I am Will Dunham and I am in Washington, D.C., where I cover a wide range of [science topics](https://www.reuters.com/authors/will-dunham/) for Reuters. We have recently hit the [200th anniversary of the first formal scientific recognition of a dinosaur](https://www.reuters.com/science/first-dinosaur-was-named-200-years-ago-we-know-so-much-more-now-2024-02-13/) — our toothy friend Megalosaurus — and there are many other developments in the field of dinosaur paleontology as well.
I have been a journalist in Washington since 1984 and at Reuters since 1994. I have covered science news for Reuters off and on since 2001 and I’m also an editor on the Reuters Global News Desk. On the science front, I have covered everything from voracious black holes to tiny neutrinos, the sprawling human genome to the oldest-known DNA, the evolution of our species to the field of space medicine, and of course all things relating to dinosaurs and other intriguing prehistoric creatures.
**Ask me anything and everything dinosaur-related and I will answer from 3-4 p.m. Eastern.**
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Two questions!
1: Is there any hope that some day we will be able to figure out what dinosaurs actually looked like? Seeing representations of modern-day animals reconstructed from their skeletal systems alone (ex: [https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/natashaumer/dinosaur-animals](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/natashaumer/dinosaur-animals)) makes me think that our conception of the dinosaur physique is wildly off. Do you think it’s likely that any particular new findings or methods can help shed more light on dinosaur pigmentation / shape / etc.?
2. Is there any chance that dinosaur cloning ever becomes feasible?
Thank you!
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