Science Circle

Classical Concert
2022-06-12 07:00 - 08:00, 2022-06-19 07:00 - 08:00, 2022-06-26 07:00 - 08:00, 2022-07-03 07:00 - 08:00, 2022-07-10 07:00 - 08:00, 2022-07-17 07:00 - 08:00, 2022-07-24 07:00 - 08:00, 2022-07-31 07:00 - 08:00 (America/Los_Angeles) and 6 more dates | The Lighthouse Café

Second Life’s 19th Birthday
2022-06-18 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-06-18 21:00 - 22:00 | SL19B regions
Second Life celebrates its 19th birthday on 23 June and we will be celebrating with them!

SL19B regions will be open to SL residents from 16 June-5 July 2022.
The theme this year will be Steampunk! Steampunk is a science fiction genre in which modern technology exists in a steam-powered 19th century setting (think Jules Verne). Come join the fun! Explore resident-created exhibits on the Steampunk theme, plus performances, music, and shopping, over an area of 24 regions sponsored by Linden Lab.
>> There is a large map of the SL19B region on the south part of Science Circle island that you can use for orienting yourself.
— Find any of these islands in SL and transport there.
— The orientation area on SLB Impressive is in an enormous gold-domed building that displays the history of SL from 2003-2022.
Here is some of what you can expect:
— The area is gorgeously designed and landscaped.
— Many of the buildings are nearly the size of whole regions. Explore the huge arboretum to the northeast.
— Over 10 regions are full of incredibly imaginative user-created builds.
— The 8 regions to the south have large areas for music and other events.
Can you find…
— The balloon ride station?
— The Victorian hedge maze?
— The clock with rabbits as the hands?
— The “Hunt HUD” with prizes for finding things?

Concert & Dinner
2022-06-25 09:00 - 10:00 | Scarlett Hotel
What an eventful year we have had!
– Phil opened the year with “Ingenuity: First Aircraft on Mars!”.
– Jes who has started to provide Asia and Oceania with its own program.
– Beragon who has started his Bistro discussions.
– More SC Opensim region owners and field trips.
– A week-long Christmas program.
– Linda Kelley & Keith Grant collaborated on a climate presentation called “Too hot! Too dry! Too wet! The roller coaster of extreme weather in a climate-changing world”.
– Merrill Johnson who debuted “A Political Geographer’s Perspective on Ukrainians and Their Territory”.
– Mike Shaw and collaborators received a NSF revolving funding 2022-2025 for The Science Circle region.
– Two new board members, Natalie Foster and Stephen Gasior.
– A new Concert Organiser, Ael.
– Mike Shaw & Bill Schmachtenberg who co-presented “The Chemistry and Geology of Gold”.
– The move to Eduverse.
– And at 10 AM PDT today, the opening of the Archaeology Exhibition.
But before that, we offer you a Classical Concert by Ael, at the Scarlett Hotel, an underwater location. Join us for breakfast, lunch, dinner or midnight snack and share your memories of the past year with us.

Below all activities of the West calendar September 2021 – June 2022. How many presentations have you attended in the past year?

September – December 2021

September
PDT

Sat 4
10 AM
Phil Youngblood
Ingenuity: First Aircraft on Mars!
33

Mon 6
10 AM
Matt Burr
Discussion: ‘Oumuamua & UFO’s
16

Sat 11
10 AM
Alex, Greg, Linda
Titanoboa + Fireside Chat
29

Sat 18
10 AM
Simon Bignell
The Past and Future of Virtual World Psychological Research and Development CANCELLED
—

Sat 25
10 AM
Fireside Chat
Bias
20

October

Sat 2
10 AM
Chantal Jager
What is it about The Science Circle and Second Life?
27

Mon 4
10 AM
Matt Burr
Discussion: Psychology & Personality
12

Sat 9
10 AM
Bill Schmachtenberg
Precambrian-Cambrian Explosion of Marine Organisms
31

Sat 16
10 AM
Steven Van Hook
Alien Exosociology: Our Transgalactic Commonalities
38

Sat 23
10 AM
Giuseppe Longo
Artificial Intelligence? The truth behind a fascinating buzzword
30

Sat 30
10 AM
Robert Hendrix
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Failure in Human Disease
26

November
PST

Sat 6
10 AM
Fireside Chat
Museums
20

Mon 8
10 AM
Matt Burr
Discussion: Mars exploration
10

Sat 13
10 AM
Steven Van Hook
Virtual Teaching Tactics to Help a Divided World
34

Sat 20
10 AM
Stephen Gasior
Choking on Red Pills: A Biological Take on Modern Dating Dynamics
38

