Magic Tree House Space Mission
2025-11-29 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-06 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-12-13 10:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York)

Mars: The Ultimate Voyage
2025-11-29 12:00 - 13:00

The Longest Night: A Winter's Tale
2025-11-29 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-11-30 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-06 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-07 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-13 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-14 15:00 - 16:00

Messengers of Time & Space
2025-11-29 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-06 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-13 15:00 - 16:00

Carolina Skies
2025-11-29 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-11-30 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-12-06 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-12-07 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-12-13 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-12-14 16:30 - 17:30

Solar System Odyssey
2025-11-30 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-07 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-12-14 13:30 - 14:30

Carolina Science Cafe: What’s Going on with U.S. Childbearing?
2025-12-02 18:00 - 19:00 | Haw River Tap & Table, 300 E Main St C, Carrboro, NC, 27510, United States
What’s Going on with U.S. Childbearing? And Should We Be Worried?

As birth rates in the U.S. and elsewhere have declined since the Great Recession, there has been considerable concern among pundits and policy makers over the causes and consequences of low fertility. This concern has prompted a range of efforts to raise U.S. birth rates. In this talk, Dr. Karen Benjamin Guzzo will give an overview of childbearing trends in the U.S., discuss why people are delaying or limiting childbearing, and provide insights into the demographic, economic, and policy impacts of low birth rates. She will round out her talk by highlighting the current policies and efforts to raise birth rates in the U.S. and what they will – and will not – achieve.

Designed for adults, Carolina Science Cafe is a free program that explores science topics making national and international headlines and offers the chance to meet the experts behind the work. This special program is hosted at Haw River Tap & Table in Carrboro on the first Tuesday of every month. Light appetizers are available for all attendees.

About the Speaker

Dr. Karen Benjamin Guzzo is a family demographer and sociologist, and she serves as Director of the Carolina Population Center. She is also a Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Guzzo’s research has been funded by multiple grants from the NICHD Population Dynamics Branch (PDB), the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Dr. Benjamin Guzzo’s research has been covered in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Newsweek, and she frequently appears as an expert on U.S. childbearing behaviors and decision-making in national media outlets. She is a member of the Population Association of America’s Board of Directors and chair of the American Sociological Association’s (ASA) Sociology of Population section. She has served as a Deputy Editor for Demography since 2017 and serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Marriage and Family, Family Transitions, and Journal of Family Theory and Review.

View Dr. Guzzo’s Work

Carolina Science Cafe is produced by Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and sponsored by the UNC Chapter of Sigma Xi.

You do not need to register…just show up!

Supermassive Black Holes
2025-12-05 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-12-06 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-12 15:00 - 16:00

One Sky, Many Eyes
2025-12-05 16:30 - 17:30, 2025-12-12 16:30 - 17:30

Star Families: Meteors and Other Night-Sky Wonders
2025-12-13 12:00 - 13:00

Skywatching at Stagville — Geminid Meteor Shower
2025-12-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Horton Grove – Historic Stagville State Historic Site, 5925 Jock Road, Bahama, North Carolina, 27503, United States
Join staff and volunteers from Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, Chapel Hill Astronomical and Observational Society (CHAOS), and Historic Stagville for the peak night of the Geminid meteor shower!

To view meteors, all you need are your eyes. However, we’ll offer telescopes for you to catch Saturn, Jupiter, and other celestial sights. Please note that this event is weather-dependent. In the event of a cancellation, we will provide updates on our website and social media.

To attend and receive updates about this free event, please register using the link below. We hope to see you there!

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Know Before You Go

This outdoor event will take place in the open field at the Horton Grove entrance of Historic Stagville State Historic Site. Due to the high volume of people and limited parking, please carpool if possible.

This is an informal session, so you can arrive and leave at any time during the program. However, if you plan to attend, we suggest bringing a blanket or chairs and some snacks so you can relax under the stars.

We ask that you leave all pets at home, even those on a leash. Darkness, lots of people, expensive telescopes, and pets are a bad combination. Pets will not be permitted near the telescopes.

Have more questions about skywatching? Visit our FAQs page!

Skywatching FAQs
