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A selected listing of upcoming science exhibits around the country

Kids in maze at Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago

In the 'Numbers in Nature exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, visitors can navigate an 1,800-square-foot mirror maze, which features a pattern of repeating triangles.

J.B. Spector/Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

By Science News Staff

Imagining Deep Time

THROUGH JANUARY 15, 2015

Eighteen works of art offer ways to conceptualize the unfathomable vastness of geologic time.

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Whales: Giants of the Deep

THROUGH FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Real bones and life-size replicas tell the story of how whales evolved from land animals and developed adaptations that allow the animals to thrive underwater.

DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE

Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed

THROUGH MAY 3, 2015

Rare artifacts and hands-on activities illuminate the everyday lives of Maya living more than 1,000 years ago.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, BOSTON

Numbers in Nature

ONGOING

A mirror maze is the centerpiece of this interactive exhibit that explores mathematical patterns hidden in nature, as well as in art and music.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, CHICAGO

A version of this article appears in the November 29, 2014 issue of Science News.

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