TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) has acquired the world’s largest piece of the Springwater pallasite, a rare and scientifically important meteorite that was first discovered near Springwater, Saskatchewan in 1931. The new discovery of the …
Smithsonian Holdings to Aid Researchers in Gulf of Mexico
SUITLAND, MD (AP).- Scientists studying the massive BP oil spill are turning to a vast collection of preserved animals at the Smithsonian to see what kind of changes the oil spill may wreak among life forms in the Gulf of Mexico. The museum and researc…