Information Revolution! The First 50 Years of the Internet   By: Phil Youngblood, PhD With the exception of the printing press, the way information was shared and stored two hundred years ago had not changed much over the preceding two thousand years. Then a series of discoveries and electrical inventions helped to connect businesses and […]

COMBATING NEGATIVE THINKING The human brain seems to favor negative experiences, memories, and thought over positive ones, why? Is this an evolutionary lesson or a societal one? How do we balance negative thoughts with positive ones? Do you have any advice on those who may struggle with it?   Is this the first time you […]

Virtual Institutions from the Perspectives of a Geographer and Biologist People tend to think of geography at any given time as little more than static points, lines, and areas on a map. Geography involves understanding the spatial processes that define the map, including the flow and flux of people and ideas against the backdrop of […]

Re-purposing Human Talent AI art and chatGPT may be another example of humans losing business/work to a machine.... OR IS IT? Today we'll be discussing ways in which we can coexist with these applications. How can we re-purpose our talents with work in tandem with AI?   Is this the first time you will attend […]

Darwin Day Heroes of Evolution: Svante Pääbo   By Dr. Stephen L. Gasior Abstract: Much of science is about pushing the boundaries of technology to build the future. However, in some cases the frontiers of technical achievement are used to unlock the secrets of the past. In the area of paleobiology, no one exemplifies this […]

In honor and celebration of Science Circle’s 15th Anniversary, we present two new projects for your edification and delight.  From 10:00 – 10:30 AM, Robert Hendrix (Tagline Resident) will discuss the THE MATHEMATICS CLUB, a project that offers ‘a regular meeting of the curious.’  Tag will present the who, what, where, and why of this […]

Mathematics Club & Moon Base(9pm session) Is this the first time you will attend a presentation with us? Follow this link first.

An Astrophysical and Geological Analysis of the Middlesboro, Kentucky, USA Asteroid Crater The town of Middlesboro, Kentucky, USA is located within an Asteroid Crater that formed sometime in the last […]

Moonbase Brainstorm Session Following our introduction last week of the Moonbase Project the Science Circle is undertaking, we want to hear from you! we invite you to join us for […]

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PROJECT MOON BASE Let’s bring the life on the moon to Second Life!  You heard about the origin of Project Moon Base on Feb 18 – now it’s time to hear the plan and join in making it real. Team Lead Tab Scott (Terry Beaubois) and eight other Science Circle members will present initial ideas […]

Natural Language Processing I nearly copied an abstract generated by ChatGPT… I told it to write an abstract for this presentation in the style of Bugs Bunny, then I put it in a word-cloud in my poster 😊.   ERHEM!… Although much of my work over the recent years has involved deep learning in the context […]