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վ reports from Greensboro about Guilford County and surrounding area.

Greensboro Science Center Hosts Creatures Of All Kinds, Including Humans

The  is the only institution in North Carolina to house a zoo, aquarium and museum under one roof, and it's one of a handful in the country. The Science Center has been in the Triad since the 1950s, but recent expansion has dramatically grown the facility into a true 3-in-1 destination.

There's a lot to see with animals like a giant Pacific octopus, sharks, tigers, lemurs and wallabies. Showcased in the museum are massive dinosaur models, and a new exhibition adds another animal to the list: the human. 

The exhibit allows visitors to study nine preserved human bodies, and it runs through June.

Host Frank Stasio talks with , executive director of the Greensboro Science Center, and , an educator with the Bodies Revealed exhibit. 

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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