Science Café Cleveland: “Why Do Knuckle-Walking African Apes Knuckle-Walk?” November 9, 2018Walking on your knuckles is as odd as walking bipedally—a very peculiar way to get around. Only chimpanzees...Events·
Science Café Cleveland: “Controversies over whether students’ beliefs in the sources of intelligence influence their school achievements” July 30, 2018According to mindset theory, individuals either have a “growth mindset,” believing their intelligence can grow with effort, or...Events·
“Why Do Knuckle-Walking African Apes Knuckle-Walk?” April 26, 2018Editor’s note: This event has been changed. Mano Singham, physicist and retired director of the University Center for Innovation...Events·
Science Cafe Cleveland—”Tiny Brains at High Speed: The Neuroscience of Fly Flight” April 2, 2018The next Science Cafe Cleveland will feature Jessica Fox, assistant professor of biology, whose research lab studies how...Events·
Science Café Cleveland: “The Antibiotics Resistance Problem and Some Potential Solutions” November 28, 2017Herman O. Sintim, the Drug Discovery Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Center for Drug...Events·
Science Café Cleveland: “Opioid Epidemic—A Major Evolving Health Crisis” September 21, 2017The next Science Café Cleveland event, titled “Opioid Epidemic – A Major Evolving Health Crisis,” will be held...Events·
“To Catch a (White Collar) Thief: The art and science of high-tech crime detection” September 1, 2017Science Café Cleveland continues Monday, Sept. 11, with “To Catch a (White Collar) Thief: The art and science...Events·
Science Café Cleveland: “How the Science of Paleontology Brings Dead Bones to Life” August 4, 2017Modern human beings have been around for around 200,000 years and we have recorded history for less than...Events·
Science Café Cleveland: “Why We Can (Sometimes) Get Along: Parasites, pathogens, and human evolution” July 3, 2017When people hear the words parasite and pathogen, the immediate reaction often is to view them as hostile...Events·
Science Café Cleveland: “Getting by with a little help from our friends: The hidden forest microbiome and its important role in species conservation” June 6, 2017No individual travels through this world alone; microscopic organisms that affect our health, growth and survival cover us...Events·