Monday, May 2, 2016 - 6:45pm
This is an extraordinary time in human history. While it has been only twenty years since astronomers first discovered planets outside of our solar system, we are already aware of several planets...
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Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
A major focus of the field of chemistry is predicting how various atoms form bonds, hence molecules, and how such bonding controls the structure and properties of molecular matter....
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Monday, April 18, 2016 - 6:45pm
Our solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago in an extremely chaotic environment and has evolved significantly over that time. What we see today is an organized inner solar system with four very di...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 6:45pm to 8:00pm
The MESSENGER spacecraft, the first to orbit the planet Mercury, overcame many technical challenges to survive the harsh environment of the inner solar system. Along the way, the mission's...
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Monday, April 4, 2016 - 6:45pm
For 45 years, the Las Campanas Observatory of the Carnegie Institution for Science has provided a superlative window in the Southern Hemisphere for exploring the wonders of our Universe. Located in...
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 6:45pm to 8:00pm
Standing strong and silent, plants are all around us, both shaping our world and responding to it. Plants can live for hundreds, if not thousands of years, continuously renewing themselves...
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Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 6:45pm to 8:00pm
The Curiosity rover has been exploring Mars for more than three years, measuring the past and present habitability potential of our nearest planetary neighbor. We’ve also been busy on...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
The Carnegie Institution for Science and the producers of the PBS science series NOVA present
a special screening of "Life's Rocky Start" premiering January 13 on PBS....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 - 6:45pm to 8:00pm
Kavli Prize Laureate Lecture - The Restless Brain
Traditionally studies of brain function have focused on task-evoked responses. By their very nature such experiments tacitly...
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Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 6:45pm to 8:00pm
Earth's 4.5 billion year history is a complex tale of deterministic physical and chemical processes, as well as "frozen accidents". Most models of life's origins also invoke chance...
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