Nature
AMNH Presents: Past Earthquakes, Present Hazard
American Museum of Natural History 175-208 79th Street, Central Park West, NY, United StatesHow do scientists understand earthquakes that occurred before the invention of modern seismometers? Join geophysicist Susan Hough as she describes the science around understanding past tremors and what they can teach us about present-day earthquake hazards.
Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Horticultural Symposium
Eataly 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesFor its second annual Horticulture Symposium, Madison Square Park Conservancy will gather experts in the fields of landscape design, horticulture therapy, and forest therapy to discuss the significance of access to public green spaces in our city. With a diverse lineup of speakers and a keynote presentation by Amos Clifford, founder of the Association of Nature […]
Expedition Science and Innovation for a Clean Ocean with Rachael Miller
The Explorer's Club 46 E 70th Street, New York, NY, United StatesExplorers Club Public Lecture Series with with Rachael Miller National Geographic Explorer Rachael Z. Miller is working to keep microplastics out of our public waterways. Rachael and her team at the ocean-protection nonprofit, Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, are at the leading edge of microplastic research. Join Rachael and the Rozalia Project team to […]
Oysters 101: The Secrets NYC’s Bivalves Harbor
Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesFrom feeding happy hour hordes and filtering New Yorkers’ sewage, to protecting the shore from intensifying storms and educating nascent scientists, oysters shell out countless benefits to Gotham’s culinary, historical, and environmental landscapes. Join us as we examine the bivalves’ pivotal place in the story of New York, beginning with Lenape cultivation and continuing to […]
The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
Subject 188 Suffolk St, New York, NY, United StatesWhat are societies? What keeps them together and tears them apart? A New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles–or Borneo–with little fear. But, If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. Psychologists have done little to explain this: For years, they have held that our biology […]