Dr. Morse presents a lecture on how influenza spreads and how we can slow it down. He discussed vaccines, as well as how influenza can suprise specialists.
Dr. Venter talks via video from La Jolla, California. He describes his research in genome science.; Further reading: http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=235274
; ; Dr. Wake talks about the state of planet from the viewpoint of Amphibians. What can they tell us about the importance of biodiversity?; Further reading: Scientific American, vol.272, no.4 (1995) pp. 52-57
In an APS staff favorite lecture, Michael Donoghue talks about the varieties of leaves on plants throughout the world and what we can infer about their evolution.
Kevin Anchukaitis talks about his work researching tree rings and how they reveal new observations of climate change.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 161, No. 3 (September 2017) pp. 244-263.
; ; In a lecture which turned into one of the episodes of the APS Podcast Great Talks, Dr Kennel talks about the so-called "hiatus" global warming. He examines the long term science and shows that there is no hiatus.; American Philosophical Society. Vol. 159, No. 4 (December 2015), pp. 367-408;Podcast: https://www.amphilsoc.org/museum/exhibitions/great-talks-american-philosophical-society/long-history-climate-science
Dr. Levine gives a history lesson in biology. His career in molecular biology spanned some major changes in the field.; Further reading: https://www.ias.edu/ideas/seventy-years-and-two-paradigm-shifts-changing-faces-biology
Patricia King talks about the ethics in science. She examines the ethics involved in molecular genetics, specifically the safety and ethics involved in human genetic engineering.
Loren Graham talks about the Russian geneticist, Trofim Lysenko, and the controversies surrounding epigenetics.; Further reading: Graham, Loren. Lysenko's Ghost: Epigenetics and Russia (Harvard University Press : 2016)
Dr. Giegengack discusses the solar storm of 1859. A solar storm of this magnitude occurring today would cause widespread electrical disruptions, blackouts and damage due to extended outages of the electrical grid.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 159, No. 4 (December 2015), pp. 421-433
Nobel prize winner Angus Deaton examines the economics of happiness and mobidity.; Further reading: Deaton, A. The Great Escape: Health, wealth, and the origins of inequality (Princeton University Press: 2013)
