Many events are being cancelled due to concerns related to COVID-19. While we strive to make sure information here is accurate, please check the host's website for up to date event details.
Coronavirus: Facts and Fears - OnlinePlease join Berkeley School of Public Health Dean Michael C. Lu for a 90 minute special live Q&A webinar about Coronavirus: Fact and Fears. Dr. Lu will be joined by several expert speakers who will illuminate the facts and dispel fears around this public health crisis. The speakers will include Anna Harte, MD, ...
Where: OrindaCost: $5 General, $1 Students & Teachers
SETI Talks: Virtual Edition. Extremophiles: Extreme Life on Other Worlds? - Video Event - FULLExtremophiles are organisms that live in extreme environments on Earth. Scientists have investigated their ability to survive to high temperatures, UV radiation, salty environments and places that are inhospitable for humans and most creatures on Earth. By studying conditions under which life can thrive, we hope to understand life elsewhere ...
Where: Cost: Free
CANCELLED: Skeptics in the Pub: MillbraeCancelled until Shelter in Place restrictions are lifted.Be sure to check http://www.skepticalcon.com/ and http://baskeptics.org/ For updates and SkeptiCal registration info.Science and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub West Bay, Fiddlers Green, Millbrae sponsored by Bay Area Skeptics.If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. ...
POSTPONED TO FALL 2020Does a Green New Deal replace “grow or die” with a different logic that nurtures people and the rest of the natural world? How do 8 billion people flourish while also preserving, protecting, and restoring biodiversity all over the planet? Climate change activists are weaving a holistic ...
This event MAY be held online. See the weblink. It currently says to check Facebook, but we were unable to find any mention of this seminar or the entire speaker series on Facebook. No link was provided at the web page.Speaker: Moied Wahid, ExperianThis speaker has been rescheduled for September ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, $14.95 Daytime Members
Venom Nightlife - CANCELEDNightLife shrinks you down to size with a garden party full of animatronic scorpions, spiders, ants, and more to kick-off the opening of our new exhibit, Venom.EVENT HIGHLIGHTSEnjoy an outdoor bar while posing with a 40-foot Mexican red-knee tarantula or climbing on a massive seven-spotted lady beetle.Get up close (but ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
CANCELLED Cameras and Cougars: 10 years of Mountain Lion Research and Conservation** Oakland Zoo is CLOSED and will remain closed until Alameda County’s ‘shelter in place’ order is lifted. **We cannot save what we do not understand. The Bay Area Puma Project is a large-scale study across diverse habitats. With the help of camera-traps, the study reveals trends in mountain lion abundance, ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10 - $30 sliding scale
CANCELLED: Hardcore Natural History - When Plants Ruled the Earth: The Legacy of the CarboniferousThe Museum Will Be Closed From March 13 To March 28, 2020. Check Back For Updates.The Carboniferous Period of geologic time stands as a critical period in the history of the earth. Dr. Edward Clifton will describe how a combination of plate tectonics, global climate change and the evolution of ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $10 General, $5 Member advance, $15 at door
Botany Series: Plant Terminology - RESCHEDULEDTaught by the knowledgeable team of Naomi LeBeau and Christina Crooker ( both of the Park Stewardship Restoration Team), this class will provide an introduction to terminology commonly used in identification of plants with a focus on leaf and flower parts. Illustrated examples and hands-on experience will be emphasized. This ...
In the last 5 years, there have been extensive studies and new materials designed for catalytic reduction of nitrogen to ammonia. This is a very difficult reductive transformation for traditional electrocatalysts and photocatalysts, but nature can provide an inspiration. Nitrogenase is the only enzyme known to reduce nitrogen to ammonia. ...
This trip will be rescheduled.Witness the mighty gray whale migration on this half-day cruise. Join our sanctuary naturalists as we venture into the northbound migration path of the gray whales as they head through our national marine sanctuaries, traveling from Baja California breeding grounds to their Arctic feeding grounds with ...
Where: Half Moon BayCost: $70
Science Saturday: Bees, Wasps, Honey, and Hives - CANCELEDExplore the sweet-side of science as Science Saturday turns its attention to Bees, Wasps, Honey, and Hives. Do all bees make honey? How do you tell a wasp from a bee? Do all bees sting? Find the answers to all of your buzzing questions as you complete a craft, and ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Saturdays in the Garden - CANCELEDInterested in learning more about the Bay Model waterfront? Stop by the Native Plant Garden on Saturdays to enjoy the garden and learn the latest about natural resources and recreational opportunities on Richardson Bay. Be sure to visit us on these Saturday afternoons for special activities.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Trekking the Model - CANCELEDJoin a Ranger or docent on a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 - 2000.
Interdisciplinary approaches to reveal parasite vulnerabilities - CANCELEDWithin the liver a single Plasmodium parasite transforms into tens of thousands of blood infective forms to cause malaria. The Derbyshire lab combines chemical biology, biochemistry and genomics to uncover molecular events that drive this transient developmental stage within the liver. Through an integrative approach, we utilize small molecule probes, ...
The AI industry in 2020-2030 - LivestreamThe last 5 years have been transformative in the AI industry, how will the next 10 look like?We've seen an explosion in IoT devices and the data flowing through them - ubiquitous computing is here to stay. How would this change the ecosystem with respect to hardware, solution development, testing, ...
Where: Cost: Free
U.S. Health Care in the Era of Coronavirus - Online EventAmerican health care has seen dramatic changes over the past decade. Obamacare reduced the number of uninsured citizens, but rising prices and deductibles have made care unaffordable for many. Medicaid has become the nation’s largest payer and now pays for half of all long-term care. Now the coronavirus pandemic is ...
My work uses data science to characterize how humans interact with the built and the natural environment seeking to plan for more sustainable and livable cities. Given the increasing ubiquity of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in the Bay Area, I present a study that aims to assist planning decisions by ...
ossil Free California will present a community forum on COVID-19 and the climate crisis. This live webinar will features BIDS Senior Fellow Dan Kammen, who will present his views on how the current global pandemic intersects with the climate crisis. Dr. Kammen is Chair of UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group ...
Long Now is postponing our March and April events at SFJAZZ Center - the Seminars with Jane Metcalfe on March 31, 02020 and Laurance Doyle on April 13, 02020. We are working closely with our speakers and SFJAZZ to reschedule these talks, and will keep our members and the public ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, Free for Members
