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A handout photo released by the Canadian Museum of Nature shows a fossil of entangled Psittacosaurus (dinosaur) and Repenomamus (mammal) skeletons.

Small mammals may have hunted dinosaurs for food, a new study says

A fossil discovery in China suggests that mammals may have preyed on dinosaurs several times their size. The fossil, found at a site known as "China's Pompeii," shows a mammal attacking a dinosaur during a volcanic eruption around 125 million years ago. The discovery challenges the theory that dinosaurs dominated the Earth and that mammals were a part of their domain. However, researchers believe that this fossil is likely to be an exception rather than the rule.

Self-taught snake enthusiast Tim Friede. (Instagram photo)

Tim Friede: Man bitten by snakes hundreds of times helps create broad antivenom

Tim Friede, a self-taught snake enthusiast, endured hundreds of venomous bites, enabling researchers to develop a potentially groundbreaking antivenom. His unique antibodies could help treat snakebite victims globally, particularly in India, by neutralizing toxins across multiple snake species.

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