ideonexus (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
I happened to make it on opening day to this exhibit. TGAW, my wonderful adventuring partner, came along with me, pointing out all the most interesting parts of the displays I was too busy taking photos of to notice. I’d been eagerly awaiting the exhibit’s opening since I caught the following enticing glimpse of it [...]
Little Legends Blog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Source: Rob Inh00d @ flickr You have planned a trip to the Big Smoke with the kids. There are hundreds of attractions to choose from, so where do you begin? Well, you won’t go far wrong if you start with one of the favourite attractions: * The Science Museum * Madame Tussauds * The London Dungeons * The Tower [...]
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
To enter the National Museum of Natural History's new Sant Ocean Hall, you must first pass the institution's iconic African elephant. Here the taxidermied remains of an actual elephant — shot dead in the wild and given to the institution...
ideonexus (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Review of the Smithsonian’s new Sant Ocean Hall. Sant Ocean Hall Credit: tbridge MIT biological engineers have mass-produced smell receptors, setting us up for artificial noses. Eight-year-olds respond better to positive reinforcement, while everyone 12 and older responds better to negative feedback. Dig It! is a new exhibit at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum that features 54 soil samples and...
Rashid's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The Palace of Westminster and the Bank of England have been exposed as among the country’s least energy efficient public buildings by a new law to measure carbon dioxide emissions from the national estate. Around 18,000 buildings, including town halls, museums, schools and job centres, are being tested to discover their energy efficiency on a sliding [...]
MioBlog (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Naomi Campbell has always been known as a bit of a diva, a woman who likes to get her own way and demand the best things in life, from organic food to designer French lingerie . But there’s another side to the most famous supermodel.......... read more
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Cheddar is one of the two most popular varieties of cheese in the United States (the other being Mozzarella). Let Sesame Street show you how it’s made, then scroll down here to learn more about this dairy delight (and note, of course, the name of the most excellent variety featured above). • Forget sweet dreams [...]
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Hello all.We are alive and well and in Lincoln Nebraska tonight for being on the road for over 2 weeks now we are doing great The kids have become real road warriors and our time on the road has been profitable even if they are not in school. For example1. We visited the New Mexico Natural History Museum in Albuquerque for a day and the kids learned alot about dinosaurs and much of the Sou
green LA girl (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
> Friends of the LA River’s RioFest 2008 happens Oct. 4! $50 gets you a ticket, including dinner and drinks at this Biergarten with bratwurst and tacos. Support the revitalization of the LA River while learning about The City of Munich’s revitalization of the Isar River. > > The Natural History Museum of LA County apparently has [...]
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
A black-striped cleaner fish tentatively grooms a bullethead parrotfish ten times its size off the Red Sea. This extraordinary colourful image is one of those entered in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 competition.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- One of the world's most innovative museum building programsa record-setting, sustainable new home for the California Academy of Sciencesopened in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. This is the first museum to earn a LEED Platinum certification, the new Academy is topped with a 2.5-acre living roof and employs a wide range of energy-saving materials
LSI Online News (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
USA - Norwegian projector manufacturer, projectiondesign has supplied its F10, F20 and F30 series projectors to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. The Academy boasts a ...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
TINY fish picks bugs from mouth of parrot fish in entry to Wildlife Photographer of Year
ideonexus (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
When I look at the incredible wealth of biodiversity contained within just the class mammalia in its 164 million years of existence, it’s staggering what we don’t know. The immense number of species that weren’t preserved in the fossil record and stories that took place before homo sapiens arrived to witness them are fantastic [...]
Intelligent Travel (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
The "living roof" of the new California Academy of Sciences Museum The California Academy of Sciences will reopen this weekend as the greenest museum in the world. Located in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, the revamped, gargantuan CAS is an...
