Science at AMNH

In the annual Environmental Lecture and Luncheon, Lynn Sherr of ABC News’ “20/20” and Museum Trustee and former Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Dr. Margaret Hamburg explore the intersection of the environment and human health.

This conversation took place at the Museum on April 20, 2016.

Physicist Nergis Mavalvala discusses how we search for these ripples in space-time and decode the information they carry about events as far back in time as the first moments after the Big Bang.

This lecture took place at the Hayden Planetarium on April 18, 2016

Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Endowment Fund.

Join molecular anthropologist Christina Warinner as she explores how scientists are reconstructing the ancestral human microbiome to better understand the lives and health of our ancestors.

This lecture took place at the Museum on April 6, 2016. Watch a video version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSGenh_KmhU

The SciCafe Series is proudly sponsored by Judy and Josh Weston.

This SciCafe event is presented in collaboration with The Leakey Foundation.

SciCafe: How “Paleo” is Your Diet?, The Secret World Inside You, and related activities are generously supported by the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

In this podcast, J. Richard Gott discusses how ambitious telescope surveys are transforming astronomy, what the cosmic web says about the origins of the universe, and the next trillion years ahead.

This lecture took place at the Hayden Planetarium on March 14, 2016.

Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Endowment Fund.

Listen in as a panel of experts discuss this theory, including David Chalmers, professor of philosophy at NYU, Zohreh Davoudi, theoretical physicist at MIT, James Gates, theoretical physicist at the University of Maryland, Lisa Randall, theoretical physicist at Harvard, and Max Tegmark, cosmologist from MIT. Host and moderator Neil deGrasse Tyson, Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium leads this lively discussion about the merits and shortcomings of this provocative and revolutionary idea.

The 2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate took place at the Museum on April 5, 2016.

The late Dr. Isaac Asimov, one of the most prolific and influential authors of our time, was a dear friend and supporter of the American Museum of Natural History. In his memory, the Hayden Planetarium is honored to host the annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate — generously endowed by relatives, friends, and admirers of Isaac Asimov and his work — bringing the finest minds in the world to the Museum each year to debate pressing questions on the frontier of scientific discovery. Proceeds from ticket sales of the Isaac Asimov Memorial Debates benefit the scientific and educational programs of the Hayden Planetarium.

Roboticist Vijay Kumar, dean and professor of engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, describes the advantages and the challenges of coordinating and controlling teams of small robots.

This SciCafe took place on March 2, 2016.

To learn about upcoming SciCafe events, visit amnh.org/scicafe.

Watch a video version of this SciCafe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUeyfLIGtLQ

The SciCafe series is proudly sponsored by Judy and Josh Weston.

The Museum's Provost of Science Michael Novacek discusses the transition between dinosaurs and birds and its representation in the new Museum exhibition Dinosaurs Among Us. Joining him are Ashley Heers, a postdoctoral fellow in paleontology at the Museum, and Mark Norell, the Chair and Macaulay Curator of the Division of Paleonotology - and curator of the new exhibition.

This lecture took place at the Museum on March 15, 2016.

Dinosaurs Among Us is open at the Museum from March 21, 2016 to January 2, 2017.

The Museum gratefully acknowledges the Richard and Karen LeFrak Exhibition and Education Fund.

Dinosaurs Among Us is proudly supported by Chase Private Client.

Additional support is generously provided by Dana and Virginia Randt.

Photo credit: AMNH/D. Finnin

Join New Horizons' Deputy Project Scientist Cathy Olkin as she shares the latest scientific findings.

This lecture took place at the Hayden Planetarium on February 8, 2016.

Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Endowment fund.

Join stem cell researcher Jeffrey Karp to understand how scientists are drawing on inspiration from nature to solve medical problems in new and exciting ways.

This SciCafe took place at the Museum on February 3, 2016. To learn about upcoming SciCafe events, visit amnh.org/scicafe. View a video version of this lecture here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0D3h3TWLWI

The SciCafe Series is proudly sponsored by Judy and Josh Weston.

SciCafe: Mending a Broken Heart, The Secret World Inside You, and related activities are generously supported by the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

In this podcast, join MIT astronomer Anna Frebel for a firsthand account of the science of stellar archaeology. Blending her own research with recent findings in astronomy, Dr. Frebel explains how sections of the night sky are "excavated" in the hunt for for extremely rare relic stars and how this search reveals new details about the early history of the universe.

This lecture took place in the Hayden Planetarium on January 11, 2016.

Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Endowment Fund.

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble