In 1992, a mysterious package was delivered to the National Museum of Natural History containing an unsigned letter and an enormous, milky crystal skull.
On display for the first time, the 31 pound Smithsonian skull dwarfs
the crystal skulls on view at the British Museum in London and the
Musee du Quai Branly in Paris.
Is this one of [...]
Posted on July 17th, 2008 by Monica
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FAS has recently been awarded a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
FAS partnered with SRI International to undertake a strategic planning process for advancing scholarly work in the humanities with the tools, representations, and social interaction enabled by the promising new technology of virtual worlds. The will also support and facilitate this project.
FAS and [...]
Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Monica
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On 3 December 2007, Matthew Bunn received the 2007 Hans Bethe Award at an awards ceremony in Washington, DC. The video and images of the presentation are online.
Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by Monica
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