Is it turtles all the way down? Find out at this month’s Periodic Table, ‘On the backs of turtles’ with featured guests LANL archaeologist Cyler Conrad and isotope geochemist Jeremy Inglis. Courtesy/LANL

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Is it turtles all the way down? Find out at this month’s Periodic Table, “On the backs of turtles” with featured guests Los Alamos National Laboratory archaeologist Cyler Conrad and isotope geochemist Jeremy Inglis 5:30-7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 19 at Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op, 163 Central Park Square.

Conrad, who focuses on human-animal and human-environment interaction, and Inglis, who specializes in ultra-low level isotope measurements, will answer questions about their team’s research on measuring legacy nuclear contamination in animals that grow sequential tissues — like turtles and their colorful shells.

Join them outside at Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op to hear about their initial results and the potential for future work with turtles and other long-lived organisms.

The Periodic Table is a monthly (weather permitting) outreach event organized by the Bradbury Science Museum.