After a Valentine’s Day weekend that saw much of the country swept by extreme winter weather, Helena Fitzgerald’s recent essay “love and slush puddles” for
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Appendix: Multi-millionaire Andrew Carnegie was a bit of a strange cat. Known for being a ruthless steel magnate, he was also an unparalleled philanthropist determined
Appendix: For centuries, rumors of an enormous, violent, long-necked monster have swirled around Africa’s Congo Basin. Local tribes have pointed out images of brontosaurus as a
Appendix: The recorded history of important scientific discoveries tends to favor old white dudes while glossing over people of color. As a result, this
Appendix: Welcome back to Museum of Natural Mystery, everyone! Today’s exhibit attempts to answer what you might think would be a simple question: What
Appendix: “Find new species and catalog them.” This has always been the driving force behind natural history, but it’s also the prime directive of Pokemon.
Footnotes: It’s unusual for someone whose entire career is built on studying bones to have their own skeleton become the subject of adventure and controversy,
Footnotes: In 1868, the first dinosaur skeleton ever to be mounted, Hadrosaurus foulkii, went on display at The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
Footnotes: In past exhibits, I’ve encouraged listeners to put themselves in the shoes of folks like Mary Anning or the quarry workers who discovered
Good afternoon, POMEs! Whether you’re ramping up your holiday season vibes or continuously shrieking in horror over everything that’s been happening in 2016, we’ve got
Footnotes: Mosasaurus recently leapt into the limelight thanks to Jurassic World, but did you know that it also turned the world upside down? Today