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New Exhibit At Franklin Institute Shows Dinosaurs On A Grand Scale

If you look up at a five-story building, that’s the tallest dinosaur. You look across four school buses, that’s the longest dinosaur. A pile of 50 elephants and you’ve got the heaviest dinosaur.”

2011/12/07

Roger Bassett at the Reading Terminal Market. (Credit: Hadas Kuznits)

What’s Cooking On 1060: What To Do With Leftover Turkey

With Thanksgiving behind us, a local restaurant owner has tips for your leftover turkey sandwiches.

2011/11/25

A radar image of the 2005 YU55 asteroid. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Aircraft Carrier-Size Asteroid Passing Close To Earth Tonight

An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier is passing close to the Earth this evening, but amateur astronomers may have a hard time seeing it about 6:30, when it would be visible, because of the brightness of the nearly full moon.

2011/11/08

Actress Sela Ward Takes Time To Show Others The Basics of Forensics At New CSI Exhibit

Sela Ward stepped into the CSI exhibit at the Franklin Institute and instantly “Jo Danville”, the character she plays on “CSI: N.Y.”, came out.

2011/10/20

(Astronaut Chris Ferguson stands in front of a training centrifuge at the Nastar Center in Southampton, Pa., today. Credit: Michelle Durham)

Astronaut Chris Ferguson Returns to Hometown Philadelphia For Space Week Talk

At a Nastar training facility in Southampton, Bucks County, Ferguson reflected on the end of the space shuttle days and where his own career is headed.

2011/10/04

CSI: The Experience – About The Exhibit

As visitors enter CSI: The Experience, they take on the role of forensic scientists and are directed into a crime scene and challenged to identify and gather evidence.

2011/10/04

Franklin Institute Set To Unveil New “CSI”-Inspired Science Exhibit

You won’t see any of the familiar faces from the show, but you will be able to examine clues, deadly wounds, and evidence, and try to solve the crime just as they do.

2011/09/29

About The Franklin Institute

Located in the heart of Philadelphia, The Franklin Institute is a renowned and innovative leader in the field of science and technology learning, as well as a dynamic center of activity.

2011/09/28

NASA Says Failed Satellite Headed For Unknown Earthfall

Most of it will break up and burn before hitting the earth’s atmosphere, according to Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute, but an estimated 26 pieces could hit somewhere on Earth.

2011/09/21

Look Up: It’s The Space Shuttle Atlantis!

After the space shuttle Atlantis arrives at the International Space Station for the last time, Earthlings will be able to see history (under the right conditions) just by looking up.

2011/07/09

Franklin Institute’s Chief Astronomer Speaks On Negative Impact Of Solar Flares

The Franklin Institute’s chief astronomer, Derrick Pitts, says the most common effect of solar flares is brighter Northern Lights but they can have some negative effects too.

2011/06/25

‘Mummies’ Exhibit Opens Saturday At Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute

Forty mummies — some of royalty, some unknown, including families, children, even pets — make up the exhibit, the largest collection of mummies ever assembled.

2011/06/15

Mummified Frogs On Exhibit At The Franklin Institute

One of the highlights of the upcoming Mummies of the World exhibit at the Franklin Institute is a demonstration of just how mummification happens.

2011/06/13

Dozens Of Mummies Arrive At Franklin Institute For Exhibition Opening Soon

Under tight security, a shipment of 40 mummies was delivered this morning to the Franklin Institute. They are the stars of a new exhibit, “Mummies of the World,” that begins June 18th.

2011/06/07

(Image captured from the Franklin Institute's "Hawk Cam.")

Franklin Institute’s Red-Tailed Hawks Return For More Nesting In Center City Philadelphia

Two eggs are now being scrutinized by nature experts — and by thousands of nature fans via the Internet — as a pair of red-tailed hawks settle in for a third straight nesting season at the Franklin Institute, just off Logan Circle in Philadelphia.

2011/03/21