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Zoom A Lake Champlain Scientist Programs

April 20, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

zoom a scientistThe Lake Champlain Committee in partnership with Lake Champlain Sea Grant have announced their expanded line up of “Zoom a Scientist” programs.

The public can tune in virtually through Zoom every Tuesday and Friday from noon to 1 pm to learn more about Lake Champlain. [Read more…] about Zoom A Lake Champlain Scientist Programs

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Climate Change, Education, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Committee, Lake Champlain Sea Grant, nature, Science, water quality, Wildlife

Lake Champlain Sea Grant Hosting ‘Zoom A Scientist’

April 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Dr Danielle Garneau courtesy SUNY PlattsburghOver the next few weeks, the Lake Champlain Sea Grant team will be hosting “Zoom a Scientist,” an interactive webinar series focused on watershed and aquatic science.

Every Tuesday and Friday from noon until 1 pm scientists will lead viewers through the Lake Champlain watershed and share their research. [Read more…] about Lake Champlain Sea Grant Hosting ‘Zoom A Scientist’

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Sea Grant, nature, Science, SUNY Plattsburgh, Wildlife

Watertown’s Perpetuball Motion Machine

March 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Spectators view the kinetic Perpetuball Motion MachineThe Salmon Run Mall in Watertown, NY is home of a fancy, frilly, frivolous contraption that has attracted admirers since the mall opened its doors in 1986. Generations of families have grown up watching balls move through mazes of tunnels, striking bells and bouncing through barriers. [Read more…] about Watertown’s Perpetuball Motion Machine

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, History Tagged With: Podcasts, Science, watertown

An Adirondack Uranium Rush

March 9, 2020 by Lawrence P. Gooley Leave a Comment

It’s hard not to think the above title is ridiculous. Believable possibilities would be iron, feldspar, talc, or garnet. But uranium? And on top of that, a rush?

With the excitement of hopeful lottery players, folks in the past have swarmed the mountains and lowlands at word of supposed gold discoveries, or silver, or other metals, all of them precious in terms of financial value to the finder. But rushing to find radioactive materials — the stronger the better — in the Adirondacks? Really? [Read more…] about An Adirondack Uranium Rush

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, Essex County, Science

Lake George Archeology Digs Subject of Barroom Talk

January 7, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

science cafeNew York State Museum Cultural Resource Survey Program (CRSP) archaeologists Barry Dale, Aaron Gore, and Steve Moragne will speak on excavations they led of prehistoric and colonial remains adjacent to the historic Lake George Million Dollar Beach. [Read more…] about Lake George Archeology Digs Subject of Barroom Talk

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Albany, Archaeology, Fort George, Indigenous History, Lake George, Military History, Native American History, New York State Museum, Science

The Money Question in Early America

September 11, 2019 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldWe read and hear a lot about money. We read and hear about fluctuations in the value of the Dollar, Pound, and Euro, interest rates and who can and can’t get access to credit, and we also read and hear about new virtual currencies like Bitcoin and Facebook’s Libra.

We talk a lot about money. But where did the idea of money come from?

Did early Americans think about money a lot too? [Read more…] about The Money Question in Early America

Filed Under: History Tagged With: American Revolution, Currency, Early America, Early American History, Economic History, Massachusetts, Money, Podcasts, Religion, Science

Frontiers of Science in Early America

August 21, 2019 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben_franklins_worldWhat did early Americans think about science? And how did they pursue and develop their knowledge of it?

In this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, Cameron Strang, an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno and author of Frontiers of Science: Imperialism and Natural Knowledge in the Gulf South Borderlands, 1500-1850 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press, 2018) joins us to investigate the early American world of science and how early Americans developed their scientific knowledge. [Read more…] about Frontiers of Science in Early America

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Early America, Early American History, Frontier, History of Science, Indigenous History, Native American History, Natural History, Podcasts, Science

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