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Ancient Teeth Point To Big Shift In Australia's Climate

LiveScience | Denise Chow | Posted 06.13.2013 | Science

The fossilized teeth of ancient marsupials that roamed through northeastern Australia roughly 2.5 million years ago suggest these animals fed on leaf...

The Most-Visited Attraction In D.C. Is...

The Huffington Post | Will Wrigley | Posted 05.09.2013 | DC

Big fan of the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site? You're practically the only one. Statistics released Tuesday by the D.C...

NYC-ARTS News: Jan 31 Through Feb 7, 2013

NYC-ARTS | Posted 04.03.2013 | New York
NYC-ARTS

A new exhibition of photos at NYU's Grey Art Gallery captures the poet of Greenwich Village who lived his life... just around the corner. Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg features over 80 black-and-white photos.

Art Around Town for January 10 Through 17

NYC-ARTS | Posted 03.13.2013 | Arts
NYC-ARTS

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To Save the Earth, We Must Change What We Eat

Richard Schiffman | Posted 01.03.2013 | Green
Richard Schiffman

What will we be eating in the future? The history of food has been one long, changeable feast. If we continue to change what we eat and how we grow it, we may be able to feed the hungry mouths of the future.

Natural History Dioramas: Seeing Through to the Other Side

Ross MacPhee | Posted 12.18.2012 | Science
Ross MacPhee

Great dioramas are really a form of theater, telling you a visual story that can be amplified, but never replaced, by text or voice. They force your imagination to work, so that missing dimensions like movement and the elapse of time are provided instead by the mind's eye.

Meteorites For Sale In NYC

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 11.26.2012 | New York

NEW YORK — A New York City auction will offer 125 meteorites for sale, including a large chunk of the moon and a 179-pound iron cosmic rock that...

The Faithful Shopper: Mad for Museums, Part II

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 09.25.2012 | New York
Faith Hope Consolo

Here are more of my favorite places to find unique gifts, home décor and more, at some of the unique and amazing sites in New York City.

Museum Apps: How User Interface Can Create a Powerful User Experience

Lilia Ziamou | Posted 07.31.2012 | Arts
Lilia Ziamou

Museums are increasingly introducing new mobile apps, which typically focus on the museums' entire collection and enable visitors to browse and obtain information on the works. Apps have the potential to be not merely descriptive but to transform the overall museum experience.

PHOTOS: Freaky Glow-In-The-Dark Life Shines In New Museum Show

Posted 03.29.2012 | Science

By: Wynne Parry, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 03/28/2012 10:33 AM EDT on LiveScience NEW YORK — Some living things can light up dark pla...

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TALK NERDY TO ME: Our Favorite Astrophysicist Geeks Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.28.2012 | Science

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Dorothy's Ruby Slippers Are Officially Old

AP | Posted 02.19.2012 | Home

WASHINGTON -- Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" are being removed from a Smithsonian exhibit to be conserved. Curators say the famous s...

AGENDA: Sleigh Bells, Williamsburg Fashion, And The Muppets

Posted 02.17.2012 | New York

Williamsburg Fashion Weekend Where: Glasslands, 289 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn; (718) 599-1450 When: Friday, 8PM Price: $10 As Anna Wintour and her sty...

The Concert Experience That Is Out Of This World

Posted 05.29.2012 | Arts

Electronic Dance Music (EDM for short) has exploded in popularity the last few years, but with that proliferation has come an unfortunate opening of t...

Unleash the Power of Technology: How Museums Can Create Engaging Experiences

Lilia Ziamou | Posted 03.31.2012 | Arts
Lilia Ziamou

First, technology is 'cool.' This is what a group of college students told me. They were visiting the museum for a class assignment and they noticed the QR codes as they were coming up the stairs and entering the exhibition space.

Museum of Natural History Plots Epic Video Game

Posted 01.20.2012 | Arts

If you’re of the persuasion that, as great as they are, most planetariums need some spicing up, The Museum of Natural History now has you covered. I...

Going Beyond Planet Earth at the American Museum of Natural History

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 03.10.2012 | College
Zoe P. Strassfield

If you're in New York City before Aug. 12, I wholeheartedly recommend seeing Beyond Planet Earth.

LOOK: 'Portlandia' Pals Celebrates Season Premiere

Posted 01.09.2012 | New York

IFC's most watched series ever, "Portlandia", returns for a second season to celebrate and satirize the organic food eating, quirky mindset of Portlan...

SJP, Others Spend Night At The Museum On A Treasure Hunt

AP | By MARK KENNEDY | Posted 12.04.2011 | Home

BY MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press NEW YORK — What do you get when you combine Stephen Sondheim and dinosaurs? No, not "Jurassic Park: The Musical...

Beyond Politics: Science Drives Our Future

Ellen Futter | Posted 09.20.2011 | New York
Ellen Futter

The United States did not become a great and powerful nation by rejecting science.

Amber-Preserved Feathers Reveal Dinosaur Diversity

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.15.2011 | Green

WASHINGTON -- In science fiction, amber preserved the DNA that allowed rebirth of dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. In real life, amber preserved feathers t...

Brian Selznick's Wonderstruck

Monica Edinger | Posted 11.13.2011 | Books
Monica Edinger

Set in different time periods, these tales of a mysterious girl and an unhappy boy twist and twirl around each other in nature, in museums, in New York City, finally coming together in a dramatic, moving, and satisfying ending.

Special Edition: Inside, Outside, Who Cares?

Zoe P. Strassfield | Posted 10.17.2011 | College
Zoe P. Strassfield

What does it mean to finish your internship at NASA HQ and come home?

What's Up For July From Kids Off The Couch: Dinosaurs, The Space Shuttle And Carmageddon

Sarah Bowman | Posted 09.13.2011 | Los Angeles
Sarah Bowman

For the first time in 823 years, July has five Fridays, five Saturdays and five Sundays. There are still three fabulous July weekends to enjoy, even if next weekend is the much anticipated Carmageddon!

Are You Ready for the Ghosts and Goblins?

Eileen Ogintz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel
Eileen Ogintz

You'll find plenty of Ghoulish Getaways in New England along with the glorious fall foliage, complete with haunted houses, ghost stories, and photo ops with giant pumpkins.