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Santa Fe Institute To Host Community Lecture July 16

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Detail from ‘Penetration’, Emil James Bisttram, 1938. Courtesy photo

SFI News:

Santa Fe Institute (SFI) Community Lecture “What is Lyfe? Towards a Biology of Context & Complexity”  with Brandon Ogbunu, Yale, SFI, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16 at The Lensic Performing Arts Center.

Breakthroughs during the age of genomics have sent shockwaves throughout the biological and biomedical universes. More than any single discovery, the age has been defined by great enthusiasm, funding in abundance, and generations of scientists that operate under the doctrine that — with new technology — Read More

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum 2024 Summer Lecture Series Presents Ritual, Religion And The Scaling-Up Of Society: Insights From Anthropology

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Courtesy/Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum

Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum News:

Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum 2024 Summer Lecture Series presents Ritual, Religion and the Scaling-Up of Society: Insights from Anthropology by Dr. Nels Hoffman Tuesday, July 16.

The evening begins with a light meal at 6 p.m. at SALA Event Center followed by the lecture at 6:30 p.m. 

Anthropologists tell us that, until quite recently, most humans lived in small communities of less than a few hundred people, in which almost everyone was related to everyone else. Larger communities tended to be unstable, Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Teams Up With OpenAI To Improve Frontier Model Safety

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Los Alamos National Laboratory and OpenAI are conducting safety evaluations on frontier AI models. Image created in DALL-E by Nick Njegomir/LANL

LANL News:

  • Safety evaluations will assess biological capabilities and risks associated with AI

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) are working with OpenAI on an evaluation study to bolster artificial intelligence safety. The upcoming evaluation will be the first of its kind and contribute to state-of-the-art research on AI biosecurity evaluations.

“The potential upside to growing AI capabilities is endless,” LANL Read More

New Mexico Consortium: ‘Very Large Array’ Lecture July 15

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The Very Large Array radio telescope. Courtesy/NMC

New Mexico Consortium News:

A public lecture, Q&A and art exhibit on the National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope will soon occur in Los Alamos. 

The “Your State of Science Series”, hosted by the New Mexico Consortium and ScienceFest/Los Alamos MainStreet, in partnership with Zia Credit Union, is bringing Professor Patricia Henning, Associate Director for New Mexico Operations, National Radio Astronomy Observatory to Los Alamos.

Prof. Henning will present a public lecture and Read More

SFI Community Lecture: What Is Lyfe? Towards A Biology Of Context & Complexity By Brandon Ogbunu July 16

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Brandon Ogbunu

SFI News:

SFI Community Lecture: What Is Lyfe? Towards a Biology of Context & Complexity, by Brandon Ogbunu, Yale, SFI, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, at The Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco S. in Santa Fe.

Breakthroughs during the age of genomics have sent shockwaves throughout the biological and biomedical universes. More than any single discovery, the age has been defined by great enthusiasm, funding in abundance, and generations of scientists that operate under the doctrine that — with new technology — we might solve the mysteries of disease, the origin Read More

Los Alamos Faith And Science Forum Presents ‘Impact Of Moral Foundations Upon Religion And Science’ July 9 At SALA

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Dr. Kirk Weisbrod

LAFSF News:

Los Alamos Faith and Science Forum 2024 Summer Lecture Series presents “Impacts of Moral Foudations Upon Religion and Science” by Dr. Kirk Weisbrod, Tuesday July 09, 2024.

The lecture is open to the public and begins with a light meal served at 6 p.m. followed by the lecture at 6:30 p.m. at SALA Event Center.

About the lecture:

Current events indicate that perspectives are becoming more fragmented in politics, science and religion. Recent studies in social psychology, which included more than 30,000 interviews, indicate that intuition (emotions) responds first Read More

Microscopic Photography Exhibition Returns To New Mexico Museum Of Natural History & Science July 12

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Assisted by Jayden Dickson, Hassanain Qambari won the 2023 Nikon Small World Photomicrography competition for his vivid image of a rodent optic nerve head showing astrocytes (yellow), contractile proteins (red), and retinal vasculature (green). The colorful image provides an important contribution to the study and reversal of diabetic retinopathy. Starting July 12, 2024, this and other images will be on view at the Small World Exhibit at the NM Museum of Natural History & Science. Courtesy of NMMNHS

NMDCA News:

For the second consecutive year, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Read More

PEEC To Host Enchanting Evening ‘Poetry Under The Stars’ With New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp July 16

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New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp will grace the stage July 16 at the Los Alamos Nature Center, at 2600 Canyon Road, as part of the exciting ScienceFest 2024 celebration powered by Los Alamos Mainstreet. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The community is invited to join PEEC for an enchanting evening, “Poetry Under the Stars” with New Mexico Poet Laureate Lauren Camp at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at the Los Alamos Nature Center as part of the exciting ScienceFest 2024 celebration powered by Los Alamos Mainstreet.

Prepare for an evening that seamlessly blends the magic of poetry with the awe-inspiring Read More

Amateur Naturalist: Small And Large Geologic Bands

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By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

Summer provides a good time for exploring and observing many aspects of the natural world around us. There are variations between the large and the small in geology. The canyons in the Pajarito Plateau provide parallel patterns on a large scale.

Picture 1 below is of Pueblo Canyon. It is about 3.5 miles from it upper to lower end of Los Alamos mesa. It is nearly a half mile wide at this lower end and 400 feet deep from mesa top to canyon bottom.

There are parallel layers that form the wall of Pueblo Canyon. These layers are called members. These are named the Tshirege member, the Read More

ScienceFest At SALA: A Day Of Immersive STEM Exploration

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SALA News:

The SALA Events Center announces ScienceFest at SALA, a day dedicated to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) activities, taking place 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 13.

This event promises a day full of interactive and immersive experiences suitable for all ages.

STEMarts Activities:

  • VR Exploration: Participants can explore the cosmos with Oculus headsets, diving into the wonders of the universe.
  • 3D VR Painting: Attendees can unleash their creativity by creating and projecting 3D art in real-time.
  • AR Sky Hunt: An augmented reality adventure
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