Museum to display mummified monkey found in air duct
A mummified monkey that was found in the air ducts of a former department store in downtown Minneapolis last month is going on display.
Plants & Animals
May 10, 2018
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Museum of Natural Science researchers publish the first birds of Bolivia field guide
Bolivia has more species of birds than any other land-locked country in the world. It is sixth in the world in terms of diversity of bird species, which is notable given that it has no marine birds. LSU Museum of Natural ...
Ecology
Dec 1, 2016
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Crude Life: New 'citizen science' and art project aims to raise awareness of oil spill impacts on the Gulf of Mexico
A new project that blends art and science to gather and communicate new information on the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been funded by the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative, a project of the ...
Environment
Jul 5, 2016
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Video: Spacewalk to catwalk
ESA and the Science Museum in London are working with five leading fashion schools around Europe to design clothes for the space age with their 'Couture in Orbit' project.
Space Exploration
May 18, 2016
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Hidden ecosystems explored with the help of UK schools
Schools across the UK can now collaborate with the Museum on cutting-edge genetic research into the diversity of microscopic species living on buildings.
Ecology
Jan 15, 2015
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Cooper Hewitt design museum reopens, revamped
he Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, revamped, restored and expanded after a three-year closure, is reopening at last, all decked out for the 21st century in its historic Carnegie Mansion home just a few blocks up ...
Other
Dec 9, 2014
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Queen sends her first tweet, signed 'Elizabeth R'
Queen Elizabeth II has sent her first tweet—though she kept things traditional, signing off with "Elizabeth R."
Internet
Oct 24, 2014
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Europe's new age of metals begins
ESA has joined forces with other leading research institutions and more than 180 European companies in a billion-euro effort developing new types of metals and manufacturing techniques for this century.
Engineering
Sep 11, 2014
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Local school pupil unearths priceless butterfly specimens
A 17-year-old student who spent just four weeks at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History has rediscovered hundreds of priceless specimens collected by Victorian natural historian Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913).
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2013
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LSU research responsible for naming 15 new species of Amazonian birds
An international team of researchers coordinated by ornithologist Bret Whitney of the LSU Museum of Natural Science, or LSUMNS, recently published 15 species of birds previously unknown to science. The formal description ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2013
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