Molecules that Matter part 2 is Beautiful, Oct. 7, 6pm

[ October 7, 2008; 5:00 pm; ] UPDATE: EarthBeat radio producer and all-around awesome person, Aries Keck, will host!

The second entry in the Chemical Heritage Foundation’s Molecules that Matter lecture series is happening October 7th. This time, the speaker is Eric Roston and the topic is “The Beauty of Science and the Science of Beauty.”

Eric Roston is a senior associate in [...]

Philadelphia Shell Show, Oct 11-13 at the Academy

[ October 11, 2008 to October 13, 2008. ] One of the reasons there have been fewer posts lately is that I took a blessedly-long vacation in the Outer Banks this September. The beaches there aren’t as large (and soft) as those found at our accustomed destination, the Jersey Shore, but the shell hunting was much better, to the delight of my three year-old, [...]

The Franklin’s Robotics Weekend Oct 11 & 12

[ October 11, 2008 to October 12, 2008. ] Also, stolen shamelessly from their site, Robot Weekend 2008:

The Franklin’s PACTS (Partnerships for Careers in Technology and Science) program partners with the Northeast Robotics Club (NERC) again this year to host Robot Weekend 2008 on Saturday and Sunday – October 11 & 12. Amateur robot designers from all over the country will face off in [...]

World Space Week(end) at the Franklin, 10/4-5

[ October 4, 2008 to October 5, 2008. ] Aren’t they clever? The Franklin (map) has managed to create a more efficient World Space Week utilizing just the weekend.

From their site:

Saturday & Sunday, October 4 and 5

Special presentation with Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts in the newly renovated Joel N. Bloom Observatory at 12pm and 3pm!

* Make your own Alka-Seltzer [...]

Cafe Scientifique: Climate Change 10/7, 6pm

[ October 7, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] Scant information is available other than the title: “Investigation & Understanding The Climate Change Connection”

So, if climate change is something you’d like to investigate and understand, the Chair of Physics at Howard University, Gregory Jenkins (here, here), just might interest you. He’s this month’s guest at the Cafe Scientifique, not to be confused with any [...]

Skeptics talk evolutionary psychology 10/18 2pm

[ October 18, 2008; 2:00 am to 3:00 am. ] If you aren’t familiar, the Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking (PHACT) is the local science skeptics group. They aren’t (entirely) a group of cranky humbugs and debunkers. In fact, they are jolly bunch of freethinkers and science geeks. They host monthly lectures Fall through Spring at the Community College of Philadelphia.

Unfortunately, I was away [...]