Monthly Archive: June 2018
Dinosaur Dandruff Provides Insight Into Prehistoric Evolution of Birds
Paleontologists just confirmed in the study, “Fossilized skin reveals coevolution with feathers and metabolism in feathered dinosaurs and early birds,” that dandruff was a thing, even back during the Jurassic and Cretaceous period. That’s right, prehistoric dinosaurs dealt with…
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Visiting USAID
Last week I visited the headquarters of The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a federal branch of the US government that works to facilitate humanitarian aid and development efforts worldwide. Since its inception in 1961, USAID has funded…
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Senate bill to curb horse abuse introduced
Last week, Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) introduced a Senate version of the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, which would crack down on horse soring – the deliberate harming of a horse to exaggerate the horse’s…
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