Café Scientifique is an international movement of scientists and interested citizens who organize informal monthly discussion groups. Our goal is to provide a place for public discussion of interesting and controversial issues in contemporary science.

In Boulder, we meet at Redfish, a brewpub and restaturant at 2027 13th St, just north of Pearl St. Refreshments begin at 5:30 and the talk starts at 6:05 followed by discussion. We usually meet on the second Tuesday of the month (check the website for exact dates as this sometimes varies).

The Boulder Café is sponsored by The University of Colorado Chapter of Sigma Xi, and is organized by Carol Kearns, Michael Breed, and Darin Toohey. For more information or to be added to our email list for monthly notifications of Café Sci events, email us at: michael.breed@colorado.edu.

For more information on international Café Sci venues and the history of Café Sci, visit:

http://www.Café scientifique.org/inthemedia.htm

There is also a Café Sci in Denver:

http://Café scicolorado.org/

OUR NEXT Café:
Upcoming Cafés

Jan 15, 2008. Dr. John Bally, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, CU Boulder- The State of Astronomy: Emerging revolutions in our understanding of the cosmos

Feb 2008. Dr. James White, INSTAAR, Geology and Environmental Studies, CU Boulder. Did anyone know it is the International Polar Year? Why you should know and why you should care.

March 11, 2008. Dr. Douglas Duncan, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences. Scandalous Surprises about how people Learn (and Don’t Learn) Science!

April 8,2008. Dr. David Hofmann, CIRES, CU Boulder. The Antarctic Ozone Hole - When Will it go Away?

May 13, 2008. Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. CIRES, CU Boulder. "Have we underestimated the Carbon Dioxide Challenge?

June 10, 2008. Jonathan Caine Ph.D., USGS, Geology of the Colorado Mineral Belt: A Zone of Crustal Weakness or a Good Hypothesis Gone Bad?

July 2008. Dr. Rick Adams, Biology, University of Northern Colorado. Bats as potential eco-indicators of climate change in the West.”

August 2008. TBA

September 2008. TBA

Oct 14, 2008. Dr. Clayton Lewis, PhD, Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder; "Computational Thinking: Should we all be doing it? What is it, anyway?"

Previous Cafés

(click here for a list of previous Boulder Cafés)