On Thursday evening, December 8th at 6:30 pm (EST), Robert Hazen will present a public lecture (live and on Zoom) on "Minerals: Earth's Ultimate Time Capsules" Here's the link; you must register in advance of the talk: https://bit.ly/mineral-timecapsule What can minerals tell us about the evolution of our planet? On December 8, 2022, the Earth and Planets Laboratory (EPL) invites you to join Dr. Robert M. Hazen, for a special presentation of “Minerals: Earth’s Ultimate Time Capsules.” During the talk, you’ll learn how Hazen and his team combine the new fields of "mineral evolution" and "mineral informatics" to uncover the secret 4.5-billion-year saga of our planet. Using mineralogy as a lens, Hazen will take guests back in time through many of Earth’s dramatic transformations, driven by physical, chemical, and—based on a growing body of evidence—biological processes. The talk will also explore the larger question of evolving systems, and whether a "missing law" of nature might be necessary to understand the richness of our universe. This #NeighborhoodLecture will take place at *6:30 PM EST in the Greenewalt Auditorium* of Carnegie's Broad Branch Road Campus in NW, Washington, DC. You can also tune in online at https://bit.ly/mineral-timecapsule -- Robert M. Hazen Carnegie Institution for Science Senior Staff Scientist, Earth and Planets Laboratory 5251 Broad Branch Road NW Washington, DC 20015