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Anna Gibbs

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Artist’s conception of a large carnivorous dinosaur skull and the skeleton of a much smaller theropod staring at each other.
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Dinosaur Bone Study Reveals That Not All Giants Grew Alike

By Anna Gibbs
March 20, 2023
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A survey of prehistoric bones reveals that T. rex and some of its cousins had more than one way to reach enormous sizes. Evolution may have preserved that variation in modern animals too.

Aerial view of forest at the edge of clear-cut land. The vegetation growing back in the clearing is not forest.
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Simpler Math Predicts How Close Ecosystems Are to Collapse

By Anna Gibbs
March 6, 2023
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By replacing thousands of equations with just one, ecology modelers can more accurately assess how close fragile environments are to a disastrous “tipping point.”

About the author

Anna Gibbs is a science writer based in New York City. Her writing has appeared in Science News, Popular Science, and The Boston Globe Magazine, among others. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Harvard University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in science journalism from New York University.
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