Join us for the next Science Café!
Around the World by Balloon
How and why would humans want to travel around the world in a balloon? Join us for KNME's next Science Café at The Anderson - Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum, Saturday, July 19, at 10:00 am as we discuss circumnavigating the globe by balloon. Join us to watch "Danger in the Jet Stream," a short TV segment from an episode of the PBS national series NOVA. Then, participate in an interactive discussion with local ballooning expert, Troy Bradley.
Admission
- ADMISSION IS FREE, but a reservation is required.
- Please call: Please contact Rose Poston at 277-2396 or rposton@knme.org to R.S.V.P.
- SEATS ARE LIMITED.
Location & Transportation
The Anderson - Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum is located at 9201 Balloon Museum Dr NE.
Links for Kids
Links for Parents and Teachers
NOVA SCIENCENOW
Dark Matter/Alzheimer's/Hany Farid/Wisdom of the Crowd NEW !
- Season Premiere - Experiments with memory loss in mice; "digital detective" Hany Farid, professor of computer science at Dartmouth.
- 8 pm Wednesday 6/25 and again 7 pm Saturday 6/28
NOVA Fireworks! NEW !
- NOVA explores the science and spectacular art of those who play with fire for our visual delight.
- 8 pm Tuesday 7/1 and again 8 pm Saturday 7/5 and 10 am Sunday 7/6
NOVA SCIENCENOW
Personal Genome/Carbon Sequestration/Profile: Pardis Sabeti
NEW !
- The implication of personal genetic profiles; using computers to identify art; Profile - Harvard professor Pardis Sabeti, a researcher on the genetics of malaria.
- 8 pm Wednesday 7/2 and again 7 pm Saturday 7/5
NOVA SCIENCENOW
Hubble Space Telescope/Early Primates/Iraqi Bacteria NEW !
- Profile - Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, a former farmworker who is now an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins.
- 8 am Wednesday 7/9 and again 7 pm Saturday 7/12
