Museums

Science

Most Of Einstein’s Brain Is Now Concentrated In New Jersey And Philadelphia

7:20PM November 19, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

What, you didn’t think academia would just let the finest mind in science rot do you? When Einstein died in 1955, his grey matter was preserved for posterity. 46 slivers of his thinking cap have recently been donated to Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum. More »

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These Are The Real McFly Shoes Of The Future

3:04AM November 18, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

One of the coolest things at the AMNH’s Beyond Planet Earth exhibition is the next-generation spacesuit, made of a stretchy fabric made of spandex, nylon and a new substance that will eliminate baggy suits forever. Skinny is in in space. More »

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This Dinosaur Exhibit Is Proof That Our Museums Are Too Prudish

2:00AM October 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

Europeans have all the fun: lower drinking ages, funner beaches, easier lifestyles and… dinosaur skeletons having sex in their museums. This exhibit, which clearly shows two T-Rexes “mating”, is located in the Jurassic Museum of Asturias in Spain. More »

Online

Google-Powered Dead Sea Scrolls Are A History Buff’s Dream

12:00AM September 27, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

Five of the Dead Sea Scrolls — the world’s oldest biblical documents — are now viewable online as searchable, high-resolution images thanks to Google. Talk about some priceless Google Docs. More »

Computing

Paul Allen Wants Your Legacy Hardware

7:20AM August 25, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Paul Allen, Microsoft’s “Idea Man”, is an aficionado of relic computing devices — the older and more obscure, the better. He collects them, along with rare WWII fighter planes, and shares this passion at his Living Computer Museum in Seattle. More »

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Giant Turtle Alien Is Landing In Taipei To Become A Museum

7:00AM August 25, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Portugese design firm OODA somehow convinced Taiwan to let them make a huge robotic space Adamantoise into the New Taipei City Museum of Art. Or something. More »

Software

Google’s Goggles App Brings The Getty Museum To Life

9:17AM June 28, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Google Goggles is getting all museum-y on us. Google has partnered with the Getty Museum to let visitors photograph artwork with Goggles and receive a guided virtual tour in exchange. More »

Science

How Does Spending A Month In A Museum Sound?

1:38AM June 23, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Later this year, the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago will be doing their second ever Month at the Museum experiment. The chosen applicant will spend a month actually living in the largest science centre in the Western Hemisphere. More »

News

Dusty Old Pieces Of Art Have Better Air-Con Than We Do

11:40PM June 9, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has a fancy new air-filtration system which is miles ahead of anything we’ll ever seen in our homes; built to actually preserve the paintings and statues that make up the Cloisters section. More »

Computing

Anti-Nazi Code-Cracking Machine Rebuilt

4:00AM May 28, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Despite there being no original parts left of the Tunny machine post-WWII, a crack-team of British computer boffins were able to rebuild the code-cracking machine, which played a huge part in intercepting Hitler’s commands. More »