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Which Star Trek concepts have become a reality and which ones are still possible? 🤔 Harvard University physicist Dr. Bill Wilson explains.
Women’s History Month Celebration Weekend is just one day away! Join us and our friends as we celebrate women’s contributions to science, culture, and society with featured speakers, live presentations, live performances, and more!
To learn more visit https://www.mos.org/public-events/womens-history-month-2023
We are honored to be joined this weekend by so many inspiring women and we can't wait for you to share your stories with us ❤️
🌐 Pariss Chandler, Founder and CEO of Black Tech Pipeline; Award-Winning Changemaker, Entrepreneur, and Speaker
💻 Louvere Walker-Hannon, Boston Chapter of Black Girls CODE; Application Engineer and STEM Ambassador at MathWorks
🌦️ Cindy Fitzgibbon, WCVB Channel 5 Boston Meteorologist
🤖 Samantha Chapin, Mechanical Engineering PhD Student at Virginia Tech (researching in the FASER Lab); Member of Team “SawBlaze” on TV’s BattleBots
⚙️ Daniele Lantagne, PhD, Professor at Tufts University School of Engineering
👩🚀 Michela Muñoz Fernández, PhD, Mars Sample Return Program Executive at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
🍕Lan Lam, Senior Editor of Cook’s Illustrated and cast member of America's Test Kitchen
🦖 Suanna Selby Crowley, PhD, RPA, Interdisciplinary scientist, archaeology and landscapes of the past; founder of HeadFort Consulting
Don’t let today’s word bite you! 🦟
Gallinipper is the Museum of Science and Dictionary.com , presented by Alex Dainis!
gallinipper | Science Word of the Week | March 17, 2023
The Science Word of the Week for March 17, 2023 is gallinipper. Find out the meaning of gallinipper and learn about its origin and uses!
Feeling lucky?☘️ Here are your scientific chances of actually finding a four-leaf clover!
Are acorns alive?🌰🌳🤔 Malik and Miles George, twin MIT doctoral students, hit the halls of the Museum of Science to ask!
Can chameleons really change into any color?🦎🌈
Maynard Okereke, Hip Hop Science MD, meets Pascale, the mesmerizing veiled chameleon, to uncover fascinating facts about her!
Just announced! The next generation of spacesuits NASA Artemis astronauts will wear on the Moon was unveiled by NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Axiom Space. 🧑🚀🚀🌕
Today’s Pi Day and time is running out! When you make a matched gift to the Museum before midnight tonight, not only will we send you a pair of socks, but with all gifts +$100, we’ll send you an entire pie! Now that’s pretty sweet! bit.ly/MOSPieDay
The Museum will be closing on Wednesday, March 15 at 2 PM. We reopen on Thursday March 16!
It’s finally Pi Day! When you donate today in honor of STEM education, your gift will be MATCHED, and you’ll receive a pair of these socks as our gift to you! We have happy feet just thinking about it! bit.ly/MOSPieDay
For , take a trip to Pi Earth!🥧🌌 Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) discovered this fascinating planet that orbits its star in pi (3.14) days.
We just can’t contain our excitement! Tomorrow is Pi Day - a big day to support the Museum and all STEM education. When you make your gift before midnight on Pi Day, not only will your impact be doubled, but you’ll receive a pair of socks as our thanks to you! bit.ly/MOSPieDay
How is quantum physics different from classical physics? ⚛️ Dr. Eric Seabron of Howard University breaks down the science of really tiny things.
Daylight saving time dilemma: to “spring forward” or not? ⏰☀️ Ethicist Insoo Hyun presents persuasive arguments for and against year-round time change.
Can stem cells revolutionize Parkinson's treatment? Join us for this free, interactive webinar Monday, March 13 at 12:30 p.m. ET and learn about the future of cell replacement therapies.
Register now at: bit.ly/MOScelltherapy
This interactive webinar explores cell replacement research for Parkinson’s disease and where the future of this field is heading.
Io, the Museum of Science and Dictionary.com ! Presented by Maynard Okereke, the Hip Hop Science M.D.
Io | Science Word of the Week | March 10, 2023
The Science Word of the Week for March 10, 2023 is Io. Find out the meaning of Io and learn about its origin and uses!
