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A Death Valley Adventure
a three-day tour of the great basin, led by Dr. Donald Prothero
Saturday January 16 – Monday January 18, 2010
ONLY 20 SPOTS LEFT!
This tour will sell out quickly with this announcement. To secure a reservation, phone the Skeptics Society office at 626-794-3119 with your credit card number.
This tour is now sold out.
Redrock Canyon
Hello fellow Geo-Trekkers,
Join us for a 3-day, 2-night tour of the beautiful scenery and natural history of the Mojave desert and western great basin. We will visit spectacular geological sites such as Death Valley, Kelso Dunes, and Pinnacles National Natural Landmark, with trilobite collecting in the Nopah Range, and a tour of the fossil beds at Redrock Canyon State Park. Some of our stops in Death Valley will include sinuous Mosaic Canyon, the dunes at Stovepipe Wells, the old borax works, the salt flats at Devil’s Golf Course, the lowest point in North America, and the spectacular vistas from Zabriskie Point and Dante’s View.
The Devil’s Golf Course
Each night we stay in highly-rated hotels (breakfast included), and there will be picnic lunches all three days. The guides will also provide information about the geology and natural history of the whole route, and access to sites normally not open to the general public. There will be a detailed guidebook included as part of the tour. Tour package includes charter bus, breakfast, lunch, lectures, museums, park fees, fossil collecting, a guide booklet and hotels. Your trip fee also includes a $100 donation to the Skeptics Society. Seats are limited, so make your reservations soon!
Hope to see you in January,
Teresa LeVelle & Donald Prothero
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Evolutionary Medicine
Bill Meller
Water bottles, hand sanitizer, antibacterial soap, antibiotics — ancient humans had none of these things. How did our ancestors adapt to their environment? Given the vastly different diet, exercise, and hygiene of modern humans, what impact do those ancient adaptations have today?
This ancestral health legacy is illuminated by the field of evolutionary medicine. On Skepticality this week, Swoopy talks with Dr. William Meller, MD about his book Evolution RX. He delves into the latest research in genetics, biology, and early human history to understand a wide array of human health conditions — and the ways in which our bodies have evolved to combat them.
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From Faitheist to Fundagnostical
In this week’s SkepticBlog post, Shermer shares his concerns about the dangers of alienating the vast majority of the world’s population by insisting that people of faith renounce every last ounce of their beliefs before they are allowed to join the common fight against the many scourges of humanity in need of our attention.
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NEW ON TRUE/SLANT
Does Belief in God Make People Prosperous?
As a follow-up to his recent debate with Dinesh S’Souza, Shermer belatedly answers the question moderator Hugh Hewitt posed to him during the debate.
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lecture this Sunday…
Dr. Donald Prothero will lecture on
Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 at 2 pm
Greenhouse of
the Dinosaurs
Evolution, Extinction,
and the Future of Our Planet
with Dr. Donald Prothero
Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 at 2 pm
Baxter Lecture Hall, Caltech
Pasadena, California
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Important ticket information
Tickets are first come first served at the door. Sorry, no advance ticket sales. Seating is limited. $8 Skeptics Society members & Caltech/JPL Community; $10 General Public.
