Science on Tap: Penn Plant Ecologist Brenda Casper (4/13, 6pm

[ April 13, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] As I posted yesterday, a couple of Philly science institutions have teamed to create another science cafe: Science on Tap. The more the merrier, I say.

But the way my calendar thingy works (and it is working again, I need a separate post for each entry. So here’s the one for Brenda Casper, a Penn [...]

Portrait of Chuck D as a Young Man (APS 4/3 6pm)

[ April 3, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] When you say the name Darwin, I think it is safe to say most people generate a mental image of Charles Darwin as an old, bearded man. This image, in fact:

Well, that or something similar. But what most people don’t realize is that when Darwin took his fateful voyage aboard the Beagle, he was [...]