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An Outsider’s Inside View of Science in Iran

Busboys and Poets 1025 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

With the Iran nuclear negotiations thick in the news this year, Science magazine’s intrepid international science editor, Richard Stone, gained exclusive access to some of that country’s top scientists, among them president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran; to leading-edge research facilities, including a new astronomy observatory; and to environmental sites, such as the […]

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Science on Stage—Comedy, Music, Poetry & More

At a first-of-its-kind DC Science Café event, local performers moved by the scientific narrative of our times will share their songs, poetry, rap, comedy and other favored forms of expression in an on-stage demonstration of just how well art and science go together.

A DC Science Café Event: Gravity, or an Homage to the Mysteries of Universal Attraction

Busboys and Poets -- Mount Vernon Triangle 450 K Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

Join science writer Ron Cowen and University of Maryland astrophysicist Cole Miller for a gripping tour of gravity that will take you from a 1919 eclipse that really made Einstein’s day, out to the surface of neutron stars and the event horizons of black holes, and back again to the gravitational attraction that keeps you planted on the ground and ever-so-subtly pulled toward every other human being on the planet.

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The D.C. Science Writers Association is a group of journalists, writers, public information officers (PIOs), and audio and video producers who cover breaking research, science and technology. Our events bring together science writers for socializing, networking, science-based tours and events, and professional development workshops. The D.C. Science Writers Association is dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age, national origin, or religion. DCSWA does not tolerate harassment of members in any form.