Science Doesn’t Sleep (4.4.08)
So here’s what went down since you logged off. You’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do, Wilford Brimley! Oatmeal might be a carcinogen? Huge,weird-looking sea beasts have been found off the coast of...
View ArticleA Long Time Ago on the Other Side of the World… Samurai culture inspires...
Star Wars revealed the amazing creativity of George Lucas. Star Wars characters seemed foreign—even alien—to American audiences. Of course, like all creative geniuses, Lucas had his inspiration. His...
View ArticleSith take over HMNS Samurai exhibit during Jedi tour
Ever wonder where George Lucas got his ideas for the futuristic costumes in Star Wars? Darth Vader’s intimidating helmet seems the stuff of a sci-fi nightmare, and a hot, glowing light saber seems...
View ArticleSam Lam: Legacy Camper
Once in a while, the Houston Museum of Natural Science Xplorations program gives children so much enthusiasm about science that they never really leave the museum. Sam Lam discovered the museum as a...
View ArticleMay The Fourth Be With You!
I find your lack of costume disturbing. Get ready for our May the Fourth Be With You Mixer with these costume ideas. Houston, we’ve detected signs of intelligent life…at Mixers & Elixirs! Grab...
View ArticleHMNS Weekly Happenings
Lecture – The Story of the Sword by Don Halter Two-handed sword, Italy, circa 1623. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Warfare changes with the technology of the day. Historian and historical bladesmith,...
View ArticleStars At War: Binary Stars, Cannibals, Cataclysmic Variables and Warped Space!
By Ralph Philips. HMNS Sugarland Docent, edited by James Wooten, HMNS Astronomer May the fourth is coming, and with it some positively stellar events hosted by the Houston Museum of Natural Science to...
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