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Software engineers and tech professionals will discuss what it is like to work in tech.Registration required at weblink
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SETI Talks - Radio Astronomy: The End of Big Dishes? - LivestreamBig-single dish radio astronomy observatories such as the 305-m Arecibo Observatory and the 500-m FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope) have made key breakthroughs in science, including the discovery of the first extrasolar planets. Recently, interferometric telescopes such as MeerKAT in South Africa, ASKAP (Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder), and CHIME ...
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10th Annual College DayCollege Day is a community-driven, county-wide celebration that shows students from diverse backgrounds that going to college is possible. Now in its 10th year anniversary, under Silicon Valley Education Foundation's (SVEF) and Santa Clara County Office of Education leadership and our partners, we are excited to bring you workshops during ...
Learn about and color hand-drawn pictures of bees; submit drawings to be featured on Instagram. Q+A with graduate student researchers about bees along with live drawing.Registration required at weblink
Grab your lunch and join The Leakey Foundation for Lunch Break Science. We will explore interesting questions with Leakey Foundation scientists, followed by Q&A with you. Take a break from your day and feed your brain with The Leakey Foundation!Registration required at weblink
Explore how your eye-brain connection plays an important role in what you see, but can sometimes be tricked into seeing things that aren’t there.Registration required at weblink
DNA dictates how fruits and vegetables taste, smell and look and is in every cell of our food. You can isolate and see that genetic information.Registration required at weblink
Join us for Storytime with an Atronomer. Enjoy the book If Pluto was a Pea by Gabrielle Prendergast and then talk to an Astronomer about their work.Registration required at weblink
Join Tiburon Library Children’s Librarian and EOS Center scientists for a STEAM Storytime, science chat and hands-on activity with materials found at home.Registration required at weblink
Learn to make glue at home and why some types of glue are better than others. Stick with us and learn the science of adhesives!Registration required at weblink
Advances in computer face recognition provide the insight into the persona of STEM pioneer and early vision scientist, Leonardo da Vinci, through facial age regression.Registration required at weblink
Spark an interest in fire safety and electricity! Learn about the science of wildfires and how charges impact the world around us.Registration required at weblink
Join one of our experts on sea level rise to discuss San Francisco Public Library’s One City, One Book selection, Rising by Elizabeth Rush.Registration required at weblink
Join the Youth Going Green Team as they expand minds and “Come Clean with Compost: Understand the Why and How”. The workshop will educate and inspire all who attend.Registration required at weblink
Engineer a marble run from simple materials you already have at home. We hope you’ll join us to see how fun engineering can be!Registration required at weblink
Join us for a sweet lesson in the art and science of making ice cream, lead by ice cream scientist Dr. Maya Warren.Registration required at weblink
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Social Justice Series: Addressing The Determinants Of Criminal Injustice - LivestreamWhy does America have the highest incarceration rate in the world and what does this mean for our health? Dr. Miller will discuss the implications of a fractured criminal justice system on the health and lives of the formerly incarcerated and the communities in which they live.
A brief presentation about the Berkely Formula Racing team and our school followed by a Q&A session focused on our school, our team, and our engineering.Registration required at weblink
Combining light and gravitational waves to solve the biggest mysteries in astrophysics.Registration required at weblink
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Hunting for infection, one molecule at a time - LivestreamOur COVID-19 response series continues, this time with a look at hardware solutions. Healthcare professionals need to be able to get diagnoses quickly, rather than sending samples offsite to be processed and waiting for the results. Professor Holger Schmidt’s lab is developing technology that could give doctors compact instruments that ...
Learn tools and techniques to use at home and save gallons of useful rainwater from carrying pollutants to the Bay.Registration required at weblink
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Clean Water - LivestreamMuch of the time we take it for granted that we have a safe water. This panel explores the creative ways in which these two organizations provide clean and safe water for those who do not have it.Jon Kaufman is the Director of H2OpenDoors, a project of Rotary International. Kaufman ...
