Tickling Funny Bones at Natural History Museum Gala
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.
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The intelligence of natural selection; Charles Darwin, Africa and human evolution
Scholars and Rogues (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
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Reflections on my week
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...
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dad; a year ago, in London (22 Nov 08)
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...
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Biodiversity In Crisis
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...
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The Grooms Wore Matching Tuxedos [Open Caption]
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]
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Londoners face world’s largest ever ice crevasse for Ice Age 3 launch
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
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UNICEF Greek National Committee celebrates 20th anniversary of Children's Rights Convention
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...
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The Natural History Museum
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...
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Now, a social networking tool for natural historians
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...
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Darwin helps to save rare Galapagos mockingbird
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...
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Museums and Kids
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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Saving Darwin's Muse: Update! With data!
The Beagle Project Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Remember Darwin's mockingbirds? Last year I was all excited about getting to extract DNA from the specimens Darwin and Fitzroy collected on Floreana in Galápagos in 1835. Well the paper reporting the results of the DNA study will be published today in Royal Society's Biology Letters and it's already been covered by The Times and the BBC (so far... I will add more here if and when they appear)....
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Cheddar Man
The British Nationalist (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Cheddar Man is Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton. It has been dated to 7150BC, or 9159 years old. His remains were excavated in 1903, and currently reside in the Natural History Museum, with a replicate in ...
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Humphrey remembered as teacher, adviser
Kansan.com stories: News (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Former director of the Natural History Museum died in his sleep Friday at age 83.
The 2 latest articles published by users on Natural History Museum :
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••▷ Natural History Museum Pocket Microscope
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,...
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Apartments in Dublin
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...