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I imagine we could also use a break from the science story that is dominating headlines, so let’s dig a little deeper for something else to talk about: fossils. There were a pair of stories about discoveries encased in amber. Both are dated around 99 million years old and come from Myanmar. (You can read more about the recent boom in Myanmar amber and its complicated ethics.) One of the fossils is a tiny dinosaur, likely from the branch of the dinosaur family tree that gave us modern day birds. The other fossil is perhaps less appealing–a cockroach caught in or recently after the act of eliminating–but for a certain kind of scientist it is a rare and exciting find, and I think it’s pretty cool that the scientific community is as diverse in its interests as the tree of life is in its offerings.
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