LIVE ONLINE: SUNDAY, April 2 @ 2PM, Secret Science Club presents “Science & the Information Epidemic” with Psychologist Sander van der Linden and Disease Detective Seema Yasmin, FREE!

This Sunday afternoon! Join us for a brunch-time Zoom event…

LIVE ONLINE! Secret Science Club presents "Science & the Information Epidemic" with social psychologist Sander van der Linden and disease detective Seema Yasmin

Join us live via ZOOM on SUNDAY, April 2 @ 2PM (Eastern Time USA) "Doors" open at 1:30PM 

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

Misinformation campaigns—designed to recruit, sell, influence, manipulate, engage (or enrage)—are not a new phenomenon. But in recent years, content that is false or misleading seems to have metastasized. In an era of information overload, is it possible we are losing the ability to separate fact from fiction?

At the next Secret Science Club, psychologist Sander van der Linden and disease detective Seema Yasmin explain why our brains are so vulnerable to misinformation, how it spreads like a virus across social networks, and what we can do to inoculate ourselves and others.

THE SPEAKERS

Sander van der Linden is professor of social psychology in society at the University of Cambridge and director of the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab. His research examines how people process (mis)information, how it spreads in online networks, and what behavioral interventions we can design to counter it at-scale. He co-developed the award-winning fake news game, Bad News, which has been played by millions of people around the world, and he regularly advises governments, social media companies, and the World Health Organization on fighting misinformation. He and his research have been featured in the New York Times, Wired, and Rolling Stone and on NPR and the BBC. His new book - Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity - was published in March.

Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, medical doctor, professor and author. She is director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, clinical assistant professor in Stanford University’s Department of Medicine, and visiting professor at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA where she teaches crisis management and communications. Previously, she served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her scholarly work focuses on the spread of health misinformation and disinformation, the growth of medical and news deserts, and the impact on public health. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Scientific American, and Rolling Stone, and she regularly appears on CNN. Her most recent book is What the Fact?! Finding the Truth in All the Noise.

Before & After
--Mix up our sneaky cocktail & mocktail, the "Sweet Persuasion"… (recipe below!)
--Groove to strangely alluring tunes
--Bring your questions for the live Q&A
--Snag copies of our speakers’ awesome new books! You can order Sander van der Linden's Foolproof here and Seema Yasmin's What the Fact?! here.

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

Cash App: $SecretScienceClub

Zelle: scienceliveproductions@gmail.com

(Note: If you don't already have the Zoom meeting app on your computer or mobile device, you can download it for free at zoom.us)

Cocktail Recipe for the “Sweet Persuasion” (created by the Secret Science Club Experimental Mixology Lab)
Ingredients: 2 oz Grapefruit Juice, 2 oz Orange Juice, 4 oz Prosecco or Sparkling Rosé, 1 dash Rose Water, Raspberries (for garnish)
- Combine chilled juices and rose water in a wine glass, and stir
- Slowly top off with well-chilled sparkling wine
- Garnish with raspberries and your favorite spring flower
** (For a mocktail version, substitute lemon-lime seltzer or Sanpellegrino Aranciata Rossa for the sparkling wine.)

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

IN-PERSON @ THE BELL HOUSE, Secret Science Club presents Squid-ologist Diana Li on Tuesday, March 21 @ 8PM, FREE!

Secret Science Club presents Everyone’s Favorite Squid-ologist, Diana Li!

IN-PERSON @ THE BELL HOUSE on Tuesday, March 21, 8PM (Doors open at 7:30PM), Free!

At the next Secret Science Club, squid-ologist Diana Li explores undersea life and shares her amazing discoveries about these transfixing, tentacled creatures.

Get ready to dive deep! More than just calamari—squids are some of the most extreme creatures on the planet. Dr. Li asks:

-- How are swimming squid literally like rockets?

-- Of all the over 300 species of squids—from the alien-like Big Fin Squid to the see-through Glass Squid—which species deserves to be crowned Most Wondrous?

-- What’s it like getting up close and personal with squid in the lab and in the ocean? And what’s it like to get inked?

Before & After
--Try our propulsive cocktail of the evening, the “Night Swimmer”
--Groove to wet & wild tunes
--Stick around for the scintillating and salty Q&A

DIANA LI is a scientist & educator at Columbia University. She earned her Ph.D. at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station where she studied the neurophysiology and biomechanics of swimming squid. She is currently Associate Director of Education & Training Initiatives at Columbia's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain and Behavior Institute and is dedicated to programs that inform the public about science: Dr. Li has appeared on “Science Friday,” the “Facts Machine” podcast, and “Story Collider.

This undersea edition of the Secret Science Club meets Tuesday, March 21, 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 to the performance space open at 7:30PM.

