Ask a Science Envoy: Tiny Galaxies; Eye Movements

Tue Apr 15 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-07:00

HopMonk Tavern Novato | Novato

Wonderfest
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Ask a Science Envoy: Tiny Galaxies; Eye Movements
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A Stanford astrophysicist explores the explanatory power of small galaxies, and a UC Berkeley neuroscientist reveals secrets of saccades.
About this Event

Wonderfest Science Envoys are early-career researchers with special communication skills and aspirations. Following short talks on provocative modern science topics, these two Science Envoys will answer questions with insight and enthusiasm:

• Stanford astrophysicist Viraj Manwadkar on Tiny Galaxies and Big Cosmic Mysteries — The very smallest galaxies shed light on fundamental questions in physics and astronomy: They play an intriguing role in the formation of cosmic ecosystems, and they even inform our attempt to understand dark matter, the utterly mysterious stuff that constitutes 80% of the material universe.

• UC Berkeley neuroscientist Stephanie Reeves on The Horizontal Saccade Bias — Humans make eye movements to explore the visual environment. One type of involuntary eye movement, termed a saccade, occurs 2-3 times per second and is one of the fastest movements that the human body can make. New research challenges previous assumptions about how and why saccades arise.

This interactive science presentation, free and unticketed, is produced by Wonderfest in partnership with Marin Science Seminar.

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HopMonk Tavern Novato, 224 Vintage Way, Novato, United States

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