On the Accuracy of Reglatory Cost EstimatesOver the past several decades, the U.S. has seen a gradual reduction in economic regulation and a simultaneous increase in safety, health, environmental, and other social regulations. As these social regulations continue to expand, there is growing concern about the costs, effectiveness, and benefits of these rules. While prospective or ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Bones Tell the Story: Forensic Evidence in Guatemala's Riós Montt TrialFredy Peccerelli, executive director of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala), will discuss the critical role of forensic evidence in the initial conviction of former Guatemalan President Efrain Ríos Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
Skeptics in the StudioNorth Bay Skeptics are: humanists, atheists, freethinkers, agnostics and undeclared, who embrace modern skepticism. We celebrate the scientific method, and the application of logic and evidence to all claims. As in the tradition of many Skeptical groups world wide, we like to gather for lively discussion on current topics and ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
Deciphering a Neural CircuitProf. E. J. Chichilnisky of the Dept. of Neurosurgery and Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory at Stanford University will give the Applied Physics/Physics colloquium, describing studies of the neural circuitry of the retina based on a unique experimental approach developed in close collaboration between neuroscientists and high-energy physicists.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Building the Panama CanalIn 1904, President Teddy Roosevelt committed the brains of American engineering and the brawn of America's industrial machine to build a canal of unprecedented scope and challenge. The Panama Canal's successful construction was the result of the convergence of extraordinary men, machines, and methods. Paul Giroux, recipient of the American ...
The Neuroscience of Magic - SOLD OUTFrom ancient conjurers to quick-handed con artists to big ticket Las Vegas illusionists, magicians throughout the ages have been expertly manipulating human attention and perception to dazzle and delight us (or scare us, or steal our watches). Of course you know that the phenomena of cognitive and sensory illusions are ...
