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Big dinosaurs and a record drought

By Lucas Willard
Published December 16, 2024 at 3:00 PM EST
A.E. Anderson

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Public Domain image /Wikimedia Commons

A Tyrannosaurs Rex skull

The biggest T. Rex to ever live may be bigger than previously thought.

Several Northeast communities experienced record dryness this fall.

And a private New York college is becoming a university.

 

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Lucas Willard is a news reporter and host at WAMC Northeast Public Radio, which he joined in 2011. He produces and hosts The Best of Our Knowledge and WAMC Listening Party.
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