Stanford Health Policy Forum: Organ Donation Shortages and How to Remedy ThemOver 100,000 Americans are currently waiting for a transplant of a kidney or other vital organ. Because the demand outstrips the supply, thousands of people a year die before a suitable organ becomes available. One controversial proposed solution to this problem, put forward most prominently by Dr. Sally Satel, is to pay people to ...
An Easter talk in July? It isn't the climate, but because we're mad.At July's Nerd Nite East Bay, Alice Handley will tell us why the days on our calendar fall when they do, Dan Miller will address climate change and some of the technological and policy changes that ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8
The Top Tourist Sights of the Solar System: Where Bill Gates' Great-Granddaughter Will Go on Her HoneymoonThe Top Tourist Sights of the Solar System: Where Bill Gates' Great-Granddaughter Will Go on Her HoneymoonA nontechnical, illustrated, public talk by astronomer Andrew FraknoiUsing spectacular images from space probes and the world's largest telescopes, we will explore the most intriguing future "tourist destinations" among the planets and moons in our ...
