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The Columbus Science Pub meets the first Thursday of the month at 7:30 PM. Check out the events page for details.

Since 2010, CSP has presented speakers from across the fields of scientific study to central Ohio audiences. We've hosted scientists and researchers from The Ohio State University, The Kinsey Institute, Harvard University, and several state and local agencies, with topics ranging from the neurobiology of zombies to the science of fracking to ethomusicology.

10/10/2026

Next, we're headed somewhere new: The mouths of children!
Err... ANYWAY, meet November's pub: Secrets of the Tooth Fairy with Kaita Gurian of https://upfrontsbx.org/events/secrets-of-the-tooth-fairy/

10/06/2026

Still thinking about mastodons? Here is something about twenty nanometers wide.
Ribosomes build every protein in your body, and when they jam up, the collision tells the cell whether to keep going or shut down. Ohio State Arts and Sciences hosts Dr. Rachel Green on it November 15. Free with RSVP.
https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3Xi9cPtXpM7pIPQ

Photo: David S. Goodsell, RCSB PDB-101, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

10/01/2026

Tonight. Pleistocene Ohio: lions, mastodons, ground sloths the size of a car, and a paw paw tasting with paleontologist Dr. Hal Lescinsky. 7:00 at Up Front Performance Space. Note the earlier start. getnerdy for $4 off.
https://boxoffice.upfrontps.org/event/eat-like-a-mastodon-ohio-in-the-pleistocene/

09/30/2026

Tomorrow night. Dr. Hal Lescinsky on the lions, mastodons, and giant sloths that once lived in Ohio, plus a taste of the fruit they left behind. Thursday October 1, 7:00 at Up Front Performance Space. Tickets still available. getnerdy for $4 off.
https://boxoffice.upfrontps.org/event/eat-like-a-mastodon-ohio-in-the-pleistocene/

09/29/2026

Two days out. Ohio was the African savanna, complete with lions and car-sized sloths, and Dr. Hal Lescinsky is bringing the skulls. Thursday October 1 at Columbus Science Pub, 7:00 PM. getnerdy for $4 off.
https://boxoffice.upfrontps.org/event/eat-like-a-mastodon-ohio-in-the-pleistocene/

09/28/2026

This Thursday. Lions, mastodons, and a fruit built for an extinct animal. Dr. Hal Lescinsky on Pleistocene Ohio, October 1 at Up Front Performance Space, 7:00 PM. getnerdy for $4 off.
https://boxoffice.upfrontps.org/event/eat-like-a-mastodon-ohio-in-the-pleistocene/

09/27/2026

Picture a mastodon wading through the Scioto valley. It happened. Dr. Hal Lescinsky on Pleistocene Ohio, this Thursday at Up Front Performance Space, 7:00 PM. getnerdy for $4 off.
https://boxoffice.upfrontps.org/event/eat-like-a-mastodon-ohio-in-the-pleistocene/

Photo: Jayu, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

09/26/2026

Paw paw season is short. The fruit bruises easily, ripens fast, and almost never makes it to a grocery store. Your best shot at tasting one this year might be October 1 with Dr. Hal Lescinsky.
https://boxoffice.upfrontps.org/event/eat-like-a-mastodon-ohio-in-the-pleistocene/

Photo: Cbarlow, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

09/25/2026

Next Thursday. Lions, mastodons, and a fruit built for an extinct animal, with paleontologist Dr. Hal Lescinsky. October 1 at Up Front Performance Space, 7:00 PM. getnerdy for $4 off.
https://boxoffice.upfrontps.org/event/eat-like-a-mastodon-ohio-in-the-pleistocene/

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