Pluto’s not a planet. Let’s talk about it.
We can’t help but dance - we’re so excited for Pi Day! We’ll have on site activities like giveaways and a photo booth ready to celebrate Pi and STEM education. And when you support the Museum in honor of Pi Day, you’ll receive a pair of these socks, as our thanks to you! bit.ly/MOSPieDay
Today is International Women's Day! Today and throughout the month, we’ll continue spotlighting influential women in STEM fields as part of our Women’s History Month celebration.
Saturday, March 18 and Sunday, March 19, join us at the Museum as we celebrate women’s contributions to science, culture, and society with a special weekend event that includes featured speakers, live presentations, activities, and more!
Throughout the month, we’ll continue spotlighting influential women in STEM fields as part of our Women’s History Month celebration.
To learn more visit https://www.mos.org/public-events/womens-history-month-2023
Speakers, activities, live presentations, and more help us recognize the achievements of women throughout the history of the United States.
What would it be like to remember the future? On 3/23, Zoe Dance and Violet Nox join their mind-expanding creative forces to choreograph a unique audio-visual experience, blending evocative dance-theater with an original music score crafted specifically for the Charles Hayden Planetarium. Journey and suspend time with Zoe Dance and Violet Nox through time warping landscapes into a mythical world of your own transformation only with SubSpace at the Museum of Science, Boston.
Get your tickets today!
https://www.mos.org/explore/subspace/arrow-of-time
This multisensory performance is a collaboration between Violet Nox’s heady spatial sonics and Zoe Dance’s theatrical mythical journeys.
For International Women’s Day, meet the “Mother of Hubble,” Nancy Grace Roman! She led the creation of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and was the first chief astronomer at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Is time real?⏰
Dr. Bill Wilson, the Executive Director of Nanoscale Systems at Harvard University, discusses the limitations of quantum mechanics in addressing this elusive topic.
Now arriving - our 2023 Museum socks, just in time for Pi Day - our annual day of giving when you can support STEM education and all the programming at your favorite Museum. Give a gift for Pi Day before midnight on 3/14, and you’ll receive a pair of socks as our gift to you. bit.ly/MOSPieDay
Is yogurt alive?🤔 Malik & Miles George, twin MIT doctoral students, ask the next generation of scientists what they think!
On 3/22, join us for a FREE evening celebrating Ghetto Gastro and their book, Black Power Kitchen. Black Power Kitchen is the first cookbook from Ghetto Gastro, a culinary collective that uses food as a platform to spark conversation about larger issues surrounding inclusion, race, access, and how food—and knowing how to cook—provides freedom and power. The conversation will center on Black culinary traditions and food and art as tools for resistance.
Register for free today!
https://www.mos.org/explore/subspace/ghetto-gastro
Hear how Ghetto Gastro uses food as a tool to tell stories about where they come from and the cultures that inspire them.
Embark on an exciting journey of scientific discovery with the Museum of Science and Kahoot! Start playing now at https://bit.ly/MOSKahoot!
Explore the mysteries of space, uncover the secrets of climate change, and marvel at the animal kingdom with our kahoots, created by our science educators. New collections added monthly!
Could sci-fi force fields become a reality? Dr. Eric Seabron of Howard University shares how science fiction ideas, like force fields, spark cutting-edge scientific advancements.
What happens to your heart in space?🫀
Dr. Arun Sharma describes how stem cells could be key to uncovering groundbreaking discoveries in microgravity. 🚀
Today’s word is right as rain. ☔Learn what makes weather pluvial, is the Museum of Science and Dictionary.com , presented by Alex Dainis!
pluvial | Science Word of the Week | March 3, 2023
The Science Word of the Week for March 3, 2023 is pluvial. Find out the meaning of pluvial and learn about its origin and uses!
Celebrate with us! What’s your favorite animal? 🦁🦓🐊🐯🦅🦘🐋🦋🦏
What is the Worm Moon? 🪱🌕 You won’t want to miss this bright supermoon lighting up the sky on March 6th and 7th.
Look up! 🔭 You won't want to miss the close passage of Venus and Jupiter in tonight's night sky! Planetarium educator Chuck Wilcox brings you the latest space forecast.
