Ice ice baby It’s nice to learn that Rochester was once under a glacier and mastodons used to roam around here. But more importantly, it’s fun! “This is one of the most fascinating things you’ve ever brought us to!” exclaimed my 12-year-old son as we toured Expedition Earth: Glaciers and Giants, the RochesterMuseum and ScienceCenter’s […]
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Letting go is a Cool Move
A trip to a museum with children is a microcosm of parenting. You want your kids to have fun while they learn, of course. But you don’t want them running all over the place knocking stuff down while they’re at it. So how to maintain control while still giving them freedom? I can’t help […]
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News briefs 8.14.02
Happiness was a warm gun The arms race is not a modern phenomenon. Long before the Cold War, cave dwellers stockpiled rocks to use as weapons. And for one brief moment between the rocks and the missiles, Rochester made a contribution to the history of weaponry. In 1861, a dentist named Josephus Requa invented […]
