LIVE ONLINE: Thursday, December 1 @ 8PM, Secret Science Club presents Karen Bakker & the Smart Earth Project, FREE!

Sounds of Life! Secret Science Club Online presents Karen Bakker & the Smart Earth Project

Join us live via Zoom on Thursday, December 1 @ 8PM (Eastern Time USA) "Doors" open at 7:30PM 

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The natural world teems with remarkable conversations, many beyond the range of human hearing. Prairie dogs and dolphins whistle to each other by “name.” Elephants share their whereabouts with far-off relatives, using low-frequency rumbles. Even coral reefs are filled with a symphony of ultrasonic sounds.

At the next Secret Science Club, Karen Bakker jumps off from her new book The Sounds of Life to explore the ways scientists are using groundbreaking digital technologies to eavesdrop on Earth’s animals and ecosystems, from the Arctic to the Amazon.

Karen Bakker is a professor of geography at the University of British Columbia, focusing on the environment, sustainability, freshwater issues, natural sounds, and bioacoustics. The recipient of numerous awards, she was recently named a 2022 Guggenheim Fellow and a 2022-2023 Radcliffe Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, where she is currently working on the Smart Earth Project. The author of over 100 academic publications, she has written seven books, including her most recent The Sounds of Life: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the Worlds of Animals and Plants.

Before & After
--Mix up our murmuring cocktail of the night, the "Sonic Tonic"… (recipe below!)
--Groove to wild tunes & natural soundscapes
--Bring your questions for the live Q&A
--Snag a copy of Karen Bakker’s fascinating new book, The Sounds of Life here or wherever you buy books!

This is a FREE event.

What’s next at Secret Science Club?
We will be back in-person at the Bell House on December 12 with neuroscientist Xiaosi Gu on the "Social Brain." Stay tuned for details!

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Cocktail Recipe for the “Sonic Tonic” (created by the Secret Science Club Experimental Mixology Lab)
Ingredients: 2 oz Fresh-squeezed Blood Orange Juice, 1 oz Cranberry Juice, 2 oz Gin, 4 oz Tonic Water, Slices of Blood Orange and Fresh Cranberries (for garnish), Ice
- Pour juices and gin into a rocks glass filled with ice
- Slowly add tonic water, and stir
- Top off with a slice or two of blood orange and a few cranberries
** (For a mocktail version, skip the gin, double the amount of juice, and add a splash of lime.)

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