Water and Health in China and BeyondWater quality is a powerful determinant of health, and the prevention of water quality related diseases presents a critical global health challenge. This conference will bring together scholars and practitioners from the University of California, Berkeley and the Chinese Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CCDC), to discuss the latest ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Organismal and evolutionary responses of insects to variable and changing climatesInsects and other terrestrial organisms experience variation in temperature, radiation and other environmental factors at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. I will describe two case studies with insects that consider variation across two temporal scales-diurnal fluctuations in temperature, and decadal changes in recent climate-and their consequences for performance, ...
Frugal InnovationFrugal innovation is the ability to "do more with less" -- that is to create more economic and social value using fewer resources. Long practiced in resource-constrained emerging economies like India, China, Africa, and Brazil, frugal innovation is now being adopted in the West to respond to the needs of ...
Math is the language, tool, and way of thinking that we all use-sometimes without even realizing it-to study quantity, structure, relationships between things, pattern, and change. Before Euler came along and invented all the notations we think of as mathematical symbols, math was mostly done with words and, occasionally, pictures. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San FranciscoCafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ next to Kepler's Books. Look for CFI t-shirts.For more information or if you have questions please email sf@centerforinquiry.net ...
This week, NightLife breaks down the science of fermentation-from beer to cheese and everything in between! Get schooled by master cicerone Rich Higgins (one of just ten certified beer gurus in the world!) as he delivers a short and sweet talk about sour beer in partnership with Almanac Beer. Discover ...
