If you have not seen the 1997 film Titanic, then put it first on your list. If you want to relive the film, see Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. The film is based on the 1912 tragedy when the biggest passenger ship ever built sank en route to New York. Titanic was a beauty stretching 882 feet and nine inches in length, weighing 46,328 tons, and carrying 2,207 passengers. The ship’s architects and many other people believed the ship was unsinkable because of its structure. There were 16 water-tight compartments ...

We wonder whether we’re alone in the universe. The science fiction movie District 9 shows what might very well happen if aliens visited Earth. It tells the story of creatures who are refugees from their homeland, trying to find shelter on earth. The mother ship lands in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the aliens are confined to a slum called District 9.
Even so, the aliens have advanced technology, and we meet three aliens, including a child, who are scientists and technically adept. A private arms dealer, ...

The continent of Africa is known for its diversity of animal species, many of which are only found in Africa. These are the photos taken by one of our staff members who has traveled to Africa. Many of the animals pictured here are endangered, such as the lion, the elephant, the mountain gorilla, the cheetah, and the rhinoceros. We think that learning more about these amazing animals will help everyone to appreciate their conservation.

White Tailed Deer
White Tailed Deer are herbivores. Their stomachs only allow them to ...

It’s time for preseason football which means...Bebbo and Kito will disagree, as always.
Bebbo must have read the Philadelphia Eagle's Go Green website. Kito must have read, well, whatever he reads. Not surprisingly, everyone's favorite horned puffin has a less than positive attitude about efforts to reduce global warming. Since 2003 the Philadelphia Eagles have used their "Go Green" campaign to promote and help implement programs for reducing the team's environmental impact and to encourage the team's fans to pitch in.
The Eagles organization uses wind power for 100% of its energy ...

Inheriting the Future is a 3-part web video series hosted by Ira Flatow that examines the viewpoints and environmental practices of young people and investigates how the media affects them. Inheriting the Future interviews the very young people that will one day debate and deliberate what our nation, and the global community as a whole, should do about climate change. Their views and beliefs give us a glimpse of the future politics surrounding climate change, and therefore the future of our planet.

Introduction
Introduction to the video series. How much do today's ...

Konstantine Ouranitsas shows off his self-sustaining farming system.
What is Aquaponics?

Aquaponics is a bio-integrated system that links recirculating aquaculture with hydroponic vegetable, flower, and/or herb production. Recent advances by researchers and growers alike have turned aquaponics into a working model of sustainable food production.
More Information on Aquaponics:
Wikipedia Entry | Aquaponics.com | On YouTube | PDF Document
Produced, directed and written by Jesse Medalia-Strauss, Julian Cohen-Serrins, and Austen Saltz.
Special thanks to the Churchill School, Raul Hernandez, and Konstantine Ouranitsas.
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For years, Conservatives have tried to label Environmentalists as "tree huggers," people who care too much about trees. As if we could live without them. It was a derisive term that some how seems more quaint than useful now, years later.
The real name for tree huggers should have been conservationists: people who believed in conserving our natural resources for future generations. Hikers, campers and fishermen.
That's why it was so interesting and instructive to come across this column on the Fly Rod and Reel web site, entitled "Rebuilding the economy around ...

New York City is a city with a variety of science events and exhibits, all a short subway ride away. Here are 5 of the top science events and exhibits in New York City going on this summer.

1. New York Hall of Science
Avenue of Science
New York, NY 11368
(718) 699-0005
www.nyhallsci.org
New York Hall of Science has renovated its space exhibit, the outdoor Rocket Park. It features two icons of the United States space program: an original Titan II booster with a replica of the Gemini capsule and an original Atlas booster with a ...

My observation hive at CSTL has its bee entrance through the wall on the second floor of the exhibit hall. Out in front of this building is a wonderful planting of flowers that the pollinators just love.
Here we see a honey bee, one of a small minority which can be found on these flowers in spite of its location.
Here's a bumble bee with pollen all over its legs and body. That's one reason bumble bees are great pollinators.
Then we have some other, much smaller bees, one with very long antennae
and ...

There’s a lot of buzz about antimatter and whether the threat it poses in the movie Angels and Demons is real. But less has been said about the character Vittoria Vetra, an Italian scientist played by Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer. Maybe that’s good. I remember when Barbra Streisand accepted an award for best woman director in the early 1990s. In her speech, she said the award was "very nice," but that she hoped soon such a qualification would not occur to anyone. Perhaps we’ve arrived at that moment with regard ...