Weeknights at the Wagner series starts 1/27

Here’s a nifty chance to learn more about one of the jewels of our local science heritage, through Wagner Free Institute of Science‘s Weeknights at the Wagner series.
Starting next Wednesday, the museum is featuring four lectures this year that draw from the Wagner’s impressive…and largely unseen…collection. First up is How the Turtle Got Its Shell, [...]

Polarity Ensues

In my narrow world view, few sins are as egregious and unforgivable as those made with some basic science facts: Flinstones bedamned, dinosaurs did not live with people…Star Wars bedamned, there is no sound in space…Matlock bedamned, the Planck length is the smallest span of distance at which non-quantum descriptions of spacetime are meaningful, about [...]

Horton Gives a Hoo(t) about Climate Change at the Penn Science Cafe 1/24

If it isn’t too late to sketch this on your calendar for Thursday, I’d recommend seeing this edition of the Penn Science Café. Previously, Ben Horton spoke at the Café about the aftermath of Boxing Day Tsunami, I believe.
Charming guy, so I’m sure this will be like Hugh Grant playing the Dennis Quaid scientist [...]

Mesozoic Reptiles Rule!

William Gallagher, author of When Dinosaurs Roamed New Jersey, will be hosting the first of a ten-part free weekly lecture series at the Penn Museum (33rd and Spruce) this Saturday, from 10:15 to 11:45.
The event is co-sponsored by the Wagner Free Institute of Science and you don’t need to pre-register or go to North [...]

Look Up! Lunar Eclipse on Wednesday

This is something of another test message using yet another widgety tool for blogging.
The full moon arrives this week and, with it, a lunar eclipse on Wednesday. (And this year’s lunar schedule means an authentic blue moon on May 20!)
If you’re brave enough to face the arctic chill, it might be fun to [...]