Results tagged “Museum of Science”

• President Obama's trip to Boston is in the books. He discussed energy policy at MIT, visited a wind-testing facility in Charlestown that received federal stimulus funds, and attended a fundraiser for Gov. Deval Patrick. [Boston Herald]

• George Chmiel, 28, of Charlestown is competing in a seven-day, 150-mile foot race through the Sahara Desert. Chmiel reportedly said "It’s totally insane yet at the same time it makes a bunch of sense." Better him than Bostonist. Good luck, though. Really. [Boston Globe]

     

Good news from the world of science. The adorable but feisty cottontop tamarin is totally metal. Researchers at the University of Maryland, who were trying to replicate tamarin calls on a cello, discovered that, of all the human music they played a group of the apes, only Metallica elicited a reaction. And it made them chill out.

• With the 40th Anniversary of the first moonwalk looming on Monday, Museum of Science has an updated exhibit on display. Maybe that can explain how NASA taped over that footage? [Boston Globe]

• The 35-year old father hit by a car on Wednesday in Brighton died last night at Mass. General. [Boston Herald]

Through Sunday, January 4, 2009, the Museum of Science exhibits "Goose Bumps! The Science of Fear." Goose Bumps aims to educate rather than to spook; most likely, scary clowns brandishing spiders, airplanes, and injection needles will not confront you at the doors. If you do have such an experience, though, consider yourself to possess enough artistic license to compose several tomes of bad poetry. Or bad illustrations.

“Would you like a dinosaur?” That’s what an anonymous donor asked the Museum of Science a few months ago. After making sure they weren’t being pranked, the MoS received the kind of gift paleontologists and ten-year-olds everywhere can only dream about: a nearly-complete skeleton, one of only four in the world on public display.

According to the survey, we are "in the best position to succeed in the technology-led information age." Take that, other 49 states! We achieved our stellar spot thanks to "established strength in world-class research institutions, cutting-edge firms and [an] ability to leverage these assets in attracting and retaining a skilled work force."

The National Baseball Hall of Fame is based in Cooperstown, NY, of course, but they've been taking their show on the road. Their traveling exhibition, called "Baseball As America", makes its final stop at the Museum of Science beginning next week, and it's amazing.

A spring-loaded dress, a sun-lit fan, and a purse with a built-in alarm system were just a few of the futuristic fashions on display at the Seamless: Computational Couture fashion show at the Museum of Science on Wednesday. Over 1000 design and technology lovers packed three floors of the MoS's Blue Wing to admire clothes and accessories ranging from sublime (an air-filled dress that changes shape based on barometric pressure) to sci-fi (a burial suit that grows mushrooms to facilitate 'green' decomposition!).