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National Museums Liverpool Blog (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
The Zoology department at World Museum Liverpool is currently taking part in an important international collaboration with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia that will enhance the collections of both institutions. The Academy of Natural Sciences has a huge ornithology collection of more than 200,000 specimens, which they add to every year. This usually involves a field trip to a pristine...
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Laelaps (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
In working on one of my projects I've run into a little snag; I need to get my hands on three papers by E.D. Cope and Rutgers does no have access to them. They are all in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences , although the only reference to them I've found is from an old paper by H.F. Osborn in which he reproduced only a single page number from a multiple-page article. The references...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12/07/2008
Scientists have discovered the missing link in the evolution of modern-day flatfish, fish such as halibut and flounder that lie flat on...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
As college graduates are often told at this time of year, half of life is just showing up. For political leaders, half the job is just stating their goals, then telling the public how they expect to realize them.
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
Mayor Nutter will seek to reassert the preeminence of the Planning Commission as the shepherd of growth and development in Philadelphia this evening in what aides are billing as a major address.
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
Mayor Nutter will seek to reassert the preeminence of the city's Planning Commission as the shepherd of growth and development in Philadelphia tomorrow night in what aides are billing as a major address.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
PHILADELPHIA -- Frank Gallagher spent 37 years as a mailroom supervisor at the Academy of Natural Sciences -- so long that he used to wisecrack that he should be part of the collection. Now he is. Rhinodoras gallagheri is a new species of catfish named by scientist Mark Sabaj PDerez, who manages the museum's collection of 1.3 million fish.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
PHILADELPHIA -- Frank Gallagher spent 37 years as a mailroom supervisor at a natural science museum - so long that he used to wisecrack that he should be part of the collection. Now he is.
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Biomedicine on Display (Free subscription) | 24/05/2008
With my background in the history of 20th century life sciences, I didn't know much about museums when I took this job. But I’m gradually learning the tricks of the trade and must admit that almost everything about museums is quite fascinating, especially acquisitioning becuse it's so close to research. I’m much more ignorant about the administrative and economic aspects. But there is one thing [...]...
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Deltoid (Free subscription) | 22/05/2008
Oh look, it's Glenn Reynolds : Cracks in the Consensus ? Hey, science advances by changing its mind in response to new data. The worrisome thing would be if people didn't. And from his link: Professor Oleg Sorokhtin of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences is advising people "to stock up on fur coats" because he expects an extended period of global cooling, an assessment that is echoed by Kenneth...
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Article Master (Free subscription) | 14/05/2008
Usually when families take vacations to the Northeast, they will take in all the beautiful countryside and as many historical sites as they can. These are two of things that attract visitors the most to this area. This is the region where our country was first settled and Philadelphia was a large part of that [...]
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Article Archive (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
It is almost like visiting the 7 wonders of the world wraped up in one U.S. city. The views, history and culture may bring you afar as if visiting another land.
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Hillbilly White Trash (Free subscription) | 25/04/2008
From the International Climate Science Coalition : Dr. Kenneth Tapping is worried about the sun. Solar activity comes in regular cycles, but the latest one is refusing to start. Sunspots have all but vanished, and activity is suspiciously quiet. The last time this happened was 400 years ago -- and it signaled a solar event known as a "Maunder Minimum," along with the start of what we now call the "Little...
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
The Fairmount Park Commission gave its blessing yesterday to a sprawling public sculpture by Tom Otterness that will transform the look and feel of Logan Square, one of Philadelphia's most iconic landscapes.
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Laelaps (Free subscription) | 31/03/2008
I love the concept of paleo-labs in museums where visitors can watch fossil preparators and paleontologists work on fossils brought in from the field (I've heard that the one at the Page Museum in L.A. is the best, although the one at the Academy of Natural Sciences isn't too shabby, either). If you live near Los Angeles and enjoy such exhibits, too, then you're in luck; the L.A. County Natural History...
