Events matching tag "science"
Saturday, March 8
An increasing number of brave researchers are venturing out from the ivory towers of academia to pursue their own independent research. This new culture of indie science attracts investigators with the freedom to develop…
Intermediate
Presenters
Cindy Wu, Daniel Grushkin, Ethan Perlstein, Jacob Shiach
Did you want to be a scientist when you grew up? Think you'll never get a chance to be a part of exciting discoveries in science? Citizen science allows all of us -- even those who are not "official" scientists -- to b…
Advanced
Presenters
Jessica Richman
Following the success of the Design and Science: More than a Pretty Picture panel at SXSW 2013, we hope to continue the conversation about the creative side of discovery and the new approaches to communicating science t…
Intermediate
Presenters
Felice Frankel, Jennifer Jongsma
Sunday, March 9
If you want to understand the human mind and behavior, look at another animal. People, for example, aren't the only animals to lose their minds. Plenty of other creatures do too--from compulsive dolphins to depressed dog…
Beginner
Presenters
Laurel Braitman
I propose to speak about my experience directing both a virtual research effort that resulted in my discovering the cause of my daughter's genetic illness and unrelated effort to prosecute the pre-clinical and clinical d…
Advanced
Presenters
Hugh Rienhoff
Monday, March 10
The internet revolution is democratizing science. No longer limited to conventional laboratories science is taking to the streets as amateur and professional scientists around the world are conducting extraordinary exp…
Intermediate
Presenters
Elise Andrew, Hakeem Oluseyi
For more than 40 years, Moore's Law has held astonishingly accurate as the number of transistors, and along with it the processing power, of personal computers has doubled roughly every two years. Soon, however, as the v…
Advanced
Presenters
Joshua Turner
How does science, which prizes openness and peer review, operate in the secret world of national security? While much today is known about the role of scientists during the Manhattan Project, nuclear weapons are only one…
Advanced
Presenters
Sharon Weinberger
BBC's Peter Bowes will tell the story of his 2-year quest for a healthier, longer life. While walking at a modified treadmill podium, to make a not-so-subtle point about how sitting is killing us, Peter will relay his ex…
Intermediate
Presenters
Peter Bowes
Tuesday, March 11
Quips like, “that’s over my head”, “her looks could kill” or “he’s cold-hearted” reveal deep connections between our physical senses and our emotional experiences. Today scientists are discovering new truths about viscer…
Intermediate
Presenters
Michael Hendrix
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