Science Saturday at the Fairmount Water Works

[ July 11, 2009; 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. July 25, 2009; 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ] It is easy to forget that, under all the concrete and asphalt, that Philly is a essentially a river town, built at the confluence of two great rivers. And even though many of our creeks were long-since diverted to sewers or buried to become future rowhome-sinkers, there is much natural beauty to be seen and [...]

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 [...]

“BSI – The Case of the Disappearing Bees” at the Wagner (3/28, 1PM)

[ March 28, 2009; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Where have the bees gone? Melissa Majoria, of course. The bees are cleverer than you may think.

Well, maybe for Doctor Who fans, but if you want to know more about why we may have lost almost one third of our honey bees, and what their fate may mean to us, I suggest that you [...]