The Sci-Tech Amateur Radio Society (STARS) at New England Sci-Tech and the Wellesley Amateur Radio Society will jointly host a webinar on November 15 at 7PM on the use of Safecast‘s crowdsourced environmental monitoring and bGieie radiation detectors to map radiation in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, occupation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and attack on the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant.

The link for the webinar will be sent in the weekly STARS newsletter early on the morning of November 15. To get the link, sign up for the newsletter here before Tuesday, checking “STARS – Amateur Radio Club” on the form.

Registration is now open for a hybrid session of Science on Saturday on December 3 at 3PM at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory (244 Wood Street in Lexington) and online via Zoom (link provided on that site before the event). The topic will be Water Worlds: The Search for Life in Space, presented by Lincoln Laboratory’s Sarah Willis. Learn about how water and life are intertwined, the search for extraterrestrial life within our solar system, and where life might be found elsewhere in the galaxy.

For in-person attendance, all children (5-17 years) must be escorted by an adult, and every adult must be a certified teacher or be escorted by a child or children. Children under 5 are not admitted. Admission is free but each person attending must be registered. Space is limited. Register online. Adults attending in-person must bring government photo identification. See other rules on the registration pages.

Harvard Museums of Science and Culture will host a free public lecture — Why Sharks Matter: Shark Science and Conservation — on September 6, 6PM-7:15PM. It will take place both in-person (Haller Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge) and online. In either case, register here. Marine conservation biologist Dr. David Shiffman will speak.

The Discovery Museum will host an online presentation — Playgrounds vs. Playpens: Coding, Computational Thinking, and Robotics in Early Childhood — on September 22, 7PM-8:30PM on Zoom. The speaker, Prof. Marina Umaschi Bers, holds appointments in Tufts University’s Department of Child Study and Human Development and Department of Computer Science. Drawing on her recent book, Beyond Coding: How Children Learn Human Values through Programming, she will speak about how coding should be taught not only as a technical skill but as a new literacy, enabling children to express themselves and engage with the world and others. Registration is free, and a $5 donation to the Discovery Museum is appreciated.

The Broad Institute will host a free, public, virtual event in its Science for All Seasons series — What will it Take to Make Clinical Genomics Part of Everyday Medicine? — on August 2, 5PM-6PM. Clinical geneticist Heidi Rehm will discuss how researchers and clinicians leverage genomic data to change the lives of millions of patients and find the causes for some of the rarest diseases. Register here.

Inspire2Dev invites students entering Grades 6-9 to its free online 2022 Summer Hackathon on August 6, 9AM-4:30PM. Students with or without experience in STEM or coding are welcome. There will be opportunities to collaborate with peers on projects, meet STEM mentors, and hear presentations by speakers in STEM fields. Various prizes and awards will be presented in the closing ceremony. Sign up here.

Boston Tech Mom has an interview with Inspire2Dev founder Charlotte Law.

The Southeastern Massachusetts STEM Network will hold an online event — Addressing the STEM Gap & Wealth Inequities:  Partnerships, Programs, Practices — on June 13, 4PM-5:30PM. Register here.