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Number of Articles: 266

Yo Pearl Salutes Dr Bev Tepper

Posted 12/19/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments

A great thing about being a scientist is working with collaborations and forging a timely and effective partnership. Truly, the Health Sciences Department here at the Museum could not exist without these key partners. This week, Yo Pearl salutes Dr. Bev Tepper, an esteemed nutritio…
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- Health Sciences
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- Nutrition
I Heart Sci Art via Gold Crown Foundation

Posted 12/16/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
Not far from the Museum you can find 5th graders kicking butt and taking names as they combine art, technology and science as part of an awesome animation project at the Colorado nonprofit Gold Crown Foundation. Do yourself a favor and learn about HIA (akin to DIA) the H…
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- Health Sciences
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- Art
I Got SciTerm Luv 4 Holobiont

Posted 12/06/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments

I'm a microbiologist at heart, and a card-carrying member of the American Society for Microbiology. Both excellent reasons to explain why I get the publication MICROBE. But I've been back logged on my science reading the last few months and just got to the September issue that was buried…
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- Health Sciences
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- Evolution
Visit from Guatemala

Posted 12/02/2011 by Frank Krell | Comments
From 30 November to 4 December, Enio Cano from Guatemala visited DMNS. He is curator of the arthropod collection of the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and an expert of bess beetles (Passalidae) and Rutelinae. We invited him with a stipend from the Lloyd David and Carlye Cannon Wattis Found…
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Yo Pearls of Wisdom for Trishia

Posted 11/25/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
Dear Trishia, Thanks for your email asking: "To encourage preschool (3-5 year old) children to eat more fruits and vegetables, what might be a healthy dip for veggies to counteract some of the bitterness that naturally children avoid?" To get this answered I checked in with Yo P…
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- Health Sciences
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- Nutrition
Yo Pearls of Wisdom for Erin at CSU

Posted 11/13/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
Erin writes: Your talk inspired me to venture out and find even more opportunities to pursue within my anticipated major. Currently I am looking into earning my PhD in Genetic Research. I also realize that life doesn't always go as planned so my back up is to work for a b…
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- Health Sciences
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- Genetics
Ruth Underhill Documentary Films

Posted 11/11/2011 by Library | Comments

In 1995 an employee at KRMA-TV contacted the Denver Museum of Nature & Science regarding a collection of 16 mm films he had rescued from the trash. The employee also had been volunteering with the Anthropology Department at the Museum and knew the films would be a valuable addition to the …
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2011 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner

Posted 11/04/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
The Health Sciences Department and the Expedition Health team was proud to honor over 250 volunteers this week. Our dedicated Citizen-Scientists, Lab Guides and Exhibit Guides brought their familes to this annual dinner. We had excellent food, great company, and of course our version of "Geeks…
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- Health Sciences
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Beaker and Bunsen

Posted 11/03/2011 by Nicole Garneau | Comments

Health Science Lab Staff goes extra mile for Halloween.
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El Dia de los Muertos

Posted 10/27/2011 by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh | Comments
With life, inevitably arrives death, the great immovable mountain of the human landscape. Yet despite death's common claim, societies have developed their own particular ways of grieving, remembering, and healing. Each year, at November's beginning, we may share in one of the most dynamic c…
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- Anthropology
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- Aztec