Penn Science Cafe: Free Will and the Criminal Justice System Oct 14

[ October 14, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Got Free Will?

Sure, you feel like a free-thinking organism, capable of making rational, conscious decisions but are you really?

According to Anthony Cashmore, maybe you should reconsider your stance somewhat. Cashmore hosts the Penn Science Cafe this October 14th, 6pm at the White Dog.

RSVP with Jordan Reese, jreese@upenn.edu or 215-573-6604.

Anthony Cashmore
Free Will and [...]

Explorer Richard Wiese comes to the Academy (9/24, 6–8:30 pm)

[ September 24, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Naturalist, explorer, tv host and handsome, handsome man, Richard Wiese will be at the Academy of Natural Sciences on Sept. 24 to discuss how dreamy men keep their hair bouncy despite jungle humidity living an active, nature-filled life in our modern world.

Living an active, nature-filled life in today’s stress-filled society can be challenging but totally [...]

Ted Daeschler @ Science on Tap 7/13, National Mechanics 6pm

[ July 13, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] Ted Daeschler, curator of vertebrate zoology at the Academy of Natural Science and co-discoverer of Tiktaalik, will present this month at Science on Tap at National Mechanics. I went to last month’s show and I must say that it is a great venue (which could benefit from a riser for the speaker, a box, something!). [...]

“The End of the Line” — Overfishing Documentary at the Academy of Natural Sciences (6/16. 6:30PM)

[ June 16, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] The Academy of Natural Sciences announced to today that they’ll be premiering locally “The End of The Line,” a new documentary on the perils of overfishing on Tuesday, June 16. The event is free. Reservations not required.

Fresh from its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, “The End of the Line” depicts overfishing, [...]

Earth Days at the Academy of Natural Sciences (April 18, 23)

[ April 18, 2009; April 23, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] What you might not realize is that the Academy of Natural Sciences is more just a neat old building full of dead things, it is also the home of thePatrick Center for Environmental Research, one of the world’s first centers of applied ecology. So, when I tell you that the Academy has a bunch of [...]

Teaching Darwin in Elementary School (Academy of Natural Sciences, March 30, 6 pm)

[ March 30, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] This is timely, considering the nonsense that just popped up (and justifiably beaten down) in Texas . The Academy of Natural Science’s Town Hall series takes a look on how we are teaching our children about evolution.

Teaching Darwin in Elementary School
Monday, March 30, 6:30-8:30 pm

* Kathleen Fadigan, Ed.D.; Assistant [...]

The naturalists that made England into a gardener’s paradise (Academy of Natural Sciences, 4/29)

[ April 29, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Three generalities about Englishmen (and Englishwomen, although the first two apply with slightly less strength):
They love their football (and they mock our football…baseball too, of course)
They love their beer (and they mock our beer)
They know the Latin names of every plant in the garden

Its uncanny. Enter any bar or pub, almost anywhere [...]