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About the Series
One of the signature traits of being human is our quest to define what it means to "be human." But that definition is always changing—now perhaps more than ever. From virtual reality to mundane reality, science and technology continue to push the boundaries of human existence. In this series, Science & the City will examine what it means to be human in the 21st century.
Tickets: $15 Members & Student Members; $20 Nonmember Students; $25 Nonmembers
Being Human in the 21st Century Events
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Christian Rudder (OKCupid)
For the fifth installment of the Being Human in the 21st Century Series, OKCupid's resident blogger, Christian Rudder, will give a behind-the-scenes look into human mating in the 21st Century, just in time for Valentine's Day.
Other Upcoming Science & the City Events
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Bruce Parker
Every time we turn on the news it seems like the earth is on the attack—tsunamis, storm surges, and El Niño feel like connected threats. Join Bruce Parker as he tells the story of sciences to protect humanity from the waters that surround us.
Podcasts from Past Science & the City Events
As internet dating gains popularity, millions of singles are turning over huge amounts of personal data to computers, hoping that an algorithm will find them the perfect mate. OK Cupid's data blogger Christian Rudder explains how all that data can reveal some interesting—and often funny—facts about the sex lives of humans online.
Podcast
December 26, 2011
In the world of online gaming, natural reality often blends and blurs with virtual reality. This November, anthropologist Thomas Malaby and game designer Lee T. Guzofski spoke at the Academy on "The Anthropology of Online Worlds"; in this two-part series, we bring you that talk.
Podcast
December 15, 2011
In the world of online gaming, natural reality often blends and blurs with virtual reality. This November, anthropologist Thomas Malaby and game designer Lee T. Guzofski spoke at the Academy on "The Anthropology of Online Worlds"; in this two-part series, we bring you that talk.
Podcast
November 21, 2011
Cognitive neuroscientists are discovering new insights into how our brains learn all the time, but lab research doesn't always translate to real world of education. S&C asked three brain scientists—and organizers of the Academy's Aspen Brain Forum—about their own work and how it can be applied to the classroom.
As a medium, film has the power to bring us into the inner world of science, breaking down misconceptions by creating an alternative narrative. Alexis Gambis, founder of the Imagine Science Film Festival, and filmmaker and scientist Valerie Weiss share their insights.
Podcast
September 22, 2011
This special podcast looks at the problem of folic acid delivery to women in the developing world, an issue the Academy's first annual Scientists Without Borders Nutrition Prize looked to solve.
Podcast
September 2, 2011
Heart disease is the leading death for Americans today. In this special edition of the Science & the City podcast, hear what Dr. Valentin Fuster—Physician-in-Chief of the Mount Sinai Medical Center, director of the Wiener Cardiovascular Institute at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and scientific organizer of the Academy's upcoming conference on cardiovascular health in Barcelona, Spain—has to say about heart healthy behavior in children, youth, and adults.
This year, the Academy launched its new "Summer Matters" mentoring program, which paired grad students with primary school kids for a hands-on brand of science-ed over the summer. S&C visited one of those schools to get a deeper look into STEM education—that is, Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math—in the city. See a special online audio-slideshow: A DNA-Relay Race at Booker T.
Physicist Brian Cox talks about his new TV show "Wonders of the Universe" and the future of physics as the search for the Higgs Boson heats up at CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
Professor Dickson Despommier talks to Science & the City about the city, climate change and how his "big idea", the Vertical Farm, is becoming a reality.
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