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week's edition include:
** Strange Eats: Scientists Who Snack on Their Research
Paleontologist Dale Guthrie and colleagues, who excavated a 36,000-year-old
steppe bison carcass called Blue Babe, stewed and ate extra neck tissue
while prepping the bison for display
** Marriage and murder: Mary, Queen of Scots
While she may have ruled Scotland for only a short time and made some unwise
decisions during her reign, Mary was still a pivotal royal figure; she was
the mother of James VI, who united the crowns of Scotland and England, and
the ancestor of the current royal family
** Ancient Anchors from Punic Wars Found Off Sicily
Lying strategically between Africa and Sicily, Pantelleria became a bone of
contention between the Romans and Carthaginians during the third century
B.C.
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** Gromit sculpture decorated by Joanna Lumley vandalised
A giant sculpture of Aardman Animations' character Gromit, which was
decorated by actress Joanna Lumley, has been vandalised just hours after
going on display in Bristol
** Egyptian iron beads likely fell from the sky
Did the ancient Egyptians understand that meteorites came from the sky and
is this why the iron was held in such esteem?
** Design Is Chosen for Hong Kong Museum
The museum, scheduled for completion in 2017, is envisioned as a centerpiece
of a cultural district in West Kowloon that is to eventually include 17 arts
spaces
** Museum of Food and Drink announces first exhibit: A puffing gun
Described as the culinary equivalent of Google, the man behind an ambitious
project that will see a state-of-the-art food and drink museum built in New
York City has revealed details on its first exhibit: a puffing gun
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** Human skull casts doubt over claims Captain Cook was first to Australia
Further scientific testing - the results of which came back last week -
revealed the skull to be a white male, with an 80 per cent chance of it
dating back to the 1600s, decades before Captain James Cook arrived aboard
Endeavour
** Carnegie Museum's 'Playground Project' Traces an Evolution
Risky contraptions and hiding places are on the wane in the safety-conscious
playgrounds of today, but they've been rediscovered in an exhibition called
"The Playground Project," at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh
** UK museum explores the real Amy Winehouse
An exhibition at London's Jewish Museum aims to reveal an intimate side to a
troubled star who was also, in the words of her older brother Alex, "simply
a little Jewish kid from North London with a big talent"
** Museum established to honor Lebanese national hero
The original home of national hero Youssef Beyk Karam has been restored and
will open as a museum containing manuscripts, some of his belongings and
paintings documenting a man who dedicated his life to freeing Lebanon from
Ottoman rule
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** Honda's Robot Museum Guide Not yet a People Person
The bubble-headed Asimo machine had problems telling the difference between
people raising their hands to ask questions and those aiming their
smartphones to take photos at the Miraikan science museum
** Museum Curator Resigns Amid Turf War Over Art Stalin Banned
A veteran arts curator who has managed one of Russia's largest art museums
for over half a century resigned on Monday following a turf war over art
once banned by Joseph Stalin
** Museum Helps Preserve Iconic Tortoise Lonesome George
Lonesome George, the world-famous Pinta Island tortoise who was the last of
his kind when he died in June 2012, will be preserved in consultation with
Museum scientists and by the same expert taxidermy and conservation team
that worked on the acclaimed renovation of the Bernard Family Hall of North
American Mammals
** Museum on region's slave history planned for Kenya coast
The museum, the first of its kind in East Africa, will be housed at the
colonial District Commissioner's residence that was built in 1885 and
abandoned in the 1980's
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** Oregon museum tells story of mental health care
Visitors to the new Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health can peruse
the histories of some of the thousands of patients along with decades' worth
of other artifacts who have walked through the hospital's doors during its
130-year history
** Afghanistan museum, devastated by civil war, Taliban, on the mend but
long road ahead
Looters stole tens of thousands of artifacts from the National Museum of
Afghanistan during the country's civil war in the 1990s, and then thousands
more were destroyed by the Taliban when they took power
** Museum visitors can 'unwrap' a mummy
The mummies from Medelhavsmuseet in Stockholm will be digitised by
technology which uses photos and X-ray scans to create 3D models
** Vastness and Serenity, and Awe and Grief
Rather than try to squeeze a conventional museum into this eccentric void,
the creators threaded a pathway through it, a concrete ribbon with
switchbacks and overlooks and - quite as important - points at which
visitors can decide to leave if they feel emotionally unprepared for what
lies ahead
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** Fossilized Evidence Reveals Spazosaurus Was Largest Doofus To Ever Roam
Earth
U.S. paleontologists reportedly unearthed a nearly intact skeleton of a
Spazosaurus Tuesday, an extraordinary discovery providing evidence
indicating that the awkward, uncoordinated, and peculiar creature was the
largest doofus to ever roam the earth (humour)
** Oral History
Researchers use DNA from ancient tooth tartar to chart changes in the
bacterial communities that have lived in human mouths for 8,000 years
** NZ Marine Life App from Auckland Museum
A digital Field Guide to New Zealand's diverse marine life, this app
combines detailed descriptions with stunning imagery and is a great pocket
reference for all ages, whether in the field, at the beach or on a boat
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** When Art Danced with Music
National Gallery of Art - Brochure for Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes:
When Art Danced with Music, 1909-1929.
** Connecting with Collections
Registration is now open for the "Connecting with Collections" Symposium in
Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, Cambridge, on Friday 27 September 2013.
** A Degas finds new home at Walker Art Gallery
Bequeathed to the nation by Lucian Freud
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