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Is this real life?

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I find myself asking that A LOT lately. For starters, I work in a paleontology lab. I’m surrounded by things that are millions of years old. MILLIONS. I can’t even envision what one million dollars looks like let alone millions of years. Now anyone can go to the museum and be surrounded by objects of this same age, but to… Read more »

Stop…Hammertime!

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Before I dive in to the meat of this post, I want to take this opportunity to geek out about sharks for a minute. First and foremost, in my self-created hierarchy of coolest sharks ever, Megalodon is at the top of the list. Why? For starters, its teeth are the size of my hand or bigger and it’s three times… Read more »

Come on into the water!

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Actually, you should probably stay out of the water, especially if you’re in North Carolina. Today was cooler than yesterday. Something tells me that is going to be an ongoing trend. As soon as we got to the lab today, Bucky gave us a 5 gallon bucket full of what most of us would consider trash and told us to… Read more »