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Science News
September 3, 2005 |
Changing Earth Developed by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, this Web site focuses on Earth's history.   |
Smithsonian
April 2006
Lawrence M. Small |
Fred and Ginger "High tech" and "in a museum" aren't usually found in the same sentence. But just as our exhibitions increasingly incorporate 21st-century display screens, Smithsonian researchers are using cutting-edge technologies. |
Smithsonian
May 2005
Carl Zimmer |
Life on Mars? It's hard enough to identify fossilized microbes on Earth. How would we ever recognize them on Mars? |
Smithsonian
July 2007
Cristian Samper |
Life on the Web Over the next five years, the Encyclopedia of Life will generate a million Web pages, help digitize a large portion of scientific literature, generate educational materials for schools and universities, and contribute to new scientific analysis and synthesis. |
Smithsonian
April 2004 |
Photos for All Time A new book, At First Sight, draws on all the Smithsonian's vast archives to chart photograph's profound place in history |
Smithsonian
July 2007
Eric Jaffe |
Life Beyond Earth An ocean on Mars. An Earth-like planet light years away. The evidence is mounting, but are astronomers ready to say we're not alone? |
Smithsonian
March 2004
Lawrence M. Small |
From the Secretary - World View Panama offers an ideal vantage point for scientists to see the big picture of life on earth. The forests and coral reefs of the tropics are the world's most biologically diverse ecosystems. |
| AskMen.com |
Earth-Like Planet Found Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand -- if only it weren't so broiling hot. |
D-Lib
May 2000 |
The Department of Entomology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution's Department of Entomology web site was designed primarily for researchers in the field of entomology. |
Geotimes
April 2004
Richard Fiske |
Geomedia Book review: The Foreign Founder of the Smithsonian... Global Mars Maps... |
Smithsonian
March 2005
Lawrence M. Small |
Child of Wonder Christian Samper's lifelong love of flora and fauna inspires creative new displays of the world's largest collection. |
Searcher
September 2011
David Mattison |
Searching for the Stars: Cosmic Views and Databases While amateur astronomers continue to play an important role in the field and are supported by numerous clubs, associations, and their peers, I have primarily examined resources originating from government and academic research environments. |
Popular Mechanics
October 24, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
Scientists Fixing Hubble Contend With Antiquated Computers NASA scientists trying to find out what went wrong during last week's repair of the Hubble Space Telescope find themselves dealing with 486 processors and other outdated computer technology. |
Smithsonian
December 2005
Lawrence M. Small |
A Whale Called Phoenix A very large mammal will help tell an even weightier tale -- about the ocean in this crowded, challenging century. |
Science News
February 17, 2001 |
TimeLine: February 14, 1931 From The February 14, 1931 Issue: Small Changes of Sun's Heat Control Weather on Earth... Synthetic Petroleum Teaches About Oil Formation in Earth... Eros, Unlike Large Planets, Has Elliptical Outline... |
Geotimes
January 2004
Cynthia Martinez |
Earth Science Week in the Limelight The sixth annual Earth Science Week, held Oct. 12-18, promoted understanding and appreciation of the value of earth science research and its applications and relevance to our daily lives. |
Geotimes
March 2007 |
Geomedia Movies: Footprints: Flexing the rules of filmmaking... Maps: Mineralogy 101: Photo-Atlas of Minerals 2.0... Earth, interactive: This Dynamic Planet... |
Geotimes
July 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
X-ray Eyes in the Sky Scientists are working on the next generation of low-orbiting satellites that they hope will see far past the Earth's surface and into its interior, to better understand the structure and composition of Earth's crust, mantle and core. |
Science News
September 10, 2005 |
Dinosaurs! The Smithsonian Institution's dinosaur website lets on-line visitors peruse through their collection as well as view the evolution of the dinosaur. |
Geotimes
January 2007
Edward Derbyshire |
International Collaboration in Global Science: Price or Prize? The UN triennium 2007 - 2009 International Year of Planet Earth aims to contribute to the improvement of everyday life, especially in less-developed countries, and by promoting the societal potential of the world's earth scientists. |
D-Lib
January 2006
Martin Kalfatovic |
Galaxy of Knowledge: Art & Design Galaxy of Knowledge, is Smithsonian Institution Libraries' portal to its collections and to a wide array of exceptional Internet resources. |
Smithsonian
February 2005
Lawrence M. Small |
From the Secretary - Our Adaptable Ancestors Recent discoveries of skull fragments and tools testify to the resourcefulness of early humans. |
Popular Mechanics
March 22, 2010
Cassie Rodenberg |
The Best in Armchair Astronomy Some online sites post images from powerful telescopes around the world; others let viewers take control of the scopes. |
Science News
July 22, 2006 |
Timeline: From the July 18, 1936, Issue Model Indicates Cosmic Ray Path About the Earth... Blue Light Causes Plants to Bend Toward Each Other... Danger of Being Struck by Lightning is Very Slight... |
Science News
December 18, 2004 |
Dynamic Earth Rocks and minerals are the stars of this lively, interactive on-line exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History. |
Scientific American
December 2008
Linda Baker |
Turf Battles: Politics Interfere with Species Identification As nations view their flora and fauna as commodities, science suffers. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Stephen Cass |
Summer Reading Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface by David Standish... Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide by Lonnie Jones Schorer... etc. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Jennifer Bogo |
NASA Mission Statement Q&A: Eyes on Earth Interview with a professor involved in a study to find out how Earth scientists view NASA's shifting priorities and how it may affect the study of the planet. |
Information Today
June 17, 2013 |
Gale-Smithsonian Partnership's Magazine Archive Goes Live Earlier this year, Gale, part of Cengage Learning, announced a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution to create library and academic resources by digitizing some of the Smithsonian's collections. |
Smithsonian
February 2007
Lawrence M. Small |
Out of Africa This month a special collection -- representing most of Africa's major artistic traditions -- goes spectacularly on view at Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. |
Information Today
March 11, 2013
Marydee Ojala |
Bringing the Smithsonian to a Library Near You, Thanks to Cengage Learning A licensing agreement between the Smithsonian Institution and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, will see Gale digitizing some Smithsonian archives and creating searchable databases, available by subscription for libraries of all types. |
Geotimes
January 2006
Alan Cutler |
Time Out of Mind The author's biography of 17th-century geologist Nicolaus Steno makes it clear that the age of Earth is not a cold, technical fact, but an idea woven through science and through modern culture -- and idea that people will always struggle to accept. |
Geotimes
August 2006 |
Geomedia On exhibit: The Traveling Smithsonian... Books: Bedrock: Writers on the Wonders of Geology... The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather and the Destruction of Civilizations... |
Popular Mechanics
February 23, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
Can NASA's New Climate Detective Find the Missing CO2? Early Tuesday morning, a Taurus XL rocket will ferry a CO2 sniffing satellite, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, into space, where it will try to unlock secrets of Earth's carbon cycle. |
BusinessWeek
January 17, 2005
Susan Garland |
On The Road--With Your Favorite Museum The Tanzanian safari is one of about eight tours led each year by Field Museum scientists. This sort of tourism, though not new, is poised for growth as the baby boomers approach retirement. |
