This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

Saturday March 21

 

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At 9 AM PST  (2 hours)

 

Moon Base Selene

 

Lead Presenter: Vic Michalak / Phil Youngblood, PhD
Co-presenter: Sumo Itano / Natalie Foster, PhD

 

More info here: https://www.vwbpe.org/event/ie-moon-base-selene-lunar-space-elevator-hub 

 

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/71/128/30

 

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    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝  

 

Announcement: This Saturday at The Science Circle - "Marking Time: Consciousness, Cosmos, and Calendars"

"Marking Time: Consciousness, Cosmos, and Calendars"

Saturday February 8
10 AM to 11 AM SL time

A public presentation and consultation of members for a joint educational journey.
Facilitated by Phil Youngblood / SL: Vic Michalak

Abstract
Time is an inescapable reality in our personal and social lives.
We mark it, celebrate it, take it, stretch it, slow it, waste it, and curse it.
Our mind and bodies count on its regularity, but the reality is it is not regular.
We are almost constantly aware of it, but conceive of it differently if awake or asleep.
Happy New Year? Leap Year? New Decade? Yes or No?

Religious calendars, secular calendars, fixed and movable holidays.
The perfection of the cosmos and imperfection of the sun, moon, planet, and stars.
Let us take time together to explore the physical reality and the abstract concept of time.

To read more, Click here. 

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/67/129/32

Announcement: This Saturday at The Science Circle - "Marking Time" and "Modern Extinctions"

"Marking Time: Consciousness, Cosmos, and Calendars"

Saturday January 25
6 AM to 7AM SL time

A public presentation and consultation of members for a joint educational journey.

Facilitated by Phil Youngblood / SL: Vic Michalak

Abstract
Time is an inescapable reality in our personal and social lives.
We mark it, celebrate it, take it, stretch it, slow it, waste it, and curse it.
Our mind and bodies count on its regularity, but the reality is it is not regular.
We are almost constantly aware of it, but conceive of it differently if awake or asleep.
Happy New Year? Leap Year? New Decade? Yes or No?

Religious calendars, secular calendars, fixed and movable holidays.
The perfection of the cosmos and imperfection of the sun, moon, planet, and stars.
Let us take time together to explore the physical reality and the abstract concept of time.

For more information, Click Here

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/67/129/32

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"Modern Extinctions"

Saturday January 25
10 AM to 11:30 AM

Extinction is the death of all members of a species of plants, animals, or other organisms. Smithsonian
Latest: The Chinese Paddlefish

Panel participants:

1. Alex Hastings
2. Mike Shaw
3. Phil Youngblood

Host scientific debates: Matthew Burr

For more information, Click Here

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/67/129/32

Announcement: This Week in The Science Circle - "Our Place in the Universe!" and "Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises and Us"

“Our Place in the Universe!”

A public presentation and continued educational journey.

Saturday October 5

10AM to 11AM

Facilitated by Phil Youngblood / SL: Vic Michalak

Last time we started our journey investigating the nature and practice of science over the years. This time we will celebrate World Space Week (4-10 October 2019) by examining our place in the universe.

In 1957, Kees Boeke wrote an essay entitled “Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 jumps”. In 1977, Charles and Ray Eames produced an award-winning short documentary entitled “Powers of Ten” that investigated the world of the very small (quarks) to the very large (the observable universe). “Cosmic Voyage” in 1996, presented at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum and in IMAX theaters worldwide, completed a similar journey.

In Part II of our continuing sequence to “Explore Science in Second Life!” we will jump ahead another 20 years or so and create our own unique version of this concept using examples in Second Life and other sources. It is appropriate that we will be meeting in the Planetarium building on Science Circle island.

Nikolai’s Planetarium 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/122/137/3002

Read the announcement in full here (link).

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"Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises and Us"

Sunday October 6
7AM to 8AM

A number of years ago, I was boating in Cape Cod Bay (Massachusetts, USA) near Stellwagen Banks and watching for whales. I had been there watching for whales and dolphins other times too. This time was different though. As we waited, a small pod of fin whales passed us by at breakwater speed. Then nothing. Until a young humpback whale surfaced and waved to us. This whale performed a dance of dive and surface for 15 minutes, circling, breaching, submerging. When the whale was done, he or she lay there looking at me as I was looking back, eye to eye, intelligence to intelligence, only meters apart. Who was I? Who was he or she?

For me, the plight of cetaceans is not just ecological and worrisome, it’s poignant and personal as well.

Please join us at The Science Circle on Sunday, October 6 at 7 am SLT to talk about amazing and endangered cetaceans of the world.

Linda Morris Kelley (Delia Lake in SL)

Read the announcement in full here (link).

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/67/129/32 

Announcement: The Science Circle - "Explore Science in Second Life!"

Saturday, September 14
6AM and 10 AM SL time
SC Auditorium

Let us explore science together in Second Life!
We will start our journey by reaching a common understanding of the nature of ‘science’ and STE(A)M and by visiting sites on Science Circle island. During subsequent weeks, we will explore the various fields of science and STEAM in general and find examples in Second Life.

As we journey together, let us set a goal to develop a guide to science in Second Life and other open sources for the purpose of promoting dialogue and education across STEAM disciplines.

My aim in facilitating our journey is to create a sustainable forum for learning the science behind the news, our Science Circle presentations, and our daily life encounters. I would like our meetings to be welcoming to novices, inviting to experts, and engaging for everyone.

We will meet for one hour each session. You are welcome to attend any sessions you are able. Weekly sessions may include STEAM topics, field trips, ‘scavenger hunts’, building things, visits by experts, and finding answers to questions you have and to global issues.

