Origin of Species: How a T. Rex Femur Sparked a Scientific Smackdown

Origin of Species: How a T. Rex Femur Sparked a Scientific Smackdown

Sixty-eight million years ago, on a soggy marsh in what is now a desolate stretch of eastern Montana, a Tyrannosaurus rex died. In 2000 a team of paleontologist led by famed dinosaur hunter Jack Horner found it. These are scientific facts, as solid as the chunk of fossilized femur from that same T. rex that Horner gave to North Carolina State University paleontologist Mary Schweitzer in 2003. It was labeled sample MOR 1125.

Had the chance to read this one last night, and it's an excellent article which shows a lot of how the scientific method works. It digs a bit deeper into how real science is done and how harsh of a gauntlet the peer review arena can be.

Definitely a good one