Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Dr. Ostrander’s team has taken advantage of naturally occurring variations in dog populations in order to reveal the genetic mechanisms underlying both simple and complex traits. She will show...
1530 P St NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Monday, April 3, 2017 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Supernovae are cosmic explosions where a single star can become as bright as a billion stars combined. Even though supernovae are crucial to the Universe, including producing the elements necessary...
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Rd
San Marino, CA 91108
United States
Thursday, March 16, 2017 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
The DNA of one human cell—two copies of our “genome”—would stretch almost two meters if fully extended. However, normally it’s tightly packaged in 46 chromosomes. About...
Greenewalt Building
5241 Broad Branch Rd.
Washington, DC 20015
United States
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Since releasing its first images of space 5 years ago, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has produced many exciting and fundamental results, enabling transformational...
1530 P St NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Monday, December 5, 2016 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
For several decades, Dr. Elizabeth Loftus has been manufacturing memories in unsuspecting minds. Sometimes this involves changing details of events that someone actually experienced. Other...
1530 P St NW
Washington, DC 20016
United States
Tuesday, November 15, 2016 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
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
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
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
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
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 StatesSpecial Events
Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
(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
Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
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...
1530 P St NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States