Cli-Science Fights Back
Official Event of Climate Week NYC 2018 Attacks on both the message and the messengers of climate science have been disturbingly resilient. Why is that?…
World Science Festival
World Science Festival returns to BBP again this year for another night of stargazing on the waterfront! World Science Festival brings stargazing back to BBP…
New York City Fish Count
As part of the annual World Science Festival, we will wade into the Hudson River to collect and count what species of fish we find.…
March for Science New York City
The March for Science is a celebration of our passion for science and a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. Recent policy changes have caused heightened worry among scientists, and the incredible and immediate outpouring of support has made clear that these concerns are also shared by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. The mischaracterization of science as a partisan issue, which has given policymakers permission to reject overwhelming evidence, is a critical and urgent matter. It is time for people who support scientific research and evidence-based policies to take a public stand and be counted.
Lowline Science and Sustainability Fair
Join us at the Lowline Lab for our first ever Science and Sustainability Fair! This all ages, interactive fair will include workshops on topics from biomimicry to entomology to sustainability.
World Science Festival 2016
Are you interested in science or the arts? Come to any of the World Science Festival’s many events, including discussions, debates, and theatrical works in venues across New York City that allow a general audience to engage with scientific discoveries through live and digital content.
Protecting New York’s Water
This class session will consider the use of advocacy, science, the law, and sustainable infrastructure design in safeguarding or restoring watersheds and estuaries.
Smartphone Apps for Citizen Scientists Workshop Series: 3. Soil Contaminants
The Earth Institute presents the Smartphone Apps for Citizen Science Workshop Series, “Soil Contaminants”. Join us for the third in the series on Environmental Apps for Citizen Scientists.
West African Ebola Epidemic: Governance & Preventing Epidemics
Learn more about the role of governance in preventing epidemics, detect threats early, and respond rapidly and effectively with social science and political actors with leading scientists and Ebola specialists. Explore how educational, governance and health care resources can be better deployed against future outbreaks at the conference.
The Bridge: Experiments in Science and Art at SciArt Center
What does collaboration mean? What does it look like, and how does it function? Is it possible to have a two-way collaborative street, or does that even matter? Can art influence science, as science often influences art? The Bridge will serve as the first documentation of the full and natural collaborative process between an artist and scientist.
Poe Park, The Bronx – Solar Observing
Look straight into the sun with the right equipment that makes it possible to do so.
World Science Festival 2014
The 2014 World Science Festival will be an exploration of space, art, weather, the brain, the future, and more.
StarTalk Live! with Neil deGrasse Tyson
BAM welcomes celebrated astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to host a live edition of his immensely popular talk show, StarTalk Radio.
A petition begins to preserve a research facility at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Budget cutbacks forced a shutdown of the noted research facility at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, bringing sharp public criticism.
Art and Science’s Responses to Climate Change
Artist-engineer Natalie Jeremijenko and NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt will discuss art and science’s responses to climate change at MoMA PS1.
Adapting to a Changing Climate: Managing our Cities and Food Supply
The panel will explore how science is enhancing societys ability to understand and manage the impacts of climate variability and change. We will look at predictions, projections, tools and programs from disasters relief, agricultural, and urban perspectives, as well as investigate what stakeholders can do to improve the process of using science to influence decisions.
Robot explores Gowanus Canal, seeks collaborators
The miniaturized exploration of New York waterways continues on Tuesdays and Thursdays in coming weeks, courtesy of Brooklyn Atlantis, a new research project from NYU…
Your coffee is also recyclable // El Café también se recicla
Dr. Bandosz and her colleagues have developed an air filter made from leftover coffee grounds that can absorb hydrogen sulfide gas—the chemical emitted by raw sewage.