Tag: science

  • Hidden Natural Histories

    Hidden Natural Histories

    It is quite special to get a behind-the-scenes view at a museum. Now in Vienna, one can do so from the comfort of one´s cinema chair: Archiv der Zukunft is a new film by Joerg Burger that offers insights into the collections and work of Vienna´s Natural History Museum, the NHM Wien. Last week I…

  • Fridays for Future

    Fridays for Future

    Time for a pro-nature conservation rant (after all, my VienNature Culturegram has the word “nature” in it, and I´ve been neglecting that part a bit). “Species have always gone extinct”.  “The earth´s climate has changed many times before”.  This and other unscientific global warming and climate change myths  are commonly spouted by the uninformed and…

  • Call of the wild: biodiversity days in Vienna

    Call of the wild: biodiversity days in Vienna

    In a couple of days, it´s time to visit Lainzer Tiergarten.   On 8 and 9 June this lovely forest park in Vienna´s West will be hosting the 17th Vienna Biodiversity Day.  This event  is co-organized by the Vienna Environmental Protection Department (MA 22) as a contribution to the “GEO Day of Biodiversity“. (Actually, they…

  • A preview of Vienna´s long night of research – Part 1: the MAK

    A preview of Vienna´s long night of research – Part 1: the MAK

    On 13 April 2018 you have an opportunity to visit many of Vienna´s cultural and research institutions for free.  It´s Lange Nacht der Forschung (Long Night of Research) again!  LNF18 is the only nationwide science communication event that makes the services of domestic institutions accessible to the general public – from school projects to cutting-edge…