Results for "Human evolution"
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Olga Linares
- Date: February 28, 2018
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Former Senior Staff Scientist, Dr. Olga Linares, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, greatly expanded the understanding of Central American human evolution, and was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1992. #Groundbreaker
Women in Science Wednesday: Briana Pobiner
- Date: November 19, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Paleoanthropologist, Briana Pobner, studies the evolution of human carnivores and is leading a National Science Foundation project to provide teachers with better materials that use human examples to teach evolution in AP high school biology classes. #Groundbreaker
Women in Science Wednesday: Dr. Habiba Chirchir
- Date: May 20, 2015
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Biological anthropologist Dr. Habiba Chirchir, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, researches the evolution of human and non-human primate bone density patterns to ascertain whether there are unique patterns of trabecular bone density among closely related species. #Groundbreaker
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New Image of Supernova
- Date: April 8, 2009
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="385" caption="A Young Pulsar Shows its Hand, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory"][/caption] On Friday, April 3, the Chandra X-ray Observatory released a new image (with 10 times more data) of supernova B1509 which is now available on the Smithsonian Flickr Commons photostream. Chandra orbits the earth every 2.5 days capturing images
The World Is Yours: Glass
- Date: September 29, 2020
- Description: Take a listen to clips from the episode of The World Is Yours titled Glass.
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Link Love: 5/13/2011
- Date: May 13, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Six children play on the sculpture "Uncle Beazley," the 25 foot long replica of a triceratops, placed on the Mall in front of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 1976, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder: 23, Negative Number:
Link Love: 9/3/2021
- Date: September 3, 2021
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a biweekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
The Cockroach Kitchen
- Date: October 29, 2013
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A cockroach covered kitchen illustrated population potential in a National Museum of Natural History exhibit.
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Web and Social Media Preservation: Capturing Today’s Websites for Future Archival Research
- Date: August 12, 2014
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has captured two years of Smithsonian websites using the web tool Archive-It. See how we predict future research.
Hitting the Right Note: Science or Sensationalism?
- Date: November 3, 2015
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: A look at the line between science and sensationalism in the Science Service.
A (Brief) History of Sloths at the Smithsonian
- Date: October 20, 2020
- Creator: Jessica Scott
- Description: …in which a member of the Archives staff turns her passion for sloths into a mission to research their history at the Smithsonian Institution.
It's National Radio Day and The World Is Yours
- Date: August 20, 2020
- Description: This National Radio Day, we’re taking a look (and listen) back to a few recent blog posts that have featured clips from episodes of Smithsonian’s first radio program, The World Is Yours.