Discover how individual experiences can dramatically change our brains’ makeup. David Linden, a professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins Medicine, will explore how the diseases you’ve had, the foods you’ve eaten, the bacteria that resides in your body… Read More
The New Horizons mission gave us our first reconnaissance of Pluto and changed scientists’ view of the outer solar system. Get an insider’s look at this exciting journey with Michael Summers, a co-investigator in the New Horizons mission,… Read More
Jasper Akerboom, co-owner of Jasper Yeast, will talk about the biology, agriculture, engineering, chemistry and food science in beer and how this staple in civilization since the beginning of agriculture is always changing to consumer demand, taste and… Read More
Chesapeake Bay dead zones are devoid of oxygen and aquatic life, lowering the natural beauty, economic value, and health of its environment. Lauren Mosesso, PHD candidate at the University of Delaware will discuss her fieldwork on the Bay.
Parkinson’s disease is a common disorder with many symptoms occurring before and during the loss of motor function. Dr. Valina Dawson of John Hopkin's Neuroregeneration and Stem Cell Programs Institute for Cell Engineering will discuss advances in understanding… Read More
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