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A laboratory, a studio – what happens in these spaces is similar. Both scientists and artists make observations, ask questions, and record information to learn about our world. Pacific Science Center is experimenting with what happens when artists and scientists work together. Three local artists have each been paired with a different local scientist. Come hear about their experiences at The Process: Exploring Current Science Through Art. Doors open at 6:40 p.m. Event starts at 7 p.m. Cost $5 for general public, free for our Members.

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Let’s explore having children in an age of genetic tests and interventions. Is screening for disease in an embryo a humane form of family planning or a slippery slope toward eugenics? New genetic technologies are transforming medicine, bioethics, health care, and the factors that shape a family. Is this technology a triumph of modern medicine or a Pandora’s box of possibilities? Local journalist Bonnie Rochman, author of The Gene Machine, explores these hot-button questions. Doors open at 6:40 p.m. Event starts at 7 p.m. Cost $5 for general public, free for our Members.

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About one in twelve pills sold around the world is fake. When that pill treats a serious disease, like malaria, the difference between the real thing and a fake can be the difference between life and death. Fake drugs are a big issue in global health, Ben Wilson with Intellectual Ventures Laboratory will explain how researchers are working on low cost technologies that can identify authentic pills and are hard for well-funded counterfeiters to beat. Doors open at 6:40 p.m. Event starts at 7 p.m. Cost $5 for general public, free for our Members.