Why is it that we can easily call a villain a villain in a pop culture story, but when we see the same behavior exhibited in real life, we'll find a way to make excuses for it?

Scientists have already established that dinosaurs had feathers—and had set about trying to ruin our favorite movie monsters with other retcons like "lips"—but actually seeing a preserved, feathered dinosaur tail from millions of years ago with our own eyes is an amazing landmark on its own.

Or maybe this is how The Good Dinosaur did end. How would you know? It's not like you saw it. (Not a lot of people did—well, compared to Pixar's other movies, anyway.) However, if you did see it, maybe this will undo some of the wanton emotional damage Pixar decided to throw your way.

In a paper published earlier this month in Scientific Reports, geologist Martin Lockley and his team claim that scrape marks found in the 100-million-year-old Cretaceous rock unit Dakota Sandstone are the first physical evidence of 'dinosaur foreplay' to be discovered.

Ring in the holiday spirit the Star Wars way with this five hour long video of... well, Darth Vader's funeral.

Making sense of dinosaur fossils is hard (I'm assuming. I don't have nearly the scientific prowess to ever set foot near dinosaur bones except to look at them and go "OOOH!"), but sometimes the stars align and scientists have a puzzle piece fall gloriously into place. That's what happened recently for paleontologist Elizabeth Freedman Fowler.

We used to think of dinosaurs as reptilian death machines (thanks, Jurassic Park), but now we know them as vaguely avian death machines. How the times have changed. Thanks, science!

You love Harry Potter. You love FOX's Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Now, you can love them both at the same time on this awesome Tumblr, Hogwarts Nine-Nine.

As always, we've got your monthly guide to what new wonders Netflix is bringing to the table and what movies and TV shows are going quietly into that good night.

I'm not surprised that Hasbro is misgendering Jurassic World's dinos--just disappointed. Sexism, uh, finds a way.

Chris Pratt joins the host of VSauce to get real about the science of Jurassic World, along with palaeontologist Jack Horner. I mean, did you know dino poop still smells even after all this time? I didn't, but now I don't know how I ever lived without that information.

In an interview with USA Today, writer Mairghread Scott revealed Victorion, the first all-female Transformers combiner! She'll debut next month inIDW’s Combiner Hunters one-shot. (via Kotaku)

Jurassic Park was such a monumental film for me as an 11-year-old that over 20 years later I'm working on getting a tattoo inspired by it. You may think that makes me a nerd (I am) or a weirdo (depends on your definition), but it speaks to the immense power the film had on me, and that's what many creators strive for in their work every day. While an incredibly enjoyable experience, Jurassic World is not a movie that would inspire me to tattoo my body.

These adorable robots really hate opening doors. And grabbing things. And walking. And, you know, generally staying upright. Just watch and imagine them throwing a tantrum in a grocery store aisle next to you. Frightening, right?

Sure, I know Pixar's long-delayed The Good Dinosaur is ostensibly about dinosaurs not dying, but I have a feeling Arlo the Apatosaurus is going to break my heart somehow.

For real. If you go on Google, as of this writing, and search "what happened to the dinosaurs," the top result that comes up is from Answers in Genesis and asserts that dinosaurs are used to indoctrinate children with the crazy idea that the Earth has been around longer than some thousands of years. Luckily, there's a feedback button to let Google know how you feel about the results. I look forward to your creativity there.

Spoilers for Jurassic World after the Jurassic jump!