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May 5, 2025

Can Birds Have Road Rage?

Tiny yellow warblers are changing their songs in response to nearby roads and growing tourism. Researchers have discovered that these birds sing louder, faster, and more repetitively near traffic — a behavior scientists call vocal plasticity.
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Maynard Okereke in front of a rare earth metals recycling machine from Phoenix Tailings
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Jan 3, 2025

Recycling Rare Earth Metals

Rare earth metals are essential for manufacturing our electronics, but is there a way to mine them without harming the environment? In this video, Maynard Okereke explains how Phoenix Tailings works to reduce waste from rare earth metal mining.
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Dec 2, 2024

Rock vs. Mineral: Know the Difference!

What’s the difference between a rock and a mineral? Maynard Okereke explains the key differentiating factors.
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Talia in front of an image of a giant asteroid impact
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Nov 8, 2024

Did an Asteroid Boost Life on Earth?

How did a gigantic meteor impact 3.26 billion years ago benefit life on Earth? The S2 impactor was 200 times bigger than the meteor that caused the dinosaur extinction, so it seems counterintuitive for it to have had a positive impact on life.
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Friday, October 25 | 7:00 pm

WaveForms: A Multimedia Art Occurrence

Art, science, and technology are woven together in this one-night-only multimedia art occurrence, presented by the Museum and happening exclusively at the Midway Artist Studios!
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Aug 16, 2024

Coral Reefs: How Rising Ocean Temps Cause Bleaching

How are rising ocean temperatures impacting coral reefs? This video explains how coral that face heat stress will often expel the algae zooxanthellae in a process called bleaching.
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Jul 20, 2024

Climate Change Affects Ocean Currents

What is the great ocean conveyor, and what would happen if it were to collapse? Dr. Amy Bower, a Senior Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, discusses how a series of ocean currents that link determine heat distribution around the globe.
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Jul 11, 2024

How Light Pollution Affects Insects

How does human-made light pollution affect nocturnal animals? In this video, Alex Dainis outlines how light pollution could be changing the DNA of bugs.
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Jun 20, 2024

Autumn Foilage: Summer Solstice's Influence on Trees

Did you know that the summer solstice is an important marker for predicting fall leaf peeping? In this video, Alex Dainis explains the connection between the two seasons.
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May 31, 2024

Recycling 101

A crash course in recycling: What it is, how it works, and all the myths, misconceptions, and tricky things to know to make sure you’re getting it right. Learn what you need to do to be recycling correctly and combating climate change from within your...
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May 17, 2024

Elusive Monk Seal Tracked Using eDNA

Join us on a journey to track the monk seal, one of the most elusive endangered animals. In this video, Alex Dainis explains how scientists use Environmental DNA, or eDNA, which is DNA animals shed throughout their environment in the form of hair, skin...
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May 17, 2024

Can Animals Use Medicine?

Did you know that humans aren’t the only animals who use medicine to feel better? In this video, Alex Dainis explains how animals ranging from chimps and elephants to bees and lizards have been observed self-medicating in some way.
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A view of the Gaia Globe from Level One in the Blue Wing.
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Apr 11, 2024

Gaia Globe

View our planet on a grand scale, floating in three dimensions, when you gaze at UK artist Luke Jerram's Gaia artwork featuring detailed NASA imagery of the Earth's surface!
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A life-size T-rex model from our Modeling the Mesozoic exhibit.
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Jan 1, 2024

Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic

Check out fossils and life-size models to learn how paleontologists compile evidence and change the way we view these extinct animals.
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A portion of the Washburn Exhibit.
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Jan 1, 2024

Bradford Washburn: The Man Behind the Lens

Get to know the inspiring story of Bradford Washburn, renowned mountaineer and Museum of Science founder.

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