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Opera 101
QED 27-16 23rd Ave, Queens, NY, United StatesAre you curious about opera but think it's expensive and stuffy? It doesn't have to be! This class dispels the mystery surrounding opera and makes this genre accessible to anyone. We’ll discuss the basics, including key terms and a breakdown of what's happening on stage and in the music and text. We’ll also look at […]
Drug Test: Psychedelic Economics & Networking Hour
Caveat 21A Clinton St, Manhattan, NY, United StatesWhen the black market turns rainbow, what are we gonna do? How do we keep the good parts of an underground community? How do we protect against the bad parts of a legal economy? How do we keep the "deal" in "drug deal"? Stick around for a Networking Happy Hour after the show!!! Since the […]
Decolonizing the Heart and Mind
Work Heights - Electric 650 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThis two part Olio series with Kim Nguyen asks how might we use scientific research, as well as indigenous ways of knowing and healing, to unlearn false and harmful narratives about human differences? This Olio will challenge us to explore within ourselves and reflect on some ways that we all participate in perpetuating systems of […]
Secret Science Club Presents Structural Biologist Kevin Gardner
The Bell House 149 7th St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThe human body is made of trillions of cells. Inside each cell, it’s as busy as the subway system with a dismaying array of routes, signals, and ever-moving parts. Exploring these teeny-tiny living labyrinths is the mission of modern-day micronauts like Kevin Gardner. A biochemist and biophysicist, Kevin Gardner has been unlocking the secrets inside cells for over two decades. As he dives into this microscopic world, he visualizes how all-important cellular proteins look […]
Ultra-Spooky Action at a Distance: From Quantum Materials in the Lab to Black Holes
Simons Foundation 160 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesThe strangest feature of quantum theory was dubbed “spooky action at a distance” by Albert Einstein. Today, scientists have convincing evidence that two quantum particles far apart can entangle with each other such that the observation of one can instantaneously determine the state of the other. In this lecture, Subir Sachdev will describe how this […]