In Connecticut, five out of the six hibernating bat species are now endangered due to the ravages of white nose syndrome. In order to monitor the impact of the epidemic of white nose syndrome on local bat populations, CT DEEP put together a mobile bat acoustic monitoring program in 2011. I volunteered to collect data as part of this program during the summer of 2022, and am excited to have been a part of such important work.
Read MoreThe reviews are in. This year’s Hour of Code roll out is a success!
Read MoreIt's finally here... the third year of the Bruce Museum's summer film series, Science on the Silver Screen! This year's films are: Godzilla (2014), San Andreas, and Twister. For each of these films, we've invited an expert in a related scientific field to introduce the film and watch with you. Afterward, the expert will answer any questions you might have about the science (or lack thereof) shown in the movie.
Read more to find out when they are and how to attend!
Read MoreFor the past several Februaries, the Bruce Museum has gone out to Greenwich Town Hall to decorate a display case for a month or two. With the weather barely above freezing and the chill winds blowing, it was time to make our journey out to Town Hall once more.
Read MoreOn November 5, the Bruce Museum will be showing the documentary film A Plastic Ocean at its Seaside Center. At our current rate of plastic dumping, by 2050 we will have more plastic in the ocean than fish. The more we learn about the amount and effects of plastic in the ocean, the more serious the situation appears.
Read MoreIn July, Dr. Hoplight came to the Bruce Museum to lead a discussion on the movie Inception. As it turned out, not only was Dr. Hoplight well versed on the science of Inception, he is an adept practitioner of inception as well. How do you perform inception? It's a lot more easily than you'd think.
Read MoreOur expert for Alien in our Science on the Silver Screen film series was Dr. Matt Frye. Dr. Frye is an entomologist, a scientist who studies insects. The alien xenomorphs might be from another planet, but they have a very insect-like lifecycle and many insect-like body features as well. They are also something else that Dr. Frye has experience with: Parasitoids. This article is adapted from his presentation, and discusses the biology of the deadly xenomorph alien.
Read MoreTsidiiyazhi abini, a fossil bird newly described by the Bruce Museum’s science curator, Dr. Daniel Ksepka, may be only the size of a house sparrow, but it’s making big news. The paper was published a day ago in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, and has since spread everywhere from local Greenwich papers to the BBC.
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