With many scientists believing Earth is on the cusp of another mass extinction, Annalee Newitz, author of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember; suggests practical ways for us humans to keep dodging the extinction bullet—and to live to build a better world.
Annalee Newitz: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction
Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5. Double feature!
Steve Keen & Gerard Fitzpatrick: Money, Monetary Policy, and Financial Repression
Thursday, May 23, 2013, 11:30am – 1:00pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $14-$29.
Before his Town Hall talk Thursday evening, economist Keen joins Fitzpatrick for a lunchtime discussion of Federal Reserve monetary policy, whether it is distorting markets and the economy, and whether the punitive effect on savers and investors is worth the candle.
UW Science Now: Megan F. Gambs: Water, Rocks, & the Tropics: Did the Missoula Floods Impact Climate? AND Adam Campbell: How Did Life Survive the Snowball?
Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 6:00 – 7:30pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5. Double feature!
In this UW Science Now double bill, Megan F. Gambs investigates how massive flooding of freshwater from Glacial Lake Missoula disrupted the ocean and atmosphere, and Adam Campbell searches for refuges that sustained life when the Earth’s land was frozen and barren.