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The New Green California Academy of Sciences Unveiled [PICS]

inhabitat.com — A crowning achievement of sustainable architecture,the Academy will house 38,000 live animals and is on track to receive LEED platinum.It is currently the only institution in the world to feature an aquarium,a natural history museum,a living rainforest,a planetarium,and world-class research and education programs-all housed in a 2.5 acre green roof

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  • bridgetbart, on 09/22/2008, -0/+23Fabulous
    • themastersb, on 09/23/2008, -0/+5Do you say that just because it's in San Francisco or....
  • MikeChino, on 09/22/2008, -0/+16Such an incredible structure! I can't wait to go back!
  • thestrongrope, on 09/22/2008, -0/+10Man this is so cool looking. Lets see, if I can get a ticket right now I might be able to get there before closing.
  • AmyVernon, on 09/22/2008, -0/+10This looks beyond cool.
  • ecomod, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7This is beautiful - I can't wait to go to San Francisco and check it out!
  • b9gh47q, on 09/22/2008, -0/+6Wow that actually looks great, I'll definitely check it out next time I'm in San Francisco.
  • IvanB, on 09/22/2008, -0/+7That's pretty neat. Newton would be proud! :o
  • badwithcomputer, on 09/22/2008, -15/+2i hope that thing has industrial strength air fresheners to filter out the smell of bong-rip drenched sweatshirts, unbathed hippy skin and oily graduate student facial hair.
  • seddyei, on 09/22/2008, -0/+8What a magnificent structure! This will most certainly promote the adoption of more self-sustained architectural complexes, and ultimately, cities.
  • internetcoward, on 09/23/2008, -1/+3I want to live there. Good prototype for a moonbase.
  • serenearia, on 09/23/2008, -0/+6cannot wait for opening day. It's free on Sept 27. This place had the best memories for me growing up in san francisco. Best Field Trips there Ever!!!! Even better trips for the kids now!
    • JJNam, on 09/23/2008, -0/+1I also have great memories of going there as a kid. I went to one the member preview days and it is pretty fantastic, especially for the kids.
  • mephitix, on 09/23/2008, -0/+7Notwithstanding our effects on global warming, this makes me prouder of humanity.
  • Ramenhood, on 09/23/2008, -0/+8The Shire!
  • Reedan, on 09/23/2008, -1/+3It's just there to distract the sheeple from the Military Industrial Complex robbing you blind

    inb4 "SCIENCE!1!"
  • beelz, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4One of the many great reasons to live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

    http://www.calacademy.org/
    • rpong1981, on 09/23/2008, -2/+2Asia SF would be a close second... ;)
  • rpong1981, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4You must watch the National Geographic Channel's documentary about how they planned and built this museum before you see it. The doc gives you a lot of insight to their structure's true wonder
  • BugsSport, on 09/23/2008, -8/+3it would be in San Francisco

    • rpong1981, on 09/23/2008, -1/+8if you're going to write something clever about stereotypes at least put in some thought
    • Orsigno, on 09/23/2008, -5/+2No such thing as saying something clever about a stereotype, so I'm going to give Bugs a dig. I'm going to take a dig from you.
      • rpong1981, on 09/23/2008, -1/+5I'm taking a digg from you for not knowing how to use the reply feature correctly
      • BugsSport, on 09/23/2008, -2/+2thanks man. i returned the favor
  • n1eb, on 09/23/2008, -3/+3Someone please tell me this was funded privately.
    • rpong1981, on 09/23/2008, -0/+7Over 50% of the $488 million was from individuals, probably not you though. The rest was Corporations, Foundations, SF Bond revenue, and the smallest portion from State and Government funds.

      http://www.calacademy.org/give/campaign.php
    • Orsigno, on 09/23/2008, -1/+1Because the funds didn't come from the government. Unless they did.... privately?
    • joessandwich, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4The government invest in making our population smarter in a way that will actually work? No, never.
  • abes2, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3Insane... I want to live there!
  • Sozzi, on 09/23/2008, -8/+2but will it run crysis?
  • joessandwich, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4My parents went to the member preview this past weekend, they said it was absolutely amazing. I loved the original museum as kid, it presented science in an intelligent yet interesting way that blows most science museums out of the water. I can't wait to go back home to see it.
  • artofficial, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4The "flooded amozonian forest," looks amazing. But I guess everything in there pretty much looks amazing. I wanna sees it.
  • allisonivy, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3Sweet. This is right in my neighborhood, and I'd love to appreciate it for all that it is/represents, but really I just want to check out the penguins.
  • zerton, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3Looks a lot like the Kennedy Center in DC, minus the roof.
  • lornali, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3I would love to be a student there
  • trebol, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4I went to the preview last week...hope they get everything ready for opening day! They were still running around like mad installing flatscreens, lighting, signs, etc etc. Lots of missing animals still and the planetarium (unfortunately) wasn't ready to see. Everything's looking really cool though. Don't miss the hologram fish that snaps at you (and scares the hell out of everyone). A friend of mine went the other day and said the planetarium was open and it's spectacular. I'll miss the old-fashioned projector--that thing was a masterpiece. Show your support and become a member!
  • Kyora, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3Holy crap, that is epic.
    This just gave me another reason why I want to attend med school in California...
  • zakazmi, on 09/23/2008, -0/+3simply wow
  • fx666, on 09/23/2008, -1/+2This is an important step in promoting science. However, the natural history museum does not belong there because there is no such thing as evolution of species. Only 20% of geneticists believe that there is any truth to the evolutionary theory because it disagrees with the basic genetics data. This is how Friedman explains the contradictions:
    "There is another reason why geneticists are opposed to the evolutionary theory. It has something to do with the conclusions that contradict experimental genetic data.
    Recently several groups of geneticists came to the conclusion that the human genotype could be traced to a woman who, probably, lived several thousand years ago somewhere in North Africa; they even dubbed her “Eve.” Not all geneticists agree with this conclusion, but even those who disagree do not state that such tracing is impossible in principle; they simply say that it is beyond the level of modern science, but that in the not-so-distant future it will become a reality. This tracing leads to three possibilities:
    1) The human race has two progenitors, a man and a woman.
    For the evolutionists, this opens a can of worms with all kinds of unsettling questions about religion.
    2) The trail goes beyond the human race and stops with two pre-historic beings, say, male and female apes.
    This raises another set of unsettling questions—why does the trail stop here? Who were these beings? Were they created by an extraterrestrial race? What is the meaning of this?
    3) The genetic trail leads all the way back to the original cell.
    This is a sign of even more trouble! For the original cell is a single parent whose existence implies that all living organisms on this planet carry its genetic imprint. By isolating a common denominator, the imprint of the original cell, in primitive organisms, geneticists should be able to determine how inorganic matter evolved into organic matter with a DNA-like structure that produced the original cell. However, as the research in the field of genetics shows, the imprint of the original cell is a fiction that has nothing to do with serious science. Evolutionists ventured into the field of genetics but came up empty-handed"
    W. Friedman, Critique of the Theory of Evolution.
  • fpattberg, on 09/23/2008, -0/+2Looks a little bit like the Eden Project in the UK. But looks great.
  • billyfalconer, on 09/23/2008, -0/+0Nice to show the world the US can produce something besides anti-science Neocons invading countries in the name of Jesus.
  • DeucesWild, on 09/23/2008, -0/+4Wait so is this what turns into Starfleet Academy in the future?
  • Smaug52X, on 09/23/2008, -0/+1Must go! Amtrack, hold that train! Does the train go there?
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