This Saturday, more than 500 public middle school students from New York City will show off more than 300 of their best research projects during a major science expo at the Museum celebrating the successful ninth year of Urban Advantage Middle School Science Program.

Mysterious rocks, fossil bones, and other curious items streamed into the Museum last month, as thousands of visitors brought their finds to the Museum's annual Identification Day on Saturday, May 11.

Sunsets at about 8:15 pm Tuesday, May 28, 2013, and Wednesday, May 29, are the next times and dates for the spectacular sunset phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge. 

In the not-too-distant future, scientists expect that technological breakthroughs—and availability of genetic data from specimens of extinct species—will provide ways to revive vanished species.

On Thursday, May 30, at the Museum, a bevy of explorers and researchers will explain the connection between Arctic whales and climate-change research at a special event, World Science Festival: How Whales are Unlocking Arctic Secrets.