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Trees / Earth on Fire

Peabody Speakers Bureau
with Jon Gewirtzman & Riley Wadehra

The Yale Peabody Museum Speakers Bureau features informative and fun science talks from Yale University graduate student experts. Students in the program worked with the Peabody to hone their skills in science communication to bridge the gap between scientific research and… Jon Gewirtzman Trees Nature’s Unexpected Methane Machines… Riley Wahedra Earth on Fire Wildfires Across our Planet What…

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Stronger Together / Genes, Brains, and Behavior: Oh My!

Peabody Speakers Bureau
with April Pruitt & Will Rogers

The Yale Peabody Museum Speakers Bureau features informative and fun science talks from Yale University graduate student experts. Students in the program worked with the Peabody to hone their skills in science communication to bridge the gap between scientific research and… April Pruitt Genes, Brains, and Behavior: Oh My!… Will Rogers Stronger Together How Relationships Help Slow…

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Special Event

Mars Unearthed

What would a museum depicting human life on Mars look like? Yale’s undergraduate class “The Anthropology of Outer Space” will offer their take on this fascinating thought experiment, in a pop-up event in David Friend Hall on Tuesday, April 29 from 10 AM to 5 PM. The course…

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The World Without Evolution?

Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture
with Andrew Hendry

Typical considerations about rapid evolution and its importance in structuring the world around us emphasize situations where evolution is causing rapid changes in organisms and environments.  Hendry contends that the primary role of evolution is in resisting change. …

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Celebrate Inauguration at the Peabody

We will stay open late on Friday, April 4, from 5–7 PM  in celebration of the inauguration of Maurie McInnis as Yale's 24th president. The Peabody will be offering hands-on activities featuring collections and research, arts and crafts for young children, and special…

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Film Screening

The Arc of Oblivion

We invite you to a screening of the film The Arc of Oblivion, which will be followed by a discussion with the director, Ian Cheney.  In a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Set against the backdrop of the filmmaker's quixotic quest…

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Author Talk: Jonathan Losos

Evolutionary biologist Jonathan Losos is passionate about cats. He’ll be coming to the Peabody on March 27 to talk about his bestselling book The Cat’s Meow and to share how researchers today are unraveling the secrets of cats using technological tools, from GPS tracking… Jonathan Losos is an evolutionary biologist known for his research on how lizards rapidly evolve to adapt to changing environments. Jonathan…

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Brewing in Ancient Babylon

Four thousand years ago a song was composed in ancient Babylonia that preserves the oldest recorded recipe for brewing beer. Archaeologist Tate Paulette has published In the Land of Ninkasi, an authoritative account of beer in Babylonia, the world’s first great beer… Tate Paulette is an archaeologist and Associate Professor in the Department of History at North Carolina State University. He has conducted…

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Film Screening

T.REX

Following the global announcement of the discovery of a rare juvenile T. rex specimen by three young boys, the Yale Peabody Museum is pleased to announce a screening of T. REX, a documentary that captured this incredible expedition on camera. T. REX is a captivating…

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The Speed of Life

Annual John H. Ostrom Lecture
with Anjali Goswami

Why is evolution seemingly a story of fits and starts, with long periods of relative stability interrupted by rapid transitions? What allows some species to survive and quickly exploit new opportunities, while others go extinct? Why do the same forms evolve over and over… Award-winning paleobiologist Anjali Goswami of the Natural History Museum in London tackles a simple, but deeply profound question: why has…   Gratefully supported by the Charles Gallaudet Trumbull lectureship fund  

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