Join our live session featuring 3 scientists recruited from around the country to give short 10-15 minute, accessible public talks about Health/Environmental Science. 5-10 minutes of Q&A with the public following each talk.Registration required at weblink
Join producers from KQED’s DEEP LOOK science series and spider experts for a special screening of spine-tingling spider episodes.Registration required at weblink
Anchored between Piers 15 and 17 at the Exploratorium, a buoy on loan from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration collects data on water temperature and salinity and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere and in San Francisco Bay. Tonight, join us as we take the buoy out of ...
Journey back in time 4.6 billion years to learn about the beginnings of the universe and why life on Earth looks like it does today - all in under an hour. Using meteorites and fossils from the Academy’s Geology collections, Curatorial Assistant Maricela Abarca will help you brush up on ...
Via radio/smartphone, Urban Astronomer Paul Salazar and KPOO-FM DJ Marilynn will broadcast/stream a guided tour of the Moon, planets, and constellations.Registration required at weblink
Register now for a special at-home screening of The Guardians, a documentary film by Ben Crosbie and Tessa Moran. The Guardians film explores the connection between the lives of monarch butterflies and the Indigenous people of Donaciano Ojeda, both depend on the same ancient fir forest for survival. Responsible with ...
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10th Annual College DayCollege Day is a community-driven, county-wide celebration that shows students from diverse backgrounds that going to college is possible. Now in its 10th year anniversary, under Silicon Valley Education Foundation's (SVEF) and Santa Clara County Office of Education leadership and our partners, we are excited to bring you workshops during ...
Join us for Storytime with a Scientist. Enjoy the book The Princess and the Petri Dish by Sue Fliess and then talk to a Chemical Engineer about her work.Registration required at weblink
The Techbridge Superheroes signal, which lights up whenever anyone needs help, has just stopped working. The wires in the circuit are broken and you need to fix it using materials that can be found around your home. Will you be able to fix it?Registration required at weblink
This activity teaches participants how yeast “eats” sugar, when making bread. Yeast uses sugar to make the dough rise by producing the gas, carbon dioxide, that makes holes in breadRegistration required at weblink
Join us to discover why tidal marshes are so important in meeting the challenges caused by climate change and sea level rise.Registration required at weblink
Learn basic circuitry and optical fibers with SFPL To Go Science Kit. To participate, visit your nearest SFPL to GO to pick up materials to build a fun fiber optic flashlight. For more information, call 415-554-9009.Registration required at weblink
Explore the inside of a live honey bee beehive with Planet Bee Foundation! You’ll be buzzing with excitement during this un-bee-lievable virtual field trip!Registration required at weblink
In this last day of Catch that Critter, it’s show and tell time for the students! We’ll take a look and compare our findings from around the Bay Area.Registration required at weblink
HP Innovating Beyond the Garage invites all attendees to fun-packed presentations, demonstration videos, and hands-on activities to learn how things work and the science fundamentals. Let’s celebrate science and technology together!Registration required at weblink
Explore Gladstone labs and learn how their state-of-the-art biomedical research is helping scientists to find new pathways to cures.Registration required at weblink
What do you know about the brain? Neuroscientists will quiz you with brain & biology trivia and you can ask questions and sign up for the free annual Bay Area Brain Bee. View brain cells on our 3-D microscope!Registration required at weblink
Learn about genetic disease and DNA editing technology. Engage with an expert panel on the ethics of treating a disease that affects marginalized communities.Registration required at weblink
View the journey of an artifact from excavation to final curation and tour the Presidio Trust archaeology lab. Q&A with an archaeologist!Registration required at weblink
Explore the world-class observatories nestled in northern Chile’s mountains and learn why Chile, with its beautiful mountain ranges and clear cloudless skies, creates an ideal environment for studying the cosmos.Registration required at weblink
This lesson introduces fundamental ideas of computer science, prepares students for problem solving and logical thinking, and shows that code can be written by anyone!Registration required at weblink
Swiss and American universities initiate projects that collaborate with citizens, communities, government associations, and corporations. With the common goal to find solutions for location-specific problems arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, they come together to share their learnings and insights on working with different communities. This event connects the Swiss hackathon ...
