We have Cafe Scientifique on the last Tuesday of every month, which just happens to fall on Halloween this year. So we’re having appropriate content — come to the coffee shop, learn all about carbohydrates from Alyssa Pirinelli, and then go hand out carbs at home!
Indirectly related, Invasion of maize-eating caterpillars worsens hunger crisis in Africa:
That certainly isn’t a treat — unless you’re a larval pest with a voracious appetite — and is a very nasty trick.
Are any of these worms edible?
I always get a pang when I read these, so close and yet so far. I wish I was close enough, I’d be a regular.
Would be very interesting to hear the talk (my specialty was carbohydrate chemistry). But too far away.
Had to check out the speaker’s academic pedigree. Impressive.
@Caine #3:
Some venues have a podcast, but I didn’t find one from “Common Cup Coffeehouse”.
Podcast: Café Scientifique, Carnegie Science Center (Pennsylvania)
Podcast: Café Scientifique, Bell Museum (Minnesota)
/BellMuseum includes most eps in a YouTube playlist.
Podcast: SciCafe AMNH (New York)
/A YouTube playlist was freshly updated and seems to be maintained by AMNHorg, but I got there with a search, not seeing it on the channel itself. *shrug*