Numinous - Heart of Gold/Cœur d’or Science Exhibition

WHAT IS NUMINOUS?

A weekly 15-minute live science image exhibition. hosted online, designed from the ground up to produce awe. Each week, one curated collection of world-class scientific imagery – from the cells to the cosmos – with curatorial writing and live narration that explains the biology behind each image.

THE SCIENCE

A 2020 UCSF study found 15 minutes of intentional awe per week measurably reduced stress and increased compassion and gratitude. A 2025 randomised clinical trial confirmed it: awe reduces depression, anxiety and inflammation while sharpening memory, creativity and compassion — all at once. When 320,500 people across 26 countries were asked what brings them awe, not one mentioned their phone.

WHAT YOUR TICKET INCLUDES

• Access to one live 15-minute exhibition via private Zoom link

• A carefully chosen collection of world-class scientific imagery —each image selected because the science behind it is as extraordinary as the image itself

• Live narration on the science behind each image

• Guest speakers for selected exhibitions, with a post-session Q&A

HOW IT WORKS

1. Purchase your entry pass

2. Receive a confirmation email with private Zoom link and date/time

3. Join at the scheduled time – for exactly 15 minutes

4. For select exhibitions, stay for Q&A with the guest speaker

INAUGURAL EXHIBITION

Our first exhibition features an award-winning fluorescence micrograph of a human lung cell by Dr. Joe McKellar, public choice winner at Sciences en Images: La Vie est Belle, Montpelier Resources Imagerie, France. Joe will speak about the image and the extraordinary immune mechanism it reveals.

This is not passive content. It is a practice.

Be briefly, beautifully small.