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Geotimes October 2004 Laura Stafford |
T. Rex Hits Puberty New research based on growth ring counts from the bones of Tyrannosaurus rex shows that the dinosaur put on the bulk of its mass during its teenage years and then died shortly after its growth spurt. |
Geotimes April 2006 Megan Sever |
Tiny T. Rex Cousin A new fossil find from China gives paleontologists a better idea of when and how the branch of meat-eating dinosaurs that would eventually lead to T. rex evolved. |
Chemistry World April 12, 2007 Lewis Brindley |
Preserved T. Rex Proteins Assist Evolution Studies Palaeontologists and biochemists have joined forces to identify proteins from a 68-million-year-old T. Rex, showing that organic matter containing biological information can be preserved for enormous lengths of time under the right conditions. |
D-Lib September 2002 |
Australian Museums & Galleries Online Australian Museums & Galleries Online serves as a portal to Australia's cultural heritage, providing a single web site entry point to a large percentage of Australia's museums and galleries, as well as preserving and promoting Australia's cultural identity worldwide. |
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 December 11, 2004 |
Exploring the Heart Learn about the human heart at a fascinating online exhibit from the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia. |
Geotimes February 2005 |
Paleontologist for a Day Over the last 10 years, approximately 6,000 visitors have participated in pay-to-dig programs and have found well-preserved remnants of Diplodocus, Camarasaurus, Apatosaurus and Allosaurus (the only meat-eater) fossils, as well as clues to the Jurassic environment. |
Popular Mechanics November 16, 2009 Cassie Rodenberg |
The Top 8 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2009 For paleontologists who routinely discover new dinosaurs, a good set of eyes, geological know-how and a little luck remain the best tools. |
CIO April 1, 2004 Dawne Shand |
Museum Sends Art Home to Customers Like museums the world over, the Salem, Mass., museum is using the Web to connect with customers in an online digital gallery called Artscape. |
Inc. July 2009 Kasey Wehrum |
The Business of the Museum A look at companies that helped to create a dinosaur exhibit at Pittsburgh's natural history museum. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Jean Kumagai |
Nels Peterson: He Digs Dinosaurs Old Bones: An engineer among paleontologists offers a different way of thinking and looking at things. |
CIO October 15, 2000 Matt Villano |
Objets d'IT The Cleveland Museum of Art's CIO uses IT and his passion for art to modernize a venerable institution and create new connections to customers... |
Geotimes March 2005 Naomi Lubick |
Broken bones yield T. rex tissue When researchers reluctantly sliced a Tyrannosaurus rex femur in half to get it out of the field, they found something completely unexpected -- the original structure of blood vessels and other soft tissues. Might DNA testing reveal detailed information on the genetic code of T. rex, and more? |
Salon.com June 1, 2000 Donald D. Groff |
Digging for dinosaurs Our expert offers tips on family-oriented dino sites, historic Route 66 and Welsh bardic tourneys. |
Geotimes September 2007 Kathryn Hansen |
Controversy in the Cradle of Humankind East Africa indeed has much heritage to protect, as the region has been a hotspot for paleoanthropologists trying to understand the evolutionary relationships between early hominins since at least the 1950s. |
Science News May 8, 2004 |
A National Science Museum If you can't make it to Washington, D.C., to visit the recently opened Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, check out the museum's online exhibits. |
Geotimes April 2007 Kathryn Hansen |
T. Rex Tissue Yields Genetically Revealing Proteins The family tree of an infamous dinosaur is coming to life before researchers' eyes. Scientists say they extracted protein from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex leg bone that supports a genetic link between dinosaurs and birds. |
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. |
Geotimes March 2007 MacFadden & DeSantis |
No More Ivory Tower: Communicating Geoscience to Society Traditionally, geoscience students have had few opportunities to engage in public outreach projects as part of their formal education. Yet their participation in broader impact activities can improve public understanding of science in the immediate future. |
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. |
Salon.com November 27, 2000 Aaron Gell |
If you can't say anything nice The nation's first women's museum dodges controversy -- and whole chunks of history... |
Fast Company May 2000 Cheryl Dahle |
Museums with a Mission What's the purpose of a museum? The old answer: to house and to display dead stuff -- the museum as mausoleum. The new answer: according to designer Ralph Appelbaum, to experience life and learning. He creates museums with a mission. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2005 Janet M. Six |
Resources: Sci/Tech Museums Computer History Museum... Canada Science and Technology Museum... |
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. |
Search Engine Watch June 21, 2005 Chris Sherman |
The Louvre's New Masterpiece The Louvre's web site has long been a treasure trove for art lovers, but the site's recent relaunch has moved the museum's online presence into a class of its own. |
TIME Asia May 16, 2011 Hannah Beech |
Party Piece After a long, $380 million refurbishment, China's National Museum fully reopened in April. It is now the biggest in the world, with 1.05 million cultural relics spread over 192,000 sq m of floor space |
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Janet M. Six |
Science / Tech Museums Glasgow Science Centre... Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose... Submarine Force Museum... |
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. |
Science News February 14, 2009 Sid Perkins |
Book Review: Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life Of The Natural History Museum By Richard Fortey Museums are more than collections of art and artifacts: They're collections of the people who work there. |
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. |
Fast Company July 2002 Christine Canabou |
Wonder Boy Meet David Wilson, the founding director of the Museum of Jurassic Technology, in Culver City, California. |
Geotimes August 2003 Louise Palmer |
On Exhibit: Gems at the Bruce Museum With only a month more of summertime, consider taking a trip to the Bruce Museum of Art and Science in Greenwich, Conn. Its newest exhibit, dedicated to all things gem, is sure to delight the senses and stimulate the mind. |
AskMen.com Michael A. Lubarsky |
Top 10: Romantic Art Museums Here are the top 10 romantic art museums to visit with that special person in your life, along with a few tips on the best spots to find a little privacy amid the crowds. |
D-Lib January 2003 Richard Rinehart |
MOAC A Report on Integrating Museum and Archive Access in the Online Archive of California |
Salon.com April 19, 2001 Jake Tapper |
The Bushes, from afar For a White House that revels in restraint, a visit to the Holocaust Memorial Museum is dignified -- and very private... |
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. |
BusinessWeek October 9, 2006 |
Doggie Show Houston's Museum of Fine Arts' new exhibit, Best in Show: The Dog in Art from the Renaissance to Today, runs through Jan. 1, 2007. |
Salon.com August 23, 2000 Bill Wyman |
Who's gonna win "Survivor"? Surprisingly, the nicer guy -- or gal -- is going to finish first. But in this crowd, that's not saying much. |
Managed Care March 2000 |
Employers Predict Liability Expansion Bad for Coverage How employers would respond if patients were allowed to sue employer-sponsored health plans. |
HBS Working Knowledge March 25, 2015 Michael Blanding |
Britain's Tate Galleries Win the Internet What happens when the traditional museum-going experience meets the world of digital marketing? Meet the Magic Tate Ball and other wonders from the online version of the Tate museums. |
AskMen.com January 16, 2003 Peter Fueller |
Top 10: Museums Of The World There are thousands of museums around the world, many of which are worth visiting. However, you probably don't want to spend your entire vacation looking through endless collections of paintings and sculptures, created by artists you've never even heard of. You want the famous stuff, right? |
D-Lib September 2005 |
Social Terminology Enhancement through Vernacular Engagement: Exploring Collaborative Annotation to Encourage Interaction with Museum Collections Museums have seen an opportunity to move beyond uni-directional communication into an environment that engages their users and reflects a multiplicity of perspectives. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Sue Casey: Remember Me Rose Gardens To help the country heal after the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, this woman has made it her goal to plant rose gardens at each of the crash sites in remembrance of those who died. |
D-Lib December 2004 David Green |
How Fares the Wired Museum? Report on the 32nd Annual Conference of the Museum Computer Network which has been a leading agent in museums' use of computers from improving operational efficiency to animating collections and connecting them to a wider world. |
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. |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Ashlee Vance |
The Computer History Museum Gets a Reboot The renovated Computer History Museum, which provides a journey through the history of technology, gives forward-looking Silicon Valley a temple honoring the past. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2007 Janet M. Six |
Sci/Tech Museums NASA Space Center, Houston... Intel Museum, Santa Clara, California... PSI Forum Visitor Centre at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland... |
Real Travel Adventures October 2010 Neely & Neely |
Family Fun In Fort Worth, Texas If you live or vacation in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area there are a few places you MUST visit! |
National Defense December 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Quantico Museum to Let Visitors Experience Life as Marines The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, in partnership with the Marine Corps, is building a new museum that will use the latest electronic technology to help visitors understand more clearly what it means to be a Leatherneck. |
Wired August 2005 Jeff Howe |
Art Attack Banksy has used daring stunts to hijack the established system of art exhibition, including sneaking his pieces into exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. |