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Living with White Sharks

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Free Public Lecture Gregory Skomal, Program Manager and Senior Scientist, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries The Cape Cod white shark population has increased in recent years in response to the dramatic increase in the seal population. Shark...

Self-Domestication in Bonobos and Other Wild Animals

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Free Public Lecture and Book Signing Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Domesticated animals such as dogs, pigs, and horses often sport floppy ears, patches of...

Chasing Ants (And Their Microbes) in the Rainforest

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Free Public Lecture Corrie Moreau, Moser Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity, Cornell University Microbes play critical roles in the biology and health of human beings, but we are not the only species that benefits from intimate...

Frontiers in Evolution

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Free Special Event New approaches to studying evolutionary processes, from genomics to big data, have revolutionized the study of organisms across geological time and geographical space. Join us for a series of short “flash” presentations by Harvard...

A Lunar Soirée

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This event is sold out. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. For details, please email: lectures@hmsc.harvard.edu Special Event Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the 1969 moon landing at this...

Summer Science Week: Science of Invertebrates: Bugs and Slugs

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Experience science hands-on through the lens of the two most diverse animal groups - gastropods (snails and slugs) and arthropods (insects, arachnids and relatives). Learn about the range of diversity and variation in these groups, while learning about...

Summer Science Week: Space! - Sold Out

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For children entering grades 1–3 Monday, August 8th through Friday, August 12th; 9:30 am to 12:00 pm Look up! How do we explore what is beyond planet Earth? Experiment with making craters, launching rockets, and learning from light. Meet a scientist and...

Summer Science Week: Exploring our Prehistoric Past - Sold Out

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For Children Entering Grades 6-8 How do scientists learn about the prehistoric past? From trilobites to saber-toothed cats to our own hominin ancestors , we will closely study specimens in the galleries and classroom, visit Harvard’s fossil research...

Summer Science Week: Survivor!

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For children entering grades 4-5 Experiment with the “primary technologies” used by the early peoples of North America to survive and thrive. In our hands-on lab, the museum galleries, and in outdoor settings, students will learn skills like leather...

The American Land Museum: Places as Cultural Artifacts

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Free Public Lecture Matthew Coolidge, Director, Center for Land Use Interpretation The Center for Land Use Interpretation explores how land in the United States is apportioned, utilized, and perceived. Through exhibitions and public programs, the Center...

The Human Swarm: How Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall

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Free Public Lecture and Book Signing Mark W. Moffett, Author and Photographer Based on his new book, The Human Swarm: How Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall (Basic Books, April 2019), Moffett will discuss the social adaptations that bind societies and...