- Cancer disparities in Asian Americans: Public Policy vs Public Health
Dr. karen Kim's presentation will include:1. Discuss cancer disparities among Asian immigrants 2. Discuss how public policies impact disparities 3. Describe a public health model to decrease cancer disparities among Asian Americans Room M114 Where: Stanford Cost: free - Benjamin Dean Lecture: Brilliant Blunders
Dr Mario Livio is a senior astrophysicist at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute and a bestselling author. He wrote "The Golden Ratio", a highly acclaimed book about mathematics and art for which he received the International Pythagoras Prize and the Peano Prize. His latest literary adventure "Brilliant Blunders" draws ... Where: San Francisco Cost: $12 General, $8 Members, $10 Seniors
- Convection in ice mantles: effects of texture and anisotropy
The icy mantles of satellites in the outer solar system may transport heat by solid-state convection, which is important because it provides a mechanism for cycling material between a ocean and surface, controls the rate of heat transport, and may produce surface geological features. The style of convection and rate ... Where: Mountain View Cost: Free - Skeptics in the Studio
North Bay Skeptics are: humanists, atheists, freethinkers, agnostics and undeclared, who embrace modern skepticism. We celebrate the scientific method, and the application of logic and evidence to all claims. As in the tradition of many Skeptical groups world wide, we like to gather for lively discussion on current topics and ... Where: Santa Rosa Cost: Free - Bio-Physics and Bio-Medicine in a New Light
Prof. Steven Chu (Stanford Physics and Molecular and Cellular Physiology Depts.) will give the Applied Physics/Physics colloquium Where: Palo Alto Cost: Free - Low Power Electronics Design and Energy Harvesting
From nanowatt to self-generating electronics, tomorrow's designs will minimize the amount of energy required to make them work. Professor Chandrakasan, a leading researcher in low-power electronic design will share his insights into the world of energy-efficient circuits!Next-generation portable multimedia devices and wireless sensors will require a dramatic reduction in energy ... Where: Palo Alto Cost: $45 - The Hidden Life of Wolves
Join LivingWithWolves for a Presentation and Book Signing by Jim and Jamie Dutcher, Emmy Award-winning filmmakers and authors of The Hidden Life of Wolves.A reception, with light refreshments begins at 6:00pm, multimedia presentation at 7:00pm, followed by signing of the Dutchers' new National Geographic book, The Hidden Life of Wolves. ... Where: Berkeley Cost: - Tales from the Cryptograms: Sex, Death, and alternative lifestyles from the Kingdom Fungi
SPEAKER: Christian Schwarz Where: San Francisco Cost: Free - Black holes and galaxies: A love-hate relationship
Black holes do not spend their lives alone in empty space. It is now known that, at the center of almost every galaxy, there is an enormous black hole, with a mass billions of times the mass of the Sun. This black hole pulls in and sweeps away gas from ... Where: Menlo Park Cost: Free - Stewart Brand presents 'Reviving Extinct Species'
Death is still forever, but extinction may not be---at least for creatures that humans drove extinct in the last 10,000 years. Woolly mammoths might once again nurture their young in northern snows. Passenger pigeon flocks could return to America's eastern forest. The great auk may resume fishing the coasts of ... Where: San Francisco Cost: $15
- Real-Time Computing
Advances in hardware over the last two decades have enabled us to completely rethink what is possible with enterprise software, particularly when we think about it in terms of the incredible explosion of data happening all around us. Today's machines can bring large amounts of main-memory, and lots of multi-core ... Where: Stanford Cost: Free - Whales: Up Close and Personal
Conservation photographer Bryant Austin is the only photographer in the world producing high-resolution, life-size photography of whales. A chance encounter with a humpback calf and its mother helped Austin develop a technique to create detailed, intimate portraits of his subjects. Spending days at a time submerged with groups of whales, ... Where: San Francisco Cost: Free - The Internet|Human Map: Forecasting a more human web
For most of its history, using the Internet has involved conforming and contorting to the logic, architecture, and input/output mechanisms of machine networks. Humans have kneeled before immobile computer screens, tethered our limbs to mice and keyboards, and craned our necks to use the smartphone screens in our hands. The ... Where: San Jose Cost: FREE - Science and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub, West Bay
Skeptics in the Pub, West BayFiddlers Green, MillbraeIf ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. If ye shun the brewer's art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!Skeptics in the Pub is a monthly ... Where: Millbrae Cost: - Talking About Ecology and Science in Public
Join a challenging conversation some have dubbed "environmental communications in the Anthropocene" to discuss the problems with presenting complex ecological information publicly. Rose Aguilar from KALW's Your Call radio, Brent Plater of the Wild Equity Institute, and environmental scientist and climate change activist Azibuike Akaba discuss and debate issues of ... Where: San Francisco Cost: Free
- HALL EFFECT THRUSTERS: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND FUTURE EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS
May 23, 2013 HALL EFFECT THRUSTERS: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND FUTURE EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS Dr. Ned Britt, The Cameron Group, Inc. Hall effect thrusters (HET) are becoming a pervasive method of electric propulsion for satellite stationkeeping. Because communication satellites are trending toward higher-power solar arrays, and because HETs have relatively high ... Where: Palo Alto Cost: - Education Café: Economics of Education
Science Buzz CafeSpeaker: Dr. Robert Porter, and Daniel Osmer Where: Sebastopol Cost: $5 - Life in the Wild - Capturing the family life of endangered animals
Suzi Eszterhas is an author and award-winning wildlife photographer. She photographs beautiful, mysterious and-sometimes-dangerous animals. In her career, Eszterhas has photographed wildlife in tropical rain forests, the Arctic Ocean and African savannas. She has followed bears, penguins, sea otters, lions, gorillas, cheetahs and many more. Eszterhas's photos can be found ... Where: Sonoma Cost: Free - The Amoeba in the Room: Why Animals and Plants Don't Matter Very Much
Here are some facts of life: A drop of seawater contains 100 thousand bacteria and millions of predatory viruses; a pinch of soil swarms with cryptic microbes whose activities are a mystery; the atmosphere is misted with 50 million tons of fungal spores that affect the weather; and, our bodies ... Where: Berkeley Cost:
- Water security in a changing world
Speaker: John Briscoe, School of Public Health, Harvard University Where: Stanford Cost: Free
- Give the Ocean a Voice: Part III Ocean Plastic – You are what you Eat
In support of the America's Cup Healthy Ocean Project, this short talk will address the issue of plastic in our oceans and the impact it is having on the food web and food chain. Remember, you are what you eat. Learn what we can do to be part of the ... Where: Sausalito Cost: Free - Keys to the Universe
Speaker: Dr. Timothy Ferris Where: San Jose Cost: Free
- Marine Mammal Research Tour
Go behind the scenes at Long Marine Lab. Learn about the work of scientists and their studies of dolphins, seals, sea lions, and whales. Tour is best suited for adults and children over 10 years of age. Space limited, free with admission. Reservations required: (831) 459-3800. Where: Santa Cruz Cost: Free with admission