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10+ hour, 34+ min ago   (118+ words) Birmingham gears up for Brum Transport Fest with one month to go Step back in time and come face-to-face with some of history’s most iconic prehistoric creatures in Age of Dinosaurs, an immersive virtual reality experience created through a brand…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (433+ words) Imagine journeying through 4.6 billion years of planetary evolution in just a short stroll. Nestled within the spectacular De Hoop Nature Reserve—located in the Overberg region of the Western Cape, roughly a three-hour drive east of Cape Town—the De…...

2+ hour, 30+ min ago   (228+ words) Jon Solomon has left his position as Longmont Public Library director to take a job with the Denver Public Library. Solomon announced the move in his final “Letter from the Director” in the Longmont Library’s fall programming brochure, thanking the…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (443+ words) Modern DNA holds clues to populations that left no readable fossils, revealing a deeper and more complicated story of human evolution. Analysis of modern human genomes has helped scientists identify traces of two ancient ancestral lineages previously unknown from fossil…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago   (712+ words) For nearly two centuries, a pangolin specimen sat quietly in a museum collection, its true identity hidden in plain sight. Today, scientists have used DNA preserved within that 190-year-old specimen to resolve a long-standing taxonomic mystery, confirming that the Himalayan…...

3+ hour, 52+ min ago   (577+ words) A single fossilized footprint found in volcanic mud on a remote Antarctic island is the first known trackway from a mammal in Antarctica, and the earliest evidence anywhere on the continent of a carnivorous mammal. Track-bearing slab T-373 from King George…...

5+ hour, 4+ min ago   (234+ words) Which makes its extinction even more tragic 1:30 PM CDT on August 31, 2026 Now a new study investigating the thylacine’s bite shows they likely never posed a threat to livestock at all. “The longer a jaw is, the faster its tip moves…...

1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (279+ words) Buried in a Turkish cave for millennia, the figurines may point to a long-lost mountain cult. The 25 recently discovered, rudimentarily-carved stone turtle figurines surrounding a curved architectural feature in a cave under Turkey’s Gedikkaya Hill must have had some sort…...

6+ hour, 16+ min ago   (157+ words) Mount Desert Islander BAR HARBOR — Do you love amphibians? Come learn about the amphibians that call Acadia National Park home and the work that's being done to help protect them.On Thursday, Sept 17, at 5:30 p.m., join Sheridan…...

6+ hour, 58+ min ago   (849+ words) Do you like large creatures? What about huge, enormous, massive?! In that case, you’ll want to get your hands on the Tramplesaurus Rex precon. It will allow you to consistently put the biggest threats on the table. Let’s explore more…...