Let's Light It Up! Secret Science Club is on a Mission

You can help launch science out of the darkness and into the light. Donate to SSC's end-of-year pledge drive and support Secret Science Club 2018.

In the wee hours before dawn on the longest night of the year (14 hours, 44 minutes, 42 seconds in NYC), we were reflecting on 2017 while preparing to launch Secret Science Club's 2018 season.  

At this year's SSCs, we've gone on an amazing ride from the farthest galaxies to the nanoscale - and into the depths of the human mind. We've plumbed the deep structure of the Earth and taken data-driven dives into the world of ants, viruses, biomechanics, black holes, and the nature of time.

 

No matter the season, Secret Science Club remains a place where science steps out into the night and shines.

You can help light it up in 2018!  

SSC people, you are our rocket fuel. From the energy you put into coming to our live science events to the engaged listening and incredible questions, we are awed by you every month. When we see you coming out - braving all weather - to hear a talk on astrophysics, microbes, or ocean life, it inspires us to keep going and do more.  

Please join us in celebrating science as a vital part of culture and public life and standing up for science as SSC heads into the future.

To make a donation and support Secret Science Club 2018, visit our secure pledge page. You can get cool pledge prizes, too (T-shirts, totes, secret SSC swag, and more!). For those of you who don't want pledge rewards, click here for faster check out.

Thanks to all the brilliant scientists who presented at SSC this year, the amazing people at the Bell House, our talented friends at Symphony Space, our kind & dedicated volunteers and advisors, and our wise partners at both the Albert & Mary Lasker Foundation and EST/Sloan. And thanks to our indomitable, wonderful, curious audience members.

Cheers to everyone for supporting SSC's mission!

Secret Science Club is a program of Science Live Productions, Inc, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and your donations are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law.

For more information, contact secretscienceclub[at]gmail.com

SUNDAY, December 10, 8PM @ the Bell House, FREE! Secret Science Club presents OCEANS OF WONDER with Marine Biologist Ed DeLong

SINK INTO THE HOLIDAYS . . . Dissolve into the ocean’s vastness and explore its multitudes of unsung, unseen life. Just a liter of water from the surface of the sea contains 10 billion microbes and as many as 20,000 species—all invisible to the human eye and unknown to science until recent decades.

Marine biologist Ed DeLong pioneered research on these "microscopic forests of the sea," unveiling new species with remarkable abilities and elucidating their genomes. Despite their vanishingly small size, ocean microbes are the engines of an enormous food chain. They produce a significant portion of the world’s oxygen and are the largest source of genetic diversity on Earth. Learning how microbes interact with ocean ecosystems—and each other—is leading to discoveries, not only about the nature of the planet, but also new ways of making fuels, treating disease, and predicting the impacts of climate change.

A professor of oceanography at the University of Hawaii Manoa, Ed DeLong researches the ocean microbiome and its metagenomics. He is the author of over 200 scientific papers, and his fieldwork has taken him to Antarctica, the Sargasso Sea, and the Drake Passage. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, the American Academy of Microbiology, the U. S. National Academy of Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the European Molecular Biology Association. Dr. DeLong is co-director of the Simons Collaboration on Ocean Processes and Ecology (SCOPE) and president-elect of the International Society for Microbial Ecology.

BEFORE & AFTER

--Try our holiday cocktail of the night, the Ebb & Flow

--Sink into benthic grooves

--Stick around for the free-floating Q&A!

This deep-diving holiday edition of the Secret Science Club meets Sunday, December 10, 8PM @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Subway: F or G to 4th Ave, R to 9th St. 

Doors open at 7:30PM. Please bring ID: 21+. No cover. Just bring your smart self.