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Scientists open 5,000-pound block with a 75-million-year-old dinosaur
The stone block weighs 5,000 pounds, and in Glasgow Kelvingrove, which draws 1.3 million visitors a year, pulled a priest's mummified remains from display; one wait ends, another begins.
On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte on BBN After HoursPublished
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- First reported by The Times of India: “Scientists in North Carolina are opening a 5,000-pound block of stone containing a 75-million-year-old di”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 3:03 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte.
- Topics: North Carolina.
- BBN covered this story before: Early tallies show black voters turning out in huge numbers in North… (October 23).
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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentScientists in North Carolina are opening a five-thousand-pound block of stone with a seventy-five-million-year-old dinosaur inside.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSeventy-five million years, and the first thing anyone does is open it with tools.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCarefully, with tools, which is the whole point. Five thousand pounds of rock is a lot of patience.
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