I had the pleasure of hearing Al Gore speak at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference last week. We were not permitted to video or audio record any content from the conference, otherwise you can be assured that I would have posted video of the talk. It was a closed talk, [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 24, 2009
WTTW – Chicago Tonight Recent Stories
The video itself… more about "WTTW – Chicago Tonight Recent Stories", posted with vodpod
February 14, 2009
Night Lab on PBS
My event was featured on WTTW (Chicago’s PBS station)-Laura Baginsky covered it on Chicago Tonight (thank you!). Come down to Schubas tomorrow to check it out. View the clip on the WTTW website-just scroll down to Timeout Chicago’s Weekend Picks and watch the clip!
February 11, 2009
Citizen Science-The Great Backyard Bird Count
On Friday February 13, people will have the opportunity to participate in a large-scale science project. You don’t need fancy equipment, quantitative prowess or background. Just look outside the window and count birds for ten minutes. That’s right, you heard me. The Great Backyard Bird Count will be taking place from the 13th-16th. The goal [...]
February 5, 2009
Demystifying Sex
I am hoping that most of you caught the January 22 NYT article on the science of sex, but if you didn’t, you can find it here. I love the idea of people bringing themselves to orgasm while hanging upside down in an MRI machine in order to better understand which parts of the brain [...]
