SF News Humpday Headlines: Corpse Flower Blooms at Academy of Sciences The corpse flower comes into full bloom at the Academy of Sciences; the Chronicle has a history piece on the 77-year-old Macy's Union Square; and a new study finds that daily weed smoking greatly increases heart attack and stroke risk.
Arts & Entertainment The Academy of Sciences' First Corpse Flower Is Getting Set For Its First Stinky Blooming One of several, exotically bizarre corpse flowers owned by a San Francisco institution is about to unfurl its first ever unholy-smelling blossom next week, and once again people are probably going to line up for this.
Arts & Entertainment Academy of Sciences Resumes Popular 'NightLife' Events Next Week The popular nighttime hours on Thursdays at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, complete with cocktail bars and DJs, return starting May 13, in yet another sign of life in SF getting more normal-ish.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Dinosaur Train’ Host Named New Director of the Academy of Sciences You may know him as “paleontologist Dr. Scott” of the PBS kids show “Dinosaur Train,” but he’s now California Academy of Sciences executive director Dr. Scott Sampson.
Arts & Entertainment Hot Chip and 'Big Bang Theory' Star Mayim Bialik To Appear At Academy Of Sciences Fundraiser Next Week For their NightLife event next week, which doubles as a fundraiser, on April 27, the Academy of Sciences is throwing a Big Bang Gala featuring none other than Big Bang Theory star and
Arts & Entertainment Help Name These Adorable Penguin Chicks Three African penguin checks who join the penguin exhibit at the Academy of Sciences today still need names! Well, two of them do anyway. The youngest, hatched in December, has already been named
Arts & Entertainment And Now Meet The New Baby Penguins At The Academy Of Sciences As ABC 7's Dan Ashley dutifully shows us, three adorable African penguin chicks are making their debut in the Academy of Sciences peguin exhibit next week, on March 11. The three little guys
SF News Adorable New Mammal Discovered By California Academy Of Sciences Staff A seriously cute new species of elephant shrew described as a cross between "a miniature antelope and an anteater" and resembling a fat mouse with a super-long snout was recently discovered by researchers
Arts & Entertainment 9 Ideas For Rainy Day Activities In San Francisco Does everyone remember what rain is like? It's back for a return, so we thought we'd remind you what people do in the event that it's really wet outside. There shall be no
Arts & Entertainment Free Admission Days at Academy of Sciences Via Zip Code Did you know you can get into the Academy of Sciences for free? True. Two ways, in fact. See, free admission is available on the third Wednesday of each month, or you can
