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COSI opens up again Saga Communications COLUMBUS – COSI has reopened its doors after being shuttered for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Fresh off being voted the No. 1 science museum in the country for the second year in a row by USA Today, COSI will be open Thursday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Reservations will be required but the museum will not require face masks for fully vaccinated guests. COSI is marking its return with a citywide ‘Celebration of...

COSI opens up again Saga Communications COLUMBUS – COSI has reopened its doors after being shuttered for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Fresh off being voted the No. 1 science museum in the country for the second year in a row by USA Today, COSI will be open Thursday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Reservations will be required but the museum will not require face masks for fully vaccinated guests. COSI is marking its return with a citywide ‘Celebration of...

ORNL partners on science kits for kids in rural East Tennessee schools Oakridger KINGSTON, Tenn. — Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Thomas Zacharia and Associate Laboratory Director Stan Wullschleger visited classrooms at Midway Elementary School in Kingston, Tenn, recently as teachers led students through energy-themed science kits called Learning Lunchboxes. “More than anything else what we want to do is try to open up the curiosity of kids and encourage them to learn,” Zacharia...

The Columbus Dispatch With the news that Gov. Mike DeWine will rescind coronavirus-related health orders June 2, the prospects of a more normal summer of arts and entertainment just improved. The Columbus Association of Performing Arts (CAPA) — which operates numerous performing-arts venues in central Ohio, including the Ohio, Southern, Palace and Lincoln theatres, as well as the venues inside the Riffe Center — expressed optimism about the announcement, but could not say when audience capa...

COSI Science Festival will be digital affair again amid pandemic ThisWeek group COSI wasn’t able to hold its annual science festival at a physical location last year due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, so its leaders opted to go online and produce a digital festival. Itll be online again this year. Last year’s digital festival turned out to be a success, and COSI, officially the Center of Science and Industry, opted to return to the digital format May 5-8 with the pandemic still ongoi...

What’s in a COVID-19 vaccine? COSI’s president sheds light on vaccine ingredients Micah Karr © Will Jones The first dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine (a two-dose regimen) is administered to frontline health care workers at Miami Valley Hospital. Photo provided by Premier Health. There are fewer ingredients in a COVID-19 vaccine than there are in a candy bar or in a can of soda, Fredric Bertley, the president and CEO of the Center of Science and Industry said. Bertle...

In recognizing the importance of diversity in the world of science, the Center of Science and Industry will welcome Miss America 2020 winner Camille Schrier for the centers The Color of Science Digital Series from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday. Schrier, 25, who impressed the judges at the Miss America competition by performing a catalytic experiment that showcased the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide — also known as “Elephant Toothpaste” — will be interviewed by COSI President and CEO...

Immunologists say the speed of development of Covid-19 vaccines has been amazing. Now people need to take the vaccine.

Covid-19: Squeezing 10 years of medical research into one Laurie Allen Faced with a voracious virus that sickens and kills more people every day, science detectives around the world and here in Columbus have had to push through uncharted territory to understand and contain the perpetrator, and they’ve needed help from the public. “With the exception of HIV, we have never been in a situation where we’re flying the plane while we’re building it,” says COSI President and CEO Frederic Ber...

During the first such festival held in 2019, educational programs and events and experiments happened in venues across Franklin County in an effort to make science more accessible. It all culminated with a huge celebration outside COSI on West Broad Street.  Various businesses, schools and universities, science leaders, nonprofits, museums and representatives from local diverse communities are all working with COSI again on the free programming for the festival, which COSI says is the large...