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AMNH SciCafe: How to Motivate Action on Climate Change
American Museum of Natural History 175-208 79th Street, Central Park WestFind out how stories can be harnessed to motivate action on climate change. Shahzeen Attari explores how people think about energy use and climate change using methods engineering, public policy, and psychology. Her research spans systems thinking, and the factors that influence our perceptions of natural resources. Hear how stories can be harnessed to motivate action […]
The Science of Sleep and Dreams
Subject 188 Suffolk St, New YorkWe spend about a third of our lives in altered states of consciousness, commonly known as sleep. Despite spending so much of our time devoted to this activity (more than any other, over a lifetime), we are just beginning to understand why we sleep and what is going on in the brain while we do […]
Psychosexual Cinema Club: Psycho
Work Heights - Electric 650 Franklin Ave, BrooklynJoin CUNY Professor Geoff Klock for a look at absurdly famous movies where fantasy, dreams, sexuality, identity and performance bleed in eerie ways. This week's film is "Psycho" from 1960: Hitchcock is the real slasher, cutting open narrative and audience.