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Natural History Museum is set to dive into L.A.'s cultural scene
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County's famous fin whale is enjoying a rare quiet morning — one last moment of serenity before its surroundings change completely. The 63-foot whale skeleton, which hung horizontally for more than 60...
Tags: Science, Artists, Apple iPad, Arts and Culture, Museum Dioramas
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Virtual fossil shows our oldest primate cousin, scientists say
It’s not the missing link between man and apes. But a mouse-sized tarsier that devoured insects in ancient China 55 million years ago could be a long-lost cousin who scampered in the treetops of tropical forests around the time the first primates...
Tags: Science, X-rays, China, Medical Procedures and Tests, Fossils
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Ancient primate is called a crucial evolutionary link
A 55-million-year-old fossil of a mouse-sized primate has been identified as a crucial evolutionary link in the chain that led to apes and humans. Four inches long, with a 5-inch tail and protruding eyes, Archicebus achilles probably thrived for...
Tags: Science, Stony Brook, Asia, Africa, State University of New York
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'The Internship,' now starring ... Google
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson may be the big names in the new comedy "The Internship," but the real star of the film is Google. The company campus in Mountain View, Calif., is the setting for the movie in which Vaughn and Wilson play down-on-their-luck...
Tags: Larry Page, Entertainment Events, Colleges and Universities, Movies, Teachers
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Are there too few great white sharks off California?
It's a mystery of the sea: How many great white sharks are prowling near California's surf lines? Some scientists say the population is large and healthy. Others say it is alarmingly small. No one has ever known for certain, but the question has...
Tags: Science, Fishing, Environmental Issues, Tanzania, Wildlife
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Jennifer Lawrence debuts new hairdo, flubs Bill Clinton's name
Jennifer Lawrence is still a charmer, whether she's flubbing former President Bill Clinton's name or debuting a new hairdo. The Oscar-winning actress chopped off her long locks and debuted her shoulder-skimming fringe 'do at the GLAAD Media Awards....
Tags: Bradley Cooper, Entertainment Events, The Hunger Games (movie), David Letterman, David O. Russell
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Oaxaca temple complex hints at archaic Mexican state
Much of what we know about past civilizations in Mexico comes from the writings of colonial Europeans -- Spanish conquerors and priests -- who arrived in the Americas in the 1500s. But archaeological evidence from recent excavations at a site called El...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Archaeology, Mexico
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'Jurassic Park' paleontologist offers advice on ways of dinosaurs
The blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie "Jurassic Park," being re-released in 3-D on April 5, wouldn't be the same place without paleontologist Jack Horner. In addition to advising the production on scientific matters, Horner provided inspiration for the...
Tags: Science, George Lucas, Colleges and Universities, Dyslexia, Arts and Culture
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Jamestown settlers ate 14-year-old girl, researchers say
The early American settlers called it "the starving time," and accounts of the winter of 1609-1610 were so ghastly, and so morbid, that scholars weren't sure if the stories were true. George Percy, then president of the English settlement of Jamestown...
Tags: Dismemberment, Cannibalism, Anthropology, Colonial Williamsburg, Arts and Culture
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Online provider offers courses in education, teacher training
A leading online course provider announced Wednesday that it will offer free professional training and development courses to prepare teachers worldwide for Web-based classes. Coursera, a for-profit clearinghouse for online and videotaped courses...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Museums, University of California, Irvine, Arts and Culture
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William Wilson dies at 78; former Los Angeles Times art critic
For William Wilson, the former Los Angeles Times art critic who died Saturday at the age of 78, art was a childhood refuge, a teenage survival mechanism, and, finally, a career that saw him chronicle the city's rise in art-world stature from his first...
Tags: Artists, Museums, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists, Museum of Modern Art
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Evidence points toward solving evolutionary 'missing link'
With long arms, high shoulder blades and powerful fingers, the ancient creatures were built for climbing trees. But they also had long lower limbs, flat feet and a flexible lumbar spine that gave them a distinct evolutionary edge: They could cover long...
Tags: Science, Flat Feet, Education, Colleges and Universities, George Washington University
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