Video: Spacewalk to catwalk
ESA and the Science Museum in London are working with five leading fashion schools around Europe to design clothes for the space age with their 'Couture in Orbit' project.
Space Exploration
May 18, 2016
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News tagged with science museum
Radiography academics X-ray Victorian skeletons from Crossrail excavations
A new book from the Museum of London detailing burial grounds found during Crossrail excavations features contributions from radiography researchers at City University London.
Archaeology
Nov 24, 2015
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Secrets of Soviet space race come to London
The space technology that saw the Soviet Union propel the first dog, man and woman into orbit has gone on show in London—most of it being exhibited outside Russia for the first time.
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2015
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Brushing off the dust: New snail species found lying in a museum since the 19th century
Having been collected back in the 19th century during an expedition in South America, a rather small snail species has been sitting around on the shelves of Madrid's National Museum of Natural Sciences ever since. Covered ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2015
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UK to host biggest ever Soviet space show outside Russia
A new exhibition on the Soviet Union's space programme opening in London this year will be the biggest of its kind ever held outside Russia, organisers said on Thursday.
Space Exploration
May 21, 2015
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Hidden ecosystems explored with the help of UK schools
Schools across the UK can now collaborate with the Museum on cutting-edge genetic research into the diversity of microscopic species living on buildings.
Ecology
Jan 15, 2015
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LSU researchers apply modern genomic analysis to historic bird collection
An international team of scientists has completed the largest whole genome study of a single class of animals to date. To map the tree of life for birds, the team sequenced, assembled and compared full genomes of 48 bird ...
Biotechnology
Dec 11, 2014
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Cooper Hewitt design museum reopens, revamped
he Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, revamped, restored and expanded after a three-year closure, is reopening at last, all decked out for the 21st century in its historic Carnegie Mansion home just a few blocks up ...
Other
Dec 9, 2014
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Darwin 2.0: Scientists shed new light on how species diverge
Birds that are related, such as Darwin's finches, but that vary in beak size and behavior specially evolved to their habitat are examples of a process called speciation. It has long been thought that dramatic changes in a ...
Evolution
Nov 20, 2014
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Queen sends her first tweet, signed 'Elizabeth R'
Queen Elizabeth II has sent her first tweet—though she kept things traditional, signing off with "Elizabeth R."
Internet
Oct 24, 2014
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