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View fullsize You may have heard the term “forever chemicals” in the news a lot recently, but what are PFAS? Where do they come from? And why should we be worried about them? If you would also like answers to these questions and more, join us to hear
View fullsize Meet our speaker @jahredwithanh Dr. Jahred Liddie is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Water, Health, and Opportunity Lab at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. Most of his research lies at the intersection of dr
View fullsize This event on PFAS and water safety will take place online: Saturday February 28th, 2026 at 2PM PST | 3PM MST | 4PM CST | 5PM EST Our taste of science online chapter is excited to be making our debut in 2026, so grab a beverage, put your feet up
 
 
 

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Immunity Puts You on the Throne
Jun 28
Immunity Puts You on the Throne
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Shocks and Shifts: How Electric Fields and Hydraulic Fracturing Affect Wound Healing
Jun 27
Shocks and Shifts: How Electric Fields and Hydraulic Fracturing Affect Wound Healing
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Arboreal acrobatics: How some salamanders jump, glide, and stick the landing (and why it matters)
Jun 20
Arboreal acrobatics: How some salamanders jump, glide, and stick the landing (and why it matters)
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Unbreakable bonds, unequal burdens: environmental justice in the age of "forever chemicals"
Feb 28
Unbreakable bonds, unequal burdens: environmental justice in the age of "forever chemicals"
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Behind the Mind: Dr. Ahna Skop
Sep 4
Behind the Mind: Dr. Ahna Skop
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Restoration of Balance: Strategies for Mental Health and Stress
Dec 19
Restoration of Balance: Strategies for Mental Health and Stress
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PNP: You versus not you - The triangulation between stress, the immune response, and health disparities
Apr 27
PNP: You versus not you - The triangulation between stress, the immune response, and health disparities
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Yo, robot
Apr 20
Yo, robot

Quieres aprender sobre la inteligencia artificial, robotica y como estos temas interseccionan en campos como la ciencia ficción, el arte e incluso la ética.

Entonces unete a nuestro evento virtual este Sabado.

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Stem to Wing: Travel of Plant Fiber (as engineering material)
Dec 10
Stem to Wing: Travel of Plant Fiber (as engineering material)
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Real-life Zombies and Where to Find Them!
May 3
Real-life Zombies and Where to Find Them!
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Omicron
Dec 16
Omicron
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Peers n Pubs - Give me a Sign: Finding Rhymes in ASL
Jun 25
Peers n Pubs - Give me a Sign: Finding Rhymes in ASL

Peers'N’Pubs brings you a little something for the summer.We welcome Dr. Zed Sehyr as she unravels the first ever interactive vizualiation database for signed languages. Zed will be joined by her best friend Rachelle and she will be talking about her paper entitled:

The ASL-LEX 2.0 Project: A Database of Lexical and Phonological Properties for 2,723 Signs in American Sign Languageor as she puts it “An interactive visual database for American Sign Language reveals how signs are organized in the mind”

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Festival Finale!
May 1
Festival Finale!
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¡Necesito mi espacio!
May 1
¡Necesito mi espacio!

¿Cómo nos estamos preparando los seres humanos para la exploración espacial?

¿Ya podemos preparar las maletas para viajar a Marte?

¿Porque al cerebro le gusta el número 3?

Todas estas preguntas y muchas más, las podremos hacer a las dos doctoras en Física que nos van a deleitar con las maravillas del espacio y las leyes físicas que lo rigen.

Aviso: ¡Probablemente después de sus charlas, tengan aún más preguntas!

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Peers n Pubs - Picture this: The art of presenting science
Apr 30
Peers n Pubs - Picture this: The art of presenting science

Join us as Dr. Shraddha Nayak shares her awesome work in the visualization of scientific concepts and the development of eye-catching illustrations.

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Rockin' Robin: The Movement and Song of Birds
Apr 29
Rockin' Robin: The Movement and Song of Birds

Join us to hear from two speakers who study what birds can teach us about evolution and learning.

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