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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
If you are coming to New York City during the holidays and you want to see a show - book some tickets to The 39 Steps . Based on the movie by Alfred Hitchcock, it is a comedic tour de farce with some of the best physical comedy I've seen live. Four actors play fifty characters at break neck speed with accents to match. Thank god for Velcro. Harriet Levy, my friend and Broadway producer maven, invited...
The Beagle Project Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
150 years ago today John Murray published Charles Darwin's book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection . This is the last of three Darwin anniversaries spanning 18 months, a period of celebration we've been calling Darwin200 here in the UK. For me, as both director of science for this here Beagle Project and also the science coordinator for the Natural History Museum 's Darwin200 campaign,...
The Panda's Thumb (Free subscription) | yesterday
Photograph by Michael Barton. Banners for primate hall/exhibit as seen looking from Darwin’s statue. Central Hall, Natural History Museum, London, July 14, 2009. Today is the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species....
Scholars and Rogues (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The first human-like creature to pick up a pointed stick and use it as a tool to slay another creature changed everything. Instead of waiting for the accumulation of random genetic variations to impart gradually improving biological tools our creature could create tools itself. The advantage to humans of being able to organise, teach and use weapons to catch food may initially have been slight. That...
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Event chairman Lorne Michaels, Andy Samberg, Kristen Wiig and Jimmy Fallon attended the American Museum of Natural History’s annual Gala.
Dan's Wacky Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Due to rarely having anything interesting to put on this blog on a Sunday it will now become the day I reflect on how my week has been. Today I was sat inside doing not a lot, other than a visit to Gemma’s house which I wish had been longer. :( So, the reflections begin: Highlights of the week: The lovely response to the messages I sent to some people, visiting the Natural History Museum and...
Ramblings (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
My father is 75% hard of hearing, so when his alarm goes off in the morning to wake him up, even though it wakes me up all the way upstairs, he often sleeps right through it, and I have to go downstairs and wake him up. ----- 22-11-08 cold woke at 9:00 saw jazz trio at Natural History Museum* Lunch at V&A [Victoria and Albert Museum] Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park at night * Here is a video that...
最初的梦想 (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The third and last of Nature’s Darwin 200 special issues marking the Darwin bicentenary focuses on biodiversity and how to preserve it. For a listing of all Darwin-related content from this issue, see the Editorial. All of this content, plus web-only material, is available at www.nature.com/darwin. [Cover: Natural History Museum, London; Artwork by Nik Spencer.] 免费文献下载...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
[Jimmy Fallon and Joseph Gordon-Levitt look like a tiny gay wedding cake topper with their pose at the American Museum of Natural History's Museum Gala last night. Image via Getty]
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Ice Age 3 Website Natural History Museum Ice Rink Website Read our review View photos of Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Simon Pegg talks Ice Age 3
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Convention of Children's Rights, UNICEF's Greek National Committee held a prize awarding ceremony in the Book's Hall in the center of Greek capital Athens on Thursday. Niki Goulandri, president of Greek Natural History Museum, profoundly touched with emotion, was honored with a special prize "for her most valuable contribution to children's environmental...
Dan's Wacky Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
An early start today to get to London as the Year 13 geologists were visiting the Earth galleries with the year 8s. Though it seems George was too late and missed the coach. Mike tests some vibrations. It’s lunch time! And you thought one was bad. The T-Rex. Yes, a mineral called Cummingtonite. Mike gets eaten by a hippo. It was a long and tiring day but pretty enjoyable all the same. It was...
Entertainment and Showbiz! (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Researchers at London’s Natural History Museum have created a social networking tool called ‘Scratchpads’ where natural historians can get together and share their data. Vincent Smith, Simon Rycroft, David Roberts and colleagues created the data-publishing framework for groups of people to create their own natural history-based social networks. Users create a virtual workbench to...
Dear Kitty backup UK (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
From the BBC : Wednesday, 18 November 2009 DNA clue to save rare Darwin bird Sub-populations of the mockingbirds remain on two small islands A rare mockingbird could be reintroduced to the Galapagos Islands - with the help of some specimens collected by Charles Darwin . A team of geneticists extracted DNA from two birds that the famous naturalist collected in 1835. By comparing this to DNA from living...
Being a Mummy (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
This is a topic that I have written about in various places, just not very much on this blog. Going to museums is a bit of a busman's holiday for me, so I have to admit that I tend to favour art galleries. I always find it a surprise when I talk to people and I find out that they haven't been to their local museum, yet alone the big City ones. Often, when you get talking to people its related to their...
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dorothysweet | 11/04/2009
When looking for a microscope for 2 children (age 5-6) I found it hard to get reliable advice, and read a lot of bad reviews for much higher priced childrens products. I bought this one on a whim after seeing 1 good review and found that this microscope is amazing value. It produces clear, bright images, and is a perfect first microscope for young children. It has slides which they can learn to mount,...
deepu | 09/11/2009
Christchurch Hall Apartments are situated just minutes from O'Connell Street , Dublin 's main thoroughfare,and the International Financial Services Centre - Dublin 's financial district. The Apartments offer guests serviced apartment accommodation which has been finished to the highest international standards in a locaton which is just moments from all that Dublin has to offer. Dublin apartments offer...
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