Meet fellow Sci-fi/Fantasy Fans near you! Come to a local Sci-fi/Fantasy Meetup to have fun talking science fiction and fantasy in literature, media, gaming and art. Go to local conventions, signings, readings, movies, museum shows, science lectures and more! This group is intended to be a friendly social group, with the common thread of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

… I started this group to encourage and inspire those not widely represented in the IT and science fields. What has not been offered to me I will try and make sure others have better chance at being offered. I bring to the table my experiential / theoretical background in biotechnology, information technology, computer science, natural sciences, and management data analytics.

This group is discuss ideas about how to have a successful career in Science. We will discuss things like career management, leadership in the lab, the changing face of Science along with some networking and socializing If you are working as a scientist or other technical professional than this group is for you. This group is free and open to the public

This group is established to bring people of the community to discuss a topic in different fields of science and to create a social network. The purpose of the  group is to address the important of socialization in the community and to create travel adventures to expand the scale of learning and searching  and benefit all the members of the community to meet together in a fun and enjoyable enviroment to share ideas ,thinking and experiences. Traveling always bring an angle of knowledge when come …

Meet a new network of New England's bio entrepreneurs from business, academic, finance, scientific and medical communities. Our forum consists of discussions on emerging research and the commercialization and development of new technologies encompassing biotech, nanotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, environmental technology, information technology, healthcare, cell biology, life science research, pharmaceuticals, and drug discovery start-ups. It was designed for multi-disciplinary entrepre …

… When we experience this for ourselves, and claim our birthright, not only will we have new eyes to see all the latest science proving spirit, but also we will have an unending source of happiness and power, no matter what we achieve, and no matter what our circumstances, in the external world.

The Greater Lowell Area Skeptics Society (GLASS) was started to help foster a healthy community of critical thinkers who gather to talk, eat, drink, game, and whatever else we do to be fun and social. We hold up the candle of science to shine light on the darkness of all things pseudo-scientific. If you've ever questioned the evidence for psychics, ghosts, creationism, or the efficacy of alternative medicines, then you might be a skeptic. Join us.

Welcome Life Science professionals! This group will provide you a resource for networking and professional development. Monthly networking meetings, seminars and round table discussions will tap into our scientific community and provide you a wealth of contacts, knowledge, new friends and fun. As we continue to gain members, we will work towards setting up our monthly networking meetings. No matter what your contribution is within our scientific community, we welcome you to the Nexus Proj …

… We have built, on the foundation of a more than 35 year-old chaplaincy, a dynamic institution engaged in: EDUCATION: * Spearheading educational initiatives that incubate Humanist leadership and further knowledge about Humanism; * Advancing the discourse on secular ethics and values; * Celebrating science and critical inquiry as essential tools for learning about the world; COMMUNITY: * Cultivating a supportive and open community of people that empower one another to live lives guided b …

The Cambridge/Somerville Speculative Fiction Writers Group (or CamberSpec for short) is for everyone writing speculative fiction: fantasy, science fiction, steampunk, alternate history, magical realism, horror ... any sort of fiction that takes the 'real' world and adds a little twist. We welcome novelists, short story writers, and writers of novellas. We are united by our love of this genre, not by the length of the work we produce. CamberSpec is open to writers at every stage of their careers, …

You like learning things, going to museums, science lectures, and you can't get your regular crew to go with you. Perhaps you went to engineering school, but you use hair conditioner anyway. Maybe you got excited to hear that Universal is opening a Harry Potter theme park in Florida 2010 (!!!) You're intelligent and you have social skills, even tho you might have a video game or two on your hard drive. If you're willing to let your geek flag fly, please join us. Event sugge …

This meetup aims to develop participants' ability to create compelling experiences which reveal some aspect of a scientific or technical subject. Science and technical subjects have a reputation for being dry and boring. It's undeserved: we're the ones making it dry and boring. Partly inspired by Toastmasters (http://www.toastmasters.org/), each session is focused on understanding the elements that combine to create powerful learning and teaching experiences, whether in demos or lectures …

We are looking for others who are interested in the integration of meditation practice with study and relationship. The study portion will be drawn from contemplative classical and science perspectives, East and West,(i.e somewhat based on the work the Mind and Life Institute developed by the Dalai Lama) along with various other teaching perspectives some of which are listed below - others to arise collectively. We hope to grow this sangha as a shared value meeting of minds in Dharma, to empower …

We're a collection of local writers, some amateur and some not, who get together to write, talk about writing, encourage each other, and form new groups. Then write some more. See also our Writers Resources page to help you keep writing.

This is a group for writers who write speculative fiction- a very broad term that includes such genres as science fiction, fantasy, horror, steampunk, magical realism, etc. Speculative fiction includes such classics as Herbert's "Dune" and Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" series, beloved youth favorites such as C.S. Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia" and J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter" books, and even contemporary mainstream works, such as Audrey Niffenegger's "The Time Traveler's Wife" and Margaret Atwoo …

Workshops, talks and retreats on meditation, spirituality, and related topics featuring well-known speakers. We practice Jyoti Meditation, meditation on the inner Light. Programs are free and open to everyone. We are Science of Spirituality, a nonprofit, multi-faith organization under the direction of Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj. For more information: www.sos.org