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We find ourselves in the midst of a renaissance in lunar science. Recent robotic missions have provided completely new views of the Moon, and technological and scientific advances continue to result in new revelations from the Apollo lunar sample collection. Join us to hear the latest science and see the latest images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and to discuss what the Moon can teach us about the evolution of our Solar System.

Join us to learn about the art of raising chickens. Owning backyard chickens could easily be in your future! In this Café, you will learn the best ways to easily manage the feeding, watering, cleanup, egg collection and other chicken issues in a way that will allow you to incorporate chickens into your urban lifestyle … even allowing for safely taking two-week vacations (without a chicken-sitter).

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Researchers tested the ability of drones equipped with thermal imaging sensors in finding canopy-dwelling, rainforest animals. Are drones an efficient means of counting rainforest animals?

Special thanks to Rob Nelson at Untamed Wildlife and Matt Jones at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences for footage.

Roland Kays, James Sheppard, Kevin Mclean, Charlie Welch, Cris Paunescu, Victor Wang, Greg Kravit & Meg Crofoot (2018) Hot monkey, cold reality: surveying rainforest canopy mammals using drone-mounted thermal infrared sensors, International Journal of Remote Sensing, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2018.1523580

July 2019 is the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first time humans walked on the Moon!
If the giant globe outside the Museum were the actual size of Earth, how big would the Moon be, and where would its orbit fall in downtown Raleigh?

Are you curious about what’s new in the paleontology world? Join the Museum’s Research Curator of Paleontology, Dr. Christian Kammerer, as he shares exciting discoveries about dinosaurs, ancient mammals, and other prehistoric organisms.

To learn more about Christian Kammerer, visit our website (naturalsciences.org/staff/christian-kammerer).

Are you curious about what’s new in the paleontology world? Join the Museum’s Research Curator of Paleontology, Dr. Christian Kammerer, as he shares exciting discoveries about dinosaurs, ancient mammals, and other prehistoric organisms.

To learn more about Christian Kammerer, visit our website (naturalsciences.org/staff/christian-kammerer).

Although an artist can carefully control what is viewed on the surface of a painting, accelerator techniques used by physicists can reveal what’s hidden beneath. Join us to discuss how physics can be used in the analysis of “seeing” below the surface of a painting. We explore how analysis using accelerator techniques coupled with an understanding of pigments has aided in restoring art as well as exposing forgeries. We discuss case studies that have changed the art world’s perspective on many paintings and artists.