Energy Seminar - The Nuclear Fuel Cycle vs. the Carbon Cycle: Pu vs. COne hundred commercial nuclear reactors in the United States generate ~ 800 billion kWh of energy each year. This accounts for 19% of the electricity generated in the U.S. The nuclear power plants (NPP) themselves produce no carbon dioxide, but the construction of the NPPs does require energy that leads ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Why and How to Tell Stories about ScienceThis event will feature presentations by Iain McCalman, author of "The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change," and authors Steven Palumbi and Anthony Palumbi, "The Extreme Life of the Sea." Additional speakers include Professor Margaret Cohen and Professor Buzz Thompson.The authors will be ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Placebo and the Illusory Nature of PerceptionThe word placebo, from Latin "I shall please," was defined in Quincy's Lexicon-Medicum (1811) as "[any medicine] adapted more to please than to benefit the patient". But as you probably know, pharmacologically inert "sugar pills" can do much more than just please - they can bring about very real physical benefits for ...
Amazing nerdy goodness. (OK, so you want specifics? We'll host 3 awesome 20 minute presentations with breaks in between to drink). All done by 10pm as usual.Who's on Deck?"EVERYONE POOPS SLEEPS" by Mariko Bennett"JELLIES, VIRUSES, MACHINE LEARNING, THE PATH TO READ THE BRAIN" by Pablo Jercog"KILLER NEURONS (OR EXTRA SPECIAL ...
