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Bay Visions 2021: “The Power of Plants Will Protect the Bay' - LivestreamBay Visions 2021, a FREE virtual symposium that will provide an inspiring look at adaption, regeneration, and the powerful role plants play in mitigating the challenges facing San Francisco Bay.Speakers include Karina Nielsen, Professor and Director, Estuary & Ocean Science Center, San Francisco State University; Dr. Katharyn Boyer, biology professor ...
Where: Cost: Free
Grey Matters: What the History of Vaccines Can Tell Us About the Future - LivestreamIn record time, the world has three COVID-19 vaccines but our resumption of normal life hangs on the success of making and distributing hundreds of millions of doses. Will people take them? There are also serious equity issues as to who has access to vaccine. Asking Americans to place their ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 01/14/21
'Pandemic19': Behind the Scenes with Frontline Doctors - LivestreamLearn about the making of a timely new documentary that reveals a side of the coronavirus pandemic often unseen by most people.Pandemic19 is a short documentary film that captures the story of three doctors in the United States fighting COVID-19 from pre-to-post surge, told through their own reflective, humanizing voices, while ...
Winter rains bring the return of the Garden's resident newts for their epic migration to our Japanese Pool for mating season! Learn about the fascinating adaptations and lives of these native animals with Dr. Paul Licht, UC Botanical Garden Director Emeritus. He will share his wealth of knowledge about the ...
Learn about some of the common species, wildlife injuries, and ailments they see at Wild Care, a wildlife rehabilitation center situated on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. From Bald Eagles to Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, learn why wildlife rehabilitation is important and how you can reduce your impact on our wild neighbors. This program will ...
Where: Cost: Free
Talking about chronic illness, care, and Covid - LivestreamJoin Academy-Award Nominated Filmmaker Jennifer Brea and anthropologist and writer Megan Moodie for an evening of conversation and reflection on chronic illness, the global crisis of care, and Covid-19.As the numbers of the chronically ill grow rapidly worldwide due to what is being called “long Covid,” there is much to ...
Where: Cost: Free
What You Need to Know about the COVID Vaccines - LivestreamWith two vaccines approved for emergency use in the U.S., the next major hurdle in the fight against the pandemic will be getting people immunized. In the U.S. alone, distributing vaccines to over 300 million people will present an unprecedented logistical challenge. The accelerated pace of vaccines development has given ...
Where: Kansas CityCost: Free
January LASER EventRichard Halpern (Cultural Historian, NY University, Retired) on "What is Tragedy good for?"Christian Kohler (Lawrence Berkeley Labs) on "Environmental Building Technologies"
NOTE: SCHEDULE CHANGE TO 6:30 STARTThe history of eugenics is often characterized as a cautionary tale of life in the bad old days, when assumptions about genetic determinism provided a respectable veneer of “pseudoscience” that enabled barely submerged racism, xenophobia, and blatant discrimination against those with disabilities to take root ...
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After Dark Online: VaccinesThe coronavirus vaccine has arrived - and along with it, a lot of questions. How do we know it's effective? How do we know it's safe? Who will get it, and when? Tonight, we’ll be joined by UCSF Chair of the Department of Medicine Dr. Bob Wachter and UCSF Chair ...
Where: Cost: Free
NightSchool: Arctic Life - LivestreamArctic explorers join us from the northern polar regions to talk about life found there - from microorganisms that live in sea ice to belugas and wolverines - and why biodiversity research and conservation in this region have never been more critical.EVENT HIGHLIGHTSIñupiaq Inuit wildlife and conservation biologist Victoria Buschman ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 01/15/21
'Human Nature': Talk with Jennifer Doudna, Adam Bolt, and Walter Isaacson - LivestreamScience holds the potential to shape our planet and every living thing in it. One of the greatest science stories of a generation culminated in 2020 with Nobel Prizes awarded for the groundbreaking achievement of two women whose discovery of a revolutionary tool called CRISPR allows us to edit genetic ...
Lack of awareness or the refusal to acknowledge racial-cultural dynamics within teams perpetuates systemic inequities, corrodes psychological well-being, and limits personal and scientific breakthroughs.In this webinar, Aziza Platt will help you understand the impact of systemic iniquity at both a personal and societal level and provide tools to assess racial-cultural ...
Where: Cost: Free
Galactic Archaeology - LivestreamThe goal of Galactic Archeology is to reveal how galaxies are built by looking at the current visible evidence and inferring the past. This requires knowledge of some of the most difficult aspects of Astronomy: determining ages, distances for individual stars. Using the APOGEE survey and augmenting with the GAIA ...
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Galactic Archaeology: Uncovering the construction of the Milky Way - LivestreamThe goal of Galactic Archeology is to reveal how galaxies are built by looking at the current visible evidence and inferring the past. This requires knowledge of some of the most difficult aspects of Astronomy: determining ages, distances for individual stars. Using the APOGEE survey and augmenting with the GAIA ...
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 be ...
Join 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 focus on rearing butterflies! Our fun Zoom event is suitable for all ages and ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Virtual Bioblitz LaunchBe part of this special edition of MLK Jr. Day of Service and discover how you can become a community scientist and contribute to parks and beyond!Come learn more