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SOUTH BEND — The University of Notre Dame's College of Science will be looking to the stars this week, hosting special guest and retired NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller for the college's fourth ...

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825. The lectures present scientific ...

Born the son of a blacksmith and lacking formal education, Faraday self-taught science while working at a bookbinding shop.

PORT TOWNSEND — Friends of Fort Flagler will host a talk at 6 p.m. Thursday on the Christmas Bird Count on Marrowstone Island. Gary Eduardo Perless, an Audubon volunteer naturalist, will tell how a ...

David Hillis, evolutionary biologist, professor and developer of the Hillis Plot, will present his lecture, “Applications of the Tree of Life” on Nov. 15 at the University of Nevada, Reno. His talk is ...