Of Science and Sins: Join the Academy for a new event series that explores ‘Science and the Seven Deadly Sins’ On Wednesday, November 28, join editor George Musser (Scientific American), expert in theology and science Christiana Peppard (Fordham University), physicist Gregory Benford (University of California), and biologist and author Stuart Firestein (Columbia University) at Pride: Flying Cars and Other Broken Promises, where they will explore the ethical side of unfulfilled scientific promises.