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Join us for the next Science Café!

Mass Extinction

Artist rendering of dinosaur

What caused the greatest mass extinction in the history of multi-cellular life? Way back before dinosaurs, 250 million years ago, nearly 90% of all life on Earth died. Join us for KNME's next Science Café at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Saturday, April 26, at 10am as we explore a half-dozen plausible theories. View a segment from NOVA scienceNOW which presents a half-dozen plausible theories. Then participate in a hands-on discussion with Dr. Tom Williamson. The Museum's newest exhibition on the Triassic, opening on May 17th, will include this extinction event.

Tom Williamson, Ph.D. has been Curator of Paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science for over 14 years. His recent research has looked at the fossil record spanning the Cretaceous/Tertiary extinction event at the end of the Age of Dinosaurs and the beginning of the Age of Mammals.

Admission

  • ADMISSION IS FREE, but a reservation is required.
  • Please call: Chris Sanchez at (505) 841-2872 to R.S.V.P.
  • Deadline to R.S.V.P. April 16
  • SEATS ARE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 80 PEOPLE.

Location & Transportation

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is located at 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque Old Town – Museum Row.

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? "Bad Sugar/Place Matters" - NEW !

Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
  • On the O'odham Indian reservations of S. Arizona, residents are marked by poverty & perhaps the highest rates of Type 2 diabetes in the world.
  • 9 am Sunday 5/4

NATURE "Superfish" - NEW !

Nature: Superfish
  • They slice through the water's surface with explosive power, a half ton of muscle flashing in the sun. They are Billfish--marlin, sailfish, spearfish and swordfish.
  • 7 pm Sunday 5/4
  • 9 pm Thursday 5/8
  • 8 pm Saturday 5/10
  • 11 am Sunday 5/11

SECRETS OF THE DEAD "Doping for Gold" - NEW !

Secrets Of The Dead: Doping for Gold
  • Behind the successful 1970s female E. German athletes lay a secret, state-sponsored doping program, giving untested steroids & hormones to children
  • 7 pm Saturday 5/10

NATURE "Prince of the Alps" - NEW !

Nature: Prince of the Alp
  • High in the Austrian Alps, a female red deer, a leader in her herd, gives birth to a calf. Her status makes him a prince among the other calves.
  • 7 pm Sunday 5/11
  • 9 pm Thursday 5/15
  • 8 pm Saturday 5/17
  • 11 am Sunday 5/18