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🦕 Get front-row seats to dino discoveries at this new exhibit
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Never before have visitors had the chance to explore a real paleontology lab from the inside. | Photos provided by the NC Museum of Natural Sciences
Sixty-seven million years ago-ish a tyrannosaur and a Triceratops died side-by-side. Was it dinner? An epic duel? A natural disaster? That’s exactly what Dueling Dinosaurs — the new exhibit opening this Saturday, April 27, at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences — aims to uncover.

The recently discovered fossil contains among the most well-preserved specimens ever found of these two iconic dinosaurs, and over the next five years, the NCMNS Paleo Team will work to understand these giants + reveal the truth about how they died.

The best part? We, as the visitors, will enjoy a free front-row seat to the whole thing.

🔍 A one-of-a-kind exploration experience

A fossilized Triceratops skull as seen from above.

The Dueling Dinosaurs are so large that the Museum built a whole new lab just to study them.

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Photo provided by the NC Museum of Natural Sciences

Dueling Dinosaurs features the only open-access paleontology lab in the world, the SECU DinoLab.

Combining a real, working lab and modern exhibit elements into one experience, this incredible new approach lets visitors see live, cutting-edge research that will forever change the study of fossils.

Visitors engage directly with researchers + receive updates on the latest findings as they occur, meaning no two tours will ever be the same.

The exhibit also features projection mapping, interactive touch points, and a hands-on area where you can work with tools and technologies used in the lab in front of you.

🦴 Why this dino fossil is so special

These dueling dinos are truly a crown jewel among paleontologists. Not only were they found buried together — which is extremely rare — but this Cretaceous-era fossil contains skeletal structures, skin impressions, soft tissue, healed wounds, and even possible stomach contents.

It is a certified treasure trove of potential discovery, and we get to be there for all of it.

✂️ A can’t-miss Grand Opening

See the exhibit unveiled at the Dueling Dinosaurs Grand Opening this Saturday, April 27. It’s entirely free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

After April 27, the exhibit requires reservable free timed-entry tickets.
 
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True or False: Dinosaur fossils have been found on all seven continents.
A. True
B. False
 
 
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Tuesday, April 23
  • Run Club | Tuesday, April 23 | 6-8 p.m. | Umbrella Dry Bar, 14 W. Martin St., Raleigh | Free | Make new friends while moving your body at any pace and celebrate with a zero-proof drink at the end of your 1-, 3-, or 5-mile walk, run, or cycle.
Wednesday, April 24
  • Wine + Weeds | Wednesday, April 24 | 6-7 p.m. | Raleigh City Farm, 800 N. Blount St., Raleigh | Free | Put in some work at the farm and enjoy a sip from Wine Authorities.
  • CJ Baker Quintet | Wednesday, April 24 | 5:15 p.m. | Booth Amphitheatre, 8003 Regency Pkwy., Cary | $5 | This gospel, R&B, and jazz music will move you.
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  • In honor of the Canes making the NHL playoffs, you can fill your own Stanley cup at any Two Roosters location tomorrow. Bring any 30 to 40 ounce tumbler to get four scoops for $12 — we recommend the PNC Arena-exclusive Stormy Tracks flavor.
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🖋️ Vote for the poetic
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Drumroll, please. | Photo by Pixabay via Pexels
This month, we ran a poetry contest to celebrate National Poetry Month. We challenged our readers to craft a poem using only the words that appeared in one of our newsletters (here are the original contest guidelines if you want to give it a try).

While prose is our newsletter’s bread and butter, it turns out that you all certainly aren’t op-prose-d to verse; we received several creative, intriguing, and beautiful poems that we narrowed down to our top five finalists.

Give them a read with the button below, then vote on your favorite + we’ll announce the winner next week.
  • “From Limitation to Liberation” by Lisa B.
  • “75 Words or Stress (Trimming My Submission into Submission)” by Marc M.
  • “The Last Night of March” by Matt R.
  • “Inner Peace” by Samantha B.
  • “The Magnificent Red Tower” by Tori W.
 
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Which poem is your favorite?
A. “From Limitation to Liberation” by Lisa B.
B. “75 Words or Stress” by Marc M.
C. “The Last Night of March” by Matt R.
D. “Inner Peace” by Samantha B.
E. “The Magnificent Red Tower” by Tori W.
 
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