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Blue crystals in meteorites show that sun behaved like ‘high-energy toddler’

Soot-covered birds provide clues to 20th-century pollution

Soot-covered birds provide clues to 20th-century pollution

Fossils of Prehistoric Birds Reveal Striking Lack of Diversity

Fossils of Prehistoric Birds Reveal Striking Lack of Diversity

Researchers at UChicago find that bird fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period reveal a lack of species diversity


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Earliest birds lacked wide diversity of modern descendants, study finds

Earliest birds lacked wide diversity of modern descendants, study finds

Chicago's famed Field Museum struggles with debt

Chicago's famed Field Museum struggles with debt

Cultural Policy Center's Carroll Joynes says selling permanent collections to raise funds erodes donors' trust