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.
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Galactic Weather - RescheduledJust as Earth has an atmosphere, and stars (like the Sun) have coronas, galaxies are embedded in invisible halos of atomic gases. As galaxies evolve, these gaseous halos exhibit many interesting phenomena similar to rains and droughts on Earth. What do these enormous galactic climate systems look like, how are ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Very First Stars - LivestreamThe Big Bang theory, describing the origin of our universe, is very well established today. We have ample evidence that the universe originated from a hot “singularity,” then expanded and cooled over time. Nevertheless, there is still a big missing piece of the cosmic puzzle: How did the first stars ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $50 General, $90 Preferred, $199 VIP
Virtual Telescope Viewing - LivestreamJoin 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 be ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 07/26/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
What's the difference between heat and temperature? We use the terms interchangeably, but they have precise meanings to physicists. How does your thermostat work and how does a Thermos® know to keep a hot thing hot and a cold thing cold? The mysteries will be revealed in this talk.Speaker: Ron ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Admission
Monday, 07/27/20
Ask-an-Astronomer: Brian DiGiorgio - LivestreamUC Observatories Virtual Event Series with UC Santa Cruz Resident Ask-an-Astronomer Graduate student in Astronomy & Astrophysics Brian DiGiorgioZoom linkTo submit a question ahead of the event for Ask-an-Astronomer please email social@ucolick.org
Where: Cost: Free
Multi-Billion Search Engines, Data Science and AI Workshop - RescheduledThe workshop is about how AI and Data Science are used in multi-billion dollars/documents/users search engines such as Google / Apple / Walmart / eBay / Zillow and how to build a successful career in such companies. I'll talk about various use cases of using AI and Data Science to ...
Where: Cost: Free
Knowledge graph extraction from unstructured data and Semantic Role labeling - LivestreamMaintaining regulatory compliance is challenging for a range of businesses due to the volume of regulations and the rapid rate of change. Given the sheer volume, it is difficult for an enterprise to maintain a clear picture of the state of regulations that govern them, or to stay abreast of ...
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 07/28/20
Live ScienceJoin us for Chabot’s new virtual program, Live Science! The Live Science series is every Tuesday morning on Facebook Live.Each week, our Science Educator, Haley will lead a live demonstration of one explosive, chilling, or thrilling reaction that cannot be done at home! We’ll ask for your observations and explanations ...
Where: Cost: Free
Data Analysis with Python Workshop - LivestreamThis workshop will be a hands-on tutorial for the python PANDAS library. PANDAS is one of the popular tools used for manipulating, cleaning, integration and wrangling of tabular data. Data scientists spend significant amount of their time on such operations. This workshop aims to introduce how PANDAS can be used ...
Where: Cost: Free
Introduction to Computer Simulations in Physics, from Forest Fires to Salad Dressing - LivestreamIn this multi-day session, we will begin with a hands-on introduction to how computer simulations are used in scientific research, focusing on a kind of simulation called "lattice models." We'll use Python code in Jupyter notebooks (which work through an Internet browser), and participants will change parameters in the code ...
Where: Cost: Free
Trauma and Resiliency: The Opioid Crisis in Communities of Color - LivestreamWhile much of the social and political attention surrounding the nationwide opioid epidemic has focused on the dramatic increase in overdose deaths among white, middle-class, suburban and rural users, the impact of the epidemic in communities of color has received less attention.It is important to recognize and be responsive to ...
Find out about strong gravitational lensing, an optical effect that we can see caused by the warping of space and time due to the galaxies and other matter in the Universe. In rare and extreme cases, light from a distant galaxy can reach us by many different paths such that ...
Where: Cost: Free
U.S. Digital Response: Tech’s Fight Against COVID - LivestreamAs state and local governments continue to provide assistance to millions of Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, the transition to a purely digital interface has been difficult to navigate. In response, a few of the country’s leading technology experts founded the U.S. Digital Response, a nonprofit that connects governments with ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 07/29/20
Can Cycling Superhighways Succeed in the Bay Area? - LivestreamThe Copenhagen metro region boasts over 290 miles of cycling “superhighways,” protected commuter bike lanes that connect the Danish capital to outlying cities and towns. Could a similar network work in the Bay Area? Come learn about the Supercykelstier model and how transit agencies are building a Bay Area version ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members
Protecting Urban Surface Waters from Pesticide Related Toxicity: Science Driven Prevention and Response - LivestreamThe California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR)’s Surface Water Protection Program (SWPP) has been monitoring pesticides in urban waterways since 2008. Pesticides are a concern in urban waterways due to high use of pesticides in urban areas and high potential for pesticide runoff from impervious surfaces. SWPP’s urban monitoring studies ...
Ecosystems are undergoing rapid changes globally, resulting in changes to local biodiversity. It is increasingly important to be able to monitor these changes and the scales on which they are occurring. Genetic tools like environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis offer a way to detect a wide diversity of organisms from a ...
