Speaker: Michael E. Summers, Professor of Planetary Sciences and Astronomy, George Mason University Strange things in the sky have fascinated people for thousands of years.  But it was in the l940s that the number of UFO reports in America… Read More
Dazzling technological innovations get all the attention, but there's something else just as crucial and integral to our survival and progress. Using examples from history and contemporary culture, National Academy of Engineering's Guru Madhavan will reflect on how… Read More
Your microbiome impacts everything from the quality of your beer to your ability to digest it. Keith Crandall, of George Washington University’s Computational Biology Institute, explains how microbiomes are being studied to benefit agriculture production as well as… Read More
Learn about the age, origin and geological history of the Potomac River with Christopher "Chuck" Bailey, a professor of Geology at William & Mary. Bailey looks beyond human history to uncover the secrets of deep time and paleogeography… Read More
Dr. Arunan Skandarajah from the National Institutes of Health talks about how we can apply lessons from transformative organizations like the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to a new way of funding biomedical innovation at the… Read More
Allyson Sgro, a group leader at Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus, discusses how we are made up of and surrounded by cells that work and compute together. Learn why this is important to understand and how… Read More
Research scientist Christopher Obara from Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus looks at how the next generation of microscopes are helping scientists learn how living systems behave in more complex and unpredictable ways. We are beginning to… Read More
Diane Palmieri, acting director of the National Cancer Institute's Center for Research Strategy, talks about the history of the Cancer Moonshot, exciting progress to date and opportunities in the future. Admission is free!
Amanda Shehu, computer science professor and associate vice president of research for George Mason University's Institute of Digital InnovAtion, describes artificial intelligence (AI) from the 1950s to today. She details the vision of general AI, potential threats and… Read More
Dr. Rob Johnson, Group Leader at Janelia Research Campus discusses how scientists are using new experimental approaches and machine learning to understand how brains learn and use common sense. Admission is free! Come early and enjoy artfully prepared… Read More