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Flashy exotic birds can actually glow in the dark

Ars Technica

This is why biologist Rene Martin of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln wanted to investigate. She and her team studied a treasure trove of specimens at the American Museum of Natural History, which have been collected since the 1800s, and found that 37 of the 45 known species of birds of paradise have feathers that fluoresce.

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British Columbia History Digitization Program invites grant applications for the preservation of historical British Columbia materials

Charity Village

The University of British Columbia‘s British Columbia History Digitization Program invites applications from private or public institutions and agencies that have the preservation of historical British Columbia materials as part of their mandate.

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Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering

Fast Company Tech

Try joining an organization or association in your community, taking part in neighborhood cleanups, or volunteering at your local senior center, animal shelter, or museum. Halvorsen is an associate professor of social work at Washington University in St. Seoyoun Kim is an associate adjunct of sociology at the University of Michigan.

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10 Types of Nonprofits That Absolutely Must Add Themselves to Foursquare

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Museums and Art Galleries :: Museum of Modern Art. Schools and universities :: UCLA. Adding venues is user-driven, and so far users have added 1.5+ million venues. For the 10 types of nonprofits listed below, adding your nonprofit as a venue to Foursquare needs to quickly be moved to the top of your To Do List: 1.

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Scientists Invent Holograms You Can Touch

Futurism

"We are used to direct interaction with our phones, where we tap a button or drag a document directly with our finger on the screen it is natural and intuitive for humans," coauthor Asier Marzo at the Public University of Navarre (UPNA) said in a statement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm headed off for the Museum Computer Network conference in Chicago tomorrow. Kurt Stuchell just finished a project and created a new widget called the Universal Museum Media Podcasts & Blog Widget. The widget contains a collection of museum podcasts and blogs. is the museum crowd on MySpace?),

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An astronomer gave us tips for watching the imminent total lunar eclipse

Mashable Tech

See it with your own eyes," Emily Rice, an astronomer at Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York, told Mashable. The good thing about all types of lunar eclipse is that, unlike a solar eclipse, they are safe to view with the naked eye," the Natural History Museum in London explains. What he saw gave him chills.

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