Science Café 2011
KNME (PBS - northern & central New Mexico) presents a new kind of Café, a SCIENCE Café. Twelve or more times a year, KNME will host a Science Café, at various locations. The concept is to show clips from an episode of NOVA scienceNOW, the Online NewsHour Science Reports, Nature or a comparable program, with an expert on that topic on hand to answer questions, and have an open discussion with the audience in a café style atmosphere. Take part - or listen to the discussion swirling around you. It's fun, it's casual, it's laid back... The estimated number of attendees range from 50-80 people per Café.
January 2012 Science Café
WHAT KILLED THE MAMMOTHS?
As the last ice age was waning, North America looked very different than it does now. It was sparsely populated by Clovis people, who used their namesake stone spear points to hunt giant mammals. The continent was teeming with beasts, including woolly mammoths, mastodons, giant sloths, saber-tooth cats, giant beavers, and camels. In the geological blink of an eye, the climate changed. These animals went extinct, and the Clovis culture was forever altered.
Come to KNME's January Science Café, view a clip of NOVA: The Last Extinction and later join in a discussion with Dr. Mark Boslough of Sandia National Laboratories. Dr. Boslough will provide arguments against the controversial hypothesis that a broken comet exploded over the large North American ice sheet, setting off an unlikely chain reaction of environmental catastrophes. Skeptic and impact expert, Mark Boslough, will also discuss why he has embraced a recent notion that this was only one of many abrupt climate change events in recent Earth history and why we are still vulnerable to such changes.
Time & Location
- Topic: WHAT KILLED THE MAMMOTHS?
- Speaker: Dr. Mark Boslough, Sandia National Laboratories
- Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012
- Time: 10:00 am - 12 noon
- Location: Los Poblanos Inn & Cultural Center - 4803 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque
Admission
EVENT IS FULL
ADMISSION IS FREE
RSVP to Rose Poston at 277-2396 or rposton@knme.org
Seats are limited and available on a first come, first served basis.
KNME Science Cafes are presented with support from UNM Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, Applied Research Associates, and Sandia National Labs/Lockheed Martin.
Be more curious...be more amazed ...come to the KNME Science Café.
