Earth is unique amongst the rocky planets in having two very different types of crust. Continental crust is composed primarily of silica-rich rocks like the granite of your kitchen countertops....
In 1981, David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel received the Nobel Prize for their breakthrough research on visual processing in vertebrate brains. Their work also provided the...
For the past 20 years, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey—a collaboration among astronomers worldwide—has been working to gather spectral and photometric data covering one-third of the sky...
Join us to learn about how to study the mineralogy of another planet from Carnegie Research Scientist Shaunna Morrison. This is the ninth virtual program in a series of online...
Join us to learn about the symbiotic relationship underpinning coral reef architecture from the Director of Carnegie's Department of Embryology Yixian Zheng. This is the eighth ...
Join us to learn about the Giant Magellan Telescope from Carnegie astronomer and GMTO Chief Scientist Rebecca Bernstein. This is the seventh virtual program in a series of online conversations...
Hearing is the gateway to verbal communication. It commences with the capture of sound energy by the ear's sensory receptors, called hair cells, which convert that energy into electrical...
Join us to learn about how scientists define what it means to be alive from Carnegie Plant Biology staff scientist Devaki Bhaya and Carngie Earth and Planets Laboratory staff scientist Andrew...