Related News ItemsSan Bernardino County Museum gearing up for lecture seriesMon, 21 May 2012 18:13:38 -0700 REDLANDS - What was it like on Earth millions of years ago? Wednesday's discussion with Stuart Sumida, a biology professor at Cal State San Bernardino, might be able to help answer that question. Read More... Science Cafe goes batty in final meeting until SeptemberSun, 20 May 2012 01:17:09 -0700 Timothy Gaudin, a professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, spoke at the final Dalton Science Cafe of the season recently at the Freight Depot. He presented a recent examination of bat fossils found in caves in the Chattanooga area. Read More... Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hallTue, 22 May 2012 05:14:38 -0700 (AP) -- Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth. Read More... New Paleolithic remains found near the Liuhuaishan site in Bose Basin, GuangxiThu, 17 May 2012 05:33:53 -0700 The Liuhuaishan site is an important early Paleolithic site found in the Bose Basin. In December 2008, Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Youjiang Museum for Nationalities, Bose, carried out a short survey around this site and found three new Paleolithic localities with a collection of 37 stone artifacts. This ... Read More... Volunteer: Patricia Armstrong — conservation pioneerMon, 21 May 2012 15:56:53 -0700 Patricia Armstrong admits she’s kissed a lot of frogs. “But I never found a prince,” she said. Her fondness for the amphibians, however, is a factor in the DuPage County Forest Preserve honoring the Naperville woman this year with the President’s Award for significant contributions to natural resource management. “Many in the region would consider her to be a pioneer in the restoration and ... Read More... A mammoth discovery: Scientist: Prehistoric remains discovered in CraigFri, 27 Apr 2012 23:08:34 -0700 Dr. Jan J. Roth, of the Sundance Research Institute, said he's about to embark on a project that has renewed his passion for archaeology and paleontology — the discovery of what he believes are the remains of a Columbian Mammoth inside city limits. He announced the discovery during a Craig City Council meeting earlier this month. “I haven’t been this excited for a long, long time,” Roth told ... Read More... Stone artifacts with handaxes and picks found in Danjiangkou reservoir area, ChinaFri, 18 May 2012 05:48:48 -0700 Danjiangkou reservoir is located in the northwest of Hubei province and southwest of Henan province at the headwaters area of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. In October, 2004, Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducted a survey around the margin of the reservoir that will later be ... Read More... A drowned nesting colony of Late Cretaceous birdsTue, 15 May 2012 07:56:19 -0700 Enantiornithine nesting colony, reconstruction by Julio Lacerda. [More] Read More... Clear Lake drilling operation offers science lessons from the deepFri, 04 May 2012 17:33:31 -0700 On a platform floating on Clear Lake, drillers and scientists are working to collect ancient sediment that holds clues to 500,000 years of life on Earth. Read More... Plan Your Free Online Education at Lifehacker U: Summer Semester 2012 [Video]Wed, 16 May 2012 08:22:21 -0700 # lifehackeru Your education doesn't have to stop once you get out of school—being free of the classroom just means you have more control over what you learn and when you learn it. We've put together a curriculum of some of the best free online classes available on the web this summer for our second term of Lifehacker U, our regularly-updating guide to improving your life with free, online ... Read More...
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