San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering Presents Countywide Events March 17-24
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:43:13 -0800
"It's never too late to fall in love with science and engineering," says Steve Briggs, a plant biologist and faculty member at the University of California, San Diego, who started out as an English major until a botany class convinced him to switch his focus.
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Rupert Sheldrake: the 'heretic' at odds with scientific dogma
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:26:15 -0800
Rupert Sheldrake has researched telepathy in dogs, crystals and Chinese medicine in his quest to explore phenomena that science finds hard to explain It is not often, in liberal north London, that you come face to face with a heretic, but Rupert Sheldrake has worn that mantle, pretty cheerfully, for 30 years now. Sitting in his book-lined study, overlooking Hampstead Heath, he appears a highly ...
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Rainforest class preps for trip
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:43:42 -0800
While many Yalies will head south this spring break, 15 will miss out on beaches to venture into the jungles of South America and forage for fungi. “Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory,” MB&B 230b, is a science seminar taught by chemistry professor Scott Strobel, along with professors Carol Bascom-Slack and Kaury Kucera. As they have for the past five years, students in the class will travel to ...
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