Huge downpours, massive flooding, heat waves, prolonged droughts—these extreme events are occurring more frequently, and with greater intensity. “100-year-floods” are occurring every year or two; should we consider these weather events the new ‘normal’? How are cities and regions responding and planning under such uncertainties? Continue reading “Extreme Storms”
The Leakey Foundation, Chicago Council on Science and Technology and Chicago Public Library present:
The Origins of the Genus Homo.
When did our ancestors look the way we expect the earliest members of our genus to have looked? Continue reading “The Origins of Genus Homo”
Chicago Council on Science and Technology and Chicago Public Library present
Extreme Storms
Chicago Council on Science and Technology, Society for Neuroscience Chicago Chapter, and Galway Arms present
C2ST Speakeasy: Mission to Mars–Team Composition
Continue reading “C2ST Speakeasy: Mission to Mars–Team Composition”
Together, we’ve spent a decade enhancing the public’s understanding and appreciation of science and technology and their impact on society. Continue reading “Science is for Everyone”
NASA and its international partners are planning to send humans to Mars in the 2030’s. Mission to Mars will challenge the frontiers of human collaboration as the crew lives and works in an extreme environment. The crew of 4 will be confined to a space the size of a small studio apartment for 2 ½ years. As the crew travels further into deep space, the extreme distance will result in significant communication delays with Earth. Continue reading “C2ST Speakeasy: Mission to Mars — Team Composition”
