UAM in the Thunder Dome

LOTHAR SCHMITZ: SURVIVAL STRATEGIES
Every rocket scientist, microbiologist, and physicist I have known (and they are legion; I keep excellent company) has led a double life as a poet, a danseur, a nerdy rock superstar. This always surprises people somehow; they have been led by sterile plastic and white lab coats (and [...]

This Giant Will Kill You: Walls of beautiful sound floating out of Katie the Pest, The Year Zero and Bug-Eyed Sprites. 10pm. $5. 21+.
THE PROSPECTOR 2400 E Seventh St, Long Beach 90804. 562.438.3839; theprospectorlongbeach.
Evolution Revolution: Dr. Francisco Ayala of UCI speaks about his new book and about reconciling religion and science. 6:30pm. $10-15.
AQUARIUM OF THE [...]

Smoke ‘em Drink ‘em if you got ‘em
Like Frankenstein’s monster, maybe it wasn’t evil, maybe it was just misunderstood– because scientists working at the cutting edge of knowledge (which is apparently in Sunnyvale, CA) have discovered a new use for an old menace: nicotine.

The Bolides just cause devastation

PHOTO by JENNIE WARREN
When nuggets come rattling in from outer space, they must be called bolides—that’s the technical term for “a solid nickel meteorite that won’t break up in the atmosphere and will just cause devastation,” explains Bolides singer/guitarist Dr. Micro Fiche. Behind him, drummer Dr. Drummond has two of those [...]

And the periodic emergence of reality makes us care about ‘Art & Science’

LINDA FROST’S “LATERAL VISION”
At the intersection of, well, art and science, you get “Art & Science,” the new 2nd City Council Gallery show—juried by a real live rocket scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Corby Waste. Sadly, Waste isn’t actually a rocket scientist; he’s a [...]