Upcoming EventsTues., August 20, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.When Soldiers Come Home: The Science of War Injuries from Vietnam to AfghanistanMissouri History MuseumWashington University psychiatry professor Rumi Price traces the scientific history of treating and preventing war’s “signature injuries,” from the early 1970s to today’s conflict in Afghanistan..

Thurs., August 22, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Seeing Sounds, Hearing Colors: The Neuroscience of SynaethesiaOASIS in Forest Park, Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor’s Center| Registration is required – visit www.academyofsciencestl.orgSynaesthesia-- a fusion of the senses, is a neurological condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway in unusual ways

Mon., September 23, 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.Denning Ecology of Northern Alaska Polar Bears: Insights & ImplicationsSaint Louis ZooIn this 45 minute presentation, Dr. Smith will share his work over the past decade exploring the little known world of polar bear denning on Alaska’s North Slope.

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