Science for the Public programs are recorded and broadcast by Belmont Media Center and are uploaded to our YouTube channel and also to WGBH Forum Network

January 10, 2023 Vital Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics
Amala Mahadevan, Ph.D., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA

January 17, 2023 Coastal Wetlands and Salt Marshes
Robinson W. Fulweiler, Ph.D., Boston University
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA

February 14, 2023 Virus vs. Host: An Enduring Battle
John H. Connor, Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine; and Dept of Microbiology
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA

February 21, 2023 Social Media and Mental Health
Jacqueline Sperling, Ph.D., McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA

May 10, 2023 Why AI Can Seem Sentient
Nir Eisikovits, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Boston
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA

May 16, 2023 How Deep-Sea Mining Threatens Fundamental Ecosystems
Julie Huber, Ph.D. , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Beth Orcutt, Ph.D., Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA

May 30, 2023 Unusual Brain Adaptations
Evelina Fedorenko, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA

June 01, 2023 Microbial Ecosystems: The Foundation of Life on Earth
Otto Cordero, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA

July 18, 2023 What Your Food Ate
David R. Montgomery, Ph.D., University of Washington
Anne Biklé, Dig2Grow.org
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA

July 25, 2023 Are We Alone in the Universe?
Mario Livio, Ph.D. Hubble Space Telescope
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA (Zoom)

September 12, 2023 Addressing the Threat to Earth System Boundaries
Diana Liverman, Ph.D., University of Arizona
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA (Zoom)

September 19, 2023 Going to Mars? Better Take Some Gravity
James Lackner, Ph.D., Brandeis, University
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
WGBH Forum Network webinar

September 26, 2023 Analyzing Clouds and Climate Change
Daniel Cziczo, Ph,D. Purdue University
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont MA (Zoom)

October 03, 2023 Stem Cell Research and Communicating Science
Jonathan Garlick, D.D.S., Ph.D.,Tufts University
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
WGBH Forum Network webinar

October 17, 2023 An Update on Those "Forever" Chemicals
Philippe Grandjean, MD, DMSc., University of Southern Denmark
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
WGBH Forum Network webinar

October 24, 2023 Harvesting Electricity Out of Thin Air
Jun Yao, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont, MA (zoom)

November 14, 2023 2000 Years of Oceans and Climate
Hali Kilbourne, Ph.D., University of Maryland
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont, MA (zoom)

November 28, 2023
Our Shaking Earth: Understanding and Predicting Earthquakes
Brendan Meade, Ph.D., Harvard University
Contemporary Science Issues and Innovations
WGBH Forum Network webinar

December 05, 2023 The Urban Future: On Earth...and Elsewhere
Justin Hollander, PhD, FAICP, Tufts University
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations
WGBH Forum Network webinar

December 12, 2023 Troubled Waters: Red Tides and Other Algae Blooms
Patricia Glibert, PhD University of Maryland
Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations
Belmont Media Center, Belmont, MA (zoom)