Science in the News Fall lecture series

I’m a member of a graduate student group called “Science in the News.” Every fall, we do a lecture series of fun and interesting science topics, and present them to a general audience. I’ll be talking more about it later, but the schedule is up.

Sept 22	Evidence-based Medicine: A Case Study of Vaccines and Autism
Sept 29	Bots That Mimic Bugs: Flying, Crawling, and Squishy Robots
Oct 6	You Are What Your Mother Ate: The New Science of Epigenetics
Oct 13	Beyond Agribusiness: New and Old Ways to Grow Food
Oct 20	The Laser Turns 50: A Brief History and New Frontiers
Oct 27	Forget-Me-Not: How Memories Are Formed and Lost
Nov 3	Our Microbial Organ: The Good and Bad Bugs of the Human Gut
Nov 10	The Science of Dogs: History, Psychology, and Genetics of Man’s Best Friend
Nov 17	Star Power: New Ways to Harvest Energy from our Sun

I’m doing the one on commensal microbes November 3rd (surprised?). If you’re in the Boston area during any of these lectures, you should definitely stop by, they’re always a lot of fun.

This year, we’re also filming the lectures, and I’ll mention when/where they are posted.

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