A century of Einstein’s general #relativity, life on a Saturn moon, sugar industry influences dental research

Everything’s relative Einstein’s paper on general relativity was published in 1915. The paper didn’t appear until December of that year, but there’s already been some celebratory centennial doings. Science published a special issue last week, and it looks as if … Continue reading »

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Are We Alone in the Universe? Find Out in October!

The Lorne Trottier Public Science Symposium returns to Montreal on October 6 and 7.

“Are We Alone? Searching for Life Out There” is this year’s theme, and the guests are:

  • Dr. Jill Tarter, SETI Institute;
  • Dr. Jim Bell, President of the Planetary Society;
  • Dr. Sara Seager, MIT;
  • Dr. Joe Nickell, Senior Research Fellow at CSICOP.

You can check out the poster, which was just released a day ago, by clicking here.

My thoughts on last year’s symposium can be accessed here.

See you there!