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(RALEIGH, N.C.) — Once you believe, once you rise above fear, then you will be invited to meet with a new people more powerful than the might of America, more advanced than the brains of Britain. But be prepared for a few changes to what we know and love, as we must learn to dance… Read More >

(RALEIGH, N.C.) — Seven hundred years into the future mankind will leave our planet, leaving Earth’s cleanup in the hands of one incredible machine. His name is WALL·E. But after all these years, he’s developed one little glitch … a personality. He’s extremely curious. And just a little bit lonely. But all that is about… Read More >

Figure 1: Spectacular soft-tissue fossil (MH 432; Urweltmuseum Hauff, Holzmaden, Germany). Cells, cellular organelles and original biomolecules have been discovered in preserved soft parts of an approximately 180-million-year-old ichthyosaur (literally ‘fish-lizard’). Photographic (top) and diagrammatic (bottom) representation of the 85-cm-long fossil (which corresponds to roughly half of the original length of the animal). An ancient,… Read More >

(RALEIGH, N.C.) — The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ Nature Art Gallery presents “Wildlife Portraits” by Raleigh-based photographer and retired scientist Keith Kennedy. The show runs Dec. 1 through Jan. 27, with a Gallery reception Saturday, Dec. 1, 2–4 p.m. All exhibited art is for sale. Kennedy is a recently retired entomologist who has… Read More >

“Add ‘skull-collecting ant’ to the list of strange creatures in Florida,” says Adrian Smith, a scientist at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and North Carolina State University. His new research describes the behavioral and chemical strategies of a Florida ant, Formica archboldi, that decorates its nest with the dismembered body parts of other… Read More >