CARNEGIE PUBLIC LECTURES SEMINARS / CONFERENCES SPECIAL EVENTS CARNEGIE LECTURE ARCHIVES STAY CONNECTED CARNEGIE LECTURE ARCHIVE Carnegie Lecture Archive Carnegie Zoom Digital Series Thursday, October 28, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm A Virtual Conversation with Alycia Weinberger Join us to learn from Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory astronomer Dr. Alycia Weinberger about an exciting new instrument in development for the telescopes of Carnegie's Las Campanas... Zoom Webinar Platform, Capital Science Evening Lectures Wednesday, September 29, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm Your Brain's Cognitive Map - Kavli Prize Laureate Lecture Embedded deep in the brain's temporal lobe, the hippocampus plays a major role in learning and memory. Dr. John O'Keefe’s research was critical to revealing its importance for... Zoom Webinar Platform, Broad Branch Road Neighborhood Lectures Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm How to change the freezing point of water and other curiosities from between the anvils Ice cubes melt when taken out of the freezer. But what if water could persist in the solid state when left on the kitchen counter? This unusual water would be called metastable. Long-term... Zoom Digital Platform Carnegie Zoom Digital Series Friday, July 9, 2021 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm A Virtual Conversation with Materials Physicist Sally Tracy Join us to learn about materials physics from Carnegie scientist Sally Tracy. Tracy uses cutting-edge experimental and analytical techniques to understand the fundamental physical behavior of... Zoom Digital Platform Capital Science Evening Lectures Tuesday, June 8, 2021 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm Fluorescence microscopy: the resolution revolution - Kavli Prize Laureate Lecture Professor Hell received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2014 "for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy," and the Kavli Prize in nanoscience that same year for his... Zoom Webinar Platform, Carnegie Zoom Digital Series Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another Join us for an hour-long conversation between Carnegie Science President, Eric Isaacs, and science evangelist, Ainissa Ramirez. Often when we discuss the development of chemicals and substances,... Zoom Webinar Platform Carnegie Zoom Digital Series Wednesday, May 12, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm The World in 2050 and Beyond Lord of Ludlow Martin Rees will discuss his vision for the future of humanity and science as articulated in his new book "On the Future." Martin Rees is the UK's Astronomer Royal. He... Zoom Webinar Platform, Broad Branch Road Neighborhood Lectures Thursday, April 29, 2021 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm Exploring for diamonds and what they tell us about how the Earth works Finding and evaluating diamond deposits is one of the hardest tasks in mineral resource development. In this talk, we will delve a little into the techniques used to find diamonds and how to... Zoom Webinar Platform Capital Science Evening Lectures Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm Why the World Needs Geospatial Now More than Ever It is perhaps a huge understatement to say that our human footprint upon planet Earth is creating a host of challenges for all of us—as individuals, organizations, broader societies, and... Zoom Webinar Platform Science in the Neighborhood Series Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm Adventures in Suspended Animation Like a hibernating bear, some organisms can induce a state of reversible suspended animation to survive the damage caused by extreme conditions or trauma. On April 22, cell biologist Mark Roth... Zoom Webinar Platform Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last » Jumpstart your own discovery EXPLORE OUR PROJECTS MEET OUR SCIENTISTS WHY CARNEGIE Stay Connected Sign Up to Receive Carnegie Communications. If you are interested in receiving any of our materials, LEARN MORE RESOURCES FOR Employees COVID-19 information for staff Human Resources/Careers Trustees Visitors Media Contacts Anti-Discrimination Policy Equal Employment Opportunity Policy LECTURES & EVENTS Capital Science Evenings, D.C. Neighborhood Lecture Series, D.C. Astronomy Lecture Series, CA SUPPORT OUR WORK Make a Donation How to Give Planned Giving WHO WE ARE About Departments Careers & Internship Archives Contact Privacy Policy DEPARTMENTS Earth and Planets Laboratory Embryology Global Ecology Observatories Plant Biology Copyright 2020 Carnegie Institution for Science, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015 P: (202)-387-6400 F: (202)-387-8092