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Thinking outside the 2pt function: Higher-order statistics in cosmologyThe two-point correlation function has been the workhorse of modern cosmology for many decades. However, in reducing massive galaxy catalogs to ~10 data points, two-point functions discard a large amount of information present in the galaxy distribution. I will describe in this pedagogical talk how higher-order statistics, including three-point correlation ...
In this talk, I will share my personal experience as a user with cochlear implants, and discuss the history and future of this device's development. Introducing historian of science and technology Mara Mills' term "bionic rhetoric," I will explain how the cochlear implant negotiates two different strains of thinking in ...
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among teens in the U.S. In this program, Elliot Kallen, who founded A Brighter Day in honor of his late son, Jake, will discuss the organization's efforts in fighting depression and teen suicide. A Brighter Day reaches out to teens suffering ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Fire and the Lands We Call Home: A Renewed Approach for a Brighter FutureThis past October, the North Bay area experienced one of its most destructive and tragic human disasters in recorded history due to fire. Over the past hundred years, the human-fire relationship has been one riddled with animosity, and this antagonism has come at great cost to people and ecosystems alike. ...