The Great Egg Thief That Wasn't Meet Oviraptor, whose name literally means "egg thief" - but here's the twist: this dinosaur got one of the worst reputations in paleontology based on a complete misunderstanding! The Mistaken Identity Story Back in 1923,...
Question: Do you trust people who don't look you in the eye? Looking back on this conversation, I realize how loaded this question really is. My answer? It depends. But not for the reasons you might think. My Personal Struggle with Eye Contact Here's the thing - I try...
Reflections from Mom: Watching your child struggle with sleep is very difficult. Thinking back, it was such a drastic change from when he was a baby. I knew something was off when he really struggled just to get into bed at night. It's as if he knew that once he fell...
Speaking of things that aren't what they seem, here's a fun fact about the Dilophosaurus from the first Jurassic Park movie: it's completely wrong! In the film, you see this turkey-sized, venom-spitting, neck-frilled monster that kills Dennis Nedry. In reality, the...
When you think about the future and the next school year specifically, what one word comes to mind? I don't really have a word—it's more of a mantra: ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES. You can't prepare for everything that's going to happen. FLEXIBLE! That is my...
Reflections from Mom: This was always an anxious part of the year for me with Troy. How was he going to respond to his new teacher, new kids, new classroom? These brand new shiny things were not a part of his routine...yet. Troy is also very relational, so if he felt...
Meet Nigersaurus (pronounced “knee-jer-saurus”), a dinosaur that had over 500 teeth! Named after the Republic of Niger in Africa, where its fossils were found, this 30-foot-long plant-eater had a unique dental battery system with rows of teeth that constantly replaced...