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Science Social #8
Half Sour Chicago 755 S. Clark Street, ChicagoIt's easy -- another casual opportunity to meet and socialize with others who like science. ISC invites everyone to come […]
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Science Social #7
Green Eye Lounge 2403 W Homer Ave, ChicagoIt's easy -- another casual opportunity to meet and socialize with others who like science. ISC invites everyone to come […]
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“Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution” with author Cat Bohannon
Harold Washington Library Center 400 S. State Street, ChicagoHow did the female body drive 200 million years of human evolution? • Why do women live longer than men? • Why are women more likely to get Alzheimer’s? • Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? • Is sexism useful for evolution? • And why, seriously why, do women have to sweat through our sheets every night when we hit menopause?
These questions are producing some truly exciting science – and in Eve, with boundless curiosity and sharp wit, Cat Bohannon covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex: “We need a kind of user’s manual for the female mammal. A no-nonsense, hard-hitting, seriously researched (but readable) account of what we are.
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