Congratulations to team ‘Mazon,’ the champions of tonight’s Science Pub Quiz!
A big thank you to our generous hosts at @RabidBrewing , and to Stoney Point Grill - Homewood and The Bistro on Sterling for offering such amazing prizes.
It was a great night all around!
Retired Maj Gen William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the famous Earthrise photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting crashed off the San Juan Island, Washington
https://t.co/AOazN7E40M
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Begins:
Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 11:53pm
Maximum:
Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 2:12 am
Ends:
Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 4:32am
https://t.co/HoYpY1t0jO
Tonight is the last flight for SOFIA, eight years into its planned twenty years of operation. The world will lose a unique observatory, and the unique science it was doing at far infrared wavelengths will have to wait at least a decade for a future mission.
Bretz Historic 100-Year Old Sears House in Homewood “Boulderstrewn”
Sept. 14, 7pm
@HomewoodLibrary
17917 Dixie Hwy, Homewood
Bretz’s Historical Home
Professor Peter Doran will discuss his Homewood Sears house, formerly owned by geologist and Penrose Medal winner J Harlan Bretz.
New to the Library! Checkout an outdoor movie projector & screen! Kit includes: 120 inch projector screen & stand as well as a 5G WiFi Bluetooth projector. Available to Flossmoor Library adult cardholders only. Available as a 7 day checkout - no renewal, extension or hold.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022, 6:30pm - STEM Café, Inflation Nation: Causes, Consequences, and Mitigation at @FattysDeKalb 1312 West Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, Illinois. #STEMCafe#SciencePub
Meet cute kittens at the library! Our friends from the South Suburban Humane Society (SSHS) will introduce a few adorable kittens and talk about how they act and grow along with great tips for caring for cats and other pets.
Registration & details:
https://t.co/7q1XcNHdYT
Representing @DeltaState with @lizacope1234 and Dr Severine Groh at #SITE2022 in San Diego. We presented our work on interactive instructional videos for our STEM courses. Thanks to all of our students who experimented with us! 👏
#OTD in 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly into space. His historic single orbit around Earth took only 108 minutes from ignition to landing.
Northern Illinois University STEM Cafe
Wednesday April 13, 6:30pm (Online)
The Labor Shortage: Legal, Gender, Economic and Management Perspectives.
Registration is required for this free online event.�� Register and learn more at https://t.co/JjtoFEMnnu
Tuesday, April 12 · 6pm A Scientist Walks Into A Bar
Doug Farr, one of the world’s leaders in creating green buildings, the future of architecture in a changing climate, and what it’s like to be one of the “100 most influential urbanists of all time.” https://t.co/bly5nOAg35
Look for more collaborations and impact on the role of #microbiome science across human and environmental science from this hard working group @All_Microbiomes Working hard at @Uchicago