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San Diego Air & Space !Museum running an exact replica of the Wright Brothers’ historic engine on the 121st Anniversary of the invention of powered #flight on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 9:45 a.m.
They are honoring the innovation, engineering, technology and #aviation excellence displayed by Orville and Wilbur Wright – two charter members of the International Air & Space Hall of Fame – and engine designer Charles E. Taylor by running an exact replica of the engine they invented to pioneer powered flight
#flight #Aviation

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Scientists pinpoint when #humans had babies with Neanderthals.

A mysterious chapter of the human origin story reveals that modern humans and #Neanderthals had babies together for an extended period, peaking 47,000 years ago.

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#humans #neanderthals

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The ones who need little sleep | Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects. Turns out they’re genetically built to require less sleep than the rest of us knowablemagazine.org/content/a… #sleep #genetics
#sleep #genetics

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The Burmese python problem: how 20ft predators are wreaking havoc on the #Everglades | There are between 100,000 and 300,000 of these #snakes in the region – and they can swallow a small deer whole. What can Florida do about this threat to #biodiversity? theguardian.com/environment/20…
#biodiversity #snakes #everglades

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🎄Screaming Museum Workers | Top Archaeologist Accused of Faking Discoveries | 350,000 Artefacts Discovered In Storage | Magnificent Stuffed Rhinos | Antiquities Theft Expert Challenges British Museum's Marbles Claim | More Museum News.

globalmuseum.org #globalmuseum #museums #museumnews #news #museumjobs #jobs #artgallery

#News #jobs #Museums #artgallery #globalmuseum #museumnews #museumjobs

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🎄Screaming Museum Workers | Top Archaeologist Accused of Faking Discoveries | 350,000 Artefacts Discovered In Storage | Magnificent Stuffed Rhinos | Antiquities Theft Expert Challenges British Museum's Marbles Claim | More Museum News.

globalmuseum.org #globalmuseum #museums #museumnews #news #museumjobs #jobs #artgallery

#News #jobs #Museums #artgallery #globalmuseum #museumnews #museumjobs

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I'm looking for an opportunity to use this new discovery!

Floccinaucinihilipilification [FLOK-suh-NAH-sun-nee-HIL-uh-pil-uh-fi-KAY-shun]
(n.) The act or an instance of estimating something to be without value.
(v.) To estimate something or somebody as worthless or trivial.

Originally coined by some clever student(s) at Eton College

#Language #Englishlanguage

#language #englishlanguage

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I would argue Anne Brontë needs more love. She is so (typically) undervalued as an author.

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #EmilyBronte #CharlotteBronte #AnneBronte #Victorian @romancelandia #JaneAusten

#Books #amWriting #amreading #Victorian #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #janeausten #bookstodon #Regency #Georgian #charlottebronte #emilybronte #annebronte @bookstodon group @Romancelandia group

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If you haven't already, you might want to try following Fediverse groups. These are special accounts with particular themes that boost any post which mentions them.

You can find lots of groups to follow at:

➡️ fedi.directory/tag/fediverse-g…

Copy-paste a group's address into your Mastodon etc search box to follow it.

Lots more info about using groups at:

➡️ fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on…

Groups are especially useful for people on quieter servers, as they actively push all their posts to you.

#FediTips

#feditips

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I've read many of these and I've added a few more to my Jane Austen TBR pile!

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#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia

#Books #amWriting #amreading #WritingCommunity #readingcommunity #janeausten #bookstodon #Regency #Georgian @bookstodon group @Romancelandia group

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These Were the 10 Most-Searched-for Museums in 2024.

Google’s annual Year in Search reveals which world museums drew the most interest in 2024

news.artnet.com/art-world/goog… #Google #GoogleSearch #SOE #museums

#Google #GoogleSearch #Museums #SOE

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‘Maya blue’: The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost.
A ceramicist in Mexico retraces his Maya roots to recreate a long-lost pre-Hispanic pigment for the first time in more than two centuries aljazeera.com/features/2024/12… #Maya #Mexico #dyes #ceramics #history
#mexico #history #Maya #ceramics #dyes

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