Museum Review: Touch Me Feel Me Science
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In the Liberty Science Centerâs new science museum, everything is urgent and personal. And under this new model, and something familiar is illuminated in unexpected ways.
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Researchers have discovered why scratching an itch may be so addictive.
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CHICAGO - "Animal Grossology," the new exhibition at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, could easily have been a lot grosser. Sure, there's plastic excrement in the exhibit room, skunk scent for spritzing, and robot animals that use cutesy terms like "barf" and "dookie" while talking about hairballs and digestive tracts...
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A relatively rousing close to MoMAÂs sterile display of contemporary works &#151; touching on desolation, waste, abuse of power, injustice, loss and death &#151; makes a trip to the current exhibition worthwhile.
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David Lindleyâs new book about the development and impact of Werner Heisenbergâs uncertainty principle provides a useful prÃ©cis of the mind-blowing progress of physics in the early 20th century.
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Take a photo tour of mankind's most ambitious physics experiment ever.
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The story behind an exhibition: postcards, designs, photography, travels, history, stamps and law enforcement.
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MAXINE McKEW: Well, what a day for science - a discovery that&#39;s been hailed as the most significant find in the past 100 years.
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The biopic shows admirably how liberating, and threatening, the work of some scientists can be. It's a timely film, a reminder that scientists sometimes suffer in their efforts to reveal truths others would prefer remain hidden. Jason Silverman reviews Kinsey.
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Scientists from across the globe gather to learn more about the ways in which light can be used in medicine.
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Researchers create digital paper that emits recorded sound in response to a user's touch.
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PHILADELPHIA _ Surrounded by files and boxes _ "amoeba to chemical,""salt marsh to zooplankton" _ Ruth Patrick bends her head to peer into the microscope. "Ah, here," she says with a smile of satisfaction.
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The intuitive scholar faces the hard evidence from the electron microscope.
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Two shows at the Blumka Gallery and the Alexander Gallery present a multichambered curiosity cabinet of sacred objects in a secular context.
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Sometimes the most interesting artifacts from the space age may be found in a museum near you.
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A new book and an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum grew out of what Annie Leibovitz has described as an archaeological dig: an unearthing and sifting of a decade and a half of her work.
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CHICAGO Researchers say a new X-ray machine will help unlock mysteries inside some of the Field Museum&#39;s collection of mummies, fossils and pottery.