STEM in College: A Panel Discussion with the Chancellor's Science Scholars Graduation season is in the air! Join us for a timely Teen Science Cafe - a panel discussion with the Chancellor's Scholars (CSS) about why they chose to pursue STEM in college; what it’s like to be a student at UNC-Chapel Hill as a Read more...
Join us at Little River Regional park for the highly-anticipated return of our in-person skywatching events! You'll get a chance to view the Perseids at its peak and enjoy one of - if not THE - best meteor shower of the year. Cost: FREE - ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED This event is now FULL. Location: Read more...
Big Bang 101: Our Evolving Universe Join us on for the return of our in-person Teen Science Cafe on September 10 at Morehead! Our guest will be Dr. Adrienne Erickcek who will be presenting the presentation: Big Bang 101: Our Evolving Universe. Nearly a hundred years ago, Edwin Hubble announced a shocking discovery: the Universe is Read more...
Join us with friends at Historic Stagville for outdoor stargazing and storytelling. Join Historic Stagville and Morehead Planetarium & Science Center for Stagville Under the Stars! Storytelling, science, and stargazing, all in one evening. This year's event will be ALL OUTDOORS. This event is free, but pre-registration is required and the event is limited to Read more...
What do fruit flies teach us about neurobiology, biomechanics, and behavior?
Due to poor weather forecast, this skywatching session has been CANCELED. Check our skywatching page in the coming weeks for information on future skywatching sessions.
Understanding the Role of Water on Public Health, Development, and Conflict Join us on Nov 19 as Andy Al Wazni gives an overview of how climate change impacts global populations in relation to public health and social justice, with an emphasis on the role of water. Climate change impacts the entire world, but not equally. Read more...
Join us for this Teen Science Cafe with Rachel Dumez, doctoral candidate in the Curriculum of Genetics and Molecular Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Rachel will discuss the trillions of microorganisms that live on and inside our bodies, including the community of microbes that colonize the gastrointestinal tract that are referred to as our gut microbiome. Read more...
Join us at Kidzu Children's Museum on Saturday 12/18 for safe solar observing as part of their James Webb Space Telescope Launch Party community event. We'll be set up in the parking lot at University Place in Chapel Hill, near the mall entrance by Alfredo's Pizza. The mall address is 201 S. Estes Dr, Chapel Read more...
Come learn more about the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope Telescope from Tony Rice, NASA/JPL Ambassador. We'll discuss what has happened with the mission so far, what is coming next, and why this successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is being launched to a point 1 million miles from Earth. We'll also talk a Read more...
Home Alone in the Universe? If humans are not the sole intelligent species in the universe, where is everyone else? In this brief discussion of the ‘Fermi paradox’, we use the Drake equation, thoughts on the Great Filter, and the statistics of German WWII tanks to show how just enumerating the possible answers to this question Read more...