Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, and volcanoes—they all stem from the very same forces that give our planet life. It is only when these forces exceed our ability to withstand them...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United StatesSpecial Events
Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
Join us for an hour-long conversation between two intellectual luminaries on topics ranging from the state of science today, how discovery drives entrepreneurship, the many uses for artificial...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Earth's magnetic field is generated by convective motion in the liquid iron outer core, commonly referred to as the geodynamo. The magnetic field has been protecting Earth from harmful...
Greenewalt Building
5241 Broad Branch Rd
Washington, DC 20015
United StatesSpecial Events
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 7:00pm to Sunday, October 28, 2018 - 12:30pm
Decentralization through crowdsourcing continues to positively influence economies and industries across the globe and this year’s global conference stands to be the biggest and boldest...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Earth is a water world. More than 70 percent of our planet's surface is covered in water, and its presence allowed for the emergence and sustenance of life. But from where did Earth's water...
Greenewalt Building
5241 Broad Branch Rd
Washington, DC 20015
United States
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Why create national parks? Although the process of designating new parkland is lengthy and complex, national parks offer ecological, cultural, and economic benefits, while also guaranteeing longterm...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 7:00pm to 8:15pm
All of our DNA, or genetic code, is stored like wound-up string in our cells' chromosomes. The two ends of a chromosome consist of short DNA sequences that are repeated many times. These...
Rose Auditorium
3520 San Martin Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218
United States
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
Adult brain connections are precise, but such precision emerges during critical developmental periods when synapses—the delicate contacts between neurons that relay and store information—...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
In August 2017, a team of four Carnegie astronomers provided humankind’s first-ever glimpse of two neutron stars colliding—opening the door to a new era of astronomy. Along with...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United StatesSpecial Events
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:45pm
HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer and kills more than 250,000 women around the world each year. The HPV vaccine, available thanks to the efforts of Drs. John Schiller and Douglas Lowy, can...
1530 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20005
United States