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Extremely rare books valued at nearly $3 million returned to New York family after 1980s theft
10+ hour, 23+ min ago (64+ words) Yahoo News UK Seventeen rare books that belonged to venture capitalist, ambassador, sportsman, WWII veteran and publisher John Hay Whitney were recently returned to his family after they were stolen from his Long Island, New York home between 1982 and 1989. The…...
Interpretation of Paleocanna tentaculum by Louis-Philippe Bateman
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (33+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! Interpretation of Paleocanna tentaculum by Louis-Philippe Bateman More on this News Release Researchers identify new jellyfish species in fossils near Quebec City...
Beachcombing Report: Massive "Dinosaur-Era" Fish Washes Up on Texas Beach
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (419+ words) Getting your Trinity Audio player ready. .. This week's beachcombing turned up something unusual, a five-foot alligator gar lying along the wrack line. It's not the kind of fish you expect [] Beachcombing Report: Massive "Dinosaur-Era' Fish Washes Up on Texas Beach…...
Hear how Burlington librarians unearthed rare 530-year-old manuscript
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (22+ words) Burlington Free Press Hear how Burlington librarians unearthed rare 530-year-old manuscript...
Buried Beneath the North Sea, Scientists Just Discovered a Hidden Forest That Was Supposed to Have Vanished 400, 000 Years Ago
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (448+ words) Daily Galaxy covers space, climate, and defense tech discoveries. A prehistoric forest now buried under the North Sea is changing what scientists thought they knew. Forests were already growing in Doggerland more than 16, 000 years ago, much earlier than expected. The…...
Stolen rare books valued at $3 M seized in Manhattan, returned to rightful heirs
19+ hour, 28+ min ago (117+ words) AOL. com Kemberly Richardson has the details. Christina Applegate misses first podcast episode since reported hospitalization Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data Kevin Warsh testifies he never made a deal with Trump to lower…...
$3 million in rare books stolen from Whitney estate in 1980's returned to heirs
22+ hour, 19+ min ago (339+ words) Apr 20, 2026, 10: 26 PM A literary mystery that began inside a Long Island estate over 40 years ago has begun to unravel. Seventeen stolen rare books, worth an estimated $3 million, were returned Monday to the heirs of John Hay Whitney and Betsey Whitney,…...
Discovery at the summit of Mount Everest: 450-million-year-old marine fossils revealed by underwater origin
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (337+ words) Limestone rocks found high on the mountain contain remains of marine organisms that once lived in the ancient Tethys Sea. A team of researchers has confirmed a remarkable discovery on Mount Everest: marine fossils about 450 million years old found at…...
Adorable baby dinosaur so cute it's named after Korean cartoon
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (451+ words) Mostly sunny with less wind and not quite as cool of a feel as Monday. . Becoming mostly cloudy with a few scattered showers, especially after midnight. An artist's interpretation of a juvenile Doolysaurus huhmini. It is depicted alongside birds and…...