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Fossil Footprints in Brazil Hint at a Cougar-Size Mammal That Walked Among Dinosaurs. It's Another Sign That Some Early Beasts Grew to Impressive Sizes After All

Don’t think of all Mesozoic mammals as meek and tiny—alongside the terrible lizards, some were giants in their own right

Smithsonian Magazine · EN

Daniel Sikkema Sentenced to Life for Murder of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema

The 56-year-old man is accountable for a "cold, calculated murder-for-hire plot," said US Attorney Jamie McDonald.

Hyperallergic · EN

7th Seminar on Urbanists and Urbanism in Brazil (7th SUUB)

Urbanism for What? Professional Practice in an Expanded Field The Faculty of Architecture at the Federal University of Bahia (FAUFBA), through the research groups LAB20 and Laboratório Urbano, and the State University of Bahia (UNEB) invite researchers, faculty, and professionals to the seventh edition of the Urbanism and Urbanists in Brazil Seminar, which aims to discuss professional practice in urbanism within its expanded field. Starting from the question “Urbanism for what?”, the event seeks to reflect on the issues that mobilize this field, the knowledge that guides its practices, and the

ArchDaily · EN

In the Wake of the 2024 Floods in Southern Brazil: Restore the Past or Rethink the Future?

In May 2024, the floods that hit Rio Grande do Sul exposed a contradiction common to contemporary cities. Many were built alongside rivers and shaped by their presence, yet spent decades trying to control water without incorporating its dynamics into urban planning. Extreme weather events will intensify that vulnerability. More than two years later, reconstruction in the Brazilian state has progressed, infrastructure has been restored, and new protection strategies are taking shape. But are these cities rebuilding their relationship with water, or only restoring the systems that failed?

ArchDaily · EN

Fossilised red blood cells found in 115m-year-old dinosaur’s bone, say scientists

Chemical tests on Aratasaurus bone identify presence of heme, the organic compound that allows haemoglobin in blood to carry oxygen around body It could be the opening of a Jurassic Park rip-off: scientists examining ancient dinosaur bones find what appear to be fossilised red blood cells, and traces of the molecule that gives the beast’s blood its distinctive crimson hue. But that is what researchers are claiming to have discovered after analysing the hind leg bones of a small, meat-eating dinosaur called an Aratasaurus that lived and died in what is now north-eastern Brazil 115m years ago. C

Guardian Science · EN