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Exploring the Pacific Science Center’s Bee Hive

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Apiarists around the world are dealing with a most perplexing problem: many of their bees are missing! It's called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the mysterious ailment that is leaving beehives without workers. Since we maintain a hive here at Pacific Science Center, we're keenly interested.

See “Where Have All The Bees Gone!?” on the Pacific Science Center’s Web site.

Exploring Secrets of Ancient Egypt

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The mummy of a seven- to eight-month-old infant in the collection of the Saint Louis Science Center was recently examined by a team of scientists, who used computed tomography (CT) scanning and other high-tech methods to unravel its secrets. To see a video about “The Child Mummy,” click the image on the left. For more information see “Mummies: Secrets of the Pharoahs.”

For three simple projects inspired by Ancient Egypt, click the drawing of the boy on the right to open and print the activity sheet. (PDF file)