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(NewsNation) — A fossil stored in a London museum for more than a century has been identified as a new species of dinosaur. Researchers say the new dinosaur, Invictibellatrix amberina, was identified from a skull fragment at the Natural History Museum. The fossil was first found by Reginald Walter Tooley, an amateur paleontologist, at the base of a cliff on the Isle of Wight. After Tooley died, the museum acquired the fossil in 1924, along with more than 1,000 other specimens he had collected. "It is a real mystery that this fossil was overlooked for so long, sitting in a drawer for nearly 100 years," said the study's lead author, Dr. Cassius Morrison, in a press release. Researchers used CT scans to make 3D images of the skull and the area where the dinosaur's brain would have been. When they compared these images to other meat-eating dinosaurs, they found some unusual features. These included an oval-shaped opening where the spinal cord met the brain and a ridge shaped like an hourglass. These differences led them to decide it was a new species. Invictibellatrix was part of a group of meat-eating dinosaurs called megaraptorans, which were related to tyrannosaurs.

A dinosaur fossil that spent almost a century in the collections of London's Natural History Museum has been identified as a new species. The skull fragment belonged to Invictibellatrix amberina, a previously unknown carnivorous dinosaur that lived around 120 million years ago. It's also the first confirmed evidence of a megaraptoran dinosaur in Europe. The fossil was originally discovered at the foot of a cliff on the southwest coast of the Isle of Wight by amateur fossil hunter Reginald Walter Tooley. After his death in 1924, the Natural History Museum acquired more than 1,000 specimens from his collection, including the fragment. RelatedAlthough scientists knew it belonged to a dinosaur, exactly which one remained a mystery for decades. Now, researchers have taken another look at the fossil using CT scanning technology, allowing them to examine its internal structure and create a 3D model. Their full findings were published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

If there's one thing the COVID-19 pandemic taught us, it's that the world isn't always as prepared for a crisis as we might think. Now, in a sweeping international assessment published in The Lancet, a team of dozens of scientific experts has cataloged the dangers of 17 major global health threats faced by humanity this century – and preparedness is a key theme of their findings. While it's a sobering review, the key message is that the dangers of global catastrophes can be mitigated and managed, but only if society takes action now. "The striking finding is not only the scale of these threats, but that humanity still has the agency to act," says physician and health economist Christopher JL Murray from the University of Washington, the co-chair of The Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health. "Across all 17 catastrophic threats, the decisions made by leaders today will shape the health and well-being of the next generation. "In their study, the researchers used modeling to estimate how much death and disability could potentially be avoided for each threat between 2025 and 2100, measured in disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs).

High resolution VANTOR Technologies satellite imagery from September and October 2026 shows significant renewed activity at Minzadayi, a nuclear weapons development compound northeast of Tehran revealed by Israel during the 2026 war.  The compound was attacked by Israel on March 3rd, 2026, destroying several buildings and likely underground structures.[1] The recent satellite imagery indicates a return to regular vehicle activity around the site post extensive cleanup operation that included the clearing of rubble and debris and repair of damage on the hillside (see Figures 1 and 2).  One area attacked in March 2026 shows ongoing earth moving activity.  The earth moving activity is occurring at a surface made to look like a courtyard where multiple craters could be seen following the attacks on the site in March 2026 (see Figure 3).[2]  Significant vehicle presence can be seen throughout the site between early September and early October 2026. Cars are parked outside the security perimeter in the parking lot, and many passenger vehicles and trucks can be seen inside the perimeter.