'From the Ashes'From the Ashes takes an in-depth look at the coal industry and explores its role in climate change, while offering solutions that could help revive the struggling economies of dying mining towns and still safeguard the environment. It uses a public health lens to showcase the many individual stories of ...
Citizen science is “regular†people contributing to scientific discovery. Today, the time-honored practice of amateur science has developed into an exciting tool for helping save nature. And save it we must, as thousands of species are threatened with extinction.In Hannibal’s telling, citizen science is not only a platform for collecting data, but ...
Where: VallejoCost: Free
The evolution of tooth eruption in mammalsWhy do we have wisdom teeth? And why do so many people need to have them extracted? Teeth are extremely important biological structures that act as a physical interface between mammals and their environment. A great deal is known about the biology of how teeth erupt into the mouth. However, ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Earth in Human HandsDr. David Grinspoon is an astrobiologist and Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. His research focuses on climate evolution on Earth-like planets, potential conditions for life elsewhere in the universe and planetary-scale human influences on the Earth system.