Every first Friday of the month, we hold an open board meeting for the benefit of our members. Here you can contact us with your questions, create ideas and hopefully […]

Photo: Voyager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA   ALIEN EXOSOCIOLOGY: OUR TRANSGALACTIC COMMONALITIES Some astronomers predict that we will have made contact with advanced civilizations on other worlds within 25 years. What might they be like, and -- more importantly – how might they act? Dr. Steven R. Van Hook, a researcher in transcultural relations, will […]

Prometheus Chained, by Peter Paul Rubens, c 1611-1615 Philadelphia Museum of Art (Daily plucking of liver tissue from the right, upper quadrant of the abdomen by the Eagle of Zeus) NASH = NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS / NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD) Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is of increasing prevalence and can lead to cirrhosis and total […]

Darwin Day 2019 Lecture Heroes of Evolution: Kettlewell and Majerus: Of Moths and March of Science This lecture will honor the accomplishments of two scientists who helped demonstrate "Evolution in Action." Dr. Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell spent time in the field counting moths in response to increasing amounts of pollution. This phenomenon of industrial melanism […]