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Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Are we alone in the Universe? That’s what we often wonder as we look up at the stars of the night sky. We may become particularly fascinated with this question after reading a great science fiction novel or watching a film that centers on the exploration of other planetary systems (e.g. The Star Trek franchise). …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Astronomy/Mathematics, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
In 1984, the U.S. launched an Earth remote sensing mission to extend the observational record of our planet’s land masses begun 12-years earlier by the first Earth Resource Technology Satellite, later renamed Landsat 1. By the time Landsat 5 was launched, on March 1, 1984, expectations were for a 3-year design life and the hope …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
I do not need to convince you that the interest in the Mars Curiosity Rover is sky-high! On Tuesday April 16, 2013 we are hosting a lecture at the Library with NASA’s Dr. Pamela Conrad who will discuss habitability on Mars based on findings from the Curiosity Rover. For those of you who cannot attend, …
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
ST&B & NASA Goddard Speakers Series begins its 7th Year on April 16, 2013 with Extraterrestrial Real Estate Assessment: Measuring Habitability on Mars with the Curiosity Rover with Dr. Pamela Conrad, astrobiologist and mineralogist, at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. [Update– For those of you who cannot attend, our Twitter account @librarycongress will live tweet Dr. …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Astronomy/Mathematics, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Today’s guest post is by ST&B’s upcoming speaker Michael Chorost who will be at the Library on March 20 to talk about How to Put Your Brain on the Internet: Lessons From a Cyborg and sign copies of his books World Wide Mind: The Coming Integration of Humanity, Machines, and the Internet (2011) and Rebuilt : …
Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Inventions, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
You check your smartphone so often that it might as well be a part of your body. Why not skip the tiny screen and keyboard and put your brain directly on the Internet? On Wednesday March 20th, 2013 from 11:30-12:30 the Science, Technology, and Business division is sponsoring the lecture How to Put Your Brain on …
Posted in: Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Today’s post is from science reference librarian Margaret Clifton. She is also the author of Loving the Stars – Telescopes from Galileo to James Webb, Saving Energy: The Fall Back Position, Stars in his Eyes and Sun Spots this Summer. “And you thought they were cute” A wide variety of literature on Antarctica has been collected over …
Posted in: Biography, Guest Blog Posts, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
The following is a guest post by Dr. Sten Odenwald, NASA/ National Institute of Aerospace, who presented a lecture on the Transit of Venus at the Library of Congress on May 8, 2012. You can view his lecture on our webcast page and Youtube channel. On June 5th, 2012 most people will have the opportunity …
Posted in: Astronomy/Mathematics, Guest Blog Posts, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
In the wake of the 2001 September 11 al Qaeda attacks on the U.S., five anonymous letters containing a deadly strain of anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) were mailed via the U.S. Postal Service to major media outlets in Florida and New York, and to the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C. This bioterrorist attack killed 5 people: …
Posted in: Lunchtime Lectures and Videos, Military science