My lecture at CAS

This past weekend I gave a talk on the Large Hadron Collider and its implications for astrophysics, mainly cosmology.  It was my first long talk I ever gave and I gained a lot of experience and insight on how to improve.  I did get some interesting questions at the end and the crowd did seem to be enthusiastic about the topic at the end.  All in all it was a good learning experience for both the crowd and myself.  You can find a copy of my LHC presentation.

Division of Planetary Science Comes to Cornell

Well this is it, finally.  This weekend will mark the 40th Aniversary of the Division of Planetary Science (DPS) and I think it is quite appropriate that it is being held here at Cornell.  I myself am staying and volunteering at this fantastic event (after all what better could I do over fall break).  There will be a conference for interest parties (costs a registration fee) as well as several public events.

Among the public events, tonight at 7PMDr. David Grinspoon, Curator of Astrobiology, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, will speak on “Climate Catastrophes in the Solar System “.  Saturday evening from 8-10PM in Bailey Hall there will be a free concert in which Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” will be played in its entirity.   Sunday also in Bailey from 730-930 pm there will be a public lecture.  Also sometime over the weekend Bill Nye will be doing a planet walk down at the Commons.

All in all this looks to be a very promising event.