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Home to more than 200 scientists who work across the broad disciplines of anthropology, astrophysics, biology, Earth and planetary sciences, and paleontology, as well as to one of the world's most extraordinary collections of specimens and artifacts, the Museum is a leading research institution with world-class facilities and researchers who carry out 100 field expeditions around the world each year.  

Through the Richard Gilder Graduate School, it is the only U.S. museum to award the Ph.D. degree.

What We're Working On: Dr. Nancy B. Simmons

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Blog Post Analyzing Radiocarbon in Coral, Researchers Look Back On 400 Years of Monsoons East Asian Monsoon patterns from 1584–1950 provide a way to evaluate long-term changes in important climate phenomena. Blog Post Paleontologist Melanie Hopkins Awarded National Science Foundation CAREER Grant Award will go toward trilobite evolution studies and a new Earth science teacher development program.
Blog Post Crustaceans Evolved 100 Million Years Earlier Than Thought, Study Finds Blog Post Unusual Genome of Tube Anemones Surprises Researchers Blog Post Astronomers Discover 3-Billion-Year-Old Ringed White Dwarf Blog Post Museum Researcher Describes What May Be Oldest Ape Teeth on Record

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