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Joshua Shavit

Cincinnati Art Museum uses science to solve a 1,300-year-old art mystery

The Cincinnati Art Museum turned to a scientist at the University of Cincinnati for help solving a mystery 1,300 years in the making.

Joshua Shavit

Adding AI to Museum exhibits increases learning, keeps kids engaged longer

Hands-on exhibits are staples of science and children’s museums around the world, and kids love them. But do kids actually learn from them?

JJ Shavit

Giant 'corpse plant' draws crowds in Southern California

The bloom of a giant and stinky Sumatran flower nicknamed the "corpse plant" because it smells like a dead body is drawing huge crowds.

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Moon rock that vanished from museum 15 years ago is returned after being found at a yard sale

The man, who was looking for wood samples to use in the repair or replacement of his damaged gunstocks, purchased the goodwill display.

JJ Shavit

Dutch museum fills 'Blind Spot' with exhibit for visually impaired

Visitors to a Dutch exhibition titled "The Blind Spot" may call it a little cheesy - but they mean that as a compliment.

JJ Shavit

Researchers create an interactive gravitational-wave detector for education and museums

Observations of gravitational waves in space have sparked public interest in space technology and an interactive exhibit will help explain

JJ Shavit

The World's Largest Astronomy Museum Opens This Month in Shanghai

Spanning 420,000-square-feet, the expansive facility in the city's Pudong district, is the largest astronomy (only) museum in the world.

JJ Shavit

Giant full scale Titanic replica to open as Chinese tourist destination

The Titanic is being brought back from the deep, more than a century after its ill-fated maiden voyage, at a landlocked Chinese theme park

JJ Shavit

Opening the doors of perception, Croatia's Museum of Illusion goes global

The Museum of Illusions in Zagreb has in reality grown into the world’s biggest chain of private museums, offering fun as well education...

JJ Shavit

Fantastic beasts in the real world and where to find them

There's a real danger we'll get a Section 3A incident in Central London this December. Muggles are being invited to see a parade