RECENT VIDEOS
VIDEO: Thomas Heaton: Physics of the Collapse of High-Rises in Large Earthquakes
There is a building boom for tall buildings for West Coast Cities; daring architectural designs trumpet that they are designed to withstand the 2,500-yr earthquake shaking. In this talk, Dr. Heaton will explore whether or not these claims are scientifically based; or are scientists being used as “useful idiots” to facilitate the ambitions of developers?
PODCAST: s02e19: Gregory Asner: Exploring and Managing Earth from the Sky
Dr. Asner will discuss the Carnegie Airborne Observatory’s revolutionary capabilities, and how it is yielding new scientific discoveries while accelerating conservation and management of our planet’s resources.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Annual Seymour Benzer Lecture: Genetic privacy: friend or foe?
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Yaniv Erlich, Columbia University
