In this science news update, new public affairs content creator Breyton Hill discusses some cool science and research news that has been happening around the triangle.

With the weather happening this weekend, Breyton gets into the science of snowflakes, discussing what makes each one unique.
[Link to a graph of how snowflake shape changes as temperature and humidity changes. https://www.snowcrystals.com/science/SnowflakeMorphology2.jpg]

Next, Breyton talks about how astronomers at Duke University are photographing the cosmos as part of Legacy Survey of Space and Time at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chili.
[Link to Duke article about the first images out of this astronomy mission. https://trinity.duke.edu/news/when-picture-worth-billion-worlds-duke-cosmologists-celebrate-rubin-observatorys-first-images]

Breyton then gets into updates from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science’s “Dueling Dinosaur” exhibit. Get excited, there has been a new classification. What was originally thought to be a baby Tyrannosaur is actually a Nanotyrannus.
[Link to NC Museum of Natural Science Press Release on the Nanotyrannus. https://naturalsciences.org/calendar/news/nanotyrannus-confirmed/]

Lastly, Breyton discusses different ways to get involved in science around the triangle with events at the NC Museum of Natural Science and the Durham Life and Science Museum.
[Link to NC Museum of Natural Science Website. https://naturalsciences.org/]
[Link to Durham Life and Science Museum Website. https://www.lifeandscience.org/]