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June 18-July 2
2008 Science Tour of France
Lee Marek & Yvonne Twomey lead their annual history of science tour.
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Illinois Science Council is proud to present an ongoing series of public presentations on science-related topics by top scholars, researchers, academics and professionals. We are currently developing new topics and seeking speakers for presentations in the coming months. If there’s a science-related topic you’re curious about, or you know of a presenter we should check out, let us know.
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June 18-July 2
2008 Science Tour of France
Lee Marek & Yvonne Twomey lead their annual history of science tour.
Recent Past Events
Evolution: What Fossils Tell Us and Why It Matters
Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting -- Guest Speaker: Fraser Stoddar
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Prospects and Responsibilities [PDF]
The Green Wave: Is there really anything to the sustainability buzz?
Seeing and Believing: Detection, Measurement, and Inference in Experimental Physics
Your Brain on Cubs
Biodiversity in Madagascar
Your Inner Fish
Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting I
Nanotechnology Town Hall Meeting II
Risk Perceptions and Nano Business
Terra Incognita: The Promise and Peril of Stem Cell Research
Dinosaur Science
Cancer causing viruses
Disappearing Bees
The Doomsday Clock
CSI: Chicago Style – Forensic Science by the Experts
Encyclopedia of Life: the World’s Biodiversity Project
Are We Ready for Genetic Medicine?
“Is It the Genes or Just the Jeans?” – The Biology of Gender
An Inconvenient Truth in a Grant Park
Policy, Ethics & the Future of Human Intelligence
Clouds & Cosmos
Argonne Lab Tour
Launch Party
