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How did whales get to be so big? The secret, Carl Zimmer explains, may lie in their enormous gulp: http://bit.ly/8Sh8TK 6:44 AM Nov 26th from web
The *other* pioneer of evolution: Wallace's treasures on display @ the American Museum of Nat.History: http://bit.ly/8e8t2u 1:33 PM Nov 24th from web
Evolution's secrets revealed in slithery, slimy snakes & snails. Read more in the latest NYTimes post from Sean Carroll http://bit.ly/88zwLB 1:29 PM Nov 24th from web
RT @HumanOrigins: Happy birthday to Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species", published 150 years ago today! 7:42 AM Nov 24th from web
Only 1wk left to submit your blog entry for the NESCent travel award to attend ScienceOnline2010. Deadline Dec1 http://bit.ly/3Kzus3 #scio10 1:45 PM Nov 23rd from web
NC Museum lecture traces Darwin's historic Beagle voyage: Tues 11/24 6:30-7:30 Raleigh http://bit.ly/43Fjfw 1:38 PM Nov 23rd from web
Several stories about genetics & evolution are among the winners for the 2009 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards: http://bit.ly/VueZb 9:53 AM Nov 23rd from web
1 wk to submit proposals for postdocs, sabbaticals, or mtgs @NESCent Due Dec1 http://bit.ly/rSWUO http://bit.ly/4beg6U http://bit.ly/1bJdQd 5:58 AM Nov 23rd from web
RT @razoobe: Photos from last night's science communicators meeting celebrating Darwin @NESCent: http://bit.ly/6ooyeg #sconc 1:18 PM Nov 20th from web
Did human hunting drive woolly mammoths & other large animals to extinction? Scientists scan lake deposits for clues: http://bit.ly/5o67nQ 1:17 PM Nov 20th from web
New DNA data solves the mystery of the Falklands wolf that puzzled Darwin: http://bit.ly/6p2CHP 1:08 PM Nov 20th from web
Plants have a social life, too - New research suggests that plants can tell siblings from strangers: http://bit.ly/1XZh4V 1:07 PM Nov 20th from web
NESCent helps to build a global digital data network for biology and the earth sciences: http://bit.ly/106T6s 8:06 AM Nov 19th from web
Elephants & humans evolved similar solutions to the problem of fueling big, gas-guzzling brains: http://bit.ly/2m9ir1 @edyong209 #evolution 12:48 PM Nov 18th from web
Heart trouble isnt just a curse of modern man. Scientists find signs of heartdisease in mummies more than 3500 yrs old http://bit.ly/3yfVgY 12:44 PM Nov 18th from web
New research suggests that math has evolved its way right into our neurons—and monkeys', too: http://bit.ly/1IWG5h @DiscoverMag 12:35 PM Nov 18th from web
Hey Triangle science buffs: Learn the secrets of wasp social life in a seminar @UNC by NESCent's Jim Hunt Th Nov19 4pm Wilson 128 6:03 PM Nov 17th from web
A new species of finch may have arisen in the Galapagos, where Darwin developed his ideas about evolution: http://bit.ly/3Eq4x #evolution 2:00 PM Nov 17th from web
Discover a tropical bird that sings with its *wings,* thanks to the physics of feathers: http://bit.ly/3SmL0n @carlzimmer #evolution 6:44 PM Nov 15th from web
HeyTriangle science buffs-Come to UNC today to learn about evolutionary medicine from Dr.JimEvans:12noon Bondurant G100 http://bit.ly/13zqT5 4:55 AM Nov 13th from web

Name NESCent
Location Durham, NC
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Bio The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is an NSF-funded research center jointly operated by Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and North Carolina State Univ.