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Famous Scientists

A building in the northern reaches of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, that was destroyed in the 1938 hurricane

The Great New England Hurricane of 1938

Katharine Hepburn’s Connecticut beach house and 8,900 other homes were swept into the sea

Great White Egret, by Antonio Soto, photographed March 2009, South Florida

How the Great White Egret Spurred Bird Conservation

I was certain that the bird’s plumage had to have been faked, but all the photographer did was darken the background. Those feathers were real

Wood models of human heads in the NIST Museum collection

Why Did the Standards Bureau Need These Heads?

The NIST Museum has placed images of several items on the website of its Digital Archives and is asking the public for help

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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Is There A “Homer Simpson Effect” Among Scientists?

Despite decades of progress for women in science (and some arguments that no more is needed), the playing field still isn’t level

This is the story of a missing link that never was.

Piltdown Man, Paleoanthropology’s April Fool’s

This is the story of a missing link that never was

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A Robot That Tells Jokes

Replace the Kilogram!

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