Complete the scavenger hunt, available throughout CSF week at mitpressbookstore.mit.edu, then pick up your prize at the MIT Press Bookstore and enter a drawing for a chance to win a $50 bookstore gift card!

Scan this QR code to get started!

Be a planetary explorer! Take a self-guided tour of our Solar System from the Sun to Pluto, precisely scaled to the length of MIT’s Infinite Corridor, created by ​MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).

Step into the world of cutting-edge biomedical research and innovation at the Broad Discovery Center, right in the heart of Kendall Square! Explore engaging exhibits, learn about the mysteries of human diseases, and witness first-hand how scientists from around the globe are joining forces to tackle psychiatric conditions, cancer, infectious diseases, and more. Admission is free and no registration is required.

Take a closer look at Surveillance: From Vision to Data, on view at Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. Join the curators for a talk introducing select objects, the multiple legacies of surveillance through data, and critical artworks that have resisted now ubiquitous data-driven surveillance. Then tour the exhibit to see for yourself how data shapes the nature of surveillance.

*** Attendees should provide their own lunch. ***

Weather permitting, we will meet outside the front of the Museum of Science and walk approximately 4.6km, learning 4.6 billion years of Earth’s history along the way. This is a nearly three-mile walk along Cambridge Street to Cambridge Common. Wear comfortable shoes and prepare to be outdoors for a few hours.

Event organizer Nancy Lowe is an artist interested in the rich ecotone — the boundary territory — between art and science. She makes art with science themes, teaches art-science workshops, curates art-science exhibits and performances, guides art-science residency programs, and leads citizen science projects and other activities for creative science engagement. She worked for over a decade as a technician in labs focusing on pollination biology, insect-plant interactions, and large-scale ecology.

Complete the scavenger hunt, available throughout CSF week at mitpressbookstore.mit.edu, then pick up your prize at the MIT Press Bookstore and enter a drawing for a chance to win a $50 bookstore gift card!

Scan this QR code to get started!

Be a planetary explorer! Take a self-guided tour of our Solar System from the Sun to Pluto, precisely scaled to the length of MIT’s Infinite Corridor, created by ​MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).

Step into the world of cutting-edge biomedical research and innovation at the Broad Discovery Center, right in the heart of Kendall Square! Explore engaging exhibits, learn about the mysteries of human diseases, and witness first-hand how scientists from around the globe are joining forces to tackle psychiatric conditions, cancer, infectious diseases, and more. Admission is free and no registration is required.

MIT Sea Grant Marine Biology and Robotics Labs will be hosting tours of our facilities and hands-on activities, including driving a Sea Perch ROV as well as microscopes with local marine life and a touch tank with live animals to interact with!

Complete the scavenger hunt, available throughout CSF week at mitpressbookstore.mit.edu, then pick up your prize at the MIT Press Bookstore and enter a drawing for a chance to win a $50 bookstore gift card!

Scan this QR code to get started!

Be a planetary explorer! Take a self-guided tour of our Solar System from the Sun to Pluto, precisely scaled to the length of MIT’s Infinite Corridor, created by ​MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).

Join the local mycologist Lawrence Millman for an educational walking tour of Fresh Pond Reservation. Millman is the author of Fascinating Fungi of New England, the first guidebook dedicated to understanding New England mushrooms. Together we will learn about existing species, the history of different species, and their role in our ecosystem.

Registration is mandatory.

Complete the scavenger hunt, available throughout CSF week at mitpressbookstore.mit.edu, then pick up your prize at the MIT Press Bookstore and enter a drawing for a chance to win a $50 bookstore gift card!

Scan this QR code to get started!

Be a planetary explorer! Take a self-guided tour of our Solar System from the Sun to Pluto, precisely scaled to the length of MIT’s Infinite Corridor, created by ​MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).

Step into the world of cutting-edge biomedical research and innovation at the Broad Discovery Center, right in the heart of Kendall Square! Explore engaging exhibits, learn about the mysteries of human diseases, and witness first-hand how scientists from around the globe are joining forces to tackle psychiatric conditions, cancer, infectious diseases, and more. Admission is free and no registration is required.

Join us for a relaxing walk of Fresh Pond with Park Ranger Tim Puopolo! No two weeks are the same in nature, and Tim will share his insights about what’s growing, changing, and blooming in the neighborhood.

We will meet in the courtyard of the Collins Branch Library (64 Aberdeen Ave.) and leave together towards the pond. Registration is required. To register, call 617-349-4021.

Join the Charles River Conservancy for a lunchtime kayak adventure on the river. Visit the Charles River’s first floating wetland and hear about the development of the project from idea to installation, and from engagement through envisioned expansion.

Please reserve your ticket by September 21st to guarantee participation.

*** Attendees should provide their own lunch. ***

Explore the NeuraFutures installation at Cambridge Public Library with a captivating 30-minute tour, offering a glimpse into the future of brain-computer interfacing.

Building on Braini‘s 15 years of experience in designing and creating the most cutting edge interaction – fusion between the brain and computer – this guided installation tour will touch upon the following questions: is it possible to implant memories? Read your dreams while you sleep? Communicate a thought between two different people on different continents?

Complete the scavenger hunt, available throughout CSF week at mitpressbookstore.mit.edu, then pick up your prize at the MIT Press Bookstore and enter a drawing for a chance to win a $50 bookstore gift card!

Scan this QR code to get started!

Be a planetary explorer! Take a self-guided tour of our Solar System from the Sun to Pluto, precisely scaled to the length of MIT’s Infinite Corridor, created by ​MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).