Sat 27
10 AM
Mike Shaw
Organic Chem Basics: Diels-Alder and similar reactions
20

December

Field trips in SL or OpenSim

Sat 4
10 AM
Marion Smeltzer
Archaeology in OS
15

Mon 6
10 AM
Matt Burr
Discussion: Science / Sci Fi Movies and books
8

Sat 11
10 AM
Mary Anne
Open Sim Genome tour
17

Sat 18
10 AM
Stephen Gasior
FC Dating Dynamics
26

Christmas

Sat 25
10 AM
Chantal Jager
Cirque du Mystere
9

Sun 26
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
12

Mon 27
7 AM
Stephen Gasior
Climate vids
9

Tue 28
7 AM
Chantal Jager & Jes Stannard
Chouchou
9

Wed 29
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
10

Thur 30
7 AM
Stephen Gasior
Follow Your Food
8

Fri 31
7 AM
Chantal Jager & Jes Stannard
David Rumsey Map Islands
10

January – June 2022

January

Sat 1
10 AM
Stephen Gasior
A Biological Perspective on Mating Dynamics in a Sex Ratio Imbalanced Population
27

Sun 2
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
14

Sat 8
10 AM
Bill Schmachtenberg
The role of the Greeks in Science and Math Concept
34

Sun 9
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
19

Sat 15
10 AM
Steven Van Hook
2020s Vision: The Future is Nearly Now
29

Sun 16
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
13

Sat 22
9.30 AM
William Wall
The James Webb Space Telescope: A Summary
30

Sat 22
10 AM
Matt Burr
Beragon’s Bistro: Webb Telescope
21

Sun 23
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
15

Sat 29
10 AM
Stephen Gasior
2021 CRISPR Year in Review
35

Sun 30
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
14

February

Sat 5
10 AM
Matt Burr
Beragon’s Bistro: Comparative Education. How do different countries approach education?
32

Sun 6
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
19

Sat 12
10 AM
Stephen Gasior
Darwin Day, Heroes of Evolution: E. O. Wilson
38

Sun 13
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
13

Sat 19
10 AM
Phil Youngblood
History & Future of SC
35

Sun 20
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
15

Sat 26
10 AM
Linda Kelley & Keith Grant
Too hot! Too dry! Too wet! The roller coaster of extreme weather in a climate-changing world
34

Sun 27
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
16

March

Sat 5
10 AM
Bill Schmachtenberg
Geology and Palaeontology of Greece
29

Sun 6
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
17

Sat 12
9 AM
Merrill Johnson
A Political Geographer’s Perspective on Ukrainians and Their Territory
25

Sat 12
10 AM
Phil Youngblood
What’s In Our Water: The Science of Water Quality and Testing
38

Sun 13
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
12

Sat 19
10 AM
Robert Hendrix
On Expectation and Prediction of Events
27

Sun 20
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
15

Sat 26
10 AM
Matt Burr
Beragon’s Bistro: Gender
30

Sun 27
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
15

April

Sat 2

VWBPE
VWBPE
–

Sun 3
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
16

Sat 9
10 AM
George Djorgovski
Galaxy Formation
27

Sun 10
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
15

Sat 16
10 AM
Matt Burr
Beragon’s Bistro: Second Life vs. The Metaverse
32

Sun 17
7 AM
Earl Kiech
Concert
15

Sat 23
10 AM
Phil Youngblood
The Dynamic Geology of Asia-Oceania
26

Sat 30
10 AM
Stephen Gasior
What’s Happening in the World of Synthetic Biology: A Report From A Global Conference
31

May

Sun 1
7 AM
Ael
Concert
13

Sat 7
10 AM
Phil Youngblood
Plankton – Drifting Through Life
24

Sun 8
7 AM
Ael
Concert
13

Sat 14
10 AM
Matt Burr
BB: Lessons for the Next Pandemic
26

Sun 15
7 AM
Ael
Concert
12

Sat 21
10 AM
Mike Shaw & Bill Schmachtenberg
The Chemistry and Geology of Gold
26

Sun 22
7 AM
Ael
Concert
15

Sat 28
10 AM
Mary Anne Clark
Telomere to Telomere: Completion of the Human Genome
19

Sun 29
7 AM
Ael
Concert
12

June

Field trips in SL or OpenSim

Sat 4
10 AM
Steven Van Hook
Educare Region Tour
27

Sun 5
7 AM
Ael
Concert
18

Sat 11
10 AM
Skip Dahlgren
Open Sim Abyssinia Tour
14

Sun 12
7 AM
Ael
Concert
11

Sat 18
10 AM
Phil Youngblood
19th Second Life Birthday 2022
21

Sun 19
7 AM
Ael
Concert
14

Sat 25
9 AM
Ael & Phil Youngblood
Concert & Dinner

Sat 25
10 AM
Marion Smeltzer
Opening Archaeology Exhibit

Sun 26
7 AM
Ael
Concert

Opening Archaeology Exhibit
2022-06-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Archaeology
Archaeology Tour
In my career choice as a practicing public archaeologist, I always look for new and exciting ways to incorporate places that bring a hint of mystery and encourage further reading.
I was fortunate to stumble on the education website Owlcation and found the perfect listing to illustrate my passion for the subject and about places well beyond my area where I live and work.
It’s my pleasure to introduce you the 20 most significant archaeological sites around the world display.
Places on a series of pentagon shaped platforms, all the sites shown have slide screen informative panels briefly describing each area.
Come learn the secrets they hold from the past, who made them, and why they are deserted today.

