Posted: July 28, 2021

What’s in a Name: The Science behind What We Call Things

Juliet may have thought names were arbitrary, but scientifically, names play an important role by placing order on our world by helping us differentiate between things. So how does science go about assigning names?

What’s in a Name: The Science behind What We Call Things
Posted: July 25, 2021

Question Your World: Who Just Broke Some Space Travel Records?

There's a lot of news about people going up in space lately. And that involved some new space travel records.

Question Your World: Who Just Broke Some Space Travel Records?
Posted: June 25, 2021

Question Your World: Can Rats Be Taught to Be Heroes?

An African giant pouch rat just retired. In the last five years, he detected 100+ potentially dangerous battle leftovers. How did he learn to do this? Operant conditioning, of course!

Question Your World: Can Rats Be Taught to Be Heroes?
Posted: June 24, 2021

Air Quality Becomes Hot Topic During Summer Months

We're moving into a new season. No, it's not summer, but the time of year when we can start experiencing lower-than-average air quality.

Air Quality Becomes Hot Topic During Summer Months
Posted: June 23, 2021

Pride in Paleontology: Highlighting LGBTQ+ Scientists

As the Museum enters our summer of dinosaurs, Pride Month seems like the perfect time to highlight some LGBTQ+ professionals within the field of paleontology.

Pride in Paleontology: Highlighting LGBTQ+ Scientists