Please bring ID: 21+. No cover. Just bring your smart self!

*This event will be mixed seated/standing. Arrive early for best seat selection.*

What’s next at Secret Science Club Online?
On Sunday, April 2, join us on Zoom for a brunch-time program on misinformation with psychologist Sander van der Linden (author of Foolproof) and medical doctor Seema Yasmin (author of What the Fact?!). Stay tuned for details!

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

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

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: YOUR BRAIN, YOUR TEEN'S BRAIN & THE LAW, Tuesday, March 14 @ 8PM, Secret Science Club presents the “Dana Foundation Neuroscience & Society Lecture” with Francis X. Shen & Adriana Galván, FREE!

We’re back with another brainy Zoom talk!

Secret Science Club presents the “Dana Foundation Neuroscience & Society Lecture” with Brain Experts Francis Shen & Adriana Galván (in honor of Brain Awareness Week)

Join us live via Zoom on TUESDAY, March 14 @ 8PM (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 request the Zoom link), send us an email (secretscienceclub@gmail.com)

At the next Secret Science Club Online, pioneering researchers Francis Shen and Adriana Galván discuss groundbreaking discoveries about the adolescent brain—and how these scientific insights are affecting our legal system, public policy, and society. They ask:

•    What’s going on in the brains of teens and young adults?
•    What impact does stress have on the adolescent brain?
•    How does the young adult brain evaluate risk-taking and rewards?
•    In what ways is neuroscientific research on the developing brain influencing laws, court decisions, and sentencing guidelines?
•    How are insights about the adolescent brain affecting young people themselves—in terms of legal culpability and incarceration, age restrictions for controlled substances, and their rights to make decisions about their own medical care?

THE SPEAKERS

Francis X. Shen is a professor at Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics and an affiliated faculty member at Harvard Law School. He is a pioneer in establishing the interdisciplinary field of law and neuroscience, and conducts research on how insights from neuroscience and artificial intelligence can make the legal system more just and effective. In 2021, he was awarded the Early Career Scholars Medal from the American Law Institute. He is the director of Harvard’s Shen Lab: Law, Ethics, Neuroscience & Artificial Intelligence, where the motto is “every story is a brain story.”

Adriana Galván is a professor of psychology and dean of undergraduate education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). An expert on the adolescent brain and the author of over 100 scientific papers, she has made seminal discoveries about brain development in children, teens, and adults. In 2019, she received the Troland Research Award from the National Academy of Sciences and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Her research on the adolescent brain has played a central role in landmark Supreme Court decisions regarding the culpability and punishment of juvenile offenders.

Before & After
--Mix up our cocktail (and mocktail!) of the night, the "Legal Limit"… (recipe below!)
--Groove to synapse-soothing tunes
--Bring your questions for the live Q&A
-- Learn how you can participate in Brain Awareness Week, the global campaign to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science

This mind-blowing edition of Secret Science Club - the “Dana Foundation Neuroscience & Society Lecture” in honor of Brain Awareness Week - is supported by the Dana Foundation as part of its Dana Education program, which includes the coordination of Brain Awareness Week. The Dana Foundation is dedicated to advancing neuroscience and society by supporting cross-disciplinary intersections such as neuroscience and ethics, law, policy, humanities, and arts.

This is a FREE event.

What’s next at Secret Science Club?
--On Tuesday, March 21, we will be back at the Bell House with an in-person event, featuring squid-ologist Diana Li!
-On Sunday, April 2, join us for a brunch-time event on misinformation. Psychologist Sander van der Linden (author of Foolproof) will be in conversation with medical doctor Seema Yasmin (author of What the Fact?!)

(Note: If you don't already have the Zoom meeting app on your computer or mobile device, you can download it for free at zoom.us)

Cocktail Recipe for the “Legal Limit” (created by the Secret Science Club experimental mixology lab)
Ingredients: 2 oz Bourbon or Spiced Rum, 4 oz Cereal Milk**, a few dashes of vanilla extract, a cinnamon stick
- Pour the alcohol and cereal milk into a cocktail shaker
- Add 2 or 3 dashes of vanilla, along with ice—and shake
- Pour the strained mixture over ice into an old-fashioned glass
- Garnish with cinnamon stick
** Cereal Milk Recipe
To make this, you will need your favorite sugary breakfast cereal (e.g., Cap’n Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops… you get the idea). You will also need milk and brown sugar.
-Pour 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of cereal in a bowl. Let it “infuse” for about 20 minutes, then strain out the cereal. Mix in 1 teaspoon of brown sugar. Refrigerate until ready to use.
For a mocktail version: Substitute chilled Earl Gray tea for the alcohol.

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