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Lonesome George and the Galapagos Today
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In honor of the Museum’s special exhibition of Lonesome George, the famed Galapagos tortoise that was the last of his sp... Read more
2 Oct 2014
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Frontiers Lecture: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning
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Renowned theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser and cognitive scientist Stephen Pinker discuss the limits of knowledge an... Read more
4 Dec 2014
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