HPV Vaccine Forum at The Franklin 10/30

[ October 30, 2008; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Direct from the press release…

The Franklin Institute and the Center for Vaccine Ethics and Policy will co-host a public forum called “HPV Vaccines: Issues, Lessons, and Public Confidence in Vaccines” on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 7:00PM. The program will take place in the Franklin Theater at The Franklin Institute, and is the second in [...]

Tiktaalik News, fossil skull analyzed, Tiktaalik decreed inventor of the neck…

…for land animals, at least.
Philly’s favorite missing link (well, now that Kruk’s retired), Tiktaalik roseae is in the news. Tiktaalik was discovered during an exhibition by the Academy of Natural Science’s Ted Daeschler. Their recent findings — an analysis of the internal structures of its head — demonstrate some of the evolutionary “fixes” Tiktaalik [...]

The Bicentennial Moon Tree

If you didn’t already know, a space traveler is on permanent display in Washington Square. A sycamore seed that traveled along with Apollo XIV was grown into a wee sapling and given to the citizens of Philadelphia, not terribly far from where the first hot air balloon was launched in the US.
Astronaut Stuart Roosa [...]

Penn Science Café: Race and the Presidential Election 10/21

[ October 21, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] Looks like the cafe is now at La Terasse! Next Tuesday at 6pm.

WHO:
Dr. Rogers Smith, professor of political science and chair of the Penn Program on Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism, will discuss the 2008 presidential election and the role race plays in American politics.

WHAT:
The Penn Science Café lecture series is free and open [...]

Earth Charter Summit at the Philly Waterworks 10/11

[ October 11, 2008; 10:30 am to 3:00 pm. ] Looking for something to do this weekend? It should be nice, if you aren’t walking in the woods or at your kid’s soccer game, you should check this out at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center.

The Philadelphia Water Department invites you to join us for the 2008 Philadelphia Earth Charter Summit, being held at [...]

Global Warming Forum at Beth David Reform in Gladwynn 11/9

[ November 9, 2008; 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm. ]
On Sunday, November 9, PennFuture & Beth David Reform (map), sponsors Global Warming: Making the Transition to a Just and Sustainable World

Sun Nov 9 2:30pm-6pm
at Beth David Reform
1130 Vaughans Ln, Gladwynne
Space is limited. Free but must preregister
717-214-7920 or 800-321-7775

-Dr James Hansen, NASA director, “The Threat to the Planet: Dark and Bright Sides of Global [...]

German Space Music this Weekend at The Franklin

[ October 4, 2008; 10:15 am; 2:00 pm; October 5, 2008; 11:00 am; 2:00 pm; ] When I posted about the two-day World Space Week events at the Franklin Institute (map) , I didn’t bother to click a little button, which I thought was decoration.

A Twitter post from The Franklin, suggested something much more was behind that little button.

That pretty little button takes you to Sonne, Sterne, Mond [...]