Join us for a virtual conversation with Lisa Feldman Barrett to explore fundamental questions, like why we even have a brain and what that means for all of us.When we think about the larger issues in our own society, and for humanity as a species, we don't often focus on ...
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The persistent sediment delivery problem in rivers - LivestreamMoving sediment from continents to coasts is a fundamental job of rivers. However, humans have dramatically altered how rivers move sediment leading to declining suspended sediment delivery in many rivers around the world. Rarely are we able to look both upstream and downstream of basin outlets to measure where and ...
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Histories of Communicating Science Beyond the Recent West - LivestreamWe are often told science communication originated alongside professionalised science in Western Europe a few hundred years ago. Yet cultures all over the world and throughout time developed unique conventions for communicating their knowledge within their own societies and with others.This webinar will discuss how we might rethink science communication ...
The afterglow of the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), is one of our best tools to study the beginning of the Universe and how it works. Find out how we look at this “baby picture†to infer how our Universe works, what it has taught us, and what ...
