Category: science travel
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USA Science and Engineering Festival This Weekend in D.C. with Scientific American Exhibit
The 3rd USA Science & Engineering Festival will be held this weekend, April 26th and April 27th in Washington D.C. Click here to see a map of this expo event whose hours each day are 9 am to 6 pm. There event has many sponsors including Scientific American. Under the theme, ¨Helping Curious Minds Achieve Great…
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Bucket List Adventure in Puerto Rico
Many of us think of Puerto Rico as the ideal place to relax in the sun on one of its many white sandy beaches. It’s a great destination especially for those of us still experiencing the cold weather here in the Northeast. Last month,however, I happily learned that this beautiful island has even more…
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Behind-the-Scenes: Whales at the American Museum of Natural History
After visiting the American Museum of Natural History’s new exhibit, Whales: Giants of the Deep, it was on to what has been one of my favorite parts of the museum’s press previews, the behind-the-scenes tour. Guided by the staff , media representatives were taken on a unique tour of some of the museum’s ancient possessions that depicted whales.…
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USA Science & Engineering Festival-Interview with Big Bang Theory’s Amy Farrah Fowler,Mayim Bialik
My son, Alex, and I are such big fans of the Big Bang Theory and, part of the present success of this top rated comedy has to be due to the talent of actress Mayim Bialik who plays Sheldon Cooper’s girlfriend, Amy Farah Fowler. Ms. Bialik, who in real life has earned a Ph.D in…
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Creatures of the Deep-Behind-the-Scenes of the American Museum of Natural History
After attending a preview of the American Museum of Natural History’s “Creatures of Light”, a group of other media people and I traveled below the museum’s main floors to take a behind-the-scenes tour of its Department of Ichthyology (fish) that was led by Zachary Baldwin. This fourth year PH.D student showed us what he said…
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