This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, February 11, 2022. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Standard Time (CST). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
Founded in 1972, Atari was among the first video game companies and the inventors of the first successful arcade game, Pong. Recognizing the desire for home video game systems, the Atari Video Computer System was introduced in September 1977. It came packaged with two joystick controllers, a pair of paddle controllers, and a game cartridge.… Continue reading
Many people are familiar with John James Audubon and his pictorial record, The Birds of America. But did you know that he also completed a work on the mammals of North America? Audubon was a naturalist and painter who excelled as a wildlife artist depicting animals in their natural habitat. In the 1840s he began… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, January 21, 2022. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Standard Time (CST). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
Is it true that the seahorse is a fish?! Yes, it is, but one of the most unusual looking fish out there. Instead of scales, they have rings of bony plates that form a semi-rigid skeleton. With a horse-like head and curved tail, it looks like the knight piece in a chess set. Did you… Continue reading
We have new toys in the bee yard! We recently installed broodminder scales under the GROW honeybee hives to help keep track of how they are doing without having to open the actual hives, which is especially challenging during winter. The scales take a lot of the guesswork out of beekeeping. Before, we could tell… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, January 21, 2022. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Standard Time (CST). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
Did you know that the Boeing F4B-4 was the U.S. Navy’s last bi-plane fighter, and the last fighter produced for the Navy by Boeing? From 1923 to 1937 Boeing produced several excellent fighter planes, but this aircraft was the first line fighter once it entered service in 1932. It was designed for carrier operation, and… Continue reading
This is the Saint Louis Science Center’s NIGHT SKY UPDATE for the week of Friday, January 14, 2022. Information updated weekly or as needed. Times given as local St. Louis time which is Central Standard Time (CST). For definitions of terminology used in the night sky update, click the highlighted text. If relying on times… Continue reading
