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Next Event - April 12, 2019

Understanding Dark Matter

Archeology of the Milky Way -- The Mystery of "Invisible" Mass

Mariangela Lisanti

Princeton University

Past Event - March 22, 2019

Climate Change and Cultural Adaptation: A Frigid Golden Age

The Dutch Republic in the Little Ice Age

Dagomar Degroot

Georgetown University

Past Event - March 8, 2019

Blockchains in Commerce

 

Ramesh Gopinath

IBM Research

Past Event - February 22, 2019

Satellites, Dinosaurs, Milankovitch Cycles, and Cretaceous Earth

 

Compton J. Tucker

NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center

Past Event - June 15, 2018

Cassini’s Spectacular Saturn

How it Revolutionized Our View of Planets, Moons, and the Possibilities for Life in the Universe

Speakers from NASA, Cornell, & JPL

Past Event - November 17, 2017

Life 2.0

Synthetic Self Replicating and Evolvable Systems

Gerald Joyce

The Salk Institute

Past Event - May 12, 2017

Exoplanets and the Search for Life

An Exploration in Four Lectures

Speakers from NASA & Yale University
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April 12, 2019 at 8:00 PM Meeting #2,407 Sponsored by PSW Member Erica Kane
Understanding Dark Matter

Archeology of the Milky Way -- The Mystery of "Invisible" Mass

Mariangela Lisanti
Physicist
Princeton University
April 26, 2019 at 8:00 PM Meeting #2,408
Drug Abuse Vaccines
Kim Janda
Chemist
The Scripps Research Institute
April 29, 2019 at 8:00 PM Meeting #2,409 Special Event Sponsored by PSW Member Jeanne Shaw in Memory of Karen Shanor
Is Pluto a Planet?

A Discussion of Planetary Definition(s)

Alan Stern (PI New Horizons Mission) & Ron Ekers (Past President IAU)
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