Experimental Musings

Recently scientists took a look into the relationships between humans and their assorted animal companions during our current lockdown lifestyle to explore how pets affect us during a pandemic. 

For Alopecia Awareness Month, we're shedding some light on alopecia areata provided by our scientist in residence who has both personal experience and scientific knowledge of the medical condition. 

Let’s dig into the climate change conversation by looking at how the big picture is already impacting our neck of the woods by asking the big question, does climate change impact Virginia?

As the pandemic continues to impact us, more people are starting to ask when we will see a vaccine for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Let's begin by asking the fundamental question here: How do vaccines get approved?

While the Museum isn’t a collections-based institution, we still have a robust assortment of objects, each with an interesting story to tell. One such item, a daguerreotype, reveals the important impact photography has had on science.