Expanded and Contracted States of ConsciousnessEach state of consciousness that we experience, including the familiar states of waking, sleeping, dreaming and day-dreaming, has its own subjective mind-space and time-stream, says Metzner. Expansive states,including those associated with psychedelics, may lead to heightened creative inspiration, healing and spiritual understanding. Recent research has supported the controversial notion that ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
The Evolving Intersection of Physics and BiologyIn April 1953, Watson and Crick largely defined the program of 20th century biology: obtaining the blueprint of life encoded in the DNA. Fifty years later, in 2003, the sequencing of the human genome was completed. Like any major scientific breakthrough, the sequencing of the human genome raised many more ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Progress and Prospects for High-Resolution Imaging & Dispersive Spectroscopy for X-ray AstronomyThe impressive progress of observational high-energy astrophysics over the past decade owes much to technology developed in the 1980's and 1990's. I will review the CCD detector technology at the heart of current X-ray observatories, describe the most recent advances in X-ray CCD performance, and discuss the fundamental limitations of ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Science Meets Art: June LASER event6:45pm-7:00pm: Socializing/networking. Anyone in the audience is welcome to describe in 30 seconds what they are working on.7:00-7:30pm: Robert Lang (Origami Artist) on 'From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes'Origami, the ancient Japanese art of has undergone a renaissance over the last few decades, in part due to the contributions of ...
