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The Scoop – This is one museum that is the opposite of stuffy. The many interactive pavilions, set apart by colorful hanging banners, present one of Vegas's best opportunities for hands-on fun that also encourages kids (and adults) to learn something about the physical world. – – The Highlights – The Desert Discovery section provides opportunities for kids to appreciate wildlife and technology--here, you can hear environmental sounds such as coyotes and crickets while you operate pulleys, buckets and telephones as a quarry worker. Walk up the Science Stairway and…