Did you know Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was released on this day in 1973?🎸 Celebrate 50 years of in the Planetarium with Laser Floyd 🤘
On Friday and Saturday nights in March, rock out with us to one of the most iconic rock albums ever created! https://www.mos.org/planetarium/laser-floyd-dark-side
March Sky Chart 🌌 Tonight, March 1, look west at 6:00 PM to see a close conjunction between Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets 🪐 The planets will appear to be only half a degree apart, that's about as big as the Moon to your eye 🌝 The next full Moon is March 7 and the New Moon is on March 21, so be sure to look up!
Are viruses alive? 🦠 Malik and Miles, twin MIT doctoral students, want to know what you think!
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Museum of Science & EiE - Museum of Science, Boston is now on Kahoot! Expand your student's knowledge of space, animals, and climate with our new kahoot collections designed by science educators. Plus, new collections added monthly.
Start playing now! https://bit.ly/MOSKahoot
Did astronomers just solve one of the biggest mysteries in the cosmos? 🤔Two groundbreaking studies shed light on dark energy.
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What does it sound like when two black holes slam into each other? Composer David Ibbett interprets gravitational waves as sound waves to help us conceptualize the power and beauty of this cosmic collision in his Black Hole Symphony, a production from the Museum of Science, Boston and Multiverse Concert Series 🎼 #blackholesymphony #sonification #blackhole #eventhorizon #charleshaydenplanetarium #astronomy #astronomia #space #universe #deepspace #cosmos #museumofscience
Artificial intelligence is playing a growing role in astronomy—so do we actually need humans around? The more we know about Artificial Intelligence, the better the choices we can make about how and when we use it. With the Museum of Science discover where AI technologies are being used, and their impact on our lives. 🌐 bit.ly/ExploringAI #museumofscience #boston #scienceforall #ArtificialIntelligence #ai #machinelearning
In the far reaches of our solar system lies a fascinating region where billions of comets orbit. Oort cloud is this week’s Museum of Science, Boston and Dictionary.com #ScienceWordOfTheWeek! Presented by Maynard Okereke, better known as Hip Hop Science M.D. #vocabulary #dictionary #wordoftheday #wordnerd #sciencefacts #astronomy #oortcloud #janoort #solarsystem #comet #universe
These stunning nebulae images from Hubble Telescope, NGC 2014 and NGC 2020, are part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our very own Milky Way. 🌌 Star-forming regions typically last tens of millions of years. In the grand scheme of the universe, this one is still pretty young: estimated to be only 5 million years old! 📸 Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI #ngc2014 #ngc2020 #hubbletelescope #magellaniccloud #milkyway #space #spacetok #astronomy #spacephotography
Return to Wakanda this Friday and experience up to 26% more picture and heart-pumping sound only with #FilmedForIMAX. Get your tickets now for Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: #WakandaForever https://www.mos.org/explore/omni/black-panther
Brad Washburn, the Museum of Science’s founding director, was one of the greatest aerial mountain photographers of all time. Teton Gravity Research, announced the discovery of a historic cache of equipment from Washburn and Robert Bates from 1937. The artifacts include parts of Washburn’s ariel camera along with two motion picture cameras with film still loaded, and mountaineering equipment. This camera, a Fairchild F Eight, from our archives is the same model as those Washburn would shoot. These massive cameras would be used to take breathtaking photos of unexplored territory. Today the Museum is home to thousands of these negatives, and there is hope the research team who found the abandoned equipment can recover the film inside the lost camera! #MuseumofScience #ScienceForAll #Boston
Total Lunar Eclipse! On the early morning of November 8, 2022, the full Moon will pass through Earth's shadow in a total Lunar Eclipse. This is the second total Lunar Eclipse of the year, and it will be visible from Asia, Australia, North America, South America, and parts of Europe. NOTE! The next total Lunar Eclipse will be in March 2025 🙀 #LunarEclipse #totaleclipse #astronomy #astronomia #planetarium #MuseumOfScience #Boston
