BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:At North Shore Senior Center (NSSC)\, Nielsen Campus -Jim Ken ney\, Executive Director\, Common Ground\nAt a time when scientific lite racy is more important - andsadly\, rarer - than ever\, this workshop wi ll focus on several things that informed people need to know about scien ce and its ever-deepening understanding of the universe. We'll talk abou t DNA and microbiology on the 21st-century cutting edge. We'll listen in on the excited buzz from the science of subatomics - the latest about t he mysterious Higgs Boson. We'll share the latest reports from astrophys ics and cosmology - from Mars to the Big Bang. \; We'll learn about the new certainty that the climatologists are bringing to their understa nding of what's happening to our world. And we'll shake our headsin puzz lement at the thriving industry (driven by extremist religion and politi cs) of science denial - the new Flat Earth cultism.\nThursday\, \;1/ 10 - 2/7\, 5 sessions\, 9:30am - 11:30am\n$50 member\; $60 non-member&nb sp\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;\n\n& nbsp\; URL:http://niles.patch.com/events/five-things-we-need-to-know-about-scien ce-from-dna-to-science-deniers-651c3354 SUMMARY:Five Things We Need to Know About Science: From DNA to Science D eniers LOCATION:161 Northfield Rd\, Northfield\, IL 60093: 161 Northfield Rd\, N orthfield\, IL END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR