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Tag: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
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Nation & World
Evolution hurts sometimes
The same skeletal changes that allowed humans to walk upright make us vulnerable to knee osteoarthritis as we age, human evolutionary biologist says.
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Field and streaming
This semester, Harvard archaeology students are dropping in on nearly 90 virtual classrooms as special guest speakers, telling more than 2,500 public and private school students and teachers from elementary, middle, and high schools about subjects ranging from ancient tombs offerings in Mexico to trade practices in the Red Sea region.
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Welcoming the summer solstice
People of all ages gathered at Harvard to celebrate the longest day of the year with performances, arts and crafts, and more.
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Pickering named director of Peabody Museum
Jane Pickering has been named the William and Muriel Seabury Howells Director of Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology. She will begin her five-year term July 1.
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Inviting the community into design, decisions
In England, Rhodes Scholar Brittany Ellis will continue to promote collaboration between museums and communities in curatorial decision-making.
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Casting new light on ancient epics
The exhibition “From Stone to Silicone” — the only exhibit of its kind in North America — features striking silicone replicas of millennia-old reliefs that preserve the history of present-day Iraq.
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Hurtling back through time
A Wintersession course introduced students to the ancient atlatl, a hunting and fighting tool that improved the range and velocity of spears.
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Invisible world comes to light
Harvard Museum of Natural History brings art and science together as two Harvard scientists capture the “invisible,” and stunningly beautiful, life force that is everywhere: microbes.
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‘Scale’ tells the story of how, and what, we measure
A cross-disciplinary exhibit at the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture uses a wide array of artifacts to examine the role of “Scale.”
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Ups and downs of sea level
Professor Jerry Mitrovica shed light on the dynamics of sea level rise in a talk at the Geological Lecture Hall.
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Alone with evolution
Efforts by Harvard faculty to understand island evolution form the centerpiece of a new exhibition at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
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Staying power for shale gas
The shale gas boom, which has transformed domestic and global energy markets, is still in its infancy, according to the chair of Harvard’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
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The old, made new
The Harvard Semitic Museum, hosting a retrospective exhibit on its long history and founder David Gordon Lyon, is refurbished, reordered, and increasingly ready for the future.
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Birds everywhere
“Birds of the World” opened in September as a permanent exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
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Behold the mammoth (maybe)
Harvard geneticist George Church discussed the future of genetic engineering, including possible technological applications allowing new treatment techniques. He saw the potential to improve human health, revolutionize pest management, and perhaps even bring back the mammoth and other extinct species.
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Sampling the scholar’s life
Eleven Harvard undergraduates worked closely with Harvard faculty and administrators this summer as part of the Summer Humanities and Arts Research Program. The second-year program connects students seeking research opportunities in the arts and humanities with Harvard scholars and experts looking for help.
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How Earth was watered
Evidence is mounting that Earth’s water arrived during formation, aboard meteorites and small bodies called “planetesimals.”
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Evolution in real time
After 26 years of workdays spent watching bacteria multiply, Richard Lenski has learned that evolution doesn’t always occur in steps so slow and steady that change can’t be observed.
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Flower power
Four creations are back on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History’s Glass Flowers gallery after a long absence.
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Saving tortoises by a hair
Five species of giant, long-lived Galapagos tortoises are thought to have gone extinct, but recent DNA analysis shows that some may survive on other islands in the archipelago, according to work by Michael Russello, Harvard Hrdy Fellow in Conservation Biology.
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‘Wonderful things,’ indeed
Bob Brier of Long Island University traced the history of “Egyptomania” in a Harvard talk.
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Collaborative museums
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, the new public face of the FAS science museums, has enjoyed a successful first year with new programs and exhibits and a record number of visitors.