This activity will guide participants in a study of their own environment and lives as a chance to practice archaeology.Registration required at weblink
Este evento es dirigido a los padres, para que sepan cómo hablar con sus hijos acerca de la pandemia actual del COVID-19.Registration required at weblink
Ever wonder what DNA actually looks like? Follow along with a hands-on guided experiment to extract and examine your own DNA!Registration required at weblink
Join us for a fun, interactive workshop about how healthy lungs work! We will also explore how asthma affects the lungs and how inhalers help.Registration required at weblink
What do we know about the object at the center of our solar system? We’ll be tackling a variety of hot topics about our sun!Registration required at weblink
Get a glimpse of drug development in action: Take a virtual tour of Denali Therapeutics and meet our team, dedicated to defeating neurodegenerative disorders!Registration required at weblink
Get an introductions into the extremely powerful theories of quantum mechanics and Einstein’s general relativity, and explain why the search to unify the two can ultimately lead to a single theory that describes the entire Universe.Registration required at weblink
DESI High es un ‘juego de química’ de cosmología moderna con datos directos del telescopio. ¡Aprende sobre la expansión del Universo, Energía Oscura y mas!Registration required at weblink
DESI High is a “chemistry set” of 21st century Cosmology for high schoolers, with hot-off-the-telescope data. Come learn about dark energy, python and data science!Registration required at weblink
A visual comparison of brain anatomy between humans and rodents. Get a microscopic view into brain structure and disease, presented by scientists from Denali Therapeutics.Registration required at weblink
We’ll discuss what to plant in San Francisco to feed our local ecosystem, including shallow rooted plants that thrive in pots.Registration required at weblink
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Refuge Rails and Tales - LivestreamBehind the peaceful refuge and beautiful bay are many fascinating tales: the little rail vs. the big rail, the mouse with the mighty tail, the amazing mistake that led to the discovery of the bay, the marsh named after Chicago, how the bay was nearly destroyed (twice!), how three women ...
Join us for Storytime with a Scientist. Enjoy the book Arithmechicks Add Up - a Math Story by Ann Marie Stephens and then talk to a mathematician about his work.Registration required at weblink
Learn about how a special kind of drawing-based cognitive training rapidly drives brain plasticity, enhances learning and memory across a variety of domains, including STEM education, and even blindness rehabilitation.Registration required at weblink
Join our live session featuring 3 scientists recruited from around the country to give short 10-15 minute, accessible public talks about Astronomy. 5-10 minutes of Q&A with the public following each talk.Registration required at weblink
The Lost Family explores the rapidly evolving phenomenon of home DNA testing, its implications for how we think about family and ourselves and its ramifications for American culture broadly.Registration required at weblink
Screening of a short film from iBiology on the Meselson-Stahl experiment, followed by a discussion of strategies for using video and storytelling to teach the process of science.Registration required at weblink
Join UCSF physicians Emily Silverman and Ashley McMullen for a conversation about The Nocturnists, a SF-based independent medical storytelling community, and its latest audio docu series, “Stories from a Pandemic” and “Black Voices in Healthcare”.Registration required at weblink
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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!
The Drake Equation famously “quantifies our ignorance” regarding the number, N, of advanced civilizations in our galaxy. Even though planets are plentiful, and even though life may be a natural - even common - product of cosmic chemistry, we Earthlings may represent the solitary galactic civilization capable of interstellar communication. ...
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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 ...
Register now for a special at-home screening of The Guardians, a documentary film by Ben Crosbie and Tessa Moran. The Guardians film explores the connection between the lives of monarch butterflies and the Indigenous people of Donaciano Ojeda, both depend on the same ancient fir forest for survival. Responsible with ...
Register now for a special at-home screening of The Guardians, a documentary film by Ben Crosbie and Tessa Moran. The Guardians film explores the connection between the lives of monarch butterflies and the Indigenous people of Donaciano Ojeda, both depend on the same ancient fir forest for survival. Responsible with ...
Learn about how recent insight into how Coronaviruses hijack human cells and cause disease have revealed similarities between Covid-19 and cancer. Join UCSF researchers on a virtual tour of their labs and a live Q & A session.Registration required at weblink
Join us for Storytime with a Scientist. Enjoy the book Charlotte the Scientist Finds a Cure by Andrea Camillo and then talk to a scientist about their work.Registration required at weblink
Scientists from Smith-Kettlewell will reveal preliminary results of their auditory science experiment and discuss how these results can help advance our understanding of auditory perception!Registration required at weblink
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Butterflies of the UC Botanical Garden - LivestreamJoin our resident caterpillar lady Sal Levinson and butterfly guy Sarab Seth for an illustrated slideshow of butterflies found in the Garden at this time of year. We'll learn about their life cycle, host plants, and more! Our fun Zoom event is suitable for all ages and includes a live ...
