Across the five-year study period, the first urine specimens collected indicated increasing fentanyl positivity rates in the broader population, from about 13% in 2017 to 53% in 2021.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/lifestyle/health_and_wellness/methadone-treatment-does-help-curb-fentanyl-heroin-use-study-shows/article_724c0ca7-e7ac-5dbc-b1fb-5a80cfa8a97e.html

A University of Southampton spokesman said: “The braincases of both specimens are well preserved, and the team digitally reconstructed the internal soft tissues that had long rotted away.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23319547.spinosaurs-inherited-brainpower-ancestors-catch-fish-scientists-find/?ref=rss

Choki Gyeltshen said that to conserve biodiversity effectively, there is a need for a scientific knowledge baseline including species specimens.

Source: https://kuenselonline.com/eight-new-to-science-snail-species-discovered/

He was a gifted illustrator, and broke new ground by mounting his specimens, preserved with arsenic soap, in lifelike poses.

Source: https://mg.co.za/thoughtleader/opinion/2023-10-22-the-vanished-eden-of-sas-first-people/

In 1831, Charles Darwin set out aboard H.M.S. Beagle to collect living and fossilized specimens, which inspired his theory of natural selection.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-race-to-save-the-worlds-dna

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, European royalty amassed rare specimens as evidence of imperial reach and wealth.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/the-search-for-the-perfect-stone

Killers of the Flower Moon is, at last, a great bellow of outrage echoing through the void of Ernest Burkhart, one of this director’s most pathetic, interesting specimens, a human jellyfish complicit in his complacency.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/killers-of-the-flower-moon-movie-review/

London’s Natural History Museum is leading the UK programme to create digital records of the specimens to share with the world.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/uncategorised/2023/03/23/natural-history-museums-join-forces-to-build-groundbreaking-global-database/

Meanwhile, head over to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History to see one of the world’s first specimens, plus there’s artwork galore in its sister museum next door.

Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/21689074/seven-reasons-to-visit-pittsburgh/

Mr Maussan said the specimens had been analysed by the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM), where scientists had been able to extract DNA and use radiocarbon dating to establish an age.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/09/13/alien-bodies-unveiled-in-mexican-parliament-19491228/

Once the specimens were collected and “as soon as everyone stopped laughing”, Sherman got to work.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/feb/26/the-return-to-medieval-medicine-to-treat-ailments

“Others might be thinking that people were collecting specimens from bats or other animals and growing them in the lab and then some of that virus leaked out.”

Source: https://www.1310kfka.com/abc-news/health/02/what-the-lab-leak-theory-report-about-covids-origins-does-and-doesnt-mean/

Promoters said Trinity was built from specimens retrieved from three sites in the Hell Creek and Lance Creek formations of Montana and Wyoming between 2008 and 2013.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/04/belgian-foundation-to-exhibit-auctioned-t-rex-in-antwerp/

Smith said Golfballia ambusta 'stops being being funny and just becomes confusing' when kept among a large collection of genuine specimens.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12124627/Can-tell-scientist-tricked-Kew-Gardens-displaying-fungus-60-years-ago.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

"The accused was arrested and conveyed to Greenock police office where he provided a further two specimens of breath, with the lower reading being 45mcg of alcohol."

Source: https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/23390021.boozed-up-learner-driver-stopped-disembarking-gourock-ferry/?ref=rss

The beads represent some of the earliest amber specimens in southwest Asia and also some of the most distant discoveries from the find areas in the Baltic region.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-05-bronze-age-long-distance-baltic-amber.html

‘The healthy, well-fed specimens amply filled the frames of our binoculars, scopes and long lenses.

Source: https://fortune.com/2023/01/07/why-you-need-to-visit-the-northwest-passage-in-7-photos/

The installation pokes holes in Western scientific taxonomy, which separates beings into species and classes like so many jarred specimens on shelves.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/arts/design/paris-exhibitions-nature.html

The mixed woods include some impressive specimens of white and red oak.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/11/19/hiking-in-maine-island-hopping-from-kittery-to-acadia/

There has been a progressive diminution of curatorial staff, researchers and assistants, whereas the numbers of specimens have not similarly declined.

Source: https://southafricatoday.net/environment/what-does-the-decline-of-natural-history-museums-mean-for-biodiversity-conservation-commentary/