This spring, we're partnering with Genspace to bring you two unique class opportunities:
March 21-24: Biohacker Boot Camp
In this intensive course, you'll get to extract your own DNA, analyze ancestry through bioinformatics, splice genes into bacteria, and much more.
April 10, 17 and 24: Biotechnology Crash Course
This class will cover the basics of biotechnology and where it's heading before getting right into wet lab work,...
We're looking for someone to help out around the Brainery. It's part-time (12-15 hours a week, $14/hour), entirely at the Brainery, and involves all kinds of super glamorous* and not-so-glamorous things.
• Being in charge of the space during classes on the following days:
- Saturday or Sunday, daytime (6-8 hours, varies a bit week to week)
- Wednesday evenings, 5-10:30pm
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Early astronomers reimagined time to give us an extra day every four years. ExpandED Schools, a nonprofit working to close the learning gap, reimagines time to give kids extra opportunities every day of the week.
On February 29, we will be partnering with ExpandED Schools to celebrate Leap Day (an ExpandED year!) Proceeds from your participation in a Brainery class on February 29 will help close the...
On February 25, MSG will take on the history and science of imitation ingredients at the brand-new Museum of Food and Drink!
Sarah will explore the history of artificial food, covering medieval "meat pitchers" and the early 20th-century chemists known as the "Poison Squad" who tested the safety of food additives by ingesting them in large quantities. Soma will dig into the science behind artificial flavorings, from what...
I've long loved Baked Alaska, that very old-school combination of cake, ice cream, and meringue toasted to a crisp, but I'd never thought about its history before Victoria of Edible History mentioned it during her talk on the history of the restaurant in NYC.
I was surprised to learn the dish was much older than I'd imagined, having been in existence since at least the 19th century. And though its exact origin is unclear, it was...
