Next Nerd Nite, 12/1 @ Eastworks!
Hey there everyone, join us on December 1st for NN14 as we send you off to sleep with the fishes. Or at least, to learn about sleeping AND fishes. This is definitely going to be an interesting evening…
Nerd Nite 14
Monday, 12/1, 7PM, 21+ $5
Eastworks suite 160
116 Pleasant St., Easthampton
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Why do We Sleep?
We spend a quarter of our lives asleep. But why? Myths abound in answer to this question; we’ll discuss which ones bear out when viewed through the new science of sleep.
Rebecca Spencer is an Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at UMass Amherst and an expert in the cognitive neuroscience of sleep and cognition.
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Get to Know Your Backyard Gladiator: The Broadbill Swordfish
Never thought you could love a fish? Then you’ve obviously never met a swordfish, whose latin name—xiphias gladius—means “the gladiator”. Come learn what makes these creatures—which are found in New England waters—such phenomenal examples of evolution.
Matt Rigney is a nonfiction author and novelist. His book, “In Pursuit of Giants: One Man’s Global Search for the Last of the Great Fish,” was published in 2012 by Viking.
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