Distinctive Voices — The Promise and Peril of CRISPR
Scientists and genetic engineers are becoming increasingly adept at editing the human genome. How far can—and should—they go in editing future generations? This talk will explore the moral, ethical, and policy challenges posed by CRISPR technology. Featured Speaker: Dr. Neal Baer Dr. Baer currently holds positions as Lecturer in the Department of Chronic Disease…
Read MoreDistinctive Voices—The nonstop chatter of the Earth: monitoring tiny earthquakes in the AI era
The largest and most damaging earthquakes represent a tiny fraction of the seismic activity worldwide. In places like California and Japan, micro-earthquakes occur nearly every few minutes, forming rich sequences that exhibit complex interactions. These tiny quakes fill in the gaps between the larger ones and capture essential details about the processes driving earthquakes and…
Read MoreThe Blavatnik US-Israel Scientific Forum on Improving Crops in the Face of Climate Change
November 19-20, 2024 Washington, DC Program Welcome Remarks Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences Peter L. Thoren, Executive Vice President, Access Industries, Inc. Edward Buckler, Forum Co-Chair, Cornell University Avraham Levy, Forum Co-Chair, Weizmann Institute of Science Keynote Session Session Chair: Edward Buckler, Cornell University Speakers: Ron Milo, Weizmann Institute of Science David Lobell,…
Read MoreLabX—Wrong Answers Only: Last Show Of The Year!
German-U.S.-Israeli Trilateral Symposium on Energy Solutions
On October 11-12, 2023, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities held a trilateral symposium ‘Energy Solutions: Research and Industry-Related Developments in Energy Production, Storage, Conversion, Transmission and Distribution’ at the headquarters of the German Academy Leopoldina in Halle, Germany. Program…
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2024 Lounsbery Lecture—Exploration of Biological Diversity
Feng Zhang, 2021 Richard Lounsbery Award recipient, will present the 2024 Lounsbery Lecture on “Exploration of Biological Diversity” at the Museum of Science on Tuesday, November 19 at 6:30 pm Eastern. The event is open to the public, with pre-registration, and will be livestreamed. Many powerful molecular biology tools have their origin in nature,…
Read More2024 Nobel Prize Symposium
Celebrating Scientific Discoveries for the Benefit of Humankind and Paving the Way for Future Breakthroughs Join the Embassy of Sweden and the National Academy of Sciences for the 2024 Nobel Prize Symposium. The event is a unique opportunity to hear from four of this year’s U.S.-based Nobel Prize Laureates and learn from the brightest minds…
Read MoreDistinctive Voices—Forty Years of Coronaviruses
The talk will begin with a history of coronavirus research, from the 1960s, until the present. It will include the stories of three zoonotic coronaviruses- severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and SARS-CoV-2- that have emerged into humans in the twenty-first century, their different patterns of spread and disease…
Read MoreCultural Programs—Imo Nse Imeh: Monuments to Our Skies
During the summer of 2020—amid the pandemic, lockdowns, and widespread displays of racially motivated violence that appeared on screens across the United States—artist Imo Nse Imeh was deeply engaged with questions of faith, trust, belief, and redemption, particularly in the context of Black communities. Monuments to Our Skies is the result. Each canvas in this…
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