Talks
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POPULAR INFLUENCE “Public Perception of Torture: News and Entertainment” is a panel discussion about the press’s ability to shape the public’s ideas of the acceptability of torture. Tonight, 7 p.m., the New School, 55 W. 13th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-229-5353, $8.
THE WARMEST WINTER EVER A director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University, James Hansen, gives a talk about the effects of climate change on human beings and the issue of global warming. Tonight, 8:15 p.m., 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $25.
