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August 27th, 2008 by
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Israel Museum, Jewish Museum, Jerusalem (Israel), Dead Sea Scrolls, Computers and the Internet, Museums
Scientists embarked this week on an historic undertaking: digitally photographing every fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls to make them available to all on the Internet.

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August 2nd, 2008 by
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New Orleans (La), Insects, Museums
In the new $25 million Audubon Insectarium, which is billed as the first major new institution to open in post-Katrina New Orleans, visitors can engage with the insect world.

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July 22nd, 2008 by
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Thailand, Rattanarithikul, Rampa, Mosquitoes, Insects, Museums, Science and Technology
Rampa Rattanarithikul has spent decades classifying, dissecting and analyzing mosquitoes.

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July 21st, 2008 by
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Thailand, Rattanarithikul, Rampa, Mosquitoes, Insects, Museums, Science and Technology
Rampa Rattanarithikul has spent decades classifying, dissecting and analyzing mosquitoes.

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June 17th, 2008 by
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Belgium, Mundaneum, Otlet, Paul, Computers and the Internet, History, Museums, Archives and Records
The Mundaneum Museum honors the first concept of a world wide wonder, sketched out by Paul Otlet in 1934 as a global network of “electric telescopes.”

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June 16th, 2008 by
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History, American Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh (Pa), Paleontology, Museums, Dinosaurs
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Tyrannosaurus rex goes back on display in Pittsburgh this weekend after a three-year, $36 million renovation of the dinosaur hall.

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June 3rd, 2008 by
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim, Solomon R, Museum, Sacks, Oliver, Abyssinian Baptist Church, Greene, Brian, Museums, New York City, World Science Festival, Science and Technology
The World Science Festival in New York City did not go off without a hitch, but the organizers got a lot right and may have created a new cultural institution.

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May 13th, 2008 by
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Stem Cells, Museums, Biology and Biochemistry
A “living coat” made out of mice stem cells had to be killed before it grew out of control.

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April 22nd, 2008 by
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Anatomy and Physiology, Cadavers, Museums, Medicine and Health
For more than 17 years, David L. Bassett was engaged in creating a painstaking and detailed set of images of the human body, inside and out. In 3-D.
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April 15th, 2008 by
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Black, G. V., National Museum of Dentistry, Smithsonian Institution, Museums, Teeth and Dentistry
The reproduced office of G.V. Black is a central feature of the National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore.