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A restoration of Apatosaurus

Dinosaur Skin Scraps Are a Jurassic Mystery

7-Up cake

7-Up Cake and Other Bubbly Baking

Black-footed ferrets at the National Zoo

Black-Footed Ferrets and Other Endangered Critters

The subject of endangered species can be a depressing one, but there are also many reasons to be hopeful

Nancy Wilson signs the deed of gift, donating two of her gowns to the American History Museum, alongside museum director Brent Glass, at the Music Center at Strathmore.

Style and Song Maven Nancy Wilson Donates Gowns to the American History Museum

Wilson’s dresses join the museum’s collection of famed ensembles, including gowns from: the First Ladies, Ella Fitzgerald, Beverly Sills and the Supremes

Paleontologist Philip Currie poses with a tyrannosaur skull.

Tarbosaurus Gangs: What Do We Know?

The proposal of pack-hunting dinosaurs is old news in paleontological circles, and the evidence to support the claims about Tarbosaurus hasnt been released

Idaho Potato Museum

Five Funky Food Museums

Here’s a quick look at five funky food museums worth visiting, including ones devoted to SPAM, mustard and Pez

A mummified princess from Thebes (known as Luxor during her time) is the earliest person known to have had coronary heart disease

Ancient Egyptian Princess Had Coronary Heart Disease

Coronary heart disease isn’t just a modern problem—even the ancient Egyptians suffered from it

Celebrate Hawai'i Festival is at the American Indian museum.

Weekend Events May 20-22 Celebrate Hawai’i, Very Special Arts, Renwick Craft Invitational

Events for the weekend of May 20-22 include a celebration of Hawaiian culture and the Renwick Craft Invitational

Mount St. Helens

The List: Five Volcanoes to Watch

On the anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, the ATM blog team, has compiled a list of five volcanoes that currently threaten population centers

Boneheads by Richard Polsky

Boneheads: A Paleontological Mid-Life Crisis

Still from Laurent Grasso's Polair, 2007

Laurent Grasso’s Own Reality at Hirshhorn’s Black Box

Apple, pumpkin and elderberry wine from Will o' Wisp Wines

Beyond Grapes: It’s Wine, But Not From the Vine

A guanaco in Chile

Vegetation Determines Animal Migration Patterns

Scientists show that patterns in vegetation across a species’ range determine whether and how it moves

Portrait of global philanthropic team Bill and Melinda Gates by Jon Friedman, 2011

See Bill and Melinda Gates at the Portrait Gallery

Pulp wood (but not the kind that may appear in your cheese or bread).

The Wood in Your Food

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The Diplodocus Tripod

The Great Barrier Reef

Ocean Acidification and the Battle Between Coral and Seaweed

Ocean acidification creates plenty of potential problems for life in the oceans, but corals might have it the worst

Evalyn McLean (c. 1914) wearing the Hope Diamond

Don’t You Wish You Could Wear the Hope Diamond?

How did such a huge rock come to be in the possession of such a party girl like Evalyn McLean

ILL-abilities crew

Events for the Week of 5/16-5/21: Zoo Feedings, ILL-Abilities Crew, Celebrate Hawai’i

Events for the week of 5/16/11 - 5/21/11

Blogger Sarah brought NASA-mission-themed cookies to the office last week

Why I’m Not Sorry to See the Space Shuttle End

I have to say, when I think about the end of the Space Shuttle program, I’m really not that sorry to see it come to a close

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