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Subscribe: RSS- Help Us Pick Future Films (News)
- The Mugar Omni Theater is showing some great films right now — The Greatest Places, Wild Ocean, and Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk, to name a few — but we want your help in picking future features. Please follow the link above to take a brief survey. On the final page, you'll have ... (details).
October 30, 2008
- "Triceratops Cliff" Goes to the Doctor (News)
- Just as children go in for a checkup before their first day of school, "Triceratops Cliff" paid a visit to Children's Hospital Boston this week for some routine X-rays and a CT scan. The feet and jaw of the 65-million-year-old fossil, which goes on display at the Museum on November 15, were carefully ... (details).
October 15, 2008
- Top 10 Science Stories of 2007 (News)
- Susan Heilman and Tim Miller, education associates at the Museum, have compiled their list of the top 10 science stories of 2007. Criterion was based on the relevance of the story to the intersection of science and society. For the latest science and technology news, visitors can view live presentations ... (details).
December 21, 2007
- Computer Clubhouse Receives C4All Grant from the AT&T Foundation (News)
- Funded by a CTCNet Connections for All (C4All) grant from the AT&T Foundation, the Museum's Computer Clubhouse has increased its access for youth with disabilities. The funding has provided the after-school creative learning environment with assistive software and hardware, as well as staff training ... (details).
October 18, 2007
- Take a Closer Look (News)
- Just in time for the arrival of CSI: The Experience, a permanent Museum exhibit sharpens its focus on the scientific skill of observation. Sherlock Holmes has it. So does Nancy Drew. And so do the intrepid investigators of today's CSI television dramas. What is it? A keen eye for observation. A ... (details).
September 24, 2007
- Science in Action: Live Presentations (News)
- Come face-to-face with a falcon, witness an indoor lightning storm, discover the secrets behind magic tricks...all in one day. No, you're not dreaming — you're attending just a few of the live presentations held throughout the day, every day in the Exhibit Halls. Go to one, sample several, or build ... (details).
June 12, 2007
- Discovering Darwin in the Exhibit Halls (News)
- Nearly 150 years after Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, his theory of evolution by natural selection has become the central concept underlying all of modern biology. It has also impacted many fields of science: from ecologists to chemists, geneticists to geologists, countless experts have ... (details).
April 05, 2007
- The Museum Bids Farewell to Founder Bradford Washburn (News)
- We regret to announce that Museum founding director Bradford Washburn passed away on January 10. He was 96. As director from 1939-80, Washburn was instrumental in transforming what had been the New England Museum of Natural History into the Museum of Science, a modern science and technology center located at Science Park ... (details).
January 13, 2007
