6th Annual Darwin Day event set for Feb. 8th in Norwalk
Charles Darwin The Sixth Annual Darwin Day Dinner in Fairfield County, Connecticut, will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 8, 2014, at the Continental Manor, 112 Main St. in Norwalk. The event...
View ArticleCentaur of Tymfi needs holiday rest
The Barnum Museum People’s United Bank Gallery will be closed on Friday, April 18, in observance of Good Friday. However, folks who have their hearts set on visiting the museum’s new attraction — a...
View ArticleBiologist David Skelly new head of Yale Peabody Museum
We just received this note from Yale University: Biologist David Skelly has been named the next director of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, announced President Peter Salovey. David Skelly...
View ArticleMilford’s Day at the Zoo: May 31
Mayor Ben Blake, right, has announced that “Milford Day at the Zoo” will take place on Saturday May 31, 2014, during which Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport will host all residents of Milford...
View ArticleYale: Human gene expression like that of fly, worm
We just received this note from Yale University: Yale researchers have found that the process of packaging of DNA is very similar in complex organisms, from worms to flies to mammals. NEW HAVEN —...
View ArticleYale: Mild-mannered plant-eating dinosaur had toughest skin
We received this note from Yale University: This hadrosaur mount is in the Field Museum in Chicago. They are also known as duck-billed dinosaurs, owing to the outward appearance of their bills,...
View ArticleDarwin Day Dinner set for Feb. 7 in Norwalk
From a press release: Charles Darwin Norwalk: The Seventh Annual Darwin Day Dinner in Fairfield County, Connecticut, to be held at 6:00 p.m. on February 7, at the Norwalk Inn & Conference Center,...
View ArticleYale study: Snakes had hind legs, evolved on land
A Clarion nightsnake slithers on the ground in the Revillagigedo Islands, over 400 miles off Mexico’s Pacific coast. Snakes were around as humans evolved, which is why our brains are hard-wired to...
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