Science: it works, bitches.
Joe ordered us some shirts with the above slogan from the XKCD store: http://store.xkcd.com/
There are many more I’d love to have, but I don’t want to be one of those people that wears nothing but clever t-shirts. It’s a fine line to walk…
Any-who, while I’m on the topic of Science!, Joe and I attended a very interesting presentation on supervolcanos last night at a pub. Yes, that’s right, science at the pub! Joe recently found a local skeptics group on facebook, and they were advertising Cafe Scientifique. It’s a monthly science night where they have local scientists/experts give presentations at the pub while enjoying some beers. We didn’t have much interest in the topic before hand, but we ended up being fascinated with the subject. The presenter, Dr. Ben Kennedy, performed the diet coke + mentos trick to illustrate some of the properties of volcanoes. This was the first time I’ve seen that trick done in person, and it was really fun to watch. We brought the camera, but I completely forgot to take pictures.
I look forward to the next event. How can you go wrong combining science and beer?
