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

Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Richard F. Picanso talks about the mechanisms that drive the birth, growth and death of tropical cyclones, and how operational missions of the Hurricane Hunters flying unit have evolved with improved technology. There… Read More

Ron Vale, vice president and director of HHMI Janelia Research Campus, talks about the small protein-based machines that convert chemical energy into biological motion and why they are essential for medicine and biotechnology. He also discusses what scientists… Read More

Entire industries owe their origins to the fluke 19th-century discovery of fluorescent dyes. Jon Grimm, a senior scientist at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus, explores how dye synthesis sparked the evolution of organic chemistry and how 21st-century chemistry is… Read More

Colonel Phil Walsh, an adventurer, engineer and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, shares stories and images from his transit of the Northwest Passage. He highlights the nature and people he encountered as well as the equipment, technology and conditions… Read More