The Moai of Easter Island had a hieroglyphic script, shown above. What does it say? No one knows. It is called Rongorongo, and appeared just in time to be banned by early European colonizers.
Artist John Gurche used the latest forensic techniques, fossil discoveries, and 20 years of experience to create the lifelike reconstructions of early humans on display in the Hall of Human Origins. The painstaking process required a detailed knowledge of human and ape anatomy. It took Gurche 2½ years to complete these busts.
Courtesy Of The Hembree Family / Vetstreet.com
Lucas Hembree and his dog Juno. When his dad Chester saw a posting about her on a rescue group’s website “I had the feeling in my gut that I had to go see this dog,” he said.As nearly anyone who has adopted a dog or cat from a shelter can attest, there’s something special about a rescued pet; it’s as if the animal senses he’s been given a second chance at life. That’s certainly the case with Juno, a Belgian Malinois who was rescued from a shelter just days before she was to be euthanized. But since coming to live with her family in Alcoa, Tenn., Juno has taken on the role of rescuer to four-year-old Lucas Hembree.
NOAA: March 2012 the Warmest on Record
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The number of warm temperature records set in March 2012. This is a combination of 7,775 daytime records and 7,517 nighttime records. Hundreds of locations set all-time March records. There were 21 instances of nighttime temperatures being as warm or warmer than the existing record high temperature for the date. The map of red dots above shows where daily record highs were broken or tied in March 2012. (Image credit: NOAA/NCDC)
