Photochrome of a glacier, Grindelwald, Switzerland, c. 1890. © Rijksmuseum. 

Discovery

Volume X, Number 2 | spring 2017

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A 52-million-year-old fossilized tomatillo found in January 2017 revealed the fruit to be five times older than scientists had previously thought. “The initial discovery was a very big OMG moment,” said paleobotanist Peter Wilf. “I was like, ‘Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Could it be? Could it be? Could it be? Really? Really? Really?’ Then I just went nuts.”

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. 

—Zora Neale Hurston, 1942
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