Science & Cocktails: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Tolhuistuin

Name: Science & Cocktails: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Tolhuistuin
Start: 2025-11-26T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Tolhuistuin

Schedule

Wed, 26 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Tolhuistuin | Amsterdam, NH

How does nature create the new? Many innovations, whether in evolution or culture, begin as ‘sleeping beauties’: ideas that lie dormant before suddenly flourishing. Evolutionary biologist Andreas Wagner explores examples from grasses to genes, and from pacemakers to radar, showing how success depends not only on quality but on the right environment. What can these lessons teach us about human creativity today? With live music from Rotterdam-based artist Luka. Visit the website for more information via https://paradi.so/ScienceCocktails-26nov.