UNCOOLKIDS

This event happens on Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 and is

Secret Science Club

7pm — EVERY first WEDNESDAY

WHERE:Union Hall, 702 Union St. at Fifth Ave., Park Slope, Brooklyn
COST:FREE
SUMMARY:”Underground …Shrouded in mist and mystery …And teeming with cocktails previously unknown to science.
Union Hall’s “Secret Science Club” is back with more radioactive lectures, volatile experiments, chemical libations, and star-gazing sounds!!”
THIS WEEK:Astronomer (and Earthling) David J. Helfand lectures on: “Intelligent Life in the Universe??” “Earth to Space. Earth to Space. Come in please …” “So far no one’s answering. But recent advances in astronomy and biology have enhanced the ability of scientists to predict whether—despite the lack of contact—there is intelligent life beyond our own solar system. Chair of the Department of Astronomy at Columbia University, David J. Helfand peers through a speculative telescope and asks: Are we alone? Or is the universe teeming with extraterrestrials? What kinds of planets might ETs live on? And what are the chances that these space folks are smarter than us Earthlings?”