Information about past and upcoming sessions will be posted on the Science Circle website so you can ‘catch up’ on what you missed and know what is coming next. We are also planning an online discussion area where you can pose or answer questions.

As we gauge interest in this complement to our presentations, we may create a formal course in which you can register and receive benefits of membership. For those interested, there will be ‘homework’ between sessions consisting of places to visit in Second Life or online that will help reinforce session activities or prepare for the next sessions.

For more information, Click Here. 

https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/61/127/32

Announcement: This Week At The Science Circle: “Analog Computing Devices”

“Analog Computing Devices”

 Saturday October 6
7AM to 8AM SL time

by Phil Youngblood / Vic Michalak
 
A spectrum of devices that were used for a thousand or more years before the modern electronic computer, including the abacus, astrolabe, quipu, slide rule, the Antikythera device, Babbage’s calculators, and other tools used to calculate and compute numbers and dates and positions or record them

Phil will show and describe them and compare how they work to the digital computer.

A large abacus and slide rule and possibly other devices he can demonstrate during the presentation in an interactive session with the audience!

For more information, Click Here: https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/analog-computing-devices/

The Science Circle (61/127/32) 

Announcement: This Week At The Science Circle: “The Anthropocene Epoch”

    Saturday, May 19th

    "The Anthropocene Epoch“
    By Phil Youngblood / Vic Michalak
    https://www.sciencecircle.org/events/2018-05-19/
   
    6 AM - 7 AM PDT
               and
    10 AM - 11 AM PDT

There is a saying that in English goes, “One cannot see the forest for the trees.” The traditional meaning is that it is difficult to see the bigger picture if you cannot see beyond your own little part in it. So it goes with seeing the bigger picture of global changes because we live on such a small part of our planet, and for such a relatively short time.

In March 2008, The Science Circle officially began its tradition of presentations of a variety of science topic with “The Anthropocene Epoch.” Ten years later, we will again explore the concept of geological epochs and evidence that humans have had such a significantly high impact on our planet that we are even now leaving evidence in rock and ice layers, in the atmosphere, and in the fossil record, that will be evident thousands and millions of years from now.

Some of the questions we will explore are: “How has the Earth changed over its history?”
“What caused those changes?” “What was the impact and how long did it last?” “How do we know?” “What natural changes are occurring right now on Earth?” “How are humans changing our planet and by how much?” “Are humans the only living things changing the Earth?” “What are the possible short and long-term consequences of our activities?” “Is there anything we can do about it?”

This is a subject that is having an impact on every one of us for centuries to come. Come join us!

For more information: Click Here.  

The Science Circle (61/127/32) 

Announcement: This Week At The Science Circle: "The Fascinating World of Elon Musk"

"The Fascinating World of Elon Musk" by Phil Youngblood    
   
7AM - 8AM PDT   Asia-Oceania hour  
or 10AM - 11AM PDT     Regular time

Elon Musk: Man With a Purpose

We asked Science Circle students what topics they would like to hear and Elon Musk was one request. Well, I was curious also, so this coming Saturday your request is granted!

Elon Musk is one of the richest and most powerful men in the world. Who is he and how did he get where he is today? What drives him to do what he does? What will he do next? Of course we could never really know unless we asked him directly (anyone know if he has a SL avatar?), but we can speculate on answers to these questions from what he has told others and what he has done in the past.

Come explore what I was able to find out about this fascinating person and his world, about his past projects (Zip2, X.com, and PayPal), current projects and how they work  (Tesla & SolarCity, SpaceX, The Boring Company & Hyperloop, and Neuralink & OpenAI), and about what is next!

Phil Youngblood / Vic Michalak

For more information: Click Here.  

The Science Circle (61/127/32) 

Tribute to Patio Plasma

Last Saturday September 2, there was a tribute to Patio Plasma, known as Paul Doherty in real life, whom sadly had recently passed away from cancer. The first part of the event was a tour of the Exploratorium sim which he had managed. The tour was given out by Vic Micalak, who spoke to the crowd in voice.

Vic showed people around the various builds of the sim, including a telescope that took you up to the eyepiece by raising the entire floor. With the total eclipse that had crossed the United States on August 21 just after his passing. someone commented that his wife in real life had wrote that he had "'gone ahead' to make sure all went well with the eclipse. Surely he was there."

Patio/Doherty "was a tenured professor of physics for 12 years at Oakland University, Michigan, where he taught courses ranging from physics, astronomy, and geology to electronics, computer programming, and meteorology. ... He is the author of many books, including the Explorabook, The Exploratorium Science Snackbook, the Klutz Book of Magnetic Magic, Color of Nature, and Traces of Time. Paul was given the Faraday Science Communicator award by the NSTA and chosen as the “Best Science Demonstrator” at the World Congress of Museums in Helsinki in 1996. ... He also spent time in the Antarctic Research center and he even appeared one time on the Late Show with David Letterman. The last book he wrote before he died was And Then You’re Dead: What Really Happens If You Get Swallowed by a Whale, Are Shot from a Cannon, or Go Barreling over Niagara."

Following the tour of the Exploratorium, Charlize Bellic held a Relay for Life memorial concert with live performances by several musicians inworld, "we are honoring on great individual who we lost to cancer: Patio Plasma a Second Life physicist with a true passion for science right now, and we have whirli on stage with Marqs coming up. Let's send this great person of Second Life out with the party they deserve."

There would be nine hours of music that day and evening, part of a tribute to the professor whom had done much for science in Second Life.

Bixyl Shuftan

Announcement: Saturday At The Science Circle

BBC's "The Naked Scientists"
6AM PDT
Where: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/96/204/2001

and...

PRESENTATION "The Eyes have it"
Presenter: Phil Youngblood/Vic Michalak
Time: 10am PDT
Where: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/139/206/95