The Origin of Domestic Dogs' Sensitivity to Human ActionsDomestic Dogs are ubiquitous in human societies throughout the world. That dogs are highly responsive to humans is just as widely observed. Far less clear, however, are the origins of this sensitivity to human actions and intentions. Several authors have argued that dogs developed cognitive skills unique in the animal ...
Should California relicense its two existing nuclear power plants? Should it build a new one? A French engineering giant, AREVA aims to participate in President Obama's planned revival of nuclear energy in America. Is that for real? How can renewable electricity help meet California's growing energy needs? How will the ...
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Emerging Cyber Security Issues of the Smart GridSpeaker: Isaac Ghansah, CSUSPart of the Spring 2011 i4Energy Seminar Series. Live broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast; Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. The schedule for the spring i4energy series is at http://www.citris-uc.org/events/i4energy-spring2011.
How to assess the potential of on-site technologies for future urban water managementBernhard Truffer, Head of the Social Science Research Department, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science & Technology, will speak about on-site technologies' role in future urban water management.Speaker: Bernhard Truffer, Head of the Social Science Research Department, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science & TechnologyRoom 534
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Are There Library Patrons on Other Worlds: The Search for Life Among the StarsRecent discoveries have given scientists new optimism about finding life elsewhere in the cosmos. We now have evidence for over a thousand planets around other stars, and this year we have discovered Earth-size planets out there for the first time. Radio astronomers report signals that indicate the presence of the ...
