It may be hard to imagine, but once upon a time, dinosaurs didn’t dominate their world. When they first originated, they were just small, two-legged carnivores overshadowed by a diverse array of other reptiles. How did they come to rule? My colleagues and I recently studied the fossilized bones of the earliest known dinosaurs and […]
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How the Ozarks’ first intergenerational community aims to help foster families flourish
Willard will welcome a new kind of housing development for the Ozarks in 2025. Cottages at Generations Village, funded in part by a $15 million grant from the Missouri Housing Development Commission, broke ground in 2022. Its amenities and services are designed to promote the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of its intergenerational residents: foster […]
At Solar Farms Planted with Native Vegetation, Insects Flourish, Study Finds
To reach its climate goals, the U.S. will need to build solar arrays on some 15,000 square miles of land, an area larger than Maryland. Growing native plants at these sites could give a much-needed boost to imperiled insects, a new study finds. For the research, scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory and the National […]