God, Science, and Our Search for Meaning is a one-of-a-kind Planetarium show from author Dan Brown and the Museum of Science, Boston that explores humankind’s oldest questions, offers exciting new possibilities, and unveils the startling interplay between science and religion as they both strive to illuminate our deepest mysteries. The show opens on November 11th, get your tickets today! https://www.mos.org/planetarium/search-for-meaning #MuseumofScience #Boston #ScienceforAll #Planetarium
You can scratch learning a new word off your list. Today’s Museum of Science and Dictionary.com #ScienceWordOfTheWeek is “yeuk”! #vocabulary #sciencefacts #dictionary #wordoftheday #wordnerd #itch #humanbodyfacts #sciencefacts
In honor of spooky season, we put together a list of 5 positively eeeeerie cosmic formations! These are our Top 5 picks for the Spookiest Cosmic Formations in order of appearance: 1. The Witch Head Nebula’s blue hue glows with light reflected from the star Rigel in the constellation Orion. 🧙 2. The Black Widow Nebula, which lives about 10,000 light years from Earth, is made up of a cloud of dust, gas, and stars that look like spiders’ legs coming out from its center. 🕷️ 3. The Ghost Nebula, in the constellation Cepheus, is located 1,470 light-years away from Earth. Its flowing formation of gas and dust in the shape of a ghost is the next best thing for a Halloween costume after a sheet with a couple of eye holes! 👻 4. The Tycho Supernova is an example of what astronomers sometimes call a “zombie” star. Type Ia supernovas like the Tycho originate in binary star systems, where white dwarfs can come back from the dead (so to speak) in a huge explosion by consuming material from companion stars! 🧟 5. What looks like a hole in the middle of the sky is actually Barnard 68, a dark molecular cloud. What’s happening here? Well, a high concentration of dust and molecular gas absorb practically all the visible light emitted from background stars, making it appear to us as a void. ⚫ #halloween #space #witchheadnebula #blackwidownebula #ghostnebula #zombiestar #barnard68 #hubblespacetelescope #nasa #museumofscience #boston #scienceforall
They say in space, no one can hear you scream. 😱But can you hear space? Well, kind of. Certain spacecraft have instruments that can capture natural radio emissions, which scientists then convert to sound waves in a process called "data sonification." We’ve picked 3 especially spooky sounds in honor of the Halloween season. 1. This sonification of lightning on Jupiter was captured by the Voyager 1 space probe when it swung by the gas giant in 1979. 2. The radio emissions from Saturn and its ocean-bearing moon, Enceladus, as captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, were used to create this sonification. 3. What does dense, interstellar plasma sound like? This sonification represents the amplitude and frequency of the plasma waves as captured by Voyager 1. Which one did you find most haunting? 👻 Audio Credit: NASA #sonification #spacesounds #nasa #interstellarspace #voyager1 #jupiter #saturn #enceladus #cassini #halloween #spooky #MuseumofScience #scienceforall #boston
Boo! Get in the Halloween spirit with today’s Museum of Science, Boston and Dictionary.com #ScienceWordOfTheWeek: horripilation. Presented by Maynard Okereke, better known as Hip Hop Science M.D. #halloween #goosebumps #spooky #scary #vocabulary #sciencefacts #dictionary #wordoftheday #wordnerd #museumofscience #boston #scienceforall
How will artificial intelligence help move the science of astronomy to the next level? Listen to Anjali Tripathi, PhD., From the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory on what is being done and where the technology is taking this discipline. The more we know about Artificial Intelligence, the better the choices we can make about how and when we use it. With the Museum of Science discover where AI technologies are being used, and their impact on our lives. 🌐 bit.ly/ExploringAI #museumofscience #boston #scienceforall #ArtificialIntelligence #ai #machinelearning
The Pillars of Creation stretch gloriously across the sky in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope. Can you spot the bright red orbs? Those are brand new young stars, as captured by JWST’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). And the wavy edges of the pillars? Those are ejections from still-forming stars. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI #pillarsofcreation #eaglenebula #space #astronomy #jwst #jameswebbspacetelescope #webb #nircam #nasa #astrophotography #jameswebb #museumofscience #boston #scienceforall
