Science Storms: A Case Study

The first thing that struck me about this reading is the juxtaposition of the intro paragraph describing MSI’s mission with the previous article describing concerns over climate change. Yikes! A fifty percent concern rate among the American science museum-going public

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Science Storms: A Case Study

The first thing that struck me about this reading is the juxtaposition of the intro paragraph describing MSI’s mission with the previous article describing concerns over climate change. Yikes! A fifty percent concern rate among the American science museum-going public

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New Museum: Enrico David, Head Gas

Initially, I thought the exhibition would be inside the New Museum. Before I headed in, I stopped to check out the window display outside and had a little conversation with some other visitors looking at the exhibit. We chatted about

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New Museum: Enrico David, Head Gas

Initially, I thought the exhibition would be inside the New Museum. Before I headed in, I stopped to check out the window display outside and had a little conversation with some other visitors looking at the exhibit. We chatted about

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3×8

I set out to find three interesting visual representations of the octopus. In the end, I decided to leave out everyone’s favorite, Paul, the World Cup Oracle-pus. He gets extra points in my book on account of how angry he

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3×8

I set out to find three interesting visual representations of the octopus. In the end, I decided to leave out everyone’s favorite, Paul, the World Cup Oracle-pus. He gets extra points in my book on account of how angry he

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Octopus: Expanded

Octopus is what some would call scatterbrained: always daydreaming, always touching things, always getting involved in too many projects at once.  She’s smart and a regular MacGyver when it comes to making something work. “But would I even need to

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Octopus: Expanded

Octopus is what some would call scatterbrained: always daydreaming, always touching things, always getting involved in too many projects at once.  She’s smart and a regular MacGyver when it comes to making something work. “But would I even need to

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Yesterday’s Tomorrow

These cartoons are as great as I remembered.   Tex Avery This one has particularly good animal hybrids. Farm of Tomorrow          

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Yesterday’s Tomorrow

These cartoons are as great as I remembered.   Tex Avery This one has particularly good animal hybrids. Farm of Tomorrow          

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AMNH: Human Origins and Meteorites

As visitors approach the Human Origins hall, they are met with a large sign describing the theme of the exhibition (what it is that makes us human and how we came to be) and how the curators have split up

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AMNH: Human Origins and Meteorites

As visitors approach the Human Origins hall, they are met with a large sign describing the theme of the exhibition (what it is that makes us human and how we came to be) and how the curators have split up

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Snow Monkey Tracking

For our inaugural wildlife observation assignment, Guilherme Costa and I decided on the snow monkeys at the Central Park Zoo. Initially, I thought it would be interesting to attempt the tropical monkeys, but they were either asleep or out of

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Snow Monkey Tracking

For our inaugural wildlife observation assignment, Guilherme Costa and I decided on the snow monkeys at the Central Park Zoo. Initially, I thought it would be interesting to attempt the tropical monkeys, but they were either asleep or out of

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Met: New Islamic Wing

This was my first visit to the Met’s Islamic wing, so all of my preconceptions about the changes made during the renovation are based on how these rooms differ from the Ancient Near Eastern Art. With this in mind, it

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Met: New Islamic Wing

This was my first visit to the Met’s Islamic wing, so all of my preconceptions about the changes made during the renovation are based on how these rooms differ from the Ancient Near Eastern Art. With this in mind, it

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Being Octopus

An octopus is my familiar. These animals have qualities that I identify with, but that dramatically exceed my own. Octopuses are observant creatures. They have keen eyesight and eight extremely sensitive limbs, through which they can smell as well as

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Being Octopus

An octopus is my familiar. These animals have qualities that I identify with, but that dramatically exceed my own. Octopuses are observant creatures. They have keen eyesight and eight extremely sensitive limbs, through which they can smell as well as

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The Mouse Trap

A good read–how did the most cutting edge researchers get hung up on this one creature?  

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The Mouse Trap

A good read–how did the most cutting edge researchers get hung up on this one creature?  

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