As a wrap-up to this year’s taste of science festival, we’re bringing our most admired science communication friends together at QED to throw our annual SciComm Block Party! We'll have tables with demonstrations, interactive activities, and even some exotic creatures to meet. We invite you to celebrate with us and kick back with fellow NYC science advocates and unashamed nerds whose sense of wonder is alive and kicking. Cheers!

16+ (anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult)

Activities will include:

-Touch a real (human or animal) brain

-Play synapse pong

-Put your city under the microscope

-Control a friend’s muscle movements

-Meet some charismatic arthropods

-Explore how your senses work

-Celebrate the Chandra telescope’s birthday

-Test your motor learning with mirror drawing…and maybe see if a beer makes it any harder!

…And more!

Participating organizations:

-BraiNY

-Mentoring in Neuroscience Discovery at Sinai (MiNDS)

-Astro on Tap

-Columbia Neuroscience Society

…And more!