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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
NEW YORK, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New Jersey native and NASA
astronaut Dr. Garrett Reisman will be honored at the New York Yankees
baseball game on Tuesday, Aug. 26. In the opening ceremony, Reisman will
present the team with a special memento from space. Earlier this year,
Reisman carried a small sample of dirt from the pitcher's mound of Yankee
stadium on his mission to the International...
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Seattle Pos (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
PORTLAND -- An interpretive trail project that will take four years and $100,000 to complete will feature some of the history of cataclysmic floods in the Northwest and the famous meteorite they carried to Oregon.
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Living the Scientific Life (Scienti (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
tags: AMNH , American Museum of Natural History , horses , special exhibits , SciBlings in NYC 2008 And God took a handful of South wind and from it formed a horse, saying: "I create thee, Oh Arabian. To thy forelock, I bind Victory in battle. On thy back, I set a rich spoil And a Treasure in thy loins. I establish thee as one of the Glories of the Earth... I give thee flight without wings." -- Ancient...
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Well, at Least it Was an Experience
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witches and scientists (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Q. People find moths in closets but never butterflies. Why? How come I find moths flying around in my home from time to time, but never butterflies? It would be nice to have butterflies as house guests. Lou Sorkin of the American Museum of Natural History mentioned a few factors for the lack of butterfly tenants: ...The answer has to do with the paucity of nectar-bearing flowers in the average
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Christina's LIS Rant (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
I attended the Great Planet Debate between Mark Sykes ( Planetary Science Institute ) and Neil deGrasse Tyson ( American Museum of Natural History ) today -- in person. It was moderated by Ira Flatow and will be made available at that web site. This was really fun. If you're not into planetary science (how could you not be? but I hear that there are people out there aren't), the debate revolves (intended)...
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Serge the Concierge (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
Wednesdays of late have turned into 'a Day at the Museum'. On the menu today the American Museum of Natural...
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LiveScience.com Blogs (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
What it means to be a planet seems to be up there with what it means to be human, or at least the debate has drawn just as much philosophical banter and passionate personas. One reason for the tug-of-war between differing views is our beloved Pluto. One definition would keep the tiny world in the planet [...]
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008
Honorees for best pharmaceutical agent and best biotechnology product
to be recognized at Sept. 24 gala ceremony
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Prix Galien USA 2008
() will recognize innovative
biopharmaceutical drugs and devices that have made a deep impact on the
quality of human life in ways that range from providing treatment for
cancer and HIV/AIDS to hypertension and chronic...
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American Taíno (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
The American Museum of Natural History presents Indigenous Peoples Day Saturday, August 9 12 noon-5:00 p.m. Kaufmann Theater, first floor Free with Museum admission In recognition of the United...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
"Here's the ring," says jewellery designer Niki Kavakonis, glowing with obvious pride and thrusting her hand forward. "It's a 2.83 carat uncut Canadian diamond."
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
NEW YORK, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2007, travelers with the American Museum of Natural History Expeditions (http://www.amnhexpeditions.org) were among the few Americans to visit Libya. The Mus...
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Page 3.14 (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
For any readers who are planning to come out this Saturday to meet the bloggers at our NYC meetup, we have decided to change the location of the event. Unfortunately, it looks like it may rain this weekend and the Arthur Ross Terrace at the American Museum of Natural History is both uncovered and not large enough for the number of readers we are expecting. We're deciding on a new location now and...
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Dispatches from the Culture Wars (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Here are the details on the reader meet and greet in NYC on Saturday, August 9th. We're meeting at 2 pm at the Arthur Ross Terrace at the American Museum of Natural History. Once there, please head to the cafe tables and chairs set by the trees on the upper terrace, facing the Rose Center. The terrace is accessible from the Theodore Roosevelt Park at 81st Street and Columbus Avenue. For more information...
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NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
It’s the first weekend of August and that means a number of museums are open for free for their First Friday/Saturday/Sunday events. It’s Revolutionary Weekend on Governors Island, the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival will be at Flushing Meadows Park...
