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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]