What if the blood-thirsty plunderers you once thought you knew were just misunderstood explorers, farmers, tradesmen who were highly skilled?Starting now and continuing through Monday, Sept. 24, the Carnegie Science Center will host “Vikings: Warriors of the North Sea.” Visitors will get an ...
A rock from the moon, collected during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971, is at the Carnegie Science Center.Lunar Sample 15499 from NASA has been placed in a secure display case in the exhibit “Mars: The Next Giant Leap.” The moon rock weighs 74.224 grams. Crew members of Apollo 15, the fourth ...
PITTSBURGH – The late astronomer Carl Sagan once observed that “through 99% of our time on Earth, we have been wanderers, and the next place to visit is Mars.”It’s probably inevitable that one day man will attempt to reach the Red Planet that looms in the heavens more than 50 million ...
PITTSBURGH – In the decades since the original “Night of the Living Dead” rattled moviegoers, fans have been flocking to Evans City Cemetery where the movie’s opening scenes were filmed, looking to find the tombstones and the chapel that appear in the movie’s anxious early minutes.The ...
Several local teachers were recognized by the Carnegie Science Center for their science and technology contributions to their schools in 2018.The awards, given to Western Pennsylvania teachers since 1997, are focused on teachers who incorporate STEM — science, technology, engineering and math ...
