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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.   |
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. |
Science News
March 14, 2009 |
Science Future For March 14, 2009 San Diego Science Festival... Earth Day... National Museum of Natural History... |
Science News
April 25, 2009 |
Science Future For April 25, 2009 Save the frogs day... Extreme mammals at the American Museum of Natural History... Earth and space scientists present at the 2009 Joint Assembly... |
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. |
Smithsonian
May 2005
Lawrence M. Small |
From the Secretary - Science Matters The Institution decides to focus on four basic scientific questions. |
Chemistry World
February 13, 2014
Simon Poulton |
The Earth as a cradle for life This enjoyable book by Stacey and Hodgkinson takes a long-term view of Earth's development as a habitable planet, incorporating physical, chemical and biological processes on the early Earth, to the modern world. |
Science News
September 20, 2003 |
More Mars -- Better than Ever On Aug. 27, Mars and Earth were closer to each other than at any other time in the last 50,000 years. Even as Earth and Mars slowly draw apart, the Red Planet remains a dazzling sight in the night sky. There's still time to take in the view. |
Science News
March 10, 2007 |
Science Safari: National Environmental Education Week This web site provides information on the annual National Environmental Education Week that will culminate with Earth Day. |
Fast Company
Jackie Snow |
The Final Pieces Of The 9/11 Memorial Museum: Visitors, Their Stories, And Rooms That Listen Like all museums, the 9/11 Memorial Museum will tell visitors a story. Unlike most places, however, rooms in this building will also listen to memories. |
Science News
August 12, 2000 |
Chip Collection The Smithsonian's "Chip Collection" Web site offers all sorts of nuggets of information for those interested in the history of integrated circuits. |
Smithsonian
July 2005
Lawrence M. Small |
Guiding Light The Smithsonian's new palm-size computers, known as SIguides, show videos and maps to lead visitors around--even to a good cup of joe. |
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. |
Fast Company
March 2010
Damian Joseph |
IDEO Cofounder to Make Cooper-Hewitt the Design-Authority Ideo cofounder Bill Moggridge is taking over directorial duties at the Smithsonian-backed Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. His goal: turn the space into a resource for designers and design education. |
T.H.E. Journal
April 2005 |
JASON Expedition: Mysteries of Earth and Mars This program challenges students and teachers in grades 5-8 to learn about Earth and Mars by investigating comparisons between the two planets. |
Geotimes
February 2004
Edward C. Roy Jr. |
Assessing Earth Science in Texas In Texas, a group of geoscientists is fighting to restore earth science to the core curriculum of the state's high schools. |
Science News
April 11, 2009 |
Life In Space: Astrobiology For Everyone This book explains how the search for extraterrestrial life helps us understand Earth. |
Science News
June 5, 2004 |
Transit of Venus On June 8, Venus will pass across the face of the sun (as viewed from Earth). |
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. |
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. |
Science News
March 17, 2001 |
Urchins of the Seas London's Natural History Museum web site offers a tidy way to catch up with a diverse, venerable group of marine invertebrates known as echinoids. |
Chemistry World
March 3, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Museum Trustees Look for a Catalyst A struggling chemical-industry museum in Manchester, UK, is undergoing a revamp in an attempt to attract more young visitors. |
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? |
Geotimes
February 2007
Sally Adee |
Escape From Snowball Earth Early Earth didn't do things half-way: It may or may not have ever been a solidly frozen "snowball" in the deep geological past, but it was never a half-frozen ball of slush, according to a new study. |
CIO
July 15, 2005
Michael Fitzgerald |
Magical History Tour Museums are using new technology to provide interactive maps, personalized guided tours, instant messaging and location tracking features on specially designed handhelds. |
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 |
Science News
April 3, 2004 |
Understanding Evolution Understanding Evolution is an extensive Web site designed to meet the needs of K-12 teachers presenting evolution in the classroom. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2003
Colleen Whitney |
