The Cartoon Guide to Energy
What can falling anvils and exploding TNT tell us about how energy works? A new hands on science program for schools uses classic cartoons to explore forces and matter to explain energy across its different contexts. Learn more.
Adoptable Birds, Bees and Fossils
Through our Adopt-a-Specimen program, you can adopt plants from our herbarium, bees and colorful insects, rare species from our ornithology collections, fish, mammals, snakes, frogs and fossils -- and support museum collections. Learn more.
World's Fairs and the Panorama
The 1893 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition -- where the museum's Panorama began -- will be the centerpiece of a talk that will examine innovation and the golden age of world’s fairs from 1851 to 1939. More info.
The Science Life
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Summertime means summer fieldwork for many academic scientists, but some researchers skip the far-flung places in favor of urban habitats close to...
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