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3:30pm

Skepchicks Save the Day AND Your Money!
    Thursday July 5, 2012 3:30pm - 4:30pm @ Bloomington
    The panel will expose a variety of pseudosciences of the beauty industry and other products targeted at women. From Super-Juice to balance bracelets, find out which products are a scam and which are worth your hard earned cash. Panelists: Heina Dadabhoy, Maria Walters, Ashley Hamer, Amy Davis Roth, Rebecca Watson

    Type Panel, Science & Technology
  • Active Y


10:00pm

Final CONvergence: Doomsday Scenarios
    Thursday July 5, 2012 10:00pm - 11:00pm @ Atrium 7
    The zombies are right outside the door. Which geeks do you keep close and which to you push into the parking lot as bait. Surviving apocalyptic scenaries convention style! Panelists: Jason Thibeault, Adam Whitlatch, Robert Smith?, Matt Lowry, PZ Myers

    Type Panel, Science & Technology
  • Active Y


 
 

9:30am

Growing up Online
    Friday July 6, 2012 9:30am - 10:30am @ Atrium 7
    Each new generation is more electronically connected than the last. How does this broaden or narrow our world views? What does it do to our online interactions? How do we help our kids navigate this environment? Panelists: Jason Thibeault, Scott White, Stephanie Zvan, Barbara Burke, Anne Sauer, Ashley Hamer, Heina Dadabhoy

    Type Panel, Science & Technology
  • Active Y


11:00am

Should We Go Into and Live in Space?

3:30pm

Who Will Save the Polar Bears?

5:00pm

Ask a Scientist

8:30pm

The Physiology of Drugs & Alcohol
    Friday July 6, 2012 8:30pm - 9:30pm @ Edina
    Does alcohol and pot kill brain cells? Can "magic" mushrooms help with depression? Are cigarettes worse than heroin? A discussion of the myths, misconceptions and science behind our cultures favorite poisons. Panelists: Bruce Miller, Natalie Reed, PZ Myers

    Type Panel, Science & Technology
  • Active Y


10:00pm

Evolution and the Female Orgasm
    Friday July 6, 2012 10:00pm - 11:00pm @ Edina
    A hot topic; there is no evidence of selection for orgasm in women but rather, it seems to be a side effect of selection for the male orgasm. Some people argue there must be some adaptive purpose. Panelists: Greg Laden, PZ Myers, Heina Dadabhoy, Rebecca Watson, Craig A. Finseth

    Type Panel, Science & Technology
  • Active Y


 
 

9:30am

Elementary Robotics for Teens & Youth

11:00am

Mutants!

12:30pm

The Chilling Effect of Climate Change Denialism

2:00pm

Women in Science and Technology

2:00pm

Women in Science and Technology

3:30pm

The Science of Evolution

7:00pm

Crash Course in Podcasting
 
 

9:30am

Invisible Superheroes

9:30am

Invisible Superheroes

12:30pm

Squid

2:00pm

Vive le Difference
    Sunday July 8, 2012 2:00pm - 3:00pm @ Bloomington
    Boys like trucks, girls like dolls. Or do they? What are the real differences between men and women (other than the obvious physical ones)? How much is cultural, how much is a consequence of real biological differences? Panelists: Stephanie Zvan, Natalie Reed, Greg Laden, Craig A. Finseth

    Type Panel, Science & Technology
  • Active Y


 
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