If you don’t have anything else going on, feel free to drop by and meet some of the scientists who work and teach at the University of Michigan. Details here!
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Ann Arbor Science & Skeptics – “Scientists Fair”
On Saturday May 19th, the Ann Arbor Science & Skeptics are hosting an event at the downtown library called “The Scientists Fair” that will take place from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. This will be free and open to both Ann Arbor Science & Skeptics members and the general public.
Located in the Multi-Purpose room (in the lower level of the main branch), there will be several professors from the University of Michigan with expertise in general fields of knowledge, available to answer your questions. We will have a couple of fun activities that are related to skepticism as well.
Bring James Randi to “The Ann Arbor Science & Skeptics” This Season of Reason
The JREF is sponsoring a donation drive and the top donating skeptic group referred in the donation, will earn a free visit from James Randi himself!
Ann Arbor Science & Skeptics on “365 Days of Astronomy Podcast” II
The Ann Arbor Science & Skeptics has provided another episode to the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast. As you may recall, we provided and sponsored an episode back on September 2.
Click here to listen: September 16th Can Habitable Planets Be Found Orbiting White Dwarf Stars: Q & A with Eric Agol
It features an interview with Dr. Eric Agol, associate professor of astronomy at the University of Washington. We discuss Eric’s speculative paper as to whether habitable planets could be found orbiting white dwarf stars. And we talk about the Pro-Am White Dwarf Monitoring (PAWM) survey project undertaking by professional and amateur astronomers.
Ann Arbor Science & Skeptics on “365 Days of Astronomy Podcast”
The 365 Days of Astronomy podcast is a daily 10-to-15 minute podcast about various topics related to astronomy. I typically catch most of the episodes when I can, and so it brings me great satisfaction to present today’s episode which I produced and recorded a couple weeks ago:
Click here to listen: “September 2nd: The Dark Energy Survey Project: Q & A with David Gerdes”
It features an interview with Dr. David Gerdes, a past meet-up guest, and we discuss the Dark Energy Survey project.
a 5000-square-degree optical survey of the southern sky using the 4-meter Blanco telescope at Cerro Tololo in Chile. With the data from this experiment, we hope to measure the acceleration of the universe over time in more detail, and possibly determine if the acceleration is due to Einstein’s cosmological constant or some other mechanism. Gerdes
The episode is sponsored by our group as well. And I’m hoping to contribute a few more episodes for 365 Days of Astronomy this year.