Superhero NightLife

Channel your inner superhero during NightLife's first-ever salute to iconic comic book and cinema characters.

Come in costume and explore the science behind your favorite superheroes while learning about their real-life science counterparts.

From scuba scientists that dive to the depths of the ocean to explore (and sustain!) biodiversity to high-climbing botanists who scale trees to document what lives above our heads.

Hear a talk from aquarium director and scientific deep-diver Bart Shepherd about what it's like to venture to the depths of the twilight zone in search of new discoveries.

At the Project Lab, learn how spiders have influenced a certain building-hopping superhero with specimens from the Academy's renowned entomology collection.

Discover how tiny ants power complex communities with researchers from Stanford's Gordon Lab, and learn all about biocrusts, the "superheroes" of the microbial world, with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

Plus, flip through classic comic books and check out superhero collectibles at a pop-up shop by Mission Comics and Art.