Health
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Avian Tool Use: Not So Bird-Brained
On an otherwise unremarkable day in 2023, Jason Love and his colleagues were gathering in a parking lot when they…
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Historic Preservation: Caring for Ornamental Plaster
Ornamental plaster has long enriched American interiors, and with proper care, it can endure for centuries. Since water, impact, and…
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MLB & NYC: An Evening with Major League Baseball’s Official Historian
On Monday, October 6, at 5 pm, the New York State Museum in Albany will present John Thorn, the Official…
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Winifred Goldring: America’s Female First State Paleontologist
The latest episode of the A New York Minute in History podcast digs into the life and career of Winifred…
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Fall Garden Tasks: A Primer
As the beautiful New York landscape takes on its legendary colors and the unwelcome first frost arrives, home gardeners often…
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The Baiting Ring: Bulls, Bears & Brutality in 19th Century New York
Before they were suppressed in the late nineteenth century, some New Yorkers enjoyed cruel sports which would not be tolerated…
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Martin’s Journey, Erie Canal at the Seneca River, 1848
New York State has always been a gateway for immigrants, but the Erie Canal carried more westbound immigrants than any…
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Large Subdivision Proposed Above Lake George in the Adirondack Park
A large 30-lot subdivision conservationists are calling “environmentally threatening” in the Town of Bolton above Lake George called Indian Brook…
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Maple Decline: Reviewing the Various Factors
Maple decline affects primarily sugar maple (Acer saccharum), Norway maple (Acer platanoides) and red maple (Acer rubrum) in the Northeast.…
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The Magnitude of Dutch Slavery in the Hudson Valley
Slavery in the North is a topic that not many understand. Researchers have only in the past decade or so…
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