Science on Tap

Join us Monday, April 12th, at 6:30 pm MDT for our next virtual Science on Tap. This month Theresa Fisher, an astrobiologist PhD candidate at Arizona State University, will present "Searching for Aliens Using...MATH". Get the Zoom link here: https://www.coolscience.org/science-on-tap.html or you can watch on Facebook Live.

As we discover more and more Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, a challenge has arisen: how do we determine, using the very little available data, if these planets are inhabited or not? In this talk, Theresa will explain how using a branch of mathematics called network theory might be the key, how a planet's biosphere and atmosphere are linked, and what it says about the universal laws of life.

In the meantime, if you're anxious to learn more you might find this BBC Science article interesting:

https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/what-would-alien-life-actually-look-like/

What would alien life actually look like? As we discover ever more planets orbiting other stars, and plan missions to potentially habitable moons of Saturn and Jupiter, will we find life – and if we do, will we even recognise it?

Join us Monday, January 11 at 6:30 pm MST for Virtual Science on Tap via Zoom.
Learn how starches are used to thicken food in this informative and fun online cooking science workshop! We’ll demonstrate and review several different types of starches and thickeners and discuss the chemistry of how they work. Then join David Cook and Cortney Smith, co-owners of Gather Food Studio & Spice Shop, along with Prof. Crystal Vander Zanden from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCCS as we make Salted Butterscotch Pudding and practice how to make perfect gravy! Then we will demonstrate how to make rice noodles with rice flour and tapioca starch.
Find out more (including the recipes and ingredients lists if you want to cook along) at https://www.coolscience.org/science-on-tap.html
where you can RSVP to receive the Zoom link to fully participate. You can also watch right here as we'll simulcast on Facebook Live.

Thanks Matt & Melissa for helping us bring some really Cool- or rather super COLD- Science to Centennial Elementary's Science Night. [They had as much fun as the students!]