Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
S&C celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the landmark book, The Origin of Species, by the most legendary member of NYAS, Charles Darwin. Join Gerald Edelman, Paul Ekman, and Terrence Deacon for an evening of evolution.
Monday, December 7, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Science & the City hosts renowned science photographer Felice Frankel and nanotechnology pioneer George Whitesides both of Harvard University, for an evening of astounding art and world-changing science at the launch of their coffee-table book No Small Matter, a book that reveals the virtually invisible realities of nanoscience.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: The New York Academy of Sciences
A biological anthropologist who has conducted fMRI studies on the brains of people in love, Helen Fisher maintains that humans have evolved three core brain systems for mating and reproduction.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: The New York Academy of Sciences
There is a science to eating well, and an art to shopping for food. Nutrition expert and What to Eat author Marion Nestle explains, from a scientific perspective, how to decode diet advice, read grocery labels, and choose food wisely.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: The New York Academy of Sciences
A treetop ecologist known as the Queen of the Forest Canopy shares what she has learned from 30 years of forest exploration about the intimate connection between humans and trees.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: The New York Academy of Sciences
Nancy Etcoff, author of Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty, shares her latest cognitive psychology observations on the evolution of beauty and its connection to human happiness.
Friday, November 20, 2009 | 9:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Price: Free with $7 bar minimum
Saturday, November 21, 2009 | 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: The New York Academy of Sciences
Graduate students in condensed matter physics have come together to organize this biannual conference. Students, postdocs and faculty should come to share ideas and research with fellow physicists training and working in the NYC Metropolitan Area.
November 21 - 22, 2009
Price: $50
November 21 - 22, 2009
Price: Free
Saturday, November 21, 2009 | 11:45 AM - 3:45 PM
Price: $15 suggested donation; $10 children under 12
November 21 - 22, 2009
Price: Free with museum admission of $11; $8 students, seniors, and children
Saturday, November 21, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: NYC Resistor Hackspace
Price: $50
Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 11:45 AM - 3:45 PM
Price: $15 suggested donation; $10 children under 12
Monday, November 23, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Price: $20; $5 students with valid ID
Monday, November 23, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Price: Free
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Podcast
November 20, 2009
Steve Quinn has crafted the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History for more than 35 years. Hear how these amazing displays of art and science come together from the expert himself.
Podcast
November 13, 2009
Gioia De Cari went to MIT for her PhD in mathematics. What she, got in addition to a degree, was an unexpected experience and material for her latest solo play Truth Values: One Girl's Romp Through MIT's Male Math Maze.
Foods high in antioxidants are believed to fight oxidative stress. But what is oxidative stress? Two scientists from a recent NYAS conference break it down and discuss whether antioxidants have superpowers.
Tour the AMNH's Extreme Mammals exhibition with its curator, John Flynn. Hear about mammals that lay eggs, wear armor, and sport headgear, just to name a few.
Richard Dawkins launches his newest book in the third S&C Provocative Thinkers in Science event. He argues evolution is an indisputable fact, despite nearly half of Americans believing the opposite.
Visit the lab of Hunter College's Jill Bargonetti, a biologist researching cancer. Her team studies P53, a natural tumor-suppressor protein found in our bodies with a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality.
In a 13-month journey, this 64-foot sailboat called Ocean Watch is sailing around North and South America to raise awareness of how our oceans are changing, and conduct scientific experiments along the way. Catch up with them during their New York stop.
Hear how Aubrey de Grey, a British biomedical gerontologist, thinks science can help extend our lives by decades. De Grey spoke as part of S&C's Fall Provocative Thinkers series.
Podcast
September 25, 2009
One in every 13 Americans has diabetes. And ethnic minorities have a much higher incidence of Type 2 diabetes. Learn about the challenges, and some possible solutions from three experts who spoke at a conference last week at the Academy.
Podcast
September 18, 2009
Hear how your executive brain makes decisions from Elkhonon Goldberg, the first speaker in S&C’s Provocative Thinkers in Science series.
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