Midcentury Stereopanorama with Eric Drysdale: Look and see the 1950s in 3-D!
QED 27-16 23rd Ave, Queens, NY, United StatesFor the last 20 years, writer and comedian Eric Drysdale has been collecting photographs from the 1950s taken by amateurs with the Stereo Realist 3-dimensional camera system. This remarkable technology was something like the ‘50s version of virtual reality, pairing Kodak’s Kodachrome film with a precision viewer to deliver uncannily realistic, full-color, three-dimensional images. Think of it […]
City of Science 2019: Brooklyn
Park Slope Armory 361 15th St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin the World Science Festival and Con Edison for this larger-than-life, touring event where the wondrous properties of science, technology, engineering, and math collide! Filled with interactive demonstrations, hands-on activities, and enormous exhibitions, this FREE program unleashes everyone’s inner scientist.
Winter Wellness: Reiki and Sound Experience
Love Only NYC 122 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesAlexandra and Davis will combine the therapeutic technologies of Kundalini yoga, Reiki energy healing, and sound in a relaxing, and uplifting experience. Alexandra and Davis will offer a kundalini yoga breath techniques and meditation, Alexandra will teach the Reiki healing technique for each person to learn and practice self-healing, and finally all participants will lay […]
Secret Science Club Presents Marine Biologist & Explorer David Gruber
The Bell House 149 7th St, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJust returned from an expedition exploring the frigid waters underneath the ice in Greenland, David Gruber typically spends about two months of the year conducting undersea research—scuba diving or riding in tiny submersible vehicles that allow him to spend hours below the surface. Dr. Gruber tries to see the ocean through the eyes of sea creatures and lately, he’s particularly interested in how these […]
Perception Meets Memory: A New View on Memory Disorders
Jerome L. Greene Science Center (9th Floor Lecture Hall) 3227 Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesFeaturing Morgan Barense, PhD, Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Toronto, Director, Toronto Neuroimaging Facility How does perceiving an object relate to subsequent memory for that object? A central assumption in most modern theories of memory is that memory and perception are functionally and anatomically segregated. For example, amnesia resulting from medial temporal lobe […]