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  • 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

  • Cooking for Calories: Food Processing and the Shape of Human Energy Gain

    California Academy of Sciences 55 Music Concourse Dr 94118, San Francisco, CA, United States

    All human cultures process food extensively by cooking and non-thermal means, a feature that makes us unique among species. Why is food processing so universal? When did it begin? And why might it threaten our health today? In this lecture, Rachel Carmody presents evidence from diverse fields, showing that food processing increases the calories we … Continued

    $15.00

  • Cooking for Calories: Food Processing and the Shape of Human Energy Gain

    California Academy of Sciences 55 Music Concourse Dr 94118, San Francisco, CA, United States

    All human cultures process food extensively by cooking and non-thermal means, a feature that makes us unique among species. Why is food processing so universal? When did it begin? And why might it threaten our health today? In this lecture, Rachel Carmody presents evidence from diverse fields, showing that food processing increases the calories we … Continued

    $15.00

  • 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

  • Tracking a Killer: The Origin and Evolution of Tuberculosis

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

    In 2014, Tuberculosis (TB) surpassed HIV as the leading cause of death from infectious disease. Unlike HIV, TB has long been a scourge of humans; however, exactly how long has been debated. Also controversial has been the presence and relationship of pre-Columbian tuberculosis in the Americas to TB strains in the rest of the World. … Continued

    $18

  • Tracking a Killer: The Origin and Evolution of Tuberculosis

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

    In 2014, Tuberculosis (TB) surpassed HIV as the leading cause of death from infectious disease. Unlike HIV, TB has long been a scourge of humans; however, exactly how long has been debated. Also controversial has been the presence and relationship of pre-Columbian tuberculosis in the Americas to TB strains in the rest of the World. … Continued

    $18

  • Speaking of Sex…

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

    Why do human males often have deep voices? What does the human female voice signal to potential mates? Join us on February 16th for Being Human: Speaking of Sex…. and learn more about where our voices came from.

    $10

  • Speaking of Sex…

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

    Why do human males often have deep voices? What does the human female voice signal to potential mates? Join us on February 16th for Being Human: Speaking of Sex…. and learn more about where our voices came from.

    $10