MEDIA ADVISORY: Meet your microbes at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences’ new featured exhibition
October 20, 2016
Join us for a special media preview — Friday, October 21, 10:45 a.m. — as the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences reveals “The Secret World Inside You,” a new featured exhibition that explores the microscopic organisms that live on us and in us — microbes! The Museum is located at 11 West Jones St…. Read More >
N.C.’s Candid Critters: Researchers ask for public help in largest ever camera trap survey
October 17, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. — Do you ever wonder what animals lurk in the wildest parts of the state? Or in your own backyard? Still waiting for photographic proof of a North Carolina mountain lion? (Or the Beast of Bladenboro?) Now is your chance to discover the secrets of wildlife right here in North Carolina by participating… Read More >
Museum’s Final Friday aims to make you “better, stronger, faster” – Oct. 28
October 14, 2016
RALEIGH — How close is the singularity? Delve into the world of cyborgs, androids and biobots when the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences shows the 1973 TV movie “The Six Million Dollar Man” during Final Friday, October 28, 6-9 p.m. You will also discover the promise of biomedical engineering and the high-tech future of… Read More >
Museum debuts Adult Nights with Halloween-themed “Nocturnal by Nature” Oct. 27
October 13, 2016
RALEIGH — Adults 21 and up, we’ve heard your cry! Adult Nights at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences makes its debut with “Nocturnal by Nature” on Thursday, October 27 inside the Museum’s Nature Research Center from 7 to 10 p.m. The Halloween-themed event is the first of many Adult Nights at the Museum… Read More >
Museum hosts “I Contain Multitudes,” a presentation by science writer Ed Yong, November 17
October 10, 2016
RALEIGH — Every animal, whether human, squid or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. With humor and depth, New York Times best-selling author Ed Yong takes us on a tour through our microbial partners, and introduces us to the scientists on the front lines of discovery, when he presents “I Contain… Read More >