Science at AMNH

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

Join Estefanía Rodríguez, associate curator in the Museum's division of Invertebrate Zoology, for an exciting underwater journey to meet sea anemones, and learn about how much more there is still to be discovered about these marine marvels.

This lecture took place at the Museum on January 6, 2016.

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

Paleontologist Diego Pol, part of the team that discovered a new Titanosaur in 2014, joins Macauley Curator of Paleontology Mark Norell and Provost of Science Mike Novacek for a chat about the stupendous sauropod and its scientific significance.

This lecture took place on January 15, 2016.

Generous support for The Titanosaur exhibit has been provided by the Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Foundation.

Photo: AMNH/D. Finnin

In this SciCafe, geneticist Jack Gilbert presents the most exciting and recent discoveries from the invisible world of microbes.

SciCafe: Microbes in the House, 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).

Generous support for The Secret World Inside You and its educational resources has been provided by the Paul and Irma Milstein Foundation and the Milstein Family.

The Secret World Inside You is proudly supported by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.

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

Americans spend an estimated 92% of their time indoors, yet we know little about the diversity of microbes that exist in the built environment. This collection of microbes is influenced by where we live, whom we live with, and what we do, but it also can have an effect on us and our health. In this SciCafe, geneticist Jack Gilbert presents the most exciting and recent discoveries from this invisible world.

This SciCafe took place at the Museum on December 2, 2015. To watch a video version, visit the AMNH YouTube Channel or the AMNH Live section of AMNH.tv.

Join Dr. Thorne Lay, professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as he discusses how analysis of earthquakes forced researchers to revise longstanding ideas about the behavior of the Earth beneath our feet.

This lecture took place at the Museum on November 12, 2015.

The Annual IRIS/SSA Lecture Series is presented in collaboration with the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology and the Seismological Society of America.

In this podcast, George Musser, author of a new book about the ability of one particle to affect another across space ("spooky action at a distance") sets out to explore the phenomenon.

This lecture took place at the Museum on November 9, 2015.

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

Over the past few decades, physicists have discovered a phenomenon that operates outside the confines of space and time. This so-called "spooky action," the ability of one particle to affect another instantly across the vastness of space, appears to be almost magical. In this podcast, George Musser, author of a new book on this topic, sets out to explore the phenomenon.

This lecture took place at the Museum on November 9, 2015.