The New York Academy of Sciences

The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner E.O. Wilson delivers his keynote address at Science and the City's symposium, The Two Cultures in the 21st Century, held in May.

Smells and sounds collide for the world premiere of "Green Aria," a synesthetic art and science fusion at the Guggenheim featuring two composers, a writer and a master perfumier. Podcast sponsored by Les Christophs and Thierry Mugler.

Top researchers offer an in-depth look at the science behind the global influenza outbreak, plus some of the work being done to keep us healthy.

Dean Kamen, one of the world's top inventors (think the Segway and portable dialysis machine), talks about his FIRST program designed to get high schoolers onto the path to become scientists during our Two Cultures in the 21st Century conference.

Check out FlyNY, one of New York's kite flying showdowns, and the science, design, and history behind our earliest flying machines.

Former Congressman John Porter offers concrete suggestions on how to get government thinking science, in one of the keynote lectures of our Two Cultures conference.

Perception expert Daniel Levitin joins Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash at our Science of Hearing event to explore our sense of hearing -- with a little musical accompaniment, of course.

NYU scientist Richard Bonneau delves into the complex interactions in biological systems - using the genome as his map. Part of Science and the City's Spring events series.

We take you through NYC's Go Green Expo and find 5 easy ways for New Yorkers to green up.

Biologist Marie Filbin says new discoveries in spinal nerve regeneration are giving researchers hope in the race to cure spinal cord injuries.

NYU computer scientist Yann LeCun looks to biological models to create vision systems, and artificial intelligence in machines. From the Science and the City Spring event series.

"Experimental Man" David Ewing Duncan and toxicologist Matt Bogdanffy delve into the dangers (and myths) of toxins in our everyday environment.

Six leading planetary scientists debate whether Pluto is a planet in a broadcast of the Hayden Planetarium's 2009 Isaac Asimov lecture.

A look at Carole and Richard Rifkind's latest documentary film on life in a crystallography lab. Learn the science and meet the characters.

Columbia University neurologist Scott Small uses fMRI imaging on mice to research our aging brains. Turns out, you've got some control over how sharp you stay.

A multidisciplinary panel examine the psychobiology of human aggression and genocide at a recent roundtable at the Philoctetes Center.

When it comes to Olympic gold medal times, humans have been improving steadily over the past 100 years. But is there a limit to how good we can get? Learn about the technology, technique, and doping that keeps athletes improving.

Two taste gurus deconstruct our sense of taste in Science and the City's Science of the 5 Senses series -- from the molecules that give us flavor to the mystery of the fifth taste.

Meet the first 5 students at the new graduate school at the American Museum of Natural History -- the first museum in America awarding PhDs. The American Museum of Natural History becomes the first Museum in the US to offer a Ph. D. in Comparative Biology. Learn what it is like for these students to go to school in a museum.

A Nobel Laureate delves into what we know about our cells - from their 4.5 billion year history, to modern-day mutations, and protein zip codes (cellular love letters).

Explore the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology's extraordinary collection of eggs and nests with two scientists from the foundation and the photographer for their new book, Egg and Nest.

There's a lot more to vision than first meets the eye. An ex-magician and cognitive neuroscientist team and tackle the science of sight in Science and the City's Science of the 5 Senses series.

Take a look at the Ensemble Studio Theatre Sloan Project, which aims to bring science stories and playwrights together, and preview their science festival, on now.

Take a tour of the Interactive Telecommunications Program's wacky and inventive Winter thesis show at NYU.

Hayden Planetarium director Tyson, Carl Sagan's widow, and Sagan's former colleague discuss the astrobiologist's perspective on science, the spiritual experience, and the search for God.