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Science events and lectures around the San Francisco Bay area this week. Highlights this week include what is sure to be a lively and controversial talk by Aubery de Grey on viewing the aging process as a disease that can - and should - be cured. de Grey has outraged many in the mainstream medical and scientific communities with his claims about the possibility of extending human life, but he has also brought the topic into the limelight of public awareness in a way that no one else has been able to do. If you come to this lecture, you will see why.
Other events this week include a talk about memory and aging, at the Down to a Science event Monday evening, and two promising halloween parties at The California Academy of Sciences and the Chabot Space & Science Center.
Headlines first, followed by the details.
Monday, October 20th, 7-9 PM
Ah, Fuhgettaboudit!: Memory & the Aging Brain
Dr. Adam Gazzaley - UCSF
Down to a Science
Atlas Cafe, at the corner of 20th St & Alabama
Monday, October 20th, 7:30PM
Aubrey de Grey on Living Forever
Jewish Community Center
3200 California St, San Francisco
Friday, October 24th, 5:00 - 8:30pm
Green Halloween: The 17th Annual Family Halloween Party
The California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Friday, October 24th, 7:00PM
Chabot Masquerade Ball
Chabot Space and Science Center
10000 Skyline Blvd. - Oakland
Details (text from source)
Monday, October 20th, 7-9 PM
Ah, Fuhgettaboudit!: Memory & the Aging Brain
Dr. Adam Gazzaley - UCSF
Down to a Science
Atlas Cafe, at the corner of 20th St & Alabama
Join Dr. Adam Gazzaley from U.C. San Francisco as he explains why it's normal to forget and the science behind why our memory fumbles with age. You'll learn what's happening in the brain when we pay attention and when we're distracted.
Adam will give an inside look into the state-of-the-art scientific research aimed at understanding the neural basis of attention and memory. Perhaps most importantly, Dr. Gazzaley will talk about what we can do to keep our minds fit and nimble as we get older.
This is a special joint event with UCSF's Science Cafe.
Monday, October 20, 7:30PM
Aubrey de Grey on Living Forever
Jewish Community Center
3200 California St, San Francisco
In a remarkable challenge to convention and science, Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that the process of aging is merely a disease, and a curable one at that. De Grey, a computer scientist and biogerontologist, believes humans could live for centuries if we could just approach the aging process as "an engineering problem." Learn about de Grey's distinctive approach to "solving" the problems of aging - and potentially living until the age of 1,000.
"Aubrey de Grey is a man of ideas, and he has set himself toward the goal of transforming the basis of what it means to be human." - MIT Technology Review
Friday, October 24th, 5:00 - 8:30pm
Green Halloween: The 17th Annual Family Halloween Party
The California Academy of Sciences
55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
The California Academy of Sciences and the 2008 Co-chairs Vickie Nelson and Molly Wadhwani cordially invite you to Green Halloween. The greenest scene this Halloween will be inside the new Academy, from the rainforest to the ocean deep. Spooktacular activities, entertainment, crafts, and fun for the entire family. Face-to-face encounters with Academy scientists and their creepy-crawly collections.
Friday, October 24th, 7:00PM
Chabot Masquerade Ball
Chabot Space and Science Center
10000 Skyline Blvd. - Oakland
Who are you unmasked?
Wear your costume and party under the stars at Chabot. Enjoy a fun night of space adventures, star gazing, live music, microbrews from Buffalo Bill's Brewery, wine from R&B Cellars, food from Montclair Bistro and much more!
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