Join neuroscientist Joy Hirsch, Ph.D., of Columbia University and lawyer and food-policy expert Ellen J. Fried, MA, JD, of New York University for a discussion about how cues both internal (from the brain and body) and external (from food marketing) can influence our food choices.

On Wednesday, April 24, 2013, the American Museum of Natural History will host the 23rd Annual Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon, which will focus on the resilience of island ecosystems as they face increasing environmental threats.

Learn how simple it is to make your own kimchi, kefir, and other fermented delicacies in a lively conversation with Sandor Katz, fermentation specialist and author of The Art of Fermentation, Dan Felder, Head of Research & Development at Momofuku’s Culinary Lab and Eleanor Sterling, Director of the Museum’s Center for Biodiversity and Conservation.

This is a special multi-day Global Weekends festival exploring beauty from a global perspective and how beauty is represented throughout cultures and time.

When you snack on potato chips, or enjoy spicy Thai noodles, do you ever wonder where your food comes from? How it was grown? Explore these questions and more in workshops based on the Museum’s latest special exhibition, Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture. 

When you snack on potato chips, or enjoy spicy Thai noodles, do you ever wonder where your food comes from? How it was grown? Explore these questions and more in workshops based on the Museum’s latest special exhibition, Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture. 

This presentation by astrophysicist Emily Rice will explore the discoveries of Hubble’s friends, old and new, from the Orbiting Astronomical Observatories of the 1960s and ’70s to the James Webb Space Telescope, slated to launch in 2018.