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10 Feb Local Girl Makes Good – and a Commercial
While we are passing around congratulations – the first went to local Ben Knight and his Felt Soul Media because his latest film project “DamNation,” was selected to premiere at South by Southwest – the next goes to Lilly Sullivan, daughter of Nana Naisbitt, of the Telluride Science...
03 Aug Limitless Energy and Disease Discovery at Final TSRC’S Town Talk
“The discovery of natural gas and fracking technology give us about 40 more years. Whether good or bad, these buy us enough time to make solar work,” said Joseph Hupp, Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University. Porfessor Huff is referring to the time remaining on...
27 Jul TSRC’s Town Talks: DNA, Unpredictable, Unstable Molecule that Holds the Future in its Strands
Inside every living cell is a long, coiled strand of DNA that contains all the information needed to make an entire organism. It’s been called the blueprint of life, but DNA sequences are hardly set in stone. In fact, they are constantly changing through natural...
20 Jul TSRC’s Town Talks: Scents and Knots, Molecules We Overlook
We take for granted many things rooted in science: leaves falling, runny noses in the cold, static electricity, the scent of roasting coffee, traffic patterns. Each of these phenomena carries biological, chemical, or mathematical significance, yet they are so commonplace that rarely does anyone stop...
06 Jul Town Talks: Future of Planet Written in Forest Trees
“The idea was… Someone, somewhere may be willing to offset carbon emissions by supporting rainforest preservation in a developing country.” The quote is George Weiblen, Associate Professor of Plant Biology at University of Minnesota, talking about “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation” (or REDD), a...