A tape inspired by seed pods? 🌱 This material is incredibly resilient, it is used to hold equipment in zero-gravity, and you can find it at home! 🧑🚀 Learn what it is with our guest educators Alicia and Madison, Northeastern University Chemistry PhD students, as they help us celebrate #NationalChemistryWeek Celebrate #NationalChemistryWeek2022 with the Museum of Science and the American Chemical Society #FabulousFibers #hookandlooptape #MassSTEMWeek #SeeYourselfInSTEM
Massachusetts is a leader in STEM education and clean energy! For #MassSTEMWeek join the Museum as we visit Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Wind Technology Testing Center where wind turbine blades from around the world are tested! To watch our full tour of the facility and learn more about the future of renewable energy in MA bit.ly/MOSWind #SeeYourselfinSTEM #ScienceforAll #MuseumOfScience #ScienceForAll #Boston #cleanenergy
Hydrophilic or hydrophobic fabric? ☔ 👕 Special fabrics for swimming and special fabrics to stay dry? Learn what's the best fabric for the job with our guest educators Alicia and Madison, Northeastern University Chemistry PhD students, as they help us celebrate #NationalChemistryWeek! Celebrate #NationalChemistryWeek2022 with the Museum of Science and the American Chemical Society #FabulousFibers #fibers #MassSTEMWeek #SeeYourselfInSTEM
We get theoretical with one of the cosmos’ biggest mysteries in today’s Museum of Science, Boston, and Dictionary.com's #ScienceWordOfTheWeek, presented by Maynard Okereke from the Hip Hop Science Show! #blackhole #whitehole #physics #astrophysics #astronomy #cosmos #cosmology #alberteinstein #einstein #wormhole #vocabulary #sciencefacts #dictionary #wordoftheday #wordnerd
Are you stronger than a cotton ball? Why is yarn twisted? 🧶 Find out why with our guest educators Alicia and Madison, Northeastern University Chemistry Ph.D. students, as they help us celebrate #NationalChemistryWeek! People all over the world have twisted fibers from plants and animals for thousands of years to make yarn! You can re-create this activity with some yarn (or any fiber), and a cotton ball. Celebrate National Chemistry Week with the American Chemical Society and the Museum of Science #FabulousFibers #Cotton #MassSTEMWeek #SeeYourselfInSTEM
Can you use science to figure out how to get the most candy out of a Piñata?! 🪅 To finish our celebration of #hispanicheritagemonth we decided to revisit one of our favorite experiments, this is Piñatas 3.0! Watch the full experiment here https://youtu.be/y95X9EMyAC0 #mesdelaherenciahispana #latino #CienciaParaTodos #Boston #MuseumOfScience #MuseoDeCiencias #spanish #Español #spanish To learn more visit our page web www.mos.org/explore/mos-en-espanol y MOS en Español en Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/mosenespanol/ El Mundo Boston
Can human brain cells grow in a rodent brain? World-renowned neuroscientist Sergiu Pasca explains how he takes human brain organoids, made from human stem cells reprogrammed from skin cells, and successfully transplants them into infant rat brains. Why do this? Observing how human brain organoids integrate with other neuronal circuits in the rat allows researchers to better understand the physical differences between healthy and diseased human brain cells. This is important for unlocking the mysteries of psychiatric disorders. The research is tightly regulated, and the welfare of the animals is of the utmost importance. The full conversation about this revolutionary, groundbreaking work can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKO5HUdNxYk #MuseumOfScience #ScienceForAll #Boston
Meet one of our rainbow boas and learn about their unique abilities to survive in the Amazon. Conoce a nuestra boa de arcoíris y aprende sobre las habilidades únicas que tiene para sobrevivir en la Amazonia. #mesdelaherenciahispana #latino #CienciaParaTodos #Boston #MuseumOfScience #MuseoDeCiencias #spanish #Español #spanish To learn more visit our page web www.mos.org/explore/mos-en-espanol y MOS en Español en Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/mosenespanol/
WAKANDA FOREVER! Watch the sequel to the blockbuster 2018 superhero hit Black Panther at the Museum of Science, in the comfort of our iconic Mugar Omni Theater, featuring New England’s only IMAX Dome screen! Tickets on sale Thursday, October 27 for the general public. Tuesday, October 25 for Museum members. #WakandaForever is #FilmedForIMAX
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