Where: Cost: Free
Storytime Science for Kids: The Sun - LivestreamJoin us for Storytime Science - a storybook read aloud followed by a simple related activity geared toward very young children. This month, Exploratorium staffer and children's literature aficionado Vivian Altmann will read Sun! One In A Billion, by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by Stevie Lewis. The sun is our own very ...
Where: Cost: Free
Introduction to Computer Simulations in Physics, from Forest Fires to Salad Dressing - LivestreamIn this multi-day session, we will begin with a hands-on introduction to how computer simulations are used in scientific research, focusing on a kind of simulation called "lattice models." We'll use Python code in Jupyter notebooks (which work through an Internet browser), and participants will change parameters in the code ...
Where: Cost: Free
A Prickly Problem: Saving the Suisun Thistle from Extinction - LivestreamThe Suisun Thistle (Cirsium hydrophilum var. hydrophilum) was once widespread in brackish tidal marshes that frame the northern edge of Suisun Bay. Over time, 87% of these marshes were transformed into managed ponds. The few remaining tidal marshes in the region are relatively small and fragmented. The Suisun Thistle declined ...
Where: Cost: Free
Multi-Billion Search Engines, Data Science and AI Workshop - LivestreamThe workshop is about how AI and Data Science are used in multi-billion dollars/documents/users search engines such as Google / Apple / Walmart / eBay / Zillow and how to build a successful career in such companies. I'll talk about various use cases of using AI and Data Science to ...
Where: Cost: Free
A COVID-19 Outlook: Progress on antiviral drugs and vaccine development - LivestreamBringing a new drug to market is a complex process with innumerable possible twists and turns. With a huge global research effort focused on SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19, what does that mean for the development of antiviral drugs and vaccines? What kind of jobs are in COVID-related research?If you’re ...
Where: Cost: Free
Science on Tap: Mapping the Missing Matter in Our Universe - LivestreamFast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are mysterious events that were discovered only in the last decade by astronomers. They last a few milliseconds at most but are extremely bright sources of radio waves. They are so bright that we can spot them from distant galaxies. Although we are not fully certain ...
This summer, the Mars 2020 spacecraft with its Perseverance Rover will launch as part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort to explore the Red Planet. Wake up early and watch along with Chabot’s astronomers virtually as we witness this historic launch! RSVP on FacebookAstronomers from Chabot Space and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Simons Institute Theoretically Speaking - The Mathematical Essence of Aging - LivestreamLarge-scale medical data are so complex that guiding principles are needed to understand them. In this talk, Uri Alon will describe a research project that develops mathematical models of physiological systems geared towards simplicity and understandability by using a small number of key well-studied variables, and then tests specific predictions ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the ways that many of us think about food and how it gets to us. How have supply chains changed? Should we be concerned about further disruptions? How are farmers pivoting to keep people fed? Join us to hear directly from the farmers who provide ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members
Introduction to Computer Simulations in Physics, from Forest Fires to Salad Dressing - LivestreamIn this multi-day session, we will begin with a hands-on introduction to how computer simulations are used in scientific research, focusing on a kind of simulation called "lattice models." We'll use Python code in Jupyter notebooks (which work through an Internet browser), and participants will change parameters in the code ...
Where: Cost: Free
COVID-19 and Climate: Implications for Our Food System - LivestreamWill COVID-19 change our food system for good? Increased coronavirus outbreaks in food markets, food plants and farmworker communities have impacted food access and put a spotlight on food insecurity. Farmers are hurting as supply chains for fresh, perishable foods shrivel. Meanwhile, food banks have seen a surge in demand ...
The impacts of climate change and environmental policies don’t affect all communities equally. The environmental justice movement is working to change that - to prompt the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and incomes in the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws. We’ll examine how environmental ...
Where: Cost: Free
Virtual NightLife, Vol. 7: SpaceVirtual NightLife is going to space! Join us for Virtual NightLife, Vol. 7, hosted by the Morrison Planetarium team, and get ready to mix your cosmos with the cosmos. The countdown begins now.Streaming live at youtube.com/calacademy & facebook.com/calacademy
Where: Cost: Free
San Francisco City Star Party - CanceledCome join us for our monthly San Francisco City Star Party. SFAA members provide telescopes for your viewing pleasure.Be sure to check the SFAA website for the latest updates…bad weather or overcast skies will cancel!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Friday, 07/31/20
AI Talks in Healthcare - LivestreamThis week, we are going to have our fifth "AI Talks in Healthcare" webinar. We will host Abdul Hamid Halabi who is the Global Head of Healthcare, AI & Robotics at NVIDIA.Speakers: Abdul Hamid Halabi, NVIDIA; Chirag Patel, Stanford School of Medicing; Ryan Spitler Stanford; Murat Baday, Magnimind AcademyZoom link ...
Where: Cost: Free
Introduction to Computer Simulations in Physics, from Forest Fires to Salad Dressing - LivestreamIn this multi-day session, we will begin with a hands-on introduction to how computer simulations are used in scientific research, focusing on a kind of simulation called "lattice models." We'll use Python code in Jupyter notebooks (which work through an Internet browser), and participants will change parameters in the code ...
