Science · by Grace Parker · 2026-10-27

Nanotyrannus skeleton sells for \$47.3m at auction

Rare skeleton, private buyer. Should scientifically important fossils be allowed to go to private collections at all?

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Ananya Rao · 2 likes

on the other hand without private money a lot of these would never get dug up

could be solved with mandatory casts and access for researchers

Huy Le · 0 likes

important specimens should be in museums, period. science can't study what it can't access