by Macy Huston | Mar 13, 2023 | Seminar
Connor Martini February 16, 2023 Zoom recording Abstract: When we talk about the relationship between science and religion, we tend to get bogged down in controversies and conflicts between Christian theologians and secular scientists—the Scopes Trial, Intelligent...
by Macy Huston | Feb 8, 2023 | Seminar
Malcolm MacIver February 2, 2023 Zoom recording Abstract: In this talk I’ll detail some results from our group on how visual systems changed at the water to land transition 380 million years ago. I’ll use that work to motivate a series of simulation...
by Macy Huston | Dec 8, 2022 | Seminar
Sara Walker December 8, 2022 Abstract: Most of our efforts to search for life beyond Earth are anthropocentrically biased – that is they focus on features that have evolved on Earth as analogous to what we might find in alien examples. In this talk, I will discuss...
by Macy Huston | Dec 1, 2022 | Seminar
David Shorter December 1, 2022 Zoom recording Description: Shorter will discuss how the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life remains mostly grounded in a hierarchical and progressivist worldview that has fueled colonialism throughout history. Shorter’s recent...
by Macy Huston | Nov 17, 2022 | Seminar
Sofia Sheikh November 17, 2022 Zoom recording Abstract: The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is a 42-dish radio array in Hat Creek, California, operated by the SETI Institute. For the last few years, the ATA has been undergoing a refurbishment program, and the instrument...
