Smarty Pints is a celebration of science and beer!

Usually the third Monday of every month, 630PM
Clever people tell us about their work. Sometimes scientists, sometimes engineers, sometimes artists! Are you a clever person who would like to present a 30 minute talk on what you do? Reach out at info@burkegilmanbrewing.com
 

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November 17 

🌾 Dr. Caroline Strömberg
Professor in UW Biology & Curator of Paleobotany at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
How grasses took over the world
Grasses are all around us, whether in the form of lawns, golf courses, wheat fields or the contents of your popcorn bag. Yet few people think of grasses as an evolutionarily extremely successful group, or wonder how they came to be so ubiquitous in less than ~30 million years. This talk will explore what we know about the evolutionary history of grasses and grassland ecosystems and how it related to climate change and animal evolution. 

☁️ Aakash Manapat
Graduate student, UW Atmospheric and Climate Science
How clouds control our climate
Clouds are ubiquitous features of Earth's weather. However, their mundaneness hides a surprising level of complexity. Join me to learn about why scientists still struggle to understand clouds, and why clouds represent a major uncertainty when trying to understand climate change.

 

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​To be rescheduled (date soon!):
 

Dr. Jeff Otjen, Doctor in Pediatric Radiology at Seattle Children's Hospital, Assistant Professor in Radiology at UW Medicine, and a member of the North Seattle Lapidary and Mineral Society

“Minerals in Medicine”
Did you ever wonder what rocks and minerals have to do with medicine? Lots! This talk is an eclectic review of some of the ways minerals are used in medicine, some of the ways our bodies produce minerals, and some examples of when stones got to places they shouldn’t have.

 

Aoi Hunsaker, PhD student, UW Psychology

"Hearing in fishes and humans"
Hearing lets us use spoken language to share ideas and connect with one another. It also works in all directions and doesn’t depend on light, giving us a fast sense of what’s happening around us. But how does hearing actually work? How do our ears transform vibrations into sound? And how did this remarkable ability arise from our shared ancestry with fish?

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