Science at AMNH

Renowned theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser and cognitive scientist Stephen Pinker discuss the limits of knowledge and how much we can actually know of the world.

This lecture took place at the Museum on November 3, 2014. Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided by the Schaffner Family.

Photo: AMNH/R. Mickens

In this podcast, physician and microbiologist Martin Blaser discusses how changes in the human microbiome - for example, through antibiotics and hand sanitizers - may be contributing to an increase in chronic conditions including obesity, allergic disorders, and diabetes.

For more information on upcoming SciCafe events, visit amnh.org/scicafe.

In this lecture, Cassini Imaging Team Leader Carolyn Porco discusses the insights the spacecraft gave us into the nature of our planetary system, and Saturn itself.

This lecture took place at the Hayden Planetarium on October 20, 2014, and was hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium.

Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided by the Schaffner Family.

Photo Credit: NASA

Join museum curator Jenny Newell, in company with Tina Stege of the Marshallese Educational Initiative, in a discussion about the future of island culture in the face of climate change.

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Join former astronaut Chris Hadfield for a description of an orbit around the Earth, from launch to landing, as described and documented in his latest book, You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes.

Alan Rabinowitz shares his own personal journey to conserve a species that is now on a slide toward extinction - despite its past resilience.

This lecture took place at the Museum on September 17, 2014.

In honor of the Museum’s special exhibition of Lonesome George, the famed Galapagos tortoise that was the last of his species, join us for an in-depth conversation about biodiversity and conservation, featuring Johannah Barry and Linda Cayot of the Galapagos Conservancy, James Gibbs of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and Arturo Izurieta, director of the Galapagos National Park. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Eleanor Sterling, Chief Conservation Scientist of the Museum's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation.

Lonesome George will be on display at the Museum until January 4, 2015. Find out more here: http://bit.ly/1vyu2ZM

Watch a video version of this lecture here: http://bit.ly/YV8dsL

Photo: AMNH/D. Finnin

Renowned astrophysicist and author Caleb Scharf takes us on a cosmic adventure like no other, from tiny microbes within the Earth to distant exoplanets and beyond, asserting that the age-old Copernican principle is in need of updating.

The Frontiers Lecture series features prominent astrophysicists, authors, and Museum experts. See upcoming programs here: http://bit.ly/1CoKVuf

Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided by the Schaffner Family.

Photo: AMNH/D. Finnin

The Expeditions Report podcast series offers an insider’s look at what it’s like to live and work in the field. In this episode, herpetologists Christopher Raxworthy, associate curator in the Museum’s Division of Vertebrate Zoology, and Sara Ruane talk about their searches in Madagascar for the most elusive of rarely-seen snakes.

Learn more about their research here: http://bit.ly/1s8ZgJT

Music by Podington Bear from the FreeMusicArchive.org

The Expeditions Report podcast series offers an insider’s look at what it’s like to live and work in the field. In this episode, Associate Curator and microbiologist Susan Perkins describes her long-term study of malarial parasites and their host lizard, work that draws her back again and again to Saba Island—a relatively unspoiled paradise in the Caribbean.

Learn more about Dr. Perkins' work here: bit.ly/1C3ffev

Music by Thiaz Itch from FreeMusicArchive.org.