Carnegie Lecture Archive
Capital Science Evening Lectures
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Dr. Greg Asner - Exploring and Managing Earth from the Sky
NOTICE: DR. PIERS SELLERS LECTURE "CREATING THE SCIENCE OF GLOBAL ECOLOGY" HAS BEEN CANCELED AND REPLACED BY DR. GREG ASNER'S LECTURE "EXPLORING AND MANAGING EARTH FROM...
1530 P St NW
Washington, DC 20016
United States
Broad Branch Road Neighborhood Lectures
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Dr. Lara Wagner - Pointing the Telescope Down: Seismo-vision into the Earth’s Interior
Please note that tickets are not required and seating is first come, first serve. Tickets from Eventbrite enable you to skip the sign-in process at the door, but do not guarantee a seat. ...
Broad Branch Road Campus
5251 Broad Branch Rd NW
Washington, DC 20015
United States
Special Events
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Expedition Earth - Frans Lanting - Dialogues with Nature
(doors open at 5:30)   Dialogues with Nature - A Presentation by Photographer Frans Lanting Hailed as one of the great photographers of our time, Frans Lanting has...
1530 P St, NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Capital Science Evening Lectures
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Dr. Nadrian C. Seeman - DNA: Not Merely the Secret of Life
KAVLI PRIZE LAUREATE LECTURE Everyone learns in school that DNA is the genetic coding material  found in all organisms. However, the information storage capacity that enables DNA to...
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Washington, DC 20005
United States
Capital Science Evening Lectures
Thursday, September 29, 2016 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Dr. Sean Carroll - The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Nature Works & Why It Matters
Everything in nature is regulated—from the number of vital molecules found in our bloodstreams to the number of lions living on an African savanna. Over the past 50 years, two revolutions...
1530 P St NW
Washington, DC 20016
United States
Special Events
Monday, June 13, 2016 - 6:45pm to 7:45pm
Dr. Chris Newhall & Dr. Renato Solidum - 25 Years Ago at Pinatubo: The Forecast, Climax, and Aftermath of a Giant Eruption
Twenty-five years ago, a small team of Philippine and US scientists worked feverishly to forecast what newly-awakened Mount Pinatubo might do, and to alert everyone from indigenous peoples to high...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Capital Science Evening Lectures
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 6:45pm to 8:00pm
Dr. Neil Shubin - Finding Your Inner Fish
What do fish fossils tell us about the human body? Ancient fossils, like the Tiktaalik roseae that Dr. Shubin discovered, illustrate the transitional form between fish and land animals. ...
1530 P Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Broad Branch Road Neighborhood Lectures
Thursday, May 19, 2016 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Scott Sheppard - Beyond Pluto: The Hunt for Planet X
The Kuiper Belt, which has Pluto as the largest member, is a region of comet-like objects just beyond Neptune. This belt of objects has an outer edge, which we are only now able to explore in detail...
Broad Branch Road Campus
5251 Broad Branch Rd NW
Washington, DC 20015
United States
Astronomy Lecture Series
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 6:45pm
Dr. Katherine Alatalo - The Secret Lives of Galaxies
The Hubble sequence of galaxies resembles a simple classification chart, yet underneath the neatly aligned shapes and colors lie complex and violent histories. Through radio, infrared, UV and optical...
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
United States
Special Events
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
FameLab USA 2016 - Season 3 National Final
Three experts judge ten young scientists as they spin tall-but-true tales of climate change, a cure for cancer, the search for life elsewhere, and much more - in 3 powerpoint-free minutes each!...
1530 P St, NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States

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