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A pensive David Krumholtz (left) and Judd Hirsch, who play son and father on the long-running CBS TV series Numb3rs, take a break from location shooting outside Caltech's Dabney Hall on January 26. In the show, which frequently shoots at Caltech, Krumholtz plays Charlie Eppes, a brillia...
Tue, Jan 26 | from Caltech Today
On Fact & Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science
FRAUD IN SCIENCE is not as easy to identify as one might think. When accusations of scientific misconduct occur, truth can often be elusive, and the cause of a scientist’s ethical misstep isn’t always clear. In his lecture based on his new book, On Fact and Fraud, Caltech physicist David Goo...
Thu, Jan 21 | from Skeptic.com
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Beckman Auditorium Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 2 pm Come early for our $5–$10 book sale! Beckman Auditorium Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 2 pm On Fact & Fraud: Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science with Dr. David Goodstein
Wed, Jan 20 | from Skeptic.com
Caltech researchers revise long-held theory of fruit-fly development - EurekAlert
Caltech researchers revise long-held theory of fruit-fly development press release) PASADENA, Calif.—For decades, science texts have told a simple and straightforward story about a particular protein—a transcription factor—that helps the ... and more »
Thu, Dec 17 | from EurekAlert
Podcast: 09-12-16
Over 60 years later, Freeman learned that Fa’apua’a was still alive and well. In 1987 she was interviewed for the documentary film Margaret Mead and Samoa. In that interview, she testified that Mead had asked her and Fofoa embarrassing questions about what they did at night. In response, th...
Tue, Dec 15 | from Skeptic.com
Administrative Assistants Test the Fund-Raising Waters with SURF Challenge
A group of Caltech staff members plunged early into the holiday gift-giving season this month when they decided to pool their resources and help create a scholarship in the Institute's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) program. The 10 administrative assistants in Dev...
Tue, Dec 8 | from Caltech Today
Lost University aims to help fans find the way
It's a great medium, because you don't want a TV show to become didactic," says Caltech professor Sean Carroll, who is teaching Introductory Physics of ... and more »
Mon, Dec 7 | from Los Angeles Times
Podcast: 09-11-04
In this Skeptics Distinguished Lecture Series talk at Caltech from 1999, three science biographers take an illuminating look back over the life and legacy of one of the 20th Century’s most celebrated astronomers. First, Michael Shermer analyzes Carl Sagan’s career to test common clai...
Tue, Nov 3 | from Skeptic.com
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References ^ Cannon, Debby. “The Impact of the Hospitality & Tourism Industry on Atlanta.” (Atlanta: J. Mack Robinson College of Business.) Retrieved September 14, 2009.^ Read the Dragon*Con Pocket Program . (PDF) Recent Caltech lectures now on DVD For those of you who don’t live in Cali...
Wed, Sep 16 | from Skeptic.com
Podcast: 09-08-26
the Fall/Winter Season of Caltech Lectures Mark your calendar! The Skeptics Society is pleased to announce its Fall/Winter season of the Skeptics Distinguished Lecture Series at Caltech. This continues the seventeen-year-long series, presenting over 200 lectures by some of the mos...
Wed, Aug 26 | from Skeptic.com
Columbia Researchers Lead Race to Find Dark Matter
PhysOrg.com) -- Inside a mountain range in central Italy, Columbia researchers are trying to solve one of the most pressing questions in modern physics: What is dark matter? The riddle has obsessed astronomers and physicists since the 1930s, when Caltech professor Fritz Zwicky first p...
Mon, Jul 27 | from PhysOrg.com
Opinion: Quantum Hoops on Television
The Beavers may not be competing in the ongoing NCAA March Madness tournament, but you can still catch them on TV. Quantum Hoops, the documentary about the Caltech men's basketball team, will be broadcast on KCET on Saturday, April 4, at 10 p.m., an again on Sunday, April 5, at 3:30 p.m. Since its...
Thu, Mar 19 | from Caltech Today
New Titanium-Glass Composite for Medical Apps?
A paper describing these breakthrough metallic-glass alloys is now online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Early Edition in advance of an upcoming print publication. Earlier this year, the same Caltech group had published a paper in the journal Nature, des...
Wed, Jan 7 | from Medgadget.com
Nanomovies Reveal Events at Tiny Scales
Caltech scientists have built an electron microscope that, like a video camera, can film events over short periods of time to provide a glimpse into various mechanisms happening at the nano scale. Press release: Caltech 4D Microscope Revolutionizes the Way We Look at the Nano World ...
Tue, Nov 25 | from Medgadget.com
Opinion: Strategies for the Energy Crisis
After nearly 30 years at Caltech as a professor of theoretical physics and, eventually, provost, Steven Koonin took a leave of absence in 2004 to become BP's chief scientist. After a year of study, he recommended a strategy for the company that has included investments in unconventional...
Sun, Sep 28 | from Betterhumans
Luck, ESP, and Magic
Dr. Richard Wiseman, head of the psychology lab at the University of Hertfordshire, will give a Skeptics Society lecture entitled "Luck, ESP, and Magic: How Science Tests the Unusual." This specially scheduled talk will take place at 7 p.m. on November 9, in Baxter Lecture Hall. Donation is $...
Fri, Nov 4 | from Caltech Today
