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Illuminating Dark Matter - LivestreamDark matter is the cosmic parent of all vast structures in the night sky, including our own Milky Way galaxy. Yet we know so very little about this mysterious stuff that constitutes 85%(!) of the material universe. We don’t know what it’s made of, we don’t know where it came ...
Where: Cost: Free
Fantasy Flights to the Moon - LivestreamThis talk is in part based on the same section in my new major lunar observers handbook, Luna Cognita. The 3-volume set is scheduled to be published by Springer before the end of this year. Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 wrote the Introduction. The book is available on Amazon right ...
Join our resident astronomers on Facebook Live every Saturday evening live from Chabot’s Observation deck! Each week, our astronomers will guide us through spectacular night sky viewing through Nellie, Chabot‘s most powerful telescope. Weather permitting we will be able to view objects live through the telescopes and our astronomers will ...
SkeptiCal 2020 will be back in 2021! SkeptiCal is the annual Northern California conference focusing on science and skepticism.We are part of a national skeptical movement begun in the 1970s and 1980s by Carl Sagan and other scientists who were concerned about the public embrace of various pseudosciences.We seek to improve ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: TBA
Monday, 06/08/20
World Oceans Day Celebration - LivestreamWorld Oceans Day is a global movement to celebrate, protect, and preserve Earth’s life support system. Join us for discussions and films that explore the sights and sounds of the sea, from the lapping shoreline of San Francisco Bay to the call of a deep-diving whale off of the Pacific ...
'Surviving in the Lagoon' - Q&A by marine scientists - LivestreamIn the heart of the a vast ocean, the atolls of the Pacific are like oasis in a sprawling desert. Each one contains a unique and breathtaking environment. Where the reef breaks, the ecosystem of the lagoon flourishes.Filmed in UHD and extreme slow motion, this film captures exclusive wildlife behavior ...
Catherine Blish is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine and an Assistant Director of the Stanford Medical Scientist Training Program. Her clinical focus is on infectious diseases. She received her PhD in Immunology from the University of Washington School of Medicine, where she ...
Where: Cost: Free
International Ocean Film Festival - Surviving in the Lagoon - CANCELEDThis stunning film takes us on an adventure to the most remote atolls of French Polynesia in the middle of the immense Pacific Ocean. The lagoons are like passageways between two worlds, breaches in the coral that allow communication with the ocean. Follow the convict surgeonfish from larval growth to ...
Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will explore the role of energy innovation in the post-pandemic economic recovery, and the dual challenge of increasing access to energy while reducing the sector's environmental impact. Moniz will be interviewed by Arun Majumdar and Sally Benson, co-directors of Stanford's Precourt Institute for ...
Where: Cost: Free
Climate Action in the Covid Era: Data, Reporting, and AccountabilityThe Covid crisis has laid bare the need for real-time, comprehensive, and publicly accessible data - the climate crisis demands no less. Join Ken Alex, Alicia Seiger and Michael Schmitz as they discuss how to fill the existing climate data gaps and why it’s time to move beyond an approach ...
The ocean provides critical services to life on the planet, absorbing 93 percent of the heat from anthropogenic warming and a quarter of human carbon dioxide emissions each year. However, rising ocean temperatures and carbon dioxide levels also change the marine environment - pH and oxygen levels fall, ocean currents ...
Global warming, air pollution, and energy insecurity are three of the most significant problems facing the world today. This talk discusses the development of technical and economic roadmaps to convert the energy infrastructures of homes, cities, countries, and the world to those powered by 100% wind, water, and sunlight (WWS) ...
Gene editing is revolutionizing agriculture by changing how we design, produce, and consume food. But how is this technology being used, and what does this mean for farmers, consumers, and society at large? We'll take a holistic journey through the history of plant breeding to understand how this cutting-edge technology ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 06/11/20
Handshake: Robotics and the Human Touch - LivestreamHandshake: A Interactive Robotic Installation, was initiated by swissnex Boston and AATB, in close collaboration with the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York, the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, and swissnex San Francisco. This project and its global reach were made possible by the generous support of the global ...
Where: Cost: Free
Real Talk: Racism and Climate - LivestreamThe national uprising ignited by the murder of George Floyd has cast a spotlight on the country’s embedded, institutional racism, including the fraught relationship between environmentalism and communities of color. Air pollution, severe weather and the economic upheaval brought on by climate change impacts black and minority communities first and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Don't Unplug: How Technology Saved My Life and Can Save Yours Too - CANCELEDIn 2002, Chris Dancy was overweight, unemployed and addicted to technology. He chain-smoked cigarettes, popped pills, and was angry and depressed. But when he discovered that his mother kept a record of almost every detail of his childhood, an idea began to form. Could knowing the status of every aspect ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Virtual NightLife #6 - LivestreamVirtual NightLife is going to space! Join us for Vol. 6, when we’ll be mixing cosmos with the cosmos. The countdown begins now. Streaming live on YouTube and Facebook.
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Friday, 06/12/20
AI Talks in Healthcare - 1We are starting a new talk series where we will host top AI experts in different fields of data science, biotech, and medicine. You will have a chance to learn the most recent trends in the field which may inspire you to transition to take an initiative as a data ...
Where: Cost: Free
137 Years of Chabot Space & Science Center in 60 Minutes - LivestreamChabot Space & Science Center has very old roots in Oakland and the East Bay, and no fewer than three incarnations as a student and public observatory and science education center. Now celebrating the 20th anniversary at its present location on the skyline of the Oakland Hills, the institution as ...
Where: Cost: Free
Evenings with the Stars - CANCELEDOur 'Evenings with the Stars' programs are held annually as part of our Summer Series. Each year we bring world-renowned astronomers to the summit of Mount Hamilton for a night with the "stars" you won't forget!