By Marion Smeltzer,
MA Practicing Archaeologist

Style Transfer
2022-06-25 21:00 - 22:00 | Scarlett Hotel
Style Transfer
Have you ever wondered what your favourite photos would look like through the eyes of an artist like Van Gogh? I did, and I was stoked to know that I could do it with artificial intelligence. In this presentation I’ll discuss artificial intelligence-based style transfer methods, briefly introducing convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and general adversarial networks (GANs), before talking about two algorithms capable of style transfer in image contexts.

A presentation by Karthik Prathaban, a student of AI.

Follow the Food
2022-07-09 07:00 - 08:00, 2022-07-23 07:00 - 08:00, 2022-07-30 07:00 - 08:00, 2022-08-06 07:00 - 08:00, 2022-08-13 07:00 - 08:00 | Auditorium

How Will I Live? The Sociology of Providing for Others
2022-09-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
Psychologist Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) defined a hierarchy of needs that motivate human behavior. The most basic of needs are associated with survival, namely those that answer the question, “How Will I Live?” These basic needs include breathing, eating and drinking, finding shelter, clothing, and warmth, sex, and sleep. Once these are met, there are safety needs, including security, order, law, stability, and freedom from fear.
Considering the importance to each individual of gaining access to the resources needed to achieve these needs, it is small wonder that leaders of societies have developed a variety of ways to control these resources and thereby control members of their society. Bear in mind then that “providing for others” can have both positive and negative connotations for those being provided access to necessary resources.
In this presentation and discussion, we will explore the sociology, that is the social behavior, interactions, and relationships, associated with the control of these resources, including the institutions of
—land ownership
—employment
—marriage
—expanded families and population control
—gangs
—nursing homes and other social institutions
—social services such as the military and religious orders
—political systems such as totalitarianism, aristocracy, oligarchy, theocracy, colonialism, a republic or democracy, socialism, and communism
—restricting privileges like travel and voting
—liberty
—patronage
—feudalism
—slavery
—nomadic and hunter-gatherer cultures
—[Have I missed one?]

Covering the entire scope of this topic is a tall order for the single hour we will be together, but I hope the presentation and discussion will spark your interest in exploring this further.

Presentation by Dr. Phil Youngblood

Dr. Phil Youngblood

Previous lectures on film

Podcast

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LIVE: Artemis I Moon Mission Launch
2022-09-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Auditorium
NASA is targeting 2:17 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 3, for the launch of Artemis I, the first integrated test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and the ground systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There is a two-hour launch window for the next attempt.
The Artemis I flight test is an uncrewed mission around the Moon that will pave the way for a crewed flight test and future human lunar exploration as part of Artemis.

The Webb Telescope
2022-09-03 21:00 - 22:00 | Science Circle East Cabin
The Webb Telescope
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central black hole. Webb’s powerful infrared gaze produced this detailed image of the Cartwheel and two smaller companion galaxies against a backdrop of many other galaxies. This image provides a new view of how the Cartwheel Galaxy has changed over billions of years.
Next steps
The observatory has a packed schedule of science programs looking at all kinds of cosmic phenomena, like planets, stars, galaxies, black holes, and more. Webb will revolutionize our understanding of the universe — but first, researchers need time to analyze data and make sure that they understand what they’re seeing.
What are your expectations of this revolutionary telescope? What questions could we start answering? Which photo appeals to you the most?

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BB: Alzheimer's and Scientific Integrity
2022-09-10 10:00 - 11:00 | The Lighthouse Café
For years the leading theory for the development of Alzheimer’s therapies has been the amyloid plaque theory. However, all the amyloid therapeutics that have been tried, failed. This has been confusing. Recently, it was reported that the data for the amyloid plaque theory were probably falsified. Join us to discuss where Alzheimer’s research should go now and the implications of a lost decade of research due to flawed science and possible malfeasance.
Alzheimer’s study controversy: What does it mean for future research?
What an Alzheimer’s Controversy Reveals About the Pressures of Academia (possible paywall)
At an international meeting, Alzheimer’s researchers are assessing what comes next
Shocking SCIENTIFIC FRAUD allegations against major medical research

A discussion hosted by Matt Burr at the Light house Cafe

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Dealing with Climate Change
2022-09-10 21:00 - 22:00 | Science Circle East Cabin
Dealing with Climate Change
Vital Signs of the Planet
Today, with an international and knowledgeable audience, we call on your experiences with climate change. What was the climate before 2000 and what is it like today? What changes does nature show, is flora and fauna changing? Are there excesses and how do you and your government deal with them?
What do you do yourself to reduce your footprint?

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Transcultural Beats
2022-09-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Auditorium
There may be many means to bridge and calm cultural differences — beyond transcultural themes and images. This presentation considers how musical rhythms can strike a common beat among multi-cultured gatherings. Sample audio clips demonstrate 20 years of observable rhythmic resonance in culturally-diverse international classrooms.

Presenter: Steven R. Van Hook has a doctorate specializing in transcultural teaching. He is an educator for international communication and business programs at UCLA, UCSB, National University, and elsewhere. He develops virtual world learning, and his research has been published by SAGE and UNESCO journals.
WorldWide Multicultural Research

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