• Being Human with Robert Sapolsky

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    What makes us human? Join world renowned neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky for an evening exploring one of the most fundamental questions about our existence. Being Human mixes short talks from great minds with fun hands-on experiments, drinks, conversation, and storytelling. Each month we’ll investigate different aspects of our evolution, our behavior, and the human experience. This … Continued

    $10 – $15
  • Being Human with Robert Sapolsky

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    What makes us human? Join world renowned neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky for an evening exploring one of the most fundamental questions about our existence. Being Human mixes short talks from great minds with fun hands-on experiments, drinks, conversation, and storytelling. Each month we’ll investigate different aspects of our evolution, our behavior, and the human experience. This … Continued

    $10 – $15
  • The Fastest Evolving Regions of the Human Genome

    The Houston Museum of Natural Science 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX, United States

    Although a child can tell the difference between a chimp and a man, identifying the specific DNA mutations that make us human is one of the greatest challenges of biology. … Continued

    $18
  • The Fastest Evolving Regions of the Human Genome

    The Houston Museum of Natural Science 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX, United States

    Although a child can tell the difference between a chimp and a man, identifying the specific DNA mutations that make us human is one of the greatest challenges of biology. … Continued

    $18
  • Our Inner Scientist

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join Alison Gopnik for an evening exploring how understanding babies’ and young children’s ability to acquire abstract knowledge has transformed how we view human nature itself. Human beings have a longer childhood than any other animal, and during this childhood we are helpless and dependent. This long period of helplessness is responsible for our uniquely … Continued

    $10 – $15
  • Our Inner Scientist

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join Alison Gopnik for an evening exploring how understanding babies’ and young children’s ability to acquire abstract knowledge has transformed how we view human nature itself. Human beings have a longer childhood than any other animal, and during this childhood we are helpless and dependent. This long period of helplessness is responsible for our uniquely … Continued

    $10 – $15
  • Beyond Creation and Evolution: Human Origins Studies in a Secular, Media-Saturated World

    Milpitas Public Library 160 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA, United States

    Religion and science battled through the Renaissance and Age of Reason. In this struggle, science overcame, and the discovery of evolution by means of natural selection and speciation (nicely coincident with the discovery of the human fossil record) has been cast as the long-sought, final proof of a naturalistic human essence.

    Free
  • Beyond Creation and Evolution: Human Origins Studies in a Secular, Media-Saturated World

    Milpitas Public Library 160 North Main Street, Milpitas, CA, United States

    Religion and science battled through the Renaissance and Age of Reason. In this struggle, science overcame, and the discovery of evolution by means of natural selection and speciation (nicely coincident with the discovery of the human fossil record) has been cast as the long-sought, final proof of a naturalistic human essence.

    Free
  • Why Do We Laugh?

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join cognitive psychologist Greg Bryant and scientist turned comedian Tim Lee for an evening of laughter. Half comedy show and half science talk, this month’s Being Human explores the science behind why we laugh.

    $10 – $15
  • Why Do We Laugh?

    Public Works 161 Erie Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Join cognitive psychologist Greg Bryant and scientist turned comedian Tim Lee for an evening of laughter. Half comedy show and half science talk, this month’s Being Human explores the science behind why we laugh.

    $10 – $15