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10:02:30 PM Math & Science: Native STEM students too few
Tulsa Native American Times - Tulsa,OK,USA

Smith who earned degrees in biology, chemistry and paleontology has since made it his goal to get more Native Americans interested in the STEM fields. Smith is an associate professor of anatomy and created the Native Explorers program at the Oklah [more]

6:22:08 PM Presidents Day: Wired Looks at Tech Savvy Founding Fathers
NY Convergence

The article takes a look at how Washington wanted his new countryman to embrace the pursuit of science, how Jefferson published a paper on paleontology, and how Lincoln filed a patent for a type of boat technology he designed. NYConvergence is a d [more]

3:42:26 PM Kingsport T. rex model is subject of $8.2M suit
Victoria Advocate

The model has been on display in paleontologist Jerry Jacene's Prehistoric Exhibits Museum since March 2010. Just last week, officials from the newly formed Kingsport Museum Association announced a multiyear purchase agreement for Jacene's model [more]

3:20:58 PM Realistic settings planned for paleontology exhibits
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA

By Allan Turner, By Allan Turner HOUSTON — With hip bones connected to thigh bones and leg bones connected to ankle bones, the Houston Museum of Natural Science's planned football field-sized paleontology hall — part of an $85 million expansi [more]

1:53:34 PM LotR Rewritten From a Mordor Perspective
Slashdot

The Last Ring-bearer was published to acclaim in Russia by Kirill Yeskov, a paleontologist whose job is reconstructing long-extinct organisms and their way of life. Yeskov performs essentially the same feat in his book. The Last Ring-bearer is set [more]

6:42:30 AM Paleontology hall will be home to a herd of 26 dinosaurs
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

With hip bones connected to thigh bones and leg bones connected to ankle bones, the Houston Museum of Natural Science's planned football field-size paleontology hall — part of an $85 million expansion set to open in summer 2012 — is an odds-on .. [more]

2:52:53 AM Lawsuit scuttles sale of Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton to Kingsport group
Kingsport Times News - Kingsport,TN,USA

Last week, officials from the newly formed KMA announced they had a multi-year purchase agreement for all of the dinosaur fossil displays — including the T. rex — from paleontologist Jerry Jacene. The models had been on display in Jacene's ... [more]



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