Get a glimpse of drug development in action: Take a virtual tour of Denali Therapeutics and meet our team, dedicated to defeating neurodegenerative disorders!Registration required at weblink
¿Alguna vez te has preguntado cómo realmente se ve el ADN? ¡Sigue con este experimento práctico para extraer y examinar tu propio ADN!Registration required at weblink
An interactive tour of medical imaging in radiation oncology! Can you find the toy in the CT image and ultrasound? Join us to learn how medical images are used in medicine!Registration required at weblink
Join us and share what you found during the Bird Scavenger Hunt! Bird expert will be able to answer any questions about the birds you observed.Registration required at weblink
An introduction to different storytelling mediums and their importance in communicating difficult information during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a 4-panel comic creation exercise.Registration required at weblink
Four women involved in different STEM disciplines and at different stages of their career talk about their career path and their jobs, followed by a moderated Q&A session.Registration required at weblink
Your town has $100k to spend on climate change, but how will you spend it? Take on the role of various townspeople as you play your way to a consensus.Registration required at weblink
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Haiti and the Impact of COVId-19 - LivestreamPierre Labossiere is the cofounder and leader of the Haiti Action Committee. He is considered the progressive voice on Haitian politics and has worked tirelessly his entire adult life to advance human rights and dignity for his fellow Haitians. He will discuss the current status of Haiti and the impact ...
In this fun science experiment, we use common kitchen items such as flour, oil, water and salt to demonstrate interesting phenomenons in polymer science.Registration required at weblink
Join us at the CZ Biohub as we take you on a virtual tour into our diagnostic lab to see how a COVID-19 test gets processed to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Then join us for a live Q&A with some of our scientists.Registration required at weblink
A visual comparison of brain anatomy between humans and rodents. Get a microscopic view into brain structure and disease, presented by scientists from Denali Therapeutics.Registration required at weblink
We will introduce cool optical concepts such as refraction, diffraction, and fiber optics through virtual demos and activities.Registration required at weblink
Join a Q&A panel with young climate activists about experiences in the climate movement, our passion for these issues, and how you can get involved!Registration required at weblink
Join the Youth Going Green Team for “Creative Construction with Cardboard”. This workshop will educate and inspire you to use every day disposable items to create holiday decorations and fun gadgets. Let your creative juices flow.Registration required at weblink
Curious about astronomy? Ask your questions here! Join a live discussion with scientists at Lick Observatory, who will be answering public questions in a one-hour Zoom event.Registration required at weblink
Develop a database using Python to analyze opensource COVID-19 data using Jupyter notebooks, pandas, matplotlib to understand impact of exponential growth, differences between states or countries, and efforts to control spread.Registration required at weblink
Synthetic biology - the design and construction of new biological parts and systems and the redesign of existing ones for useful purposes - is transforming fields from fuels to pharmaceuticals and beyond. Our lab has pioneered the potential of synthetic biology to revolutionize two areas of interest to NASA: astrobiology ...
Quantum Gravity - LivestreamDr. Sebastian Fischetti of McGill University works in the area of Quantum Fields and Strings. He will be presenting his work on Quantum Gravity and Evaporating Black Holes.Speaker: Dr. Sebastian Fischetti, McGill UniversityZoom link.
Four of the top energy graduate students will share highlights of their research.William Huang: Resolving Nanoscale Heterogeneity in Battery Interphases with Cryo-EMWilliam received his B.S. in Nanoengineering from the University of California, San Diego, and is currently a 5th year PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering. His work focuses broadly ...
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Proton and nuclear structure from the Standard Model - LivestreamOur understanding of the structure of matter, encapsulated in the Standard Model of particle physics, is that protons, neutrons, and nuclei emerge dynamically from the interactions of underlying quark and gluon degrees of freedom. I will describe how first-principles theory calculations have given us new insights into this structure, including ...
