Science Spotlights

Meet up-and-coming scientists and learn questions at the forefront of today's research on Saturday, April 8. Each Science Spotlight in the series includes several short research talks. At 2 p.m., Melissa Mai will share her research on how plants survive in difficult environments. At 3 p.m., Jakob Sedig will sleuth out evidence for how climate changes one thousand years ago shaped communities in southwest New Mexico. This program is presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.