University of California Museum of Paleontology The site encompasses thousands of pages of information on life through time, organized in three major "exhibit halls": geologic time, phylogeny, and evolution. The exhibits are heavily interlinked, offering browsers of all levels opportunities to pursue concepts of particular interest. |
Science News
April 21, 2007 |
Science Safari: Earth 911 This Web portal offers ideas on how to recycle old electronics, dispose of hazardous materials, conserve energy, and shop green -- and all its tips are tailored to your city or town. |
Smithsonian
February 2005
Helen Starkweather |
One Per Customer The Met partnered with the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery to display 14 of Gilbert Stuart's 100 portraits of the nation's first president. |
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... |
Science News
April 8, 2000 |
Trilobites to Go Extinct even before dinosaurs existed on Earth but extensively preserved in the fossil record... |
Geotimes
March 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Julie Jackson: The quiet public geologist Last fall, the Geological Society of America awarded Julie Jackson their 2003 public service award for her work in communicating geoscience to the public. |
Geotimes
April 2004
Richard Fiske |
Geomedia Book review: The Foreign Founder of the Smithsonian... Global Mars Maps... |
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. |
Fast Company
June 2012 |
Apple Makes More In A Second Than Most People Do In A Day This month the arbiters of time at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service add an extra "leap second." It's unnoticeable to most, but not these companies. Here's how much they earn every single second. |
CIO
August 15, 2002
Daintry Duffy |
Be Your Own Tour Guide Motivo, a Columbus, Ohio-based company, has created the Configurable Tour, an application that lets visitors log on to a museum's website and create a virtual exhibit based on their particular interests, then print out a map to guide them around the museum floor. |
BusinessWeek
November 22, 2004 |
IBM's Tour de Force For MOMA IBM's John Tolva and Stan Litow explain the thinking behind the renovated Museum of Modern Art's new "cinematic" guide technology. |
Geotimes
March 2004 |
Earth science education in Texas The Texas State Board of Education voted last Friday to redesignate earth science courses from an elective status to a core credit option to satisfy a science requirement in the state's high schools. |
Chemistry World
May 27, 2014
Robert Newton |
Oxygen: a four billion year history Donald Canfield delivers his explanations with a deft hand, bringing us the evidence for oxygen's history on the Earth's surface. |
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. |
Science News
December 4, 2004 |
Museum of Science From art, to history, to science, and more, the Museum of Science in Boston offers a wide variety of online exhibits. |
Science News
January 5, 2008 |
Science Safari: Focus on Our Planet The United Nations website to show communities how they can promote sustainable use of Earth's resources. |
InternetNews
August 5, 2005
Tim Gray |
MSN Feels 'Virtual Earth' Move Microsoft's new satellite mapping site had the highest week-over-week unique audience growth on the Internet. |
Chemistry World
July 13, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
Where did Earth's water come from? One big question that remains unanswered about the evolution of the early Earth is how volatiles such as hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon arrived -- their presence being crucial to the origins of water and life. |
CIO
August 15, 2005
Alice Dragoon |
MoMA's Discreet Use of Bold Tech The CIO of the New York Museum of Modern Art made sure that technology improved the experience for museum viewers and workers, while at the same time making sure the technology didn't take attention away from the art. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Margaret Putney |
OneGeology: A Site for All In partnership with the United Nations' International Year of Planet Earth, geologists around the world are coming together to form a world geological map, accessible to all on the Internet. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
Janet M. Six |
Science / Tech Museums Glasgow Science Centre... Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose... Submarine Force Museum... |
D-Lib
March 2004
Bonnie Wilson |
D-Lib Featured Collection March 2004: Cosmic Evolution The Cosmic Evolution site uses text, images and movies to trace the evolution of the Universe from its origin through seven epochs (Particulate, Galactic, Stellar, Planetary, Chemical, Biological, and Cultural) as well as an eighth, Future Epoch, that includes Chaisson's ideas on the future prospects for human life and for alien life elsewhere in the Universe |
