Can Langton Labs Host a Memorable Halloween Party? When Pigs Fly!

What do you get what you cross Halloween and a house full of creative (and wonderfully eccentric) scientists. The most bizarrely memorable Halloween ever at Langton Labs in SOMA, SF. First of all the kitchen table had been transformed into a dissection station and microscope viewing area. There was something truly magical about watching a […]

Mixing Up Bizarre Binaries at Syyn Labs

A home made glowing liquid. Not safe to drink. At all. So people often cock their heads and ask “So, what exactly is Syyn Labs?”. Besides the odd spelling the entire organization is odd, and by ‘odd’, I mean quite unprecedented. Hence it is often challenging for outsiders to categorize. In fact, it’s even hard […]

Sam Harris Talk at the CalTech Skeptic Society

The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values Excerpt from the Skeptic Society event page: “SAM HARRIS’S FIRST BOOK, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people — from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists — agree on one point: science has […]