Town Hall Seattle: Science Series
Town Hall’s Science series is dedicated to understanding the world around us. Whether we’re hearing from a legendary physicist or a UW graduate student, the Science series explores math, biology, chemistry, the environment, and so much more.
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Sep 27, 2024
Whether it’s staying up late in front of
the screens or waking up before dawn for that early morning flight
– it’s easy to tell when something big has thrown off our routines.
But what about the little things that add up over the course of a
day, a week, or our lives overall? How do small adjustments to our
daily...
Sep 23, 2024
With tech giants such as Microsoft and
Amazon, Seattle will be instrumental in the future of data and its
effects on society. What are the long-term consequences of
humanity’s recent rush toward digitizing, storing, and analyzing
every piece of data about ourselves and the world we live in? How
will data surveillance,...
Sep 4, 2024
One instance of grief can be difficult enough to cope with, but for Lawrence Ingrassia, losing multiple family members was not only devastating but perplexing. Typical discussions surrounding inheritance may include heirlooms or estates — not rare tumors in the cheeks of toddlers, as was the case for...
Sep 3, 2024
Did you know that plants can hear sounds? And have a social life? Science writer Zoë Schlanger shares even more remarkable plant talents in her latest book, The Light Eaters, illustrating the tremendous biological creativity it takes to be a plant. To survive and thrive while rooted in a single spot, plants have...
Aug 20, 2024
Can you think of occasions where you wanted to say something, but couldn’t? Perhaps you stopped yourself out of fear, or due to outside pressures. Having a seat at the table doesn’t necessarily mean that your voice is welcome. A new book is aiming to examine the influence of silence and offer ways that we can begin...