Interview with Michael M. Shara, Curator-in-Charge of Astrophysics and curator of Einstein.
know who would have done it, but there was someone else
Whether curating an exhibit or studying the history of Japan and China, Laurel’s work focuses on cultural anthropology.
What else do you do at the Museum?
For the first time, new research shows that skull form and function among mammals from this large group is influenced by such factors as sexual maturity and precipitation.
precipitation factor is probably a proxy for something else
Gamma-ray bursts – flashes of intense radiation in space, often seconds long – were discovered in the 1960s. They’ve been an astrophysical mystery ever since.
gamma-ray burst that is farther away than anything else
One of the most abundant forms of life in the ocean is gelatinous goo.
mesoglea serves as the scaffolding for everything else
Find out how a carnivorous plant and a hungry cell have inspired new technologies with potentially life-saving applications.
doesn’t stick on SLIPS, but it’s staying on everything else
During the winter, the sea ice off Antarctica covers an area so big that it’s actually the largest continuous habitat on Earth. The algae that live there produce 25 percent of all oxygen on the pla…
add something to scientific knowledge that no one else
NARRATOR: Imagine how much else there is to know about
NARRATOR: Imagine how much else there is to know about
Paleontologists explain how we know the two giants do encounter one another – though no human has ever witnessed it.
refuge from predation, because if you get too big, who else
