Public Lecture No. 33

A sumptuous three-course consumable lecture entitled "Fresh Eyes on the Kepler Plague: An Interdisciplinary Look Back" will be available in Interactive Hall at the NTMEA from next month. "Fresh Eyes" weaves together disparate findings in bio-archaeology, osteo-archaeology, urban archaeology, nanotechnology, cultural anthropology, and other fields to arrive at a comprehensive biopsychosocial model of this devastating time in galactic history. Topics include the cultural and environmental preconditions that spawned the nano-virus; what the skeletal biomarkers say about mortality, wealth, and social standing; the role of hyperspace trade in transmission and containment; the invention of encapsulating spheres; and how the limitations of this treatment still shape behavior and belief systems across multiple worlds. For any visitors to the museum with gastrointestinal issues, this lecture is also available as a neural mist.