{"id":701044,"date":"2026-07-20T05:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/701044\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T05:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T05:28:09","slug":"why-a-t-rex-skeleton-selling-for-50m-is-damaging-science-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/701044\/","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\/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\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNZkxMTHgyU3VFakpPUUtkZUdta2Y1U0xaSUljTGdlNDc2U3ZIX0d0bDg0eXItS2I1RGc3QVdPWWVTZldIRXZkc2U5NlhuS29oRUtXc3piaXVvakYycVNyUERBcm5ZU1NQeEgyQ0h3azZhMFpKSjBVdndmdEVNMXZhbm1jNjNEMmpOYlkyV0Z1UjhWQVFjRDlSTzd5aWxaZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Who wouldn\u2019t spend $50m on a dinosaur if they had the cash?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxPdXI1TXhFWTRILTNtSVpYWUV2RVMxeGNidDV5VXdpTXdpYTVKT0hRWVpLcVl1N1pYbzgyM1J4UmJkOW4xWU10U0llOGlNbWtXS3hSNUZaQk1CU1F4UkhfZU5BQkVZVDhiSkh2U3dXYlUteHVsUHBtR2lHSXhCdTdJdG5zZnhEamh3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">T. Rex Fossil Sells for $50.1 Million, Putting the King Back On Top<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<\/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":701045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-701044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-gb","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}