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Science on Saturdays
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2009)
Darwin's Mystery of Mysteries
(2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Andre Ariew, delivers a lecture on Charles Darwin's heroes and inspirations in the fields of philosophy and science....
Help! Where am I?
(2010)
Professor James M. Keller of the University of Missouri-Columbia department of Computer Sciences delivers a summary lecture on fuzzy logic and computer engineering....
Cure you or cripple you?
(2009)
Visiting scholar Mark Daniels delivers a lecture on the human immune system and how it protects the body from disease and infection as well as immune system malfunctions.
Do we really need sleep?
(2010)
Mahesh Thakkar, Phd. in the Department of Neurology at the School of Medicine in the University of Missouri-Columbia, delivers a summary lecture on sleep and it's affects, informed by twenty years of research into sleep.
Life in the treetops: Forest canopy research and outreach
(2010)
Visiting scholar Nalini Nadkarni delivers a fifty minute lecture highlighting her own forest canopy research with special attention paid to interdisciplinary perspectives.
How Game Theory explains stupid behavior
(2010)
MU Department of Philosophy Associate Professor Zachary Ernst delivers a summary explanation of Game Theory and it's influence on human behavior.
Mizzou weekly (online version), volume 31, number 20
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Division of Marketing and Publications., 2010)
The chemistry of NASCAR
(2009)
Associate professor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Steven W. Keller, delivers a lecture on the chemistry of NASCAR, that is, the underlying chemical properties at work...
How does malaria jump from mosquitoes to humans?
(2009)
Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Brenda Beerntsen, delivers a lecture on malaria and it's method of transmission from mosquitoes to humans.
Charles M. Rick's hunt for the wild tomato
(2009)
Visiting scholar and director of the C. M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center at the University of California-Davis, Roger Chetelat, delivers a lecture on pioneering tomato geneticist Charles M. Rick and his study of ...
Darwin's germ: the life and times of E. Coli
(2009)
Chairman of the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia, George C. Stewart, delivers a summary lecture on the subject of the "most misunderstood" ...
Climate, climate change and hurricanes
(2006)
, and hurricanes, as part of the Saturday Morning Science lecture series....
Science Outreach and Informal Science Education-Programs and Partnerships [abstract]
(2010-02)
Our vision is to create a culture where engagement between scientists and the public is the norm. This will contribute to workforce development, public understanding of science and its economic impacts in our state. We are creating opportunities...
Forests and greenhouse gases: a science primer
(2010)
Professor Stephen Pallardy of the Forestry department at the University of Missouri-Columbia delivers a summary lecture on the topic of greenhouse gases, forest growth, and global climate change from the perspective of a ...
How are drugs designed?
(2009)
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Xiaoqin Zou, delivers a lecture on the history of medical drug production and uses.
Mizzou weekly, volume 31, number 20
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2010)
Mizzou weekly, volume 29, number 17
(University of Missouri--Columbia. University Affairs. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2008)
Mizzou weekly, volume 31, number 03
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Publications and Alumni Communication., 2009)