Wonderfest, the Bay Area Festival of Science November 8, 2009

All Wonderfest events are free, open to the public, and do not require registration.

Sunday, Nov. 8; Stanley Hall, UC Berkeley

10:00am DO ROBOTS MAKE BETTER ASTRONAUTS?
Chris McKay, Planetary Scientist, NASA-Ames Research Center
Kanna Rajan, Principal Researcher for Autonomy, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

11:30am-4:00pm BAY AREA SCIENCE EXPO -- Art, books, gadgets, & jewelry for science lovers

1:00pm DOES DARWIN ILLUMINATE EMOTION AND SPIRITUALITY?
Paul Ekman, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, UC San Francisco
Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley

2:45pm WHICH STARS SUPPORT INTELLIGENT LIFE? -- Ken Croswell, astronomer and author

3:15pm SCIENCE LAUGHS -- The comedy of Norm Goldblatt and Brian Malow

4:00pm CAN WE CREATE LIFE?
Carlos Bustamante, Professor of Physics and of Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
John Kuriyan, Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology and of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

Official Website: http://www.wonderfest.org