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Photo: Brendan Landis, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr. By Annette Weston, Public Radio East “It was a staple of many B movies, cartoons, and TV shows in the 60s and 70s; now quicksand appears more often in memes by the 50-something crowd on social media. “PRE’s Annette Weston set out to discover whether quicksand is… Read More >

[RALEIGH, N.C.] — Don’t miss “Dia de la Ciencia y la Cultura” (“Science and Culture Day”), a brand new and fully bilingual (Spanish-English) event celebrating science and Hispanic culture at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Saturday, August 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Free.) Whether you’re a science enthusiast, student or just curious,… Read More >

Fona herzogae. Illustration: Jorge Gonzalez. By Tracey Peake, NCSU News Services The age of dinosaurs wasn’t conducted solely above ground. A newly discovered ancestor of Thescelosaurus shows evidence that these animals spent at least part of their time in underground burrows. The new species contributes to a fuller understanding of life during the mid-Cretaceous –… Read More >

Photo: Cambodian Ministry of Environment. “A previously unidentified species of gecko has been discovered at the Phnom Preah Kuhear Luong (luong caves) in Kampot province’s Banteay Meas district [Cambodia]. The discovery is the result of a two-year research project, according to the Ministry of Environment. “The study was conducted by specialists from the ministry, in… Read More >

Dr. Mike Cove, center, is an applied conservation ecologist and mammalogist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and has been researching the impact of the Burmese Python on the Florida Keys. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By Annette Weston, PRE “A scientist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences — and… Read More >