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10/21/2016

Are you the invisible fish on your team?

As science learns more about how neurons behave in the brain, shocking similarities are being uncovered that reveal insights into how animals and people work together in organizations. The Power of

08/27/2016

Liberty Science Center || LSC After Dark: Dancing With Drones

On August 18, 2016 Liberty Science Center held their first and the event was "Dancing with Drones." Pretty fun event! Shot with the Sony A7SII ...

08/26/2016

“Nature,” said physicist Richard Feynman, “uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.”

Lecture One, The Law of Gravitation: Feynman ended the first of his famous 1964 Messenger Lectures at Cornell University, a talk entitled 'The Law of Gravitation, an Example of Physical Law.' (See above.) The lectures were intended by Feynman as an introduction, not to the fundamental laws of nature...

03/16/2016

"Our Priorities for Next Year: An Immersive Play Starring Your Workforce," is now live at Science House! Send a team of up to ten and we will help you save millions...and your sanity. You will leave with a fix for every meeting problem you routinely encounter.

03/09/2016

The Ferrante Feast at Science House, and the delicious menu featuring foods that appeared in the Neapolitan Novels.

Sunday March 6th we hosted a"Ferrante Feast" to celebrate the Elena Ferrante novels known as the Neapolitan quartet. Here is the full menu of the meal of dishes mentioned in the text as well as food that helps tell the story of Naples.

03/08/2016

Half of all inventions arise from serendipity. At *least* half!

Research institutions are the least likely inspirations for that spark of creativity.

02/19/2016

Fortune's list of ten of the World's Most Admired Companies includes four Science House clients. This makes us very happy!

There's a new AAA standard in corporate America: the one-two three punch of Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon.

02/11/2016

Big news!

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in the United States has detected gravitational waves for the first time. This is one of the most important astrophysical observations since the discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background. “We have detected gravitational waves. We did…

01/22/2016

Do you ever wonder where birds *really* go when they head south for the winter? Check out this stunning visualization!

For the first time, scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have documented migratory movements of bird populations spanning the entire year for 118 species throughout the Western Hemisphere. The study finds broad similarity in the routes used by specific groups of species—vividly demonstra

01/15/2016

Inside the Eye: Nature's Most Exquisite Creation by Ed Yong.

To understand how animals see, look through their eyes.

01/15/2016

David Bowie gets his own constellation that shines brighter as fans add messages.

Seven stars, in the vicinity of Mars, were selected to form the iconic shape of a lightning bolt for an out of this world David Bowie tribute

01/11/2016

Science House co-directors James Jorasch and Rita J. King are futurists at the Science and Entertainment Exchange of the National Academy of Sciences, which was featured on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. Our new favorite word? "Plausible-ish!"

A behind-the-scenes organization links scientists with writers who want a dose of scientific accuracy in their movies, television shows and books.

01/08/2016

Thrilled to see two Science House clients, IBM and Under Armour, launching a next-gen fitness app from the stage at !

IBM's super computer is ready to help you be a healthier human being.

01/04/2016

Science House portfolio company Quarty rocking it out like crazy!

Quartzy, a lab supplies marketplace, announced it has closed a $17 million round in Series B financing to help the startup build up the supply of lab..

01/04/2016

Make your own Serendipity in 2016!

Image by Rita J. KingRita J. KingCo-Director, Science HouseFollowUnfollowFollowingLoadingMake Your Own Serendipity: Nine Ways to StartJan 4, 20163 views3 Likes0 CommentsShare on LinkedInShare on FacebookShare on Twitter Serendipity isn't just something that happens. I was thrilled to see The New Yor…

12/08/2015

Rival scientists unravel the water bears story...

A recent claim that tardigrades got a sixth of their DNA from microbes is starting to unravel.

11/28/2015

Microscopic water bears are the only animal known to be able to survive in space. But that isn't the weirdest thing about them!

Scientists have sequenced the entire genome of the tardigrade , AKA the water bear, for the first time. And it turns out that this weird little creature has the most foreign genes of any animal studied so far – or to put it another way, roughly...

11/05/2015

Science requires missteps, and fear of failure limits imagination.

Missteps are a must in science, biologist argues in new book.