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May 2, 2018
Dave Bercovici, the Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Geology and Geophysics and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has been elected to the National...
May 2, 2018
Ichthyornis dispar is a key extinct bird species from when birds were shedding characteristics of their dinosaur ancestors and evolving their current features. A...
Syd driving the lunar vehicle.  He earned a Lunar Vehicles Driver License (#118) from the Bendix Corporation.
April 20, 2018
Sydney P. Clark, Jr. passed away quietly in his sleep on Dec. 24, 2016.  He was born in Philadelphia on July 26, 1929.  He is survived by his wife of 54 years Elizabeth (...
April 6, 2018
Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of impressive achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. Please follow this link for more...
April 6, 2018
Researchers have found an ancient monitor lizard with a fourth eye — a discovery that may signal a new wrinkle in the way eyesight evolved in vertebrates. “This tells us how...
March 26, 2018
Scientists have identified a new species of reptile from prehistoric Connecticut and, boy, does it have a mouth on it. Named Colobops noviportensis, the creature lived 200...
Nicole Shibley has been awarded a Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship
March 7, 2018
Nicole is studying the dynamics of the Arctic Ocean. Her current research combines theory and observations to investigate ocean mixing processes that are responsible for...