Speaker: Professor Alastair Iles, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Division of Society & EnvironmentRoom 470
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Explorer 1 AnomolyOn January 31, 1958, NASA successfully launched America's first satellite, Explorer I, into orbit around the Earth. As is well known, not only did this achieve the political goal of putting the United States back in the space race it was losing badly to the Soviet Union, but instruments onboard ...
Nutrition and Cancer: Some Myths and LegendsWhen someone is diagnosed with cancer, the search is on for information. People look to something they can control, like food. There are often many misconceptions out there regarding food which can be confusing. This talk will focus on some of these "questionable" foods/nutrients and help you understand the real story.Speaker: ...
Ground water is among the Nation's most important natural resources, providing half of our drinking water as well as being essential to agriculture and industry, and the health of ecosystems throughout the country During the past 50 years, groundwater depletion has spread from isolated pockets to large areas in many ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Does the Weirdness of Quantum Physics Influence the Brain?Neuroscientists say that there is a mystery at the core of our understanding of consciousness. Physicists say that there is a mystery at the core of our understanding of quantum mechanics. Do these two mysteries have anything to do with each other? UC Berkeley physicist Stan Klein, a founding member ...
