One year ago today, Collections in the News published its first article about ongoing research regarding collections and how they can tell us more about the world. To celebrate, here are our top five most viewed and shared articles from the past year:
Collection Spotlight: NMNH Vertebrate Paleontology
We learned about preserving fossils for future researchers and museum visitors, thanks to Dr. Hans-Dieter Sues, curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
Microbes and Middle Schools
Dr. Julia Stevens at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences told us why teaching middle school students about soil microbiology is important for the future of science.
New technologies were applied to old history in Dr. Loren Sackett’s work with wildlife diseases that cross over into humans.
“Evil Twin” of Climate Change
Ocean acidification is an ongoing threat to sea life and is only part of how climate change will affect our world, but information from sediment cores may help us to mitigate the problem.
Smallpox, Now Online!
In an age where digitizing collections are the norm, we talked about how the question of open-access data is at the forefront of biosecurity.
