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November 27, 2012

A Lecture at UC-Berkeley on Science and Ethical Dilemmas in the Blogosphere

On November 26 2012, I gave a lecture at a UC-Berkeley for the course "Ethics for Astronomers" led by Paul Kalas, Professor in this university and colleague of mine for several years. I think this kind of courses is extremely ...

September 8, 2010

SETI REU students 2010 – "This is the end…"

Three weeks ago was the final week of  the SETI REU students. It was a busy time for all of us since they had to wrap-up their work, write their report, and give their final presentations.  Keaton Burns from UC ...

October 17, 2009

Galilean Night at UC-Berkeley

I am forwarding on this blog an email fron Steve Croft that was sent to our public list of the astronomy department at UC-Berkeley. Our department will be hosting on Friday October 23 a "Galilean Nights". You are all welcome, ...

July 21, 2009

Jupiter got a bruise.. only one but a large one.

Hello, Last Sunday I posted on my blog an announcement about the possible recent impact on Jupiter atmosphere. I did not realize that a lot of my colleagues read this blog. On Sunday evening Paul Kalas, an adjunct professor at UC-Berkeley, ...

February 27, 2009

Videos of talks

A post about videos of talk today...  Last week, I mentioned that I gave a talk at SETI Institute, my host institution on my research about my research in the field of multiple asteroid systems. The talk was recorded and it ...

February 18, 2009

Talk at SETI today – Tomorrow at UC-Berkeley

Hello, I have just given my talk at SETI Institute. I don't know why it is more stressful to give a talk in your host institution than somewhere else. :-) Anyway it went quite well since I talked about my recent ...

January 6, 2009

First day of 2009 in my office at UC-Berkeley

Today is Monday January 5 ** 2009 **. My first official day of the year in my office at UC-Berkeley. It is 8am o'clock, I am already in my office, the brain full of resolutions and motivations. I am sliding on ...