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Read an excerpt from 'The Falcon Thief'Over decades, a brazen thief stole hundreds of eggs from rare and endangered falcons' nests around the world, to sell to private collectors.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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'The Falcon Thief' exposes the high-flying life of a notorious rare-bird smugglerWild falcons are highly prized by private collectors, who pay tens of thousands of dollars for the rare birds.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Useless Self-Help Guide Offers Ludicrous Solutions to Everyday ProblemsA new book by Randall Munroe, author of the popular science webcomic xkcd, explains how to fix real-world problems by using science to find ridiculously complicated solutions.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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'Does it Fart?' Authors Drop Book Number Two, 'True or Poo?'New book "True or Poo?" explores a range of riveting animal repulsiveness.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
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Ancient Roman Library Discovered Beneath German CityArchaeologists are excavating the remains of an ancient Roman library — a bibliophile's dream that once held up to 20,000 scrolls — in Cologne, Germany.
By Laura Geggel Published
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Cyber Monday Deals on Science BooksDeals Check out the best deals on Amazon for books about science, technology and more.
By Jeanna Bryner Published
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How a Boy Who Was Obsessed with Dinosaurs Discovered DreadnoughtusYou can read about Kenneth Lacovara's adventures, as well as a compelling history of dinosaur research, in his new book, "Why Dinosaurs Matter."
By Laura Geggel Published
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Book Giveaway: Win a Free Copy of 'Why Dinosaurs Matter'Win a free copy of the new book "Why Dinosaurs Matter" by answering a trivia question about the paleo-beasts on Facebook this Tuesday (Sept. 26).
By Laura Geggel Published
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Book Excerpt: 'Confessions of an Accidental Zoo Curator' (Tenth Planet Press, 2017)What goes on behind the scenes at a zoo? Author Annette Libeskind Berkovits, retired Senior Vice President for Education at the Bronx Zoo, has plenty of stories to tell.
By Mindy Weisberger Published