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Astronomy on Tap: Los Angeles - LivestreamWe’ll hear from Briley Lewis: “New Horizons and Pluto: An Adventure to the Outer Solar System” and from Chris Bochenek: “Fast Radio Bursts: A Mystery Solved?”. In addition, we will host interactive astronomically-themed pub trivia.Watch on YouTube.
You are invited on a spectacularly illustrated Tourist Tour of the Solar System and the Galaxy with astronomer Andrew Fraknoi.* Tuesdays, 12:30 PM - 2:15 PM, Oct. 13 through Nov. 3 (Four Meeting Days)* Offered through the SF State Osher Life-long Learning Institute (OLLI), but open to anyone over age ...
G.K. Gilbert’s 1890 monograph on Lake Bonneville published by the United States Geological Survey initiated over a century of research on Quaternary lakes in the American west. The continuation of this work is increasingly pertinent today with the need to test climate models used to forecast future water resources in ...
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Science policy in California state government - LivestreamWe will hear from Sarah Brady, the Deputy Director of the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), and Gabby Nepomuceno, an environmental scientist at the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). Dr. Brady previously advised on policy issues in the Legislature and now provides science advice on a broad ...
Your family will enjoy learning from and about Mike deGruy. His incessant need to know more about the ocean will inspire kids of all ages.JOIN MIMI deGRUY, LIZ TAYLOR and EOS CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KARINA NIELSEN for a panel discussion of the film and Mike's favorite topic, the ocean.When you ...
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Behavior and Ecology of Killer Whales in Monterey Bay over the Last 30 Years - LivestreamNancy Black will share her knowledge of the killer whale population she has come to know well over the past 30 years of research in Monterey Bay. As a research biologist specializing in killer whales, she brings a unique perspective and wealth of experience as owner and captain of Monterey ...
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Wednesday, 10/28/20
Live ScienceJoin Chabot Science Educators for a fun and interactive science experiment! Together, we will investigate and observe a phenomenon of science through a captivating demonstration.We’ll ask for observations and explanations of what YOU think is happening before revealing the science behind it. Then, we’ll end with a live Q&A for ...
Roman Krznaric is a public philosopher who writes about the power of ideas to change society. His newest book on the history and future of long-term thinking, The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World will be published in 02020. Other books include Empathy, The ...
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Blockchain for the Public Good- LivestreamBlockchain technology has gained notoriety over the past decade as a platform for cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, which has been used for illicit exchange of weapons and drugs, as well as paying off hackers whose ransomware holds computer systems hostage. At the same time, researchers and developers have been exploring ...
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Ask the Scientist - Lynn Lee - LivestreamHow do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A sessionParents must give ...
This seminar will go over some of my contributions in the field of renewable energy sources (RES) integration: (a) modeling climate change uncertainty through a stochastic formulation of the capacity expansion of power systems in the U.S. with high penetration of RES, (b) a new time-varying representation for power dynamics ...
Climate is changing - throughout California, across the United States, and for the planet as a whole. Temperatures are increasing, rainfall patterns are shifting, and extreme precipitation and heat wave events are becoming more frequent. Climate change isn’t just a problem for polar bears or future generations anymore - it’s ...
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Healthy Choices: Where to Apply Data Science within a Hospital - LivestreamIt is no surprise that as data science has proliferated across many industries, hospitals are also looking at how data science can make their operations more efficient, safer, and more equitable. We will discuss a few use cases for data science in hospital operations including using network analysis to reduce ...
Nicholas Christakis is a physician and sociologist at Yale University who explores the ancient origins and modern implications of human nature. Christakis’ research focuses on the social, mathematical and biological rules that form social networks as well as the implications of human connection that influences thoughts, feelings and behaviors.In his ...
Skeptics in the Pub: Millbrae - CANCELEDScience 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. If ye shun the brewer’s art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!Skeptics ...
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To eat or not to eat: is that the (only) question? - LivestreamA key challenge of the modern world relates to how our contribution to environmental degradation has a pervasive effect on our own health and the health of future generations. There is evidence from human epidemiological studies and animal models demonstrating that exposure to environmental agents prior to conception or during ...
