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September 26, 2012Recently I decided to put down the cash and become an honest-to-God card-carrying member of the Houston Museum of Natural Science. I find that walking the halls of the HMNS is a fine way to kill a few hours before a concert.
There is a part of the HMNS that I hold near and dear to my heart, even t ... More >>
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August 17, 2012Been waiting for the perfect Friday night to check out the new LaB 5555 series at the Houston Museum of Natural Science? Grab your soft-soled museum shoes, because tonight is that night.
Tonight, four of Houston's best bartenders will be shaking things up as they compete to make the best Tanqueray ... More >>
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July 19, 2012Friday is the 33rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, best known as the city of Houston's one shining historical moment as the first word spoken from the surface. Somewhere in London, the landing must have stirred something else in the four members of Pink Floyd -- soon to release Ummagumma ... More >>
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July 15, 2011Americas: So long, and thanks for all the dish.It's been a long time coming, but Americas on Post Oak Boulevard is finally closing after 20 years. And while it will indeed be sad to lose its iconic dining room -- which I've always fondly thought of as "Dr. Seuss on acid" -- the restaurant is ... More >>
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May 27, 2011Photo by rdpeytonThis gumbo is from Emeril's in New Orleans; the gumbo at Under the Volcano will likely be just as good.If you've been missing Robb Walsh, here's your chance to catch up with our former food critic outside the busy environs of his new restaurant. On June 7 and again on July 12 ... More >>
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May 3, 2011HMNSGet ready for the dinosaursThis big, empty space? Soon to be filled with....dinosaurs! And, hopefully, delighted kids taking the first steps towards loving science and history.
This is a sneak peek of the inside of the Houston Museum of Natural Science's soon-to-be-opened Paleontology Ha ... More >>
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July 23, 2010Photos by Chasen MarshallWaiting to inhaleWe can all finally get back to caring about things that matter (the oil spill, the state of our education system, the MLS All-Star game, etc.) because Lois the Corpse Flower has finally given her audience what it wanted: Nausea. The six-foot tall, phallus ... More >>
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July 13, 2010Come on already, you divaThe Houston Museum of Natural Science has been furiously twittering about the ever-impending rare blooming of its corpse flower, a huge plant that becomes extremely smelly -- like dead-flesh smelly -- on the few occasions it opens up.Trouble is, this rare blooming has bee ... More >>
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July 13, 2010Unless you have been living under a rock or maybe an underpass off 290, you no doubt know about the mania surrounding the corpse flower over at the Houston Museum of Natural Science that is poised to bloom this week sometime. Hell, it could bloom right now as we type this.
Lois the corpse f ... More >>
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July 9, 2010Visit the Butterfly Center!!The Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of Natural Science has had a rare "corpse flower" for six years, but the thing has never bloomed.Thank God. Because when one of these things bloom, they stink to high heaven.But all that is going to change. The perfumed, fragr ... More >>
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June 18, 2010If you've always wanted to attend a Houston Chowhounds throwdown but haven't been in the past, the upcoming Ceviche Throwdown is a can't-miss occasion and for one spectacular reason: The Chowhounds are trying to rasie $5,000 to help struggling Gulf fishermen in the wake of the Deepwater Horiz ... More >>
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June 17, 2010Everybody do the Dinosaur Dance
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February 25, 2010Do we have any volunteers from the audience?
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October 29, 2009See rare ceremonial headdresses previously worn by tribe leaders and shamans
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October 29, 2009Mad scientists, dinosaurs and candy - what's not to like?
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August 13, 2009The Houston Museum of Natural Science is opening a new branch in Fort Bend County; the 43,000-square-foot HMNS at Sugar Land will open in October in a "historic prison building," according to the museum's official announcement.The new facility sounds nice -- four permanent exhibits mirroring the ... More >>
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About an hour south of Houston, far enough away to evade the light pollution from Downtown, stands one of the largest and most powerful telescopes in the nation open to the public.
The 36-inch Gueymard Research Telescope is the centerpiece for the George Observatory, a facility owned and operat ... More >>
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December 11, 2008The true, true meaning of Christmas
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April 10, 2008Lecture commemorates the unsinkable’s sinking
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December 13, 2007A photographer for National Geographic takes a look at endangered species
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October 25, 2007The Museum of Natural Science takes Lucy to her first Halloween party
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September 20, 2007The Houston Museum of Natural Science is squeamish for squamates
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May 31, 2007The Houston Museum of Natural Science keeps a good thing going
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June 2, 2005The Houston Museum of Natural Science unveils one exhibit to rule them all
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February 17, 2005Michael Stadther's Treasure's Trove is a real gem
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May 8, 2003The natural science museum sheds its stuffy image
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May 16, 2002A Titanic tribute to all the people who died, died
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June 29, 2000Laser rock shows at the Museum of Natural Science go the way of the dinosaurs
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