The last talk of the semester as part of George Mason Observatory’s ‘Evenings Under the Stars’ series (where you’ll also get to look at awesome galaxies, stars, planets and more through our 0.8 meter telescope!) will be ‘The Nose Knows: Pheromone Communication in Mammals’ by Marieke Kester.  As always the event is free and everyone is invited!

Some details about the event: Tuesday 11 December 2012: 1st talk at 6 PM in Room 163 in Research Hall, same talk at 6 :45 PM, observing starts at 6:40PM until 8PM.  Directions to GMU and Research Hall here: http://eagle.gmu.edu/map/fairfax.php   Zoom in to find Research Hall next to engineering building and York River Rd.  Just keep an eye out for weather – the talk will be held even if observing has to be cancelled because of weather – updates will be available here – Observatory Twitter

Now a little bit about the talk and our speaker!

Mammals use scents to communicate about territory, aggression, and reproduction.  Come find out what pheromones are, what glands produce pheromones in various animals, and what the pheromones can communicate.  Examples will be taken from across the mammalian class including HUMANS!