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December Sky Calendar 2012

Posted 12/03/2012 by Marta Lindsay | Comments

December Sky Calendar (pdf) Highlights this month's sky phenomena and celestial happenings with local dates and times. (Mountain time zone). 2012 Sky CalendarsNovember October September August July June May April March February January
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What We've Been Up To

Posted 11/19/2012 by Carol Lucking | Comments
It has been a while since we posted, but don't worry. We've been busy. As we work toward the ultimate goal of migrating our entire collection to the new space on the south side of the building, we are rehousing our fossil leaves. This involves checking tags and data and ensur…
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Impressions of Madagascar

Posted 11/15/2012 by Ian Miller | Comments

As a paleontologist who studies the evolutionary history of the world's forests, I have always been curious about Madagascar. Its forests are unique with more than 95 percent of its tree species found only on the island. How did these forests evolve to be so different than any other on Earth? …
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- Earth Sciences
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Migration Nation

Posted 11/14/2012 by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh | Comments

Mauritius is a country of migrants. When colonists first landed on the island they found only wild plants and animals. Every person came from somewhere else, either by choice or by force. One remarkable story of migration here begins in 1834, when 30 men and 6 women from Calcutta arrived in…
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- Anthropology
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- Mauritius
November Sky Calendar 2012

Posted 11/09/2012 by Marta Lindsay | Comments

November Sky Calendar (pdf) Highlights this month's sky phenomena and celestial happenings with local dates and times. (Mountain time zone). 2012 Sky Calendars October September August July June May April March February January
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- Space Sciences
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Collection of Megan Vogel donated to DMNS

Posted 11/07/2012 by Frank Krell | Comments
On 18 October Jeff Stephenson and Frank Krell drove from Denver to Helena, Montana, to collect a major donation (only to find out in the middle of nowhere, Wyoming, that the gas gauge of the Museum vehicle didn't work). In Helena resides Dr. Bea Vogel, DMNS Research Associate and first preside…
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- Zoology
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- donation
Ancestry and Papillae, Teen Science Scholar Research

Posted 11/06/2012 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
Today's blog is written by one of our 2012 Teen Science Scholars, Valeria Martinez. Over the summer she learned how we collect and process information in the Genetics of Taste study. She delved into the data and came up with the question she wanted to investigate from start to finish: question, hy…
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- Health Sciences
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- Taste
What a Spectacular Launch!

Posted 10/23/2012 by Steven Lee | Comments

Without a doubt, this was one of the most memorable days of my life! We were positioned within an arm's reach of the crew as they left their sleeping quarters and again, a few hours later, as they walked by in their space suits to board their bus to the launch pad. It was amazing t…
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- Space Sciences
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- Russia
Watching Soyuz Roll By

Posted 10/21/2012 by Steven Lee | Comments

Our ride to Baikonour Cosmodrome started bright and early (6am). We parked our van near the Soyuz assembly building, and were waved through a gate. My jaw dropped when I saw that we were being told to stand near a barrier about 20 feet from a rail track and an electric locomotive;&…
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- Space Sciences
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- Russia
Where It All Began

Posted 10/20/2012 by Steven Lee | Comments

We've arrived at Baikonour Cosmodrome -- where the Space Age began when the USSR launched the first artificial Earth satellite in 1957. Certainly feels like a pilgrimage! Also feels a long way from home, as we're now 12 hours ahead of Denver ... Baikonour itself is a small city (…
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- Space Sciences
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- Russia