… 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.

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.

… 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.

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

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

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, …

The Purpose of the PSIence Society is to make the paranormal of mind, normal. Through study, practice, trials, experimentation, cooperative research, and field work we seek to discover and explore the science of mind/consciousness potential. This includes, but is not limited too, such things as remote viewing, ESP, telepathy, OBE, Psychokinesis, Psychometry, Bio-Photonic Emission, etc. Greater understanding in today's field of *Quantum Mechanics is bringing us ever closer to understanding what P …

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 …

… Funded by the University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational Science; docket# H-14184. The UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science is part of a national Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) consortium created to accelerate laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients. The CTSA program is led by the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does …

The Champions of Time is a Doctor Who & Sci Fi fan group meeting in Boston and Nashua NH. Our meetups are a place to get together, talk about Doctor Who, Torchwood, SciFi or whatever fun topics may come up.  This group also acts as a place to share information and organize related events and outings.  This is a very open participation group so feel free to share your ideas or just say "Hi" in the forums!

… Vertical market break-out sessions include: Healthcare and Life Sciences, Technology, Energy Within these industries, we will examine: ·         Funding for start-ups, early stage AND more established companies ·         The challenges start-ups and early stage entrepreneurs in key industries face in funding their companies for growth. ·         Perspectives from IBM executives, entrepreneurs, angels, venture capitalists, and other industry thought leaders and sector leaders ·         How t …

Embracing the full spectrum from ancient traditions and the occult to cutting edge science, Soul Experiments Meetup gathers those intererested in exploring consciousness, spirituality, energy and the multidimensional nature of ourselves and reality. Let's experiment, play and learn together!  Let's create a safe space to share our experiences. Let's take the "woo" out of "woo woo". :-) Types of Meetups: We will be having several types of meetups. At least once a month there will be a free meetup …

… This attitude is well expressed in a common statement among spiritist: "if any spiritist principle, one day, is proven to contradict science, then we should abandon that point in Spiritism and follow with science". Spiritism, however, is a philosophy with religious consequences. The religiosity of Spiritism comes from a sentiment of reunion with our divine nature through self-discovery and inner growth, through a feeling of love and compassion towards the Human family and other beings of the Uni …