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  Education, Science

  Darwin Digitized Manuscripts Project

  February 10, 2012

  American Museum of Natural History presents digitized manuscripts of Charles Darwin

• Education

  First Digital Universe Flight School

  February 1, 2012

  Kids fly to the stars during first Digital Universe Flight School at the American Museum of Natural History

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  Science

  Rare Jade Artifact Discovered

  January 26, 2012

  Researchers Discover Rare Jade Artifact in Southwest Pacific

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  Science

  Ancient Amber Preserves 52-Million-Year-Old Biological Partnership

  December 21, 2011

  Fossil provides evidence of early symbiosis between fungi and tropical trees.

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  Science

  Seed Plant Phylogenomics

  December 15, 2011

  New York plant genomics consortium maps evolutionary relationships, gene functions for 150 species.

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  Education

  Master of Arts in Teaching Program Launched

  December 1, 2011

  Pioneering pilot program addresses crisis in STEM education; inaugural class matriculates in June 2012.

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  Exhibition

  Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration

  November 19, 2011

  Major exhibition launches visitors on missions to mine the moon, terraform Mars, and search for life on Europa.

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  Science

  11 New Bee Species Discovered in Eastern United States

  November 17, 2011

  New finds include four species from New York with one named Gotham for New York City.