549629\/","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\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE1ldi1teVdQVjdUVll0QUUtbGlzR3ZEUnVOd3o2bjNkNWltZmF1eFVBQldPRGJZR1lJcjg5ZW51d1FqNGkxSGt0bGtWZy1LYUpnYWpxMVByMDdZRXc0cGZCX1ZqdWxRVkN2aTZQUVlaRjZVMXg4N0pfMzJ3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mystery bidder buys T. rex nicknamed &#8216;Gus&#8217; for a record $50 million<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR<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\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxPeGdDOW5ObndaU3ZLYVNrMzkxQ1JSTWpYVlVDbHNXUUIyaW5nTjBSNWY0RktuZ3hHTFN4ZTI3eFVFX1FPcXR5cWpMbVpkNndtV2t6YzZKVnBTYi0xRk9zSFhfX1o4by1pcjFlLUs4WThqaHN4b0F6UUNpNTVoeGltdXBZcC1wamlq?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What science loses when \u2018T. rex\u2019 becomes a trophy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxQQ21FUXg0SU1FeS1mc01mS3NBUGpZd3FwNmVOSjlFYjR0Zm1vLUxQUFFtd3RTQ2NfMFpRZV9QUWd2SXF4Z21RM0Y4NHNUUDRST3RYamFnRXlNQUh2U1ZTMV9sOUxpX0V3czRRYmxFNlNnMFdsZEN6cWdEdEFON1FPR3Q2bE14REtNT1FPaUNaa212YWRpLU9FMzBRRk5WVUI4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sale of multimillion-dollar T rex skeleton is big headache for scientists<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why a T rex skeleton selling for $50m is damaging science&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesMystery bidder buys T. rex nicknamed &#8216;Gus&#8217;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[85,46,141],"class_list":["post-549629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}