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Off to Churchill and Polar Bears

Posted 10/19/2012 by John Demboski | Comments

Leaving for Churchill, Manitoba on Hudson Bay October 20 for 4 days of polar bears. Hopefully we'll see some other wildlife like arctic hares and foxes. I'll post pics when I get back.
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- Zoology
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- Polar bears
Planes Galore

Posted 10/19/2012 by Steven Lee | Comments

Curator of planetary science Steve Lee has just embarked on a rare adventure to enter the once highly classified world of Russian space travel as a privileged guest. He and and a small group of Museum staff and guests will explore Star City, outside of Moscow, the premier training fa…
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- Space Sciences
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- Russia
A Pilgrimage to Star City!

Posted 10/18/2012 by Steven Lee | Comments

We spent most of today on the outskirts of Moscow at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center -- also known as Star City. This is the once top-secret facility where all cosmonauts have been trained since the beginning of the Space Age. Since crew members of all nationalities are now launched…
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- Space Sciences
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- Russia
Made it to Moscow

Posted 10/17/2012 by Steven Lee | Comments

We made it to Moscow safe and sound a bit after noon today. Even our luggage arrived on time -- a major plus! One major impression so far -- Moscow's traffic is amazingly congested! It took us nearly two hours to reach our hotel from the airport. Definitely not a place …
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- Space Sciences
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- Russia
Our Russian Adventure Begins!

Posted 10/16/2012 by Steven Lee | Comments

Curator of planetary science Steve Lee has just embarked on a rare adventure to enter the once highly classified world of Russian space travel as a privileged guest. He and and a small group of Museum staff and guests will explore Star City, outside of Moscow, the premier training facility for…
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- Space Sciences
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- Russia
October Sky Calendar 2012

Posted 10/01/2012 by Marta Lindsay | Comments

October Sky Calendar (pdf) Highlights this month's sky phenomena and celestial happenings with local dates and times. (Mountain time zone). 2012 Sky Calendars September August July June May April March February January
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- Space Sciences
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- Sky calendar
New species can be published online

Posted 09/18/2012 by Frank Krell | Comments
2012 has brought two pivotal decisions for the publication of newly discovered species. Before, everything relevant to scientific names (nomenclature) had to be published on hard copy. From this year, species discoveries can be published in online journals. Electronic works containing new anima…
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- Zoology
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Cultural Antipodes

Posted 09/05/2012 by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh | Comments

What is life like on the other side of the world? This is the question that led me from Colorado to a tiny island nation in the Indian Ocean. The country of Mauritius is nearly Denver's antipode, where you would end up if you dug a hole in Coors Field all the way to the other side of the E…
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- Anthropology
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- Mauritius
September Sky Calendar 2012

Posted 08/31/2012 by Marta Lindsay | Comments
September Sky Calendar (pdf) Highlights this month's sky phenomena and celestial happenings with local dates and times. (Mountain time zone). 2012 Sky Calendars August July June May April March February January
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- Space Sciences
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- Sky calendar
Cool Stuff In Image Archives- Bratley Collection

Posted 08/24/2012 by Library | Comments

Jesse H. Bratley image
Jesse H. Bratley was born in Brown Town, Wisconsin in 1867. In 1893 he joined the Government Service to be a teacher. Over the next ten years he taught or presided at schools on several Indian Reservations, In the 1890s, Bratley introduced sub-irrigation methods, …
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- Archives
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- Photography