On Tuesdays, March 6, 13, 20, and 27, the Walker Art Center and AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Minnesota present Dis-Contents: Insights 2007. This year's Insights lecture series explores alternative forms of publishing initiated by graphic designers-from podcast interviews and the online discourse of design blogs to publications dedicated to offbeat subjects or cultural musings-and the overlapping roles of the designer as author, editor, and publisher.

Dr. Thea Tlsty, an expert on cancer at the University of California at San Francisco, will present some of the latest research on the origin and development of cancerous cells in the body, in the final Exploratorium Cutting-Edge Biology Lecture Series event of the season. This event, What Makes Cancer Cells Go?, is free and open to the public and takes place on Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 7pm in the Exploratorium's McBean Theater.

Beginning April 28, the Exploratorium presents Mind Matters: Exploring the Animal Mind, a three-program Spring lecture series that investigates the latest research and knowledge about how non-human animals' minds are similar to and different from human minds. This series anticipates a new exhibit section Mind: Attention, Emotion, and Judgment, scheduled to open at the Exploratorium in October 2007.

"Code Machines: Enigma, Sigaba and the Secret War" is the topic of National Museum of the United States Air Force Research Historian Doug Lantry's lecture at 7 p.m. on Feb. 27.

Each month, beginning February 14, 2007, EMP/SFM will host an engaging program on pop culture topics that relate to the richness and diversity of the museums' collections and exhibitions, while creating a connection to the broader worlds of science fiction and popular music. Pop Culture Talks are divided into three exciting mini-series:

The New-York Historical Society is pleased to announce the Richard Gilder Distinguished Visiting Fellow in American History Lecture Series, a new series offering the general public the opportunity to hear pre-eminent American historians speak about broad and important themes in American history.

The Palm Springs Art Museum is collaborating with the Palm Springs Air Museum to provide supplemental offerings to the community surrounding the November 2006 through March 2007 Leonardo Da Vinci exhibition. As the Air Museum hosts this extensive exhibition of Leonardo Da Vinci machines that deal with mechanics and flight, the Art Museum offers a series of special guest lectures regarding Da Vinci as a man and an artist with a significantly creative life and legacy.

The Exploratorium offers a new audio podcast series on nanotechnology called SmallTalk. Will nanotechnology dramatically change our world through revolutions in electronics, medicine, energy, and materials? In this nano variety show, explore this new science and what it could mean. SmallTalk is released on the 15th of the month through Spring 2007. Subscribe through iTunes, or visit www.nisenet.org/podcasts The podcasts are made possible with the support of the National Science Foundation.

Join Dr. Michael Grumelli as he discusses the career of Billy Mitchell; one of the premier air power theorists of his time, and examines the relationship among airmen and technology in early military aviation on Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

Stanford University's Dr. Stephen Smith, an authority on microscope imaging techniques and the biology of brain cells, will talk about the eye-brain connection in the developing embryo, in the second in the Exploratorium's Cutting Edge Biology Lecture Series. This event, Wiring a Brain to See, is free and open to the public and takes place on Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 7pm in the Exploratorium's McBean Theater.

Charles Ross the writer and performer of The One-Man Star Wars Trilogy will give a lecture on the making and touring of the the show and his career thus far.

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Research Historian Jeff Duford will present "Parasite Aircraft: Extending Range without Aerial Tanking" on Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. in the museum's Carney Auditorium.