Namin’ the ‘Canes
Karl? Julia? Igor? Why and how do tropical cyclones (the term encompassing both tropical storms and hurricanes) get named? More »
Twitter Roundup: 9/7-9/10, 2010
Stephen Hawking's thoughts, NFL science, and some local academic achievements in this week's Twitter recap. More »
I Want My 3DTV!
Lately we’re being bombarded with promises of products that will deliver 3D in living rooms and even in our hands! I thought some perspective was in order so I decided to check out where 3D has been, where it is now and where it’s going. More »
Twitter Roundup: 8/30-9/3, 2010
Hurricane Earl dominates this weeks in tweets, but we also have a new dinosaur, an epic vintage calculator collection and a heat-seeking Nerf gun. More »
Weekly Twitter Roundup: 8/23-8/27, 2010
The Brazilian fire tornado is the star this week! Plus, new planets discovered by NASA's Kepler probe and a new website for Baltimore's street corner astronomer. More »
America’s New Space Roadmap
There are big changes in store for American space flight. More »
Weekly Twitter Roundup: 8/16-8/20, 2010
This week: The true story of the woolly mammoth's demise, electricity from an exploding lake, a picture of Earth from 140 million miles away and much more! Follow us @MDScienceCenter ! More »
Now THIS is Skydiving!
On this day in 1960, United States Air Force Captain Joseph Kittinger walked to the doorway of a balloon-suspended gondola 102,800 feet above the surface of the Earth and jumped out. More »
Weekly Twitter Roundup: 8/9-8/13, 2010
Rubik's cube solving, a pyramid exploring robot, a stinky scratch and sniff and more! More »
Man’s New Best Friend
When the word “robot” hits our ears, our minds might generate several images: R2D2, The Terminator, Wall-E, or maybe that robot you saw in your school’s science fair in fourth grade. Whatever it is, science fiction movies have depicted robots in various ways, both in how they look and in what they do. The movie [...] More »