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Mary Anning is often associated these days with the famous rhyme, “She sells seashells by the seashore.” And that's true. She did sell seashells. But that was only a small part of her story. Mary has also been called “the greatest fossilist the world ever knew.”

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Numlock News: March 26, 2025 • Nuclear Fusion, Napster, Wild Horses

Once hunted to the brink of extinction, wolves are now reclaiming their place in Europe's landscapes — and challenging how we define the wild.

Wolves Return to Europe: the Continent’s Unlikely Predator Revival

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What does an aging, gout-y king want in a second home? A palace that’s grand, but not too big, and without stairs. The Grand Trianon, originally just Trianon, is just what Louis XIV ordered. My own photo taken in April, 2018.