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The Uncertain Future of the Smithsonian’s Smallest Museum

In 1969, the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, in Washington, D.C., debuted a new exhibit: “The Rat: Man’s Invited Affliction.” The display—complete with live rats—was different from what people were used to seeing from the venerable Smithsonian Institution. At the time, the main event at the Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) was an exhibit that focused on the fanfare of presidential campaigns and conventions.

The Atlantic 7d ago

Technology used to monitor conservation efforts at Rome's Colosseum to be used at the Ipiranga Museum

Technology used to monitor conservation efforts at Rome's Colosseum to be used at the Ipiranga Museum Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor The same three-dimensional laser scanning technology used to monitor the Colosseum in Rome will be used in a conservation project at the Ipiranga Museum in São Paulo, Brazil. Beatriz Kuhl, a professor at the University of São Paulo's Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU-USP), presented the initiative, which is scheduled to begin in...

Phys.org 2d ago

The Virtual OS Museum opens its doors

The Virtual OS Museum is a comprehensive collection featuring over 600 historically significant operating systems across more than 250 platforms, dating back to 1948. Users can download either a large "Full" edition or a smaller "Lite" edition, which includes emulators for on-demand downloading of vintage OS images. The project is maintained by Canadian developer Andrew Warkentin and is intended for historical research and preservation.

The Register 18d ago

22 World Cup items, 22 stories

FIFA won't reveal how, but after every game at the 2026 World Cup this summer, it will be collecting items that will one day document the tournament. It already has the net from the 2018 World Cup final, for example, as well as the tracksuit that Pelé wore at his first World Cup in 1958. The items live in FIFA's various museums, ranging from Vancouver and Miami to Zurich and Hong Kong.

ESPN 3d ago

A 3-day Taichung travel guide for first-time visitors

A 3-day Taichung travel guide for first-time visitors From Taichung Green Museumbrary and Central Park to Miyahara, Calligraphy Greenway and the Cycling Culture Museum, here is how to plan an easy three-day trip to the central Taiwan city. My family arrived just before the Taichung Green Museumbrary opened for the day. The children spotted a fairy circle of lime-green stools in the adjacent park and ran towards it.

Channel News Asia 9d ago

A 3-day Taichung travel guide for first-time visitors

A 3-day Taichung travel guide for first-time visitors From Taichung Green Museumbrary and Central Park to Miyahara, Calligraphy Greenway and the Cycling Culture Museum, here is how to plan an easy three-day trip to the central Taiwan city. My family arrived just before the Taichung Green Museumbrary opened for the day. The children spotted a fairy circle of lime-green stools in the adjacent park and ran towards it.

Channel News Asia 9d ago

Here are the IMAX theaters that can play 'The Odyssey' in true 70mm

Here are the IMAX theaters that can play 'The Odyssey' in true 70mm The best way to take in the spectacle is at the hard-to-find IMAX 70mm film theaters. Christopher Nolan's epic The Odyssey, arriving on July 17, is the first feature film shot entirely using IMAX's incredible 70mm format. Now that tickets are on sale, you may be wondering where to see it.

Engadget 2d ago

Ahoy, DECmate II the little PDP-8 that could

Now, that's a lot of word processing. But under the hood it's still at least PDP-8 adjacent, even considering its oddities and incompatibilities, and you can make it do many of the things a full-size Eight can. We'll take this basic unit, convert the floppy drives to solid state, tap the video output, and put it through its paces.

Hacker News 10d ago

Workers found a human head in 1984 and uncovered an ancient secret

The landscape around Wilmslow appears unremarkable at first glance. Commuter trains pass nearby, housing estates edge ever closer to open ground, and modern Cheshire carries on with little hint of the distant past beneath its feet. Yet hidden within this corner of north-west England lies a place that has repeatedly produced encounters with the dead.

Times of India 9d ago

The Dirt That Refused to Die

The Dirt That Refused To Die Introduction For 15 years, Sébastien Fontaine has been trying to kill dirt. The biochemist, who runs a lab at the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment, wanted to know how much carbon is released by soil — just dirt alone, completely devoid of life. His team sealed dirt into jars and blasted them with sterilizing gamma radiation.

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