Asteroids: Are They Important and What Should We Know About Them
Speaker: Dick Trentman, Kansas City Astronomical Society
Date: March 9
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Coaches Bar and Grill, 14893 Metcalf, in private room
Dick will share his experiences hunting for asteroids, the science associated with them, and how much we need to worry about a “close encounter.”
No, really, how small is it? Is it dangerous?
Join us next Tuesday, February 23, as Dr. Cathy Clewitt of the FHSU Physics Department instructs and engages us in conversation about nanotechnology.
Nanotechnology is the result and process of manipulating matter at the atomic and molecular scale. Like any other new technology, nanotech inspires its own peculiar risks and concerns. According to Wikipedia,
Some of the recently developed nanoparticle products may have unintended consequences. Researchers have discovered that silver nanoparticles used in socks only to reduce foot odor are being released in the wash with possible negative consequences.[52] Silver nanoparticles, which are bacteriostatic, may then destroy beneficial bacteria which are important for breaking down organic matter in waste treatment plants or farms.[53]
A study at the University of Rochester found that when rats breathed in nanoparticles, the particles settled in the brain and lungs, which led to significant increases in biomarkers for inflammation and stress response.[54]
Come on down to Cafe Semolino, 110 W. 11th Street, next Tuesday evening for an invigorating discussion with other science-curious folks, and great science from scientists themselves.
Science and Society - Is Science truth? Why does it take time for science findings to be accepted by society?
Speaker: Dr. Dick Wilson, Retired Professor of Biology, Rockhurst University
Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Coach’s Bar and Grill, 14893 Metcalf, in private room
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Collision with rogue planet Nibiru. The end of the 13th Baktun of the Mayan calendar. The alignment of the equators of Earth, Sun, and the Milky Way Galaxy. Earth passing through the Galactic Plane. Earth spinning wildly out of control. Disastrous geomagnetic reversal. Solar storms. Global consciousness shift, a reincarnated Quetzalcoatl, and Timewave Zero.
Well, it certainly sounds disastrous, don’t you think?
Join us next Tuesday, January 19th, at Cafe Semolino’s (map) in Hays for our first Science Cafe of 2010. Dr. Paul Adams, FHSU’s Anschutz Professor of Education and Professor of Physics, will give us the background behind these scary-sounding events. More importantly, he will help us understand why each and every one of us should be concerned about the effects of 2012 prophecies:
NASA’s Ask an Astrobiologist Web site, for example, has received thousands of questions regarding the 2012 doomsday predictions—some of them disturbing, according to David Morrison, senior scientist with the NASA Astrobiology Institute.
“A lot of [the submitters] are people who are genuinely frightened,” Morrison said.
“I’ve had two teenagers who were considering killing themselves, because they didn’t want to be around when the world ends,” he said. “Two women in the last two weeks said they were contemplating killing their children and themselves so they wouldn’t have to suffer through the end of the world.“
Hays’ Science Cafe is sponsored by the FHSU Science & Mathematics Education Institute, Kansas Citizens for Science, and Cafe Semolino’s.
“Chasing Lizards in Paradise: Biodiversity and Conservation?”
Presented by: Kansas Citizens for Science, www.kcfs.org
Speaker: Dr. Bob Powell, Professor of Biology, Avila University
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Location: Coach’s Bar and Grill, 14893 Metcalf Avenue, in private room
Time: 7:00 PM
Come and hear about Dr. Powell’s pursuit of amphibians and reptiles, world-wide threats to these and other organisms, and whether we should care about biodiversity.
What is a Science Café? Science cafés feature a short talk to focus discussion followed by a conversational setting for the rest of the evening.
Goal for the Johnson County Science Café: To serve as casual setting for the exploration of scientific understanding by the public through conversation. Though some comments may be technical, the goal of the café is to present science in an understandable way to the average person.
Future meetings: Tuesday, February 9, Dr. Dick Wilson, Retired Professor of Biology, Rockhurst University, Science and Society—Is Science truth? Why does it take time for science findings to be accepted by society? Same location and time.
Questions: Contact Harry McDonald, biologycctrack@hotmail.com, 913-897-9630
