Science Seminar Series

Nick Gorkavyi ABSTRACT Rudolf Clausius introduced the concept of entropy in 1865 and formulated the second law of thermodynamics, which asserts the inevitability of entropy growth in closed systems. The … Continue reading Entropy: from Biology to Cosmology →

Christopher Bradburne ABSTRACT The convergence of technologies across biology, autonomous systems, and space exploration is enabling the broad new field of 'space biology'. Technological investments in biology and health are … Continue reading A Lot of Space for Biology: Astrobiology, bioastronautics, and the emergence of space biology →

Deborah Shaffer ABSTRACT The eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) is ubiquitous throughout eastern North America. Yet despite its commonness, gaps exist in our understanding of its population structure, primarily in … Continue reading The Elusive Eastern Newt: A Genetic Population Study →

Jeff Urbach ABSTRACT We usually describe the properties of materials by categorizing them as solid, liquids, or gases, but lots of stuff doesn’t fit neatly in into any one category. … Continue reading Shear thickening fluids: what’s going on in there? →

Jurij Fedynskyj ABSTRACT The ancient tradition of blind minstrels in Ukraine, called kobzari, had nearly disappeared and was carried into the twenty first century by a few survivors or Soviet … Continue reading The Kobzar’s Prayer for Ukraine →

Daniel Nicholson ABSTRACT In 1926, Haldane published an essay titled ‘On Being the Right Size’, in which he argued that the size of an organism fundamentally shapes its way of … Continue reading On Being the Right Size, Revisited →

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