Swimming with the (pep)tides Stephen L. Gasior, Ph.D You have probably heard of the type 2 diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic, Mounjaro, Rybelsus, Wegovy, and Saxenda. These are a recent entry into the drug market and are expected to be billion dollar blockbusters. But, they also represent a whole new class of drugs with […]
Everyone knows one or more life stories of, for example, Socrates, Hypatia, Galileo Galilei or Nikola Tesla. Lives that were heavily influenced by the political winds of the time, several even ruined. 2024 and history repeats itself. Today we are going to watch a documentary together, which we will discuss next week. The documentary lasts […]
A History of Quantum Mechanics By Robert Lawson Brown, Ph.D., physicist The presentation will cover the founding of quantum mechanics in the period from 1900 to the 1950s. In addition, there will be an overview of the current efforts in quantum mechanics. Max Planck and the Birth of Quantum Theory (1900) Albert Einstein and […]
Last week we watched a documentary together and today we will discuss the impact. Everyone has had a week with their own thoughts on this matter and I would like to hear from everyone what your reflections have been.
The 21st birthday for Second Life is coming up, and will be celebrated in the month of June. Linden Labs have announced the theme for the celebration will be “Elements” and explains “This theme invites us to explore the fundamental components that make up our vast virtual landscape and the diverse communities within it.” The Science […]
Gifted children and their school careers... often paved with obstacles by our rigid education system. As a parent, being invited to school for the umpteenth time because... Your child finishes faster than the rest of the class. Because... he/she is obsessed with scientific and philosophical issues and cannot concentrate much on doing the same set […]
After a decades-long hiatus, humans are once again focused on returning to the Moon, and we are seriously considering voyages to worlds beyond it for the first time. This is the first of a two-part series on how we got into space decades ago and our more recent efforts to push beyond the confines of […]