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November
Tue. 11/17	*Soap Box: Global Pandemics* Join Biology Professor Hidde Ploegh to discuss the weapons we have now to fight pandemics, new tools in the pipeline, and the challenges for privacy, biodefense, and public health that arise in the aggressive response to a pandemic. 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Free admission, light refreshments. Live webcast starting at 6:00 p.m.
Fri. 11/27	Friday After Thanksgiving: Chain Reaction Our annual fun-filled family event hosted by sculptor Arthur Ganson. Watch as participant teams link their individual machines together forming one mega chain reaction! 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Rockwell Cage Gymnasium. $10 adults, $5 students and seniors. Includes same day admission to the MIT Museum.
December
Tue. 12/8	*Soap Box: Humans in Space* Hear from Professor Dava Newman about new technologies, companies, and policies that are leading people back into space above low Earth orbit. Discuss the issues around space flight from national pride and scientific discovery to wealth distribution and the meaning of being human. 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Free admission, light refreshments.
Fri. 12/11	Second Fridays Join us for our new after hours series. Enjoy the Museum galleries, additional activities, and refreshments. Free admission. 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Featured Program: Debunking Hollywood’s Holograms Think you’ve seen holograms in the movies and on TV? Dr. Michael Bove from the MIT Media Lab will prove you wrong. See "holograms" in clips from Star Wars, CNN, and elsewhere, compare those special effects with real holograms. Learn about the moving holograms being developed right now in MIT labs. In conjunction with the Sampling MIT exhibit. 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
January
Fri. 1/8	Second Fridays Join us for our new after hours series. Enjoy the Museum galleries, additional activities, and refreshments. Free admission. 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Mon. 1/11	How to run a great event at the Cambridge Science Festival Planning an event for CSF 2010? This two hour workshop will introduce you to other event sponsors and science educators, outline resources available to you, give you a crash course in science communication, and offer an opportunity to troubleshoot the plans for your event. Recommended for approved Cambridge Science Festival 2010 presenters. 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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The Cambridge Science Festival, presented by the MIT Museum, is a multi-day festival during the last week of April. Activities, performances, talks, demonstrations and a carnival take place throughout the city - for all ages!

Friday After Thanksgiving Chain Reaction (affectionately known as F.A.T.) is the MIT Museum's annual family event. Dozens of teams build unique, fanciful machines in the style of Rube Goldberg. At the end of the day, all the machines are linked together and set off in a giant chain reaction!

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