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Not a Bird, Not a Dinosaur: What Is a Pterosaur?
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What is a pterosaur? It sounds like such a simple question. But the answer, as you learn in the new exhibition Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs, was by no means obvious when the first pterosaur skeleton was discovered in the mid-1700s, in the Solnhofen limestone quarry in Germany.
Documenting an Ancient Kingdom In Sudan
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Curator Alex de Voogt and two Museum researchers catalog animal representations from an ancient civilization.
June 14–15 Celebrate Father’s Day at the Museum
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Take dads out of this world for an astronomy-filled weekend at the Museum.
SciCafe: Understanding Autism
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Neuroscientist and molecular biologist Samuel Wang discusses the causes and risks associated with autism.
Urban Advantage Celebrates 10 Years
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On June 7, 2014, the Museum celebrated more than 50,000 New York City middle school students who took part in the Urban Advantage Science Initiative this school year.