Michio Kaku at the Franklin Institute 3/21

The Franklin Institute is hosting a lecture/reading from Michio Kaku, author of Physics of the Impossible, in somewhat tangential support to their ongoing Star Wars exhibit. (You see, the Force…force fields…its all related.)
The event is this Friday, March 21, 2008 at 7:30 pm. It is free, but you’ll have to pre-register: 215.448.1254.
Dr. [...]

Life Sciences forum at the Constitution Center

Choices and Challenges in the New Age of Life Sciences
Monday, Mar. 17, 2008
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Contact: 215.409.6700
Bioethicist Art Caplan and others will be at the Constitution Center next Monday to discuss how bioscience will impact our lives. The program is free, but reservations required. Details.
Join the National Constitution Center for a public discussion about [...]

Evolution of Skin Color at the Wagner Free Institute of Science 3/29, 1pm

[ March 29, 2008; 1:00 pm; ] Here’s one that I’m interested in attending at the Wagner: The Evolution of Human Skin Color with Penn anthropologist Nina Jablonski on Saturday, March 29, 1pm.

In the last 15 years, she has been increasingly absorbed in studies of “unseen” aspects of human evolution, most notably the evolution of human skin and skin color. Her studies [...]