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A great way to learn how science works
SciNight Contact
Chelsey McKenna
North Las Vegas, S221-E
NLVS221
(702) 651-4390 | Obscure_mckenna
What is It?
The SciNight Journal Club is an open forum in which students and faculty can meet to informally discuss primary scientific research articles.
During the Spring 2026 semester, the journal club will meet the first Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm on the Henderson campus in room H317AA. Please contact Chelsey.McKenna@csn.edu with any questions.
Format and Categories
Each SciNight session the article to be discussed will be posted on this website below. Download the article, read it, and come ready to discuss what you have learned with your fellow students and various faculty.
The articles will come from different disciplines within the sciences to address a variety of research interests here at CSN. The general topic of each session will be one of the following:
Biological Sciences
Physical Sciences
Schedule
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| Feb 3 | Physical Science |
| Mar 3 | Biological Science |
| Apr 7 | Physical Science |
| May 5 | Biological Science |
Upcoming Journal Articles
Upcoming Topics:
February 3
NASA's congressional mandate is to search for signs of life elsewhere in the Solar system. With the discovery of the potential for subsurface oceans on icy worlds, they have become places of great interest. Upcoming missions of JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE), Europa Clipper, Dragonfly, and the Uranus Orbiter and Probe will help us confirm which moons have such oceans, and what they're like. This review paper summarizes our current knowledge of these worlds, and talks about what we hope to learn.
March 3
TBA
April 7
TBA
May 5
TBA