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Rare books swiped from NYC royalty miraculously found after 40 years
12+ min ago (619+ words) A stack of rare books worth millions of dollars was finally returned to the heirs of New York City royalty Monday " decades after they were snatched by a mysterious bookworm, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said. The 17 historic works " valued…...
CAM photosynthesis may have conferred an advantage during the Permian'Triassic mass extinction event - Nature Ecology & Evolution
20+ min ago (1714+ words) Nature Ecology & Evolution (2026)Cite this article See details in Supplementary Fig. 6, the original data in Supplementary Table 5 and the sampling pictures of the fossils in Supplementary Figs. 2433. VPDB, Vienna Peedee Belemnite. We used original taxonomic names rather than combined or…...
Scientists map the blackcap bird brain, opening a new era of 3 D digital atlases
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (482+ words) video: Blackcap brain atlas, viewed coronally view more Blackcap brain atlas, viewed coronally Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL Brain atlases - digital, high-resolution, 3 D maps of brain structures - are transforming neuroscience. They improve the ability of researchers to interpret their own…...
Rare Books Stolen from Former Mo MA President Are Returned
1+ hour, 11+ min ago (264+ words) Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. , has announced the return of 17 rare books to the heirs of John Hay and Betsey Cushing Whitney. The books, which were stolen from the couple's Long Island home in the 1980s, include works by John…...
Parrot-beaked" reptile found in Brazil may have Scottish cousins
5+ hour, 16+ min ago (86+ words) Isodapedon Varzealis in a landscape 230 million years ago. (Caio Fantini via SWNS) A "parrot-beaked" reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs in Brazil 230 million years ago may have had relatives in Scotland, say scientists. Prospecting at the fossil site. (Rodrigo Temp M'ller…...
Comparison between Zhangjiagoivermis longicruris and Tomopteris
2+ hour ago (48+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! A'D, F, Zhangjiagoivermis longicruris, holotype; E, G, Tomopteris News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only. More on this News Release Earliest Cambrian microfossils preserve…...
Why Are Seashell Fossils Found in the Rocky Mountains?
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (1042+ words) Home " Climate " Why Are Seashell Fossils Found in the Rocky Mountains? Centuries ago, scholars puzzled over how seashells could wind up on the tops of mountains. Fossil seashells are now recognized as the remains of ancient sea floors raised to…...
$2 M worth of rare books recovered, returned to the Whitney family
5+ hour, 11+ min ago (236+ words) MANHATTAN, N. Y. (PIX11) " Seventeen rare books that were stolen from John Hay Whitney's home on Long Island in the 1980s, valued at over $2 million, have been recovered and returned, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Monday. The books included works by John Keats,…...
Pliny's Letters, Monstrelet's Chronicles, and Faberg" Torah Pointer: The Week in Rare Books
11+ hour, 43+ min ago (85+ words) Pliny's Letters from the Aldine Press These are the three lots that stuck out this week because of either uniqueness or exceeding expectations: Pliny the Younger's Letters Decorative gold, silver, gemstones and pearls Torah pointer with fist and long pointing…...
A Central Texas fossil discovery is reshaping how scientists view Texas" Ice Age
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (411+ words) Fossils from giant tortoises, armadillos and other Ice Age-era species challenge previous assumptions about the region's ancient climate By Justin Doud April 20, 20261: 13 pm Health & Science, Texas Standard Original With a wet suit and goggles, paleontologist John Moretti searches for fossils…...