Cells: The Universe Inside Us, opens this Saturday, March 28 at the Maryland Science Center!
Archive for March, 2009
Cells may be microscopic…
Friday, March 27th, 2009GLOBE at Night 2009
Friday, March 20th, 2009You are invited to be a part of the GLOBE community and participate in the annual global sky observation known as GLOBE at Night. GLOBE at Night brings people outside to observe the constellation Orion from March 16th to March 28th. Participants simply choose a clear night on which stars are visible, take measurements of [...]
Vote on the Name of NASA’s new Mars Rover!
Friday, March 20th, 2009Vote on the name of NASA’s next Mars rover! March 23-29, 2009 Help be a part of Mars exploration! NASA is inviting people worldwide to vote on their favorite names for the Mars Science Laboratory mission rover: http://marsrovername.jpl.nasa.gov. Voting takes place March 23-29, 2009 and the winning name will be announced in April/May. For more [...]
Another Successful Pi Day!
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009A run-down of our pie-riffic Pi Day and what’s coming up next at the Science Center…
Where does your electricity come from?
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009Today’s coal ash sludge spill in Western Maryland reminds us that when we flip a light switch, turn on the TV, or fire up the computer, the energy is not miraculously grabbed out of thin air. Much of U.S. electricity still comes from coal. Much of that coal comes from the Appalachian mountains. You can [...]
Dinochicken is coming!
Friday, March 6th, 2009Scientists are trying to pull off what some call reverse evolution as they attempt to take a chicken embryo and work backward to engineer a chickenasaurus. Sounds like a bad B-movie but it’s true. The reserachers cite the well positioned idea that birds are modern day dinosaurs and so, in theory, they are simply trying [...]