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Renfrew geology trip includes panning for gold
Area residents can try their hand at panning for gold when geologist Jeri Jones leads a fossil-hunting field trip from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 4. The trip is sponsored by Renfrew Institute in partnership with the Franklin County Rock & Mineral...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Washington Monument, Services and Shopping, Travel, Vulcan Materials Company
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Scientists sequence DNA of a 'living fossil': the coelacanth
They're big, they're furtive, they're weird-looking. You almost certainly wouldn't want to dine on one, since they're endangered and are said to cause digestive distress in people who eat them. But the African coelacanth is extremely useful in at...
Tags: Africa, Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry, Science, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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Our View: Kudos for the week of April 1
Here is our weekly salute to the people, places and organizations that make Northern Michigan a special place to live. Roll out the welcome mat We all know Petoskey is a great town, now the rest of the country knows, too. Our town was profiled in the...Tags: Libraries, Science, Financial Aid, Building Material, Ernest Hemingway
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In the Galleries for March 31, 2013
In Aberdeen • Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center Gallery, 225 Third Ave. S.E.: Pottery and ceramics show. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. 605-626-7081. •...Tags: Artists, Arts, Painting, Museums, Paleontology
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Evidence points toward solving evolutionary 'missing link'
With long arms, high shoulder blades and powerful fingers, the ancient creatures were built for climbing trees. But they also had long lower limbs, flat feet and a flexible lumbar spine that gave them a distinct evolutionary edge: They could cover long...
Tags: Africa, Flat Feet, Physiology, Science, Arizona State University
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Ancient feathered birds may have sported four wings, study says
Some of the earliest birds hailing from the age of the dinosaurs may have sported four flying limbs, a team of Chinese researchers says. If so, 11 fossils from the lower Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago, could represent a missing link in...
Tags: Science and Technology, Paleontology, China
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Skulls of alligator kin shed new light on reptiles' murky history
Two skulls found in the Panama Canal Zone shed new light on the migration history of caimans, southern relatives of the alligator – and also hint that North and South America were much closer together earlier than previously thought. The new study...
Tags: South America, Science and Technology, University of Florida, Panama, Central America
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In The galleries: March 3, 2013
In Aberdeen Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center Gallery, 225 Third Ave. S.E.: A pottery and ceramics show runs through March 16. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. 605-...Tags: Artists, Arts, Painting, Paleontology, Museums
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Creature feature: Who’s scarier — shark with buzz-saw bite or lamprey?
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesIf you thought the Creature from the Black Lagoon was terrifying, check out the new artist renderings of the Helicoprion–a ...... -
IN THE GALLERIES: Feb. 3, 2013
In Aberdeen - Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center Gallery, 225 Third Ave. S.E.: Hours are from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. 605-626-7081. - Dacotah Prairie Museum, 21 S. Main St....Tags: Arts, Paleontology, Museums, Arts and Culture
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Field Museum team helps uncover T. rex of the sea
Tribune reporterResearch and planning are often key factors scientists cite when they make a great discovery. Only rarely does being out of shape play a role. But Field Museum scientist Jim Holstein said being dog-tired after a long day of trekking through a Nevada...Tags: Geography, Landforms, Science, Ecosystems, Pancakes
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Neil Shubin on 'The Universe Within'
As sure as an automobile could not have been built by even the most enterprising Neanderthal, the appearance of humans on Earth could not have occurred without the myriad of developments that began with the birth of the universe, and continued with the...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Chemical Industry, Science, Ecosystems, Geology
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