AMNH Releases Schedule of Upcoming Events for November 2015

Brain: The Inside Story
Mondays, November 2-30, 6-8 pm
$295 ($240 Members)
The brain is your window to the world around you. Join us for a five-part introductory course exploring the inner workings of this magnificent and mysterious organ, with experts who will discuss the latest neuroscience research. Learn how the brain senses, feels, thinks, and ages. Delve into the functional anatomy of the brain, its development over a lifetime, and the processes of memory and learning. Examine specimens of the human brain and test your own brain with interactive games.

The Museum gratefully acknowledges The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc. for its support to establish the Sackler Brain Bench, part of the Museum's Sackler Educational Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Human Origins, in the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, offering ongoing programs and resources for adults, teachers, and students to illuminate the extraordinary workings of the human brain.

SciCafe: How the Brain Shows Its Feminine Side
Wednesday, November 4
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Program begins at 7 pm
Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Free with cash bar
21+ with ID
Enter at 77th Street
"Is it a boy or a girl?" is frequently the first question asked of new parents, and often a defining aspect of individual identity. But what is the brain biology behind sex differences? Join Bridget Nugent, a researcher from the University of Pennsylvania, to learn about how sex differences in the embryonic brain are created by hormones and influenced by epigenetics as the brain develops and matures.

Proudly sponsored by Judy and Josh Weston.

Spooky Action at a Distance
Monday, November 9, at 7:30 pm
$15 ($13.50 seniors, students)
$12 for Members
Over the past few decades, physicists have discovered a phenomenon that operates outside the confines of space and time. This so-called "spooky action," the ability of one particle to affect another instantly across the vastness of space, appears to be almost magical. George Musser, author of Spooky Action at a Distance: Why Space and Time are Doomed and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything, sets out to explore the phenomenon.

Support for Hayden Planetarium Programs is provided by the Schaffner Family and the Horace W. Goldsmith Endowment Fund.

The Global Surge of Earthquakes
Thursday, November 12 at 6:30 pm
$15 ($13.50 seniors, students)
Free for Members
Eighteen earthquakes of seismic magnitudes greater than 8.0 have struck around the world in just the past decade-an annual rate 2.5 times greater than had been experienced over the previous century. Join Dr. Thorne Lay, professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz, as he discusses how analysis of these earthquakes forced researchers to revise longstanding ideas about the behavior of the Earth beneath our feet.

The Annual IRIS/SSA Lecture Series is presented in collaboration with the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology and the Seismological Society of America.

A Natural History of Wine
Tuesday, November 17, at 6:30 pm
$25($18.50 seniors, students)
$20 for Members
Join Museum Curator Emeritus Ian Tattersall and Curator Rob DeSalle as they weave together their respective fields-paleoanthropology and molecular biology-in an exciting journey through the world of wine. Enjoy tastings and a grand tour of the science and history of wine that touches on physics, chemistry, evolution, climatology, anthropology, primatology, entomology, Neolithic archaeology, and even classical history. A book signing will follow.

Hack the Dinos
Sunday November 22
Free for Members or with Museum admission
Join us for a weekend of activities and demonstrations highlighting the role of computer science in visualizing and understanding data science.

BridgeUp: STEM is generously supported by a grant from the Helen Gurley Brown Trust.

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The Museum offers discounted combination ticket prices that include suggested general admission plus special exhibitions, 2D or 3D giant-screen films, and Space Shows.

• Museum Plus One includes one special exhibition, 2D or 3D giant-screen film, or Space Show: $27 (adults), $22 (students/seniors), $16 (children)

• Museum Supersaver includes all special exhibitions, 2D or 3D giant-screen film, and Space Show: $35 (adults), $28 (students/seniors), $22 (children)

Visitors who wish to pay less than the suggested Museum admission and also purchase a ticket to attend a special exhibition, 2D or 3D giant-screen film, or Space Show may do so on-site at the Museum. To the amount they wish to pay for general admission, they add $25 (adults), $20.50 (students/seniors), or $13.50 (children) for a Space Show, special exhibition, or 2D or 3D film.

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