Idaho Museum of Natural History http://imnh.isu.edu/home Permanent and Special Collections in Anthropology, Earth Sciences, and Life Sciences. Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:24:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Museum Magazine Article http://imnh.isu.edu/home/index.php/museum-magazine-article/ http://imnh.isu.edu/home/index.php/museum-magazine-article/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:33:07 +0000 Robert Schlader http://imnh.isu.edu/home/?p=2329 Read the text of Dr. Maschner’s article in Museum Magazine.

Museum Magazine 3D Natural History…

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Explore our attached catalog to discover what we have in store for pre-school through high school learners.  The catalog is formatted for …

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Watch this space for our upcoming announcements about the …
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As the state museum, we offer learning opportunities in all areas of STEM education …

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]]> http://imnh.isu.edu/home/index.php/science-trek/feed/ 0 Idaho State University Researchers Solve Mysteries of Ancient “Shark” w/ Spiral-Toothed Jaw; Results Published in Royal Society’s Journal Biology Letters http://imnh.isu.edu/home/index.php/idaho-state-university-researchers-solve-mysteries-of-ancient-shark-w-spiral-toothed-jaw-results-published-in-royal-societys-journal-biology-letters/ http://imnh.isu.edu/home/index.php/idaho-state-university-researchers-solve-mysteries-of-ancient-shark-w-spiral-toothed-jaw-results-published-in-royal-societys-journal-biology-letters/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:44:12 +0000 Robert Schlader http://imnh.isu.edu/home/?p=1476 ISU Headlines
February 27, 2013

Using CAT scans and making 3-D virtual reconstructions of the jaws of the ancient fish Helicoprion, Idaho State University researchers have solved some of the mysteries surrounding large spiral fossils of this fish’s teeth.

The …

]]> http://imnh.isu.edu/home/index.php/idaho-state-university-researchers-solve-mysteries-of-ancient-shark-w-spiral-toothed-jaw-results-published-in-royal-societys-journal-biology-letters/feed/ 0 In Honor of Darwin Day The Idaho Museum of Natural History and the ISU Chapter of Sigma Xi present http://imnh.isu.edu/home/index.php/in-honor-of-darwin-day-the-idaho-museum-of-natural-history-and-the-isu-chapter-of-sigma-xi-present/ http://imnh.isu.edu/home/index.php/in-honor-of-darwin-day-the-idaho-museum-of-natural-history-and-the-isu-chapter-of-sigma-xi-present/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:43:00 +0000 Robert Schlader http://imnh.isu.edu/home/?p=1473 ISU Headlines
January 30, 201

“Recent Rapid Human Evolution: Some Implications for the Humanities and the Sciences”
by Dr. Henry Harpendig

Member of the National Academy of Sciences
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
Distinguished Professor …

]]> http://imnh.isu.edu/home/index.php/in-honor-of-darwin-day-the-idaho-museum-of-natural-history-and-the-isu-chapter-of-sigma-xi-present/feed/ 0 Idaho State University’s Herbert Maschner elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science http://imnh.isu.edu/home/index.php/idaho-state-universitys-herbert-maschner-elected-fellow-of-the-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science/ http://imnh.isu.edu/home/index.php/idaho-state-universitys-herbert-maschner-elected-fellow-of-the-american-association-for-the-advancement-of-science/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:41:45 +0000 Robert Schlader http://imnh.isu.edu/home/?p=1466 ISU Headlines
November 29, 2012

Herbert Maschner, director of the Idaho Museum of Natural History and Idaho State University professor of anthropology, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Election as an …

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