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AChemS 2012 Day 4: The Rebirth of Taste

Posted 08/08/2012 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
We've all experienced the angst of a burned tongue, the subsequent moaning and groaning about it, the diminished level of joy when eating. And then, out of nowhere it seems, the tongue is back and ready for action. It's the miracle of life, um, kind of, at the cellular level, and it's al…
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AChemS 2012 Day 3: Sensing Brain Disease

Posted 08/15/2012 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
By Nicole Garneau, PhD I'm taking a detour from my intrigue with taste to jump into the world of smell. We take our ability to smell for granted everyday when we eat, and also in the way that it affects our memories and emotions. But that's not what inspired this blog post today. Here is wh…
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What is a Pow Wow

Posted 04/27/2012 by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh | Comments
You have likely heard the term "pow wow" -- but, what is a real pow wow? Join me as I tour the Annual Denver March Pow Wow, and speak with participants about the song, dance, food, and cultures of this unique gathering and celebration. Special thanks to Grace B. Gillette and Denver March Po…
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AChemS 2012 Day 2: The Flavor of Things to Come

Posted 08/15/2012 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
By Nicole Garneau, PhD This is going to sound like a "no duh" story, but trust me scientists are really only just getting started to understand how expectations about what we are about to eat can actually trick our brains into thinking something tastes good or bad, regardless of how it "rea…
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AChemS Day 1: Something Wicked This Way Comes

Posted 08/15/2012 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
By Nicole Garneau, PhD If you are a fan of Shakespeare you will have recognized this quote from Macbeth. If you are a fan of Bradbury you will have recognized this from his 1962 novel of the same name. Either way, the theme is clear--a storm brings conflicting natures. In the case of Bradbu…
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- Genetics
Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network funded

Posted 04/24/2012 by Frank Krell | Comments
The Southwest Collections or Arthropods Network (SCAN) is a collaborative project to make arthropod collections from ten southwestern institutions accessible online. It is led by Neil Cobb from Northern Arizona University and involves Frank Krell, Paula Cushing and Jeff Stephenson from DMNS. The fun…
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"Everything Was Carved" Lunchtime Lecture

Posted 04/23/2012 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
Please join the Adult Programs and Anthropology Departments in welcoming Vince Collison on Thursday, April 26th at noon for a special film screening and talk. Everything Was Carved, a film on the behind-the-scenes work at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford with representatives of the Haida Natio…
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Henry W. Toll Collection of Grand Canyon Publications

Posted 04/10/2012 by Library | Comments

In 2010 the estate of Henry W. Toll donated to the Museum's Library his collection of materials on the Grand Canyon. The collection includes 180 books, several large atlases, periodicals, catalogs, river runner guides and logs, and postcards. Most are early works, published from the late 1800s…
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Cool Stuff in Image Archives- Surreal Nature

Posted 04/04/2012 by Library | Comments

Can you Find the Water Ouzel Nest? c. 1918-1935
While the Water Ouzel's nest (also known as American Dippers) is barely seen on the cliff to the right, photographer Robert B. Rockwell unintentionally caught a stunningly beautiful Colorado River scene as well. Rockwell was an early …
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Astro: WISE All Sky Survey

Posted 04/02/2012 by Ka Chun Yu | Comments
All sky surveys provide a sort of fundamental baseline to astronomical observational science. Such surveys are done using the same telescope and/or instrument, or at least instruments that are similar enough that the differences between them are well understood. (The latter occ…
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