Ideas The Diplodocus and the Robber Baron Ilja Nieuwland's new book is the story of how fossils and their replicas become tools of capitalism, power, and privilege. Lydia Pyne
News in Brief We’ve Finally Found a Dinosaur Brain A rock picked up on a Sussex beach in 2004 looked a whole lot like part of a reptile brain. In a manner of speaking, it was. Nathan Collins
Economics How Do You Make a Living, Paleoartist? Francie Diep talks to Jennifer Hall about illustrating animals that have been dead for a very, very long time. Francie Diep
Environment Dinosaurs May Have Been Tripping on Hallucinogens Researchers have discovered an amber fossil containing the ergot fungus—from which LSD is derived. Wes Judd
Social Justice Clayton Phipps, Dino Cowboy Meet the amateur paleontologist who discovered "Montana's dueling dinosaurs," a fossil expected to fetch between $7 and $9 million at auction. Phillip Pantuso
Social Justice The Science of Jurassic Park With Jurassic World set to hit theaters in the summer of 2015, we take a look at what the franchise got wrong, right, and vaguely correct. Sarah Sloat
News in Brief How (Not) to Smuggle a Dinosaur The weird story of one Tyrannosaurus' journey from Mongolia to a Manhattan courtroom Jessica Olien
Environment New Dinosaur Gets a Rather Large Name As if being wiped out by a meteor wasn't degrading enough, a charismatic dinosaur discovered in Utah gets a less-than-flattering name. Matt Palmquist