Our understanding of what’s going on in the minds of animals has come a long way. Where once science held that animals were little more than instinctive automatons, now we understand that cats miss us when we’re gone, crows can remember human faces and hold grudges, and a number of species even have a rudimentary sense of self. One trait that has been investigated in animals recently is empathy.
Read MoreWhen cosmonauts went into space they carried a survival kit that contained everything they might need should they land in the wilderness and need to fend for themselves for a few days. One of the items in this survival kit was the TP-82 space gun, a unique weapon like none other.
Read MoreDr. Olesya Turkina's lecture delved into the art, science, and ideology that surrounded the dogs that were the pioneers of the Soviet space program. She asks the question, would you send your dog into space?
Read MoreDr. Siddiqi is a professor in the Department of History at Fordham University in New York. He studies both the history of science and modern Russia, and the history of the Soviet Space program is the combination of both these disciplines. The many books he has written on the subject were instrumental in the curation of Hot Art in a Cold War, and his talk at the Bruce touched upon many of those subjects.
Read MoreWe take for granted that ice is slippery enough to make winter sports like skiing, ice skating, and luge possible, but this property of ice is actually rather unusual for natural materials. You couldn’t skate without wheels on a floor made of stone or wood, so why is ice different? Over the years, many physicists have asked themselves this same question, and come up with a number of intriguing possibilities.
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 MoreOur newest science exhibit, Treasures of the Earth, features almost a hundred never-before-seen-in-public minerals from the personal collection of a local mineral enthusiast. It took a lot of work to put the exhibit together, but the result is one of our most dazzling exhibits yet.
Read MoreDecember (and a bit of November and January) is a special time in the Bruce Museum Science Department. It's the month when we offer free Hour of Code classes to schools, libraries, and scout troops in the surrounding area.
Read MoreStories about animals and artifacts by scientists at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT
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