Questacon's ZAP! CLANK! POW! uses a comic book theme to link 17 interactive displays on electricity, machines and motion, including some old favourites from the past 37 years.

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Former NASA aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe always dreamed of going to space. She never imagined realizing that dream would let ...

From phrenology to hysteria, the MSG scare and social Darwinism, the second floor of the library has artistic interpretations of past myths.

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Since its founding, the Smithsonian has been at the forefront of technological innovation to advance scientific discovery. Our scientists use cutting-edge technologies to track wildlife, monitor ...

Greet the summer heat with new books from Adrian Tchaikovsky, V.E. Schwab, Malka Older, Elizabeth Bear, and more.

In the two-thousands, the philosopher of science Peter Godfrey-Smith began snorkelling off the coast of his native Sydney, ...

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