Free Days at Bay Area Discovery MuseumPlease join us for free on the first Wednesday of each month for a full day of creative and fun experiences for all.F
7:00-7:25: Jim Crutchfield(UC Davis/ Chaos Scientist) on "Hidden Fragility"Abstract...Read more7:25-7:50: Johanna Drucker(UCLA/ Digital Humanities) on ""Abstract...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art and science will have 30 seconds to share their work. Please present your work ...
As part of its 20th anniversary celebration, the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management presents journalist Chris Mooney as the 2014 Hans Jenny Memorial Lecturer. Mooney is author of Unscientific America and The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science and Reality (among others), and has contributed ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'Mad Cows, Cannibals, Neurodegeneration and Why It's So Damn Difficult to Cure Alzheimer's Disease'Proteins - little machines in our bodies - are essential for life. However, at times, proteins can change shape, with disastrous consequences. I will give a brief history of prion diseases, such as mad cow disease, and the links to more general neurodegenerative syndromes. I will then discuss new findings ...
