Science Cafe: Poisonous Plants

Science Cafe: Poisonous Plants

Visit the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences for a Science Cafe with Johnny Randall, the Director of Conservation at the North Carolina Botanical Garden and adjunct faculty in the UNC-Chapel Hill Program in Environment, Ecology and Energy (EP3). All plants are...
Connect Raleigh: Know Your Water

Connect Raleigh: Know Your Water

Join us at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences for a lightning talk on our water resources. Water experts from across the state are talking about local and global issues surrounding our water resources and drinking water/stormwater infrastructure. The...
Humankind: Past, Present, and Future

Humankind: Past, Present, and Future

On October 22, Duke University’s Center for International and Global Studies will be hosting their next speaker, Richard Leakey, a Kenyan paleoanthropologist, politician, explorer, and environmentalist. Leakey’s career in paleoanthropology involved not...

In Saturn’s Rings

On October 4, visit the North Carolina Museum of History for a screening of the film In Saturn’s Rings. The film, created by Greensboro filmmaker van Vuuren, features more than 7.5 million still images and time-lapse photos that create a journey across space and...
Science in the Movies: Space on the Silver Screen

Science in the Movies: Space on the Silver Screen

Join us for our next installment of Science in the Movies, this one focusing on “Space on the Silver Screen”. Learn more about the historical arc of space exploration as portrayed in cinema from a panel consisting of astrophysicists, aerospace engineers and film...