OF INTEREST: How The Ear’s Works Work
Saturday, May 15, 2017 5:00 PM Location: Chicago Cultural Center – Claudia Cassidy Theater How the Ear’s Works Work: A Biological Hearing Aid Optimizes Your Hearing The Grossman Institute’s Mind and...
View ArticleOF INTEREST: March Against Myths 2017
Saturday, May 20 11:00 AM Location: Berghoff Restaurant Join March Against Myths in the continued struggle to #DefendScience! WHAT TO EXPECT We are being joined by special guests plant geneticist Karl...
View ArticleOF INTEREST: Dave Levitan – Not a Scientist
Thursday, June 1, 2017 7:00 PM Location: Volumes Bookcafe The Illinois Science Council and Volumes Books are partnering to bring science journalist Dave Levitan to Chicago on June 1, 2017 to discuss...
View ArticleJune Meetup
Saturday, June 17, 2017 12:30 PM Location: The Long Room UPDATED: Last-minute venue selection! We’re gonna try The Long Room for a casual Meetup this month; hope to see you there! We’re still looking...
View ArticleOF INTEREST: Get Your Head in the Clouds
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 6:00 PM Location: BrickStone Brewery “The influence of clouds on the climate: past, present, and future” On Tuesday, June 20 at 6:30pm, Green Drinks Kankakee will be hosting...
View ArticleOF INTEREST: Dietary Supplements: Stories of Regulation, Safety, and Evidence
Tuesday, June 20, 2017 7:00 PM Location: The Radler A healthy athlete dies of complications from heatstroke during training. The medical examiner finds a legal botanical dietary supplement played a...
View ArticleOF INTEREST: Science and the Future of Food (Argonne OutLoud)
Thursday, July 20, 2017 6:00 PM Location: Argonne National Laboratory For millennia, food has been one of life’s simpler and necessary pleasures. In our modern age, food has become increasingly complex...
View ArticleSkeptics in the Pub: July Edition
Saturday, July 29, 2017 12:30 PM Location: The Long Room Second verse, same as the first! Drinks and discourse (or just the discourse!) with similarly-minded folks at a casual summer Meetup. The Long...
View ArticleSkeptical Salon: Every Last Tie by David Kaczynski
Thursday, August 24, 2017 7:30 PM Location: Maynard’s (address on Meetup) Maynard has kindly offered to host the Skeptical Salon for August! And it’s a short book, so it won’t get TOO much in the way...
View ArticleSkeptical Salon: The Gift of Fear
Thursday, September 21 7:30 PM Location: Jennifer and Jeff’s Place For February’s Skeptical Salon, we’ll be reading The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence by Gavin deBecker....
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