Step into the world of cutting-edge biomedical research and innovation at the Broad Discovery Center, right in the heart of Kendall Square! Explore engaging exhibits, learn about the mysteries of human diseases, and witness first-hand how scientists from around the globe are joining forces to tackle psychiatric conditions, cancer, infectious diseases, and more. Admission is free and no registration is required.

Today, we are closer than ever to realizing the dream of harnessing the nuclear process that powers our sun. This stellar process, called fusion, produces minimal waste and offers the hope of an almost limitless supply of safe, dependable energy. For over 40 years MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) has been exploring nuclear fusion as a source of energy through a series of tokamaks, devices that use magnets to confine hot plasma in a donut-shaped chamber. Visit the PSFC and learn how MIT is supporting the latest exciting fusion research. Limited to 25.

*** Attendees should provide their own lunch. ***

Come to the List Center for your lunch break and join exhibiting artist Nancy Valladares as we consider the components of analog photography through looking at her work on view in List Projects 27: fields harrington and Nancy Valladares. PHOTO/SYNTHETIC is an ongoing series and investigation which unpacks the environmental and economic impacts of the use of silver in analog photography. During the hour, we will view the works in the galleries and move to discussion with Valladares over lunch combining an opportunity to learn and socialize.

Bring your lunch and beverages will be provided.

*** Attendees should provide their own lunch. ***

Complete the scavenger hunt, available throughout CSF week at mitpressbookstore.mit.edu, then pick up your prize at the MIT Press Bookstore and enter a drawing for a chance to win a $50 bookstore gift card!

Scan this QR code to get started!

Explore the NeuraFutures installation at Cambridge Public Library with a captivating 30-minute tour, offering a glimpse into the future of brain-computer interfacing.

Building on Braini‘s 15 years of experience in designing and creating the most cutting edge interaction – fusion between the brain and computer – this guided installation tour will touch upon the following questions: is it possible to implant memories? Read your dreams while you sleep? Communicate a thought between two different people on different continents?

Be a planetary explorer! Take a self-guided tour of our Solar System from the Sun to Pluto, precisely scaled to the length of MIT’s Infinite Corridor, created by ​MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).

Weather permitting, we will meet outside the front of the Museum of Science and walk approximately 4.6km, learning 4.6 billion years of Earth’s history along the way. This is a nearly three-mile walk along Cambridge Street to Cambridge Common. Wear comfortable shoes and prepare to be outdoors for a few hours.

Event organizer Nancy Lowe is an artist interested in the rich ecotone — the boundary territory — between art and science. She makes art with science themes, teaches art-science workshops, curates art-science exhibits and performances, guides art-science residency programs, and leads citizen science projects and other activities for creative science engagement. She worked for over a decade as a technician in labs focusing on pollination biology, insect-plant interactions, and large-scale ecology.

Whether you are a seasoned forager or a curious nature lover, this Mushroom Foray is an event not to be missed. Explore the fascinating world of fungi while we traverse the Middlesex Fells Reservation collecting mushrooms. Then, we will regroup to immerse ourselves in the art of mushroom identification.

Food and refreshments will be served.

Become an astronomer for a day! Come visit us on Observatory Hill, and see what the Center for Astrophysics has been up to. Enjoy exploration stations that include hands-on activities, telescope tours, and solar observing. There’s even an opportunity to ask our scientists all of your burning space questions at our “Ask an Astronomer” tables.

Find out the latest discoveries about the sun, exoplanets, and black holes and take your own telescope images using our robotic telescopes, or go on a virtual tour of space using the World Wide Telescope visualization lab- It’s out of this world!

Discover the history of the Charles River from the cockpit of a kayak and learn how to get involved with local restoration efforts. Observe wildlife living along the riverbank and explore your city with a new perspective. No paddling experience required.

Three tours available:

• • 1pm-2:30pm
  • 2:45pm-4:15pm
  • 4:30pm-6:00pm

Registration required. Participants will receive additional information including waivers that will need to be filled out electronically prior to the program.

Program meets at the Cartop Launch at Magazine Beach Park.

Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

Parking is available but please avoid driving if possible.

Complete the scavenger hunt, available throughout CSF week at mitpressbookstore.mit.edu, then pick up your prize at the MIT Press Bookstore and enter a drawing for a chance to win a $50 bookstore gift card!

Scan this QR code to get started!

Be a planetary explorer! Take a self-guided tour of our Solar System from the Sun to Pluto, precisely scaled to the length of MIT’s Infinite Corridor, created by ​MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS).

Weather permitting, we will meet outside the front of the Museum of Science and walk approximately 4.6km, learning 4.6 billion years of Earth’s history along the way. This is a nearly three-mile walk along Cambridge Street to Cambridge Common. Wear comfortable shoes and prepare to be outdoors for a few hours.

Event organizer Nancy Lowe is an artist interested in the rich ecotone — the boundary territory — between art and science. She makes art with science themes, teaches art-science workshops, curates art-science exhibits and performances, guides art-science residency programs, and leads citizen science projects and other activities for creative science engagement. She worked for over a decade as a technician in labs focusing on pollination biology, insect-plant interactions, and large-scale ecology.

Explore the NeuraFutures installation at Cambridge Public Library with a captivating 30-minute tour, offering a glimpse into the future of brain-computer interfacing.

Building on Braini‘s 15 years of experience in designing and creating the most cutting edge interaction – fusion between the brain and computer – this guided installation tour will touch upon the following questions: is it possible to implant memories? Read your dreams while you sleep? Communicate a thought between two different people on different continents?