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Science Cafe: Why Should We Study Dead Things?

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Teens, Adults
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Discussion

Talk about a topic with community members and experts.

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Are you curious to learn about different scientific topics and how science affects the world around us? Then come visit the Science Cafe, where science and technology experts come to share their expertise with the community!

To celebrate the spookiest month of the year, this month Dr. Melissa Pardi, Curator of Geology at the Illinois State Museum, will be talking about why it's important to study dead things, and how fossils and other remnants of Earth's past can help us predict our planet's future.