All such groups that I found were aimed at teaching science to children by tutoring them or leading them in laboratory projects in hopes that they might discover a personal interest in science. While this is, of course, a noble goal, I kept searching for a program that would explain science to adults. I never found one. They wouldn't understand. Or worse, they don't care to understand.
Pliable minds exist only in the young.
With this I simply do not agree. This is why I started Science in the News, an educational science seminar series aimed at teaching people some of the basic biology behind many of the hot scientific topics they encounter in the media. Topics like cloning, antibiotic resistance, gene therapy, the human genome project, and genetically modified food. The idea hatched as I exited a volunteer meeting, but I didn't act on it for months, fearing that no one would want to help me and thinking I wouldn't find enough people who wanted to attend. Once I finally put out a call to my fellow graduate students, however, I got responses from more than 20 people who have become extremely committed to this project.