New England Aquarium,
Boston
Learn more about the blue planet through art, science, and storytelling during this fun, family-friendly activity day. Programs highlight Aquarium favorites as well as often-overlooked inhabitants...
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Blue Discoveries Family Days: Sea Turtles
Sunday, Nov 16
11:00a
MIT Museum Presents 17th Annual Friday After Thanksgiving Chain Reaction Event
Friday, Nov 28
1:00p
Rockwell Cage Gymnasium,
Cambridge
The MIT Museum will host its 17th annual Friday After Thanksgiving (F.A.T.) Chain Reaction Event. This year's theme is the Prime Number Challenge...
Aquarium Lecture Series: Penguins as Ocean Sentinels - What Penguins Are Telling Us
Thursday, Nov 13
7:00p
New England Aquarium,
Boston
Penguins are sentinels of the southern oceans, helping humans understand how the planet is responding to global climate change...
Aquarium Lecture Series: Things That Go Bump in the Night - What Do Whales See?
Thursday, Nov 20
7:00p
New England Aquarium,
Boston
To reduce or eliminate the problem of right whale entanglements in fishing gear, scientists and gear developers have considered the feasibility of enhancing ropes and nets to improve their detectio...
MIT Museum's Second Fridays: Always Connected the Promise of Wearable Technologies
Friday, Nov 14
5:00p
MIT Museum,
Cambridge
Discover how wearable technology is changing the way we interact with the world and each other. Explore the latest products and research projects and listen to presentations by leaders in the field.
Stars and Meteors at the Holidays
Saturday, Dec 13
8:00p
Join a night of stars and meteors! Just what is Orion's belt and why can you only see it in the winter? What's better than a winter night for great views of the night sky, snacks, hot drinks and on...
Full Moon Owl Prowl for Families
Saturday, Dec 6
4:30p
Ever wondered if an owl really is as smart as they say? Why don't we hear them when they fly? Just how far can an owl see? Come with the whole family under the moon to learn about owl calls, behavi...
FAST: Functional Analysis & Screening Technologies Congress
Monday, Nov 17
8:00a
Meet with a community of 250+ biologists, screening managers, assay developers, engineers and pharmacologists dedicated to improving in vitro cell models and phenotypic screening to advance drug di...
Anatomy and Ethical Transgressions in National Socialism
Wednesday, Nov 12
6:00p
A traditional tenet in the field of anatomy is that knowledge is gained through work with a dead human body...
Mummies, Mildews, Manna, and Mosses: Four Kingdoms under One Roof
Thursday, Nov 13
6:00p
Harvard Museum of Natural History,
Cambridge
The Farlow Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany is steward of a world-class collection of books, archives, and specimens related to four different types of organisms—fungi, protista, plants,...
The Mysterious X-rays from Space
Thursday, Dec 4
7:30p
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Cambridge
While researchers celebrated the Chandra X-ray Observatory's 15 years of operation this past June, they were also puzzled by its latest finding: a mysterious X-ray signal radiating from the Perseus...
Starlight Detectives
Thursday, Nov 20
7:30p
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Cambridge
"Starlight Detectives is just the sort of richly veined book I love to read - full of scientific history and discoveries, peopled by real heroes and rogues, and told with absolute authority...
Participate in language research with your child
Wednesday, Nov 12
9:00a
We study language development in toddlers and preschoolers. We are looking for healthy English-speaking children (ages 12 months to 5 years) to visit us at Boston University's Charles River campus...
Extracellular Biomarkers Summit
Monday, Mar 16
8:00a
Hyatt Regency Cambridge,
Cambridge
Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Extracellular Biomarkers Summit merges the well-established microRNA as Biomarkers and Diagnostics Conference with focused discussions on leading areas of research:...
Meditation & Centering Prayer
Wednesday, Nov 12
7:00p
Hancock United Church of Christ,
Lexington
There is growing interest in appreciating and directly experiencing the benefits of regular meditation. Stan Goldin, PhD...
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