Sunday, October 29, 2023

Video: “Archaeology and Ecological Crisis: Lessons in Sustainability from the Past” with Elic Weitzel of University of Connecticut

Connor Williams, Terra Linda High School

    On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, Elic Weitzel of University of Connecticut lectured about the White Tailed Deer and their intriguing past. In the video below you can learn about how European settlers damaged White Tailed Deer's population and how we can learn from it like using it to help us understand human population and the effects humans have on the earth. You can also find this video on the Marin Science Seminar Vimeo and find out more on other presentations at marinscienceseminar.com.
 

Teaser Vid: “We Need New Antibiotics – Why Do We Have So Few?” with Julia Schaletzky of UC Berkeley Teaser

Connor Williams, Terra Linda High School

    Come see Julia Schaletzky present an exciting presentation about antibiotics and why we have so few on Wednesday November 1st, 2023 at the Terra Linda High School Innovation Hub. Below is a little teaser on what the presentation is about and what to look for. You can also find the teaser on the Marin Science Seminar Vimeo and find out more on other presentations at marinscienceseminar.com.



Friday, October 20, 2023

Photos : What an AI Can Teach Us About the Human Mind

By: Adriana Sarahi Martinez

What Can AI Teach Us About the Human Mind... and vise versa with Irina Rabkina 

Irina does a psychological test with children to explain how the human mind works 

Results of the psychology test show the increase of pre to post results in both high similarity and low similarity.  

AToM allows AI agents to reason about other AI agents the same way people do.  

This is from the talk What Can AI Teach us About the Human Mind… and vice versa? at Tera Linda High School on October 11, 2023.  

Five Health Challenges that Were Deadly Before Antibiotics

Nola Palestrant, Tamalpais High School      In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered humanity’s first antibiotic, Penicillin, ...

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Marin Science Seminar is a one-hour science lecture/presentation with a question and answer period open to all interested local teenagers, educators and community. Seminar sessions are held 12 Wednesday evenings during the school year, from 7:30 to 8:30 pm in the Innovation Hub at Terra Linda High School, 320 Nova Albion Way, San Rafael. Seminar speakers are scientists, mathematicians, engineers, physicians, technologists and computer programmers. The topics presented are in a specific area of the speaker’s expertise, geared to interested high school students.