What have you been drinking?

I hope that you can make it to our next science cafe that will be held on November 18th at The Irregardless Cafe on Morgan Street. We will be discussing water quality in our area.

Here are a couple of websites that you might find interesting. The first gives information about how populations of some animals (such as freshwater fishes and mussels) are doing in our waterways ... these animals are often good indicators of the health of our water resources.
The second website is from the city of Raleigh and gives information about the quality of Raleigh's water supply as well as a list of volunteer opportunities for those of you who might want to get involved in helping to keep our streams and rivers clean.
http://www.ncwildlife.org/fs_index_07_conservation.htm

http://www.raleighnc.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_306_202_0_43/http;/pt03/DIG_Web_Content/category/Resident/Stormwater/Cat-Index.html

Its A Dog's Life

I hope you can come to our next cafe (Behavior and Misbehavior of Dogs) on October 14th at Tir Na Nog.

If you would like to read about canine behavior here's an article that might be of interest... http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jeab/articles/2008/jeab-89-02-0247.pdf.

Also, a resource book for those who would like to read more is;
Dog Behavior, Evolution, and Cognition, by A. Miklosi, Oxford University Press, 2007.

Did you know

that Science Cafes are happening all over the world? Check out this website that is maintained in the UK, and see if you can find our cafe on their world map. http://www.cafescientifique.org/

Coming next month

Entomophagy, or the practice of eating insects for food, is the topic for our next Science Cafe, on Tuesday September 16th. At this cafe, (if you feel adventurous!) you will have the opportunity to nibble on a bug yourself..... :-)

To read about entomophagy, go to:http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/32443/title/Insects_(the_original_white_meat)

Hurricanes and global warming?

Here is an interesting article to read before our next cafe...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/science/earth/29hurr.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Science Cafe Location - August 19th

For those of you who have not been to Tir Na Nog, this link has directions to the restaurant (218 S. Blount Street, downtown Raleigh):
http://www.mapquest.com/directions/main.adp?go=1&2a=218+S.+Blount+St.&2c=Raleigh&2s=NC&2z=27601&2y=US&1a=&1c=&1s=&1z=&1y=US&dir=Get+Directions&CID=lfddwid

Tropical Storms

This is the season when hurricanes become front page news. Be sure and mark your calendars for our next Science Cafe on Tuesday, August 19th at Tir Na Nog. Our speakers will be Dr. Ryan Boyles and Dr. Anantha Aiyyer from NCSU, who will give us information and answer questions about tropical storms and the science of predicting their behaviors.

June 17

One Medicine Approach to a Changing World

Dr. Slenning, associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, NC State University

• Video Podcast

May 20

Genetically Engineered Insects: A New Kind of Pest Control

Fred Gould, PhD., William Neal Reynolds Professor of Entomology at NC State University

• Video Podcast, Discussion


• Video Podcast, Questions Part 1
  


• Video Podcast, Questions Part 2
  
  

Biofuels in Today's paper

Just in time for tonight's Science Cafe on biofuels. Here's an interesting article that was published in today's Raleigh News and Observer.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/growth/traffic/gas/story/1037548.html

Remember Earth Day!

If you missed our March Science Cafe "Forests and Forecasts", you can listen to a podcast of that evening's discussion...
part 1: http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-03-28_ScienceCafe_Forests-Forecasts01.mp3
part 2:http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-03-28_ScienceCafe_Forests-Forecasts02.mp3

We hope that everyone can come out for the many events we have going on in April. Help us celebrate Earthday!
April 15th ... Science Cafe: "Going Green with Alternative Fuels: Not so Fast! "
April 19th ... "Celebrate Planet Earth Day" Event
April 22nd ... Ground breaking for the Museum's new wing!

Altered States Podcast now available

If you weren't able to join us on February 19th - here is a recording of the Science Cafe discussion from Tir Na Nog that evening.
part one
http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-02-19_ScienceCafe_AlteredStates01.mp3

part two
http://www.archive.org/download/NCMuseumNS/2008-02-19_ScienceCafe_AlteredStates02.mp3

Drought Podcast now available

Part one
Part two