Friday, May 04 9:09 am
In a podcast from this March, Director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses his new book, Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier. With his trademark humor and sharp insights, Dr. Tyson offers an eye-opening perspective on the importance of space exploration for America’s economy, security, and morale in the 21st century.
Dr. Tyson’s talk took place at the Museum on March 15, 2012.
Thursday, April 12 12:14 pm
From Darwin’s finches to the Dodo, island birds have inspired groundbreaking scientific theories. The genomic revolution and increased access to islands are now enabling a new age of island exploration by researchers.
In this podcast from April’s SciCafe, Chris Filardi, director of Pacific Programs for the Museum’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, highlights the Museum’s ongoing island research and new paradigms in island biology.
This SciCafe took place at the Museum on April 4, 2012.
Friday, April 06 5:02 pm
Molecular gastronomy is a branch of food science that harnesses chemical processes to transform ingredients. In this podcast from a recent program
, chef Wylie Dufresne, a regular guest on Bravo’s “Top Chef,” shares techniques from the kitchen of his restaurant, wd~50, and illustrates how to alter the texture, viscosity, and appearance of food—all to delicious effect.
This Adventures in the Global Kitchen event featuring Dufresne took place at the Museum on March 29, 2012.
Friday, March 30 11:10 am
Theoretical physicist Dr. S. James Gates, Jr. uses mathematics to understand string theory and superstring theory, candidates for a single, unified theory of the universe. In this talk from a recent SciCafe, Dr. Gates describes the basics of string theory and talks about the discovery of computer codes—like those used in web browsers—embedded in the equations of superstring theory.
The SciCafe took place at the Museum on January 4, 2012.
Thursday, March 22 3:47 pm
In recent years, a radically new vision of the universe has emerged: only 4 percent of it consists of every planet, star, and galaxy. The rest—96 percent—is completely unknown. How did astronomers reach this cosmos-shattering conclusion, and what are they doing to find dark matter and an even more bizarre substance called dark energy?
In this podcast from the winter, join Richard Panek, author of The 4 Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality. The book presents an intimate portrait of the bitter rivalries and fruitful collaborations, the blind alleys and the eureka moments, that are redefining science and reinventing the universe.
Panek’s talk was recorded at the Hayden Planetarium on December 5, 2011.
