LIVE ONLINE: Tuesday, July 27 @ 8PM, Secret Science Club presents Marine Ecologist Christopher Harley, FREE!

Secret Science Club presents Marine Ecologist & Zoologist Christopher Harley

Join us live via Zoom on Tuesday, July 27 (Eastern Time USA) "Doors" open at 7:30PM 

Shhh... everyone on our mailing list will be emailed the Zoom link the night before.  To join the Secret Science Club mailing list (or just request the Zoom link), send us an email (secretscienceclub@gmail.com)

There’s a killer at the beach—and it isn’t a great white shark. Earlier this month, more than 1 billion sea creatures were wiped out by an unprecedented heat wave in the Pacific Northwest. The coastal devastation was discovered by marine ecologist Christopher Harley, and it became a top news story overnight.

At the next Secret Science Club, Christopher Harley probes the depths of climate change’s impact on our coastlines. He also discusses the fascinating lives of the multitudes of marine animals—sea stars, mussels, hermit crabs, and tiny sea cucumbers—that make their homes along the shore.

Before & After
--Mix up our coastal cocktail of the night, the SSC Surf Rider… (recipe below!)
--Groove to surf music and whale song
--Bring your questions for the live Q&A

Christopher Harley is a marine ecologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He researches why plants and animals live where they do, how they interact, and how their distributions will shift as a result of global climate change. He’s particularly interested in tide pools and the ecosystems of rocky coastlines and how they are affected by warming temperatures, ocean acidification, and changes in salinity and carbon dioxide concentration.

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Cocktail Recipe for the “SSC Surf Rider” (created by Joe Cacciola/Mixologist)
Ingredients: 1½ oz Vodka, 3 oz Cucumber Juice (you can make this by putting an UNPEELED cucumber in a juicer or blender), 2 oz Clam Juice, 3 splashes of Worcestershire Sauce, 2 splashes of Tabasco Sauce (or 3 to taste), a pinch of salt, black pepper to taste, juice of ½ of a Lemon, twist of Lemon Peel
- Put all the ingredients into a bar shaker that has a metal cup and a glass cup (or two large glasses) with a good amount of ice
- Roll the mixture from one glass to the other (don’t shake)
- Pour into a glass, using the ice from the shaker
- Garnish with a twist of lemon

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

LIVE ONLINE: Wednesday, July 14 @ 8PM, Secret Science Club presents Mechanical Engineer & Animal Motion Expert David Hu with “How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls,” FREE!

Secret Science Club presents animal motion researcher & author David Hu on How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls

Join us live via Zoom on Wednesday, July 14 (Eastern Time USA) "Doors" open at 7:30PM 

Shhh... everyone on our mailing list will be emailed the Zoom link the night before.  To join the Secret Science Club mailing list (or just request the Zoom link), send us an email (secretscienceclub@gmail.com)

Insects walk on water. Snakes slither over uneven terrain. Moles “swim” through sandy soil. Animals move with mind-blowing versatility, speed, and grace. But how do they do it & what can we learn from them?

At the next Secret Science Club, engineer David Hu—the author of How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls—explores the world of animal motion. Dr. Hu asks:

--How do wet dogs remove as much water from their fur in a fraction of a second (via the “wet-dog shake”) as a laundry machine would in minutes?
--When swarms of fire ants build rafts out of their own bodies, are they behaving like a fluid or a solid?
--Why are mosquitoes able to fly in the rain, when a single crushing raindrop has 50 times their mass? How do they survive these “drops of doom”?
--What are the implications of animal movement research for robotics, materials science, and vehicle design?

Before & After
--Mix up our rocking cocktail of the night, the Bulldog Shake… (recipe below!)
--Wriggle and stomp to faunal grooves
--Bring your questions for the live Q&A
--Snag a copy of David Hu’s award-winning book, How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls: Animal Movement and the Robots of the Future here. Use code HU30 for 30% off when you order on the Princeton University Press website. Offer is good through August 30th.

David Hu is professor of mechanical engineering and biology and adjunct professor of physics at Georgia Tech. The author of over 100 scientific papers, he is a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award for young scientists and a two-time winner of the Ig Nobel Prize in Physics (which honors “achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think”). His research and discoveries have been featured in The Economist, New York Times, Washington Post, National Geographic, Popular Science, and Discover and on Saturday Night Live and National Public Radio. He is the author of the book How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls: Animal Movement and the Robots of the Future.

This is a FREE event.

You can support Secret Science Club's programming by making a DONATION via:

Credit Card, PayPal, Apple Pay, or Google Pay on Donorbox

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Zelle: scienceliveproductions@gmail.com

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Cocktail Recipe for the “Bulldog Shake” (created by Joe Cacciola/Mixologist)
Ingredients: 1½ oz Chocolate Liqueur, 1 oz Heavy Cream, 3 oz Guinness Stout, and Nutmeg for garnish (optional)
- Pour the chocolate liqueur and cream into a bar shaker with ice, and shake very well
- Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass
- Top off with the Guinness (or more to taste)
- Grate nutmeg over the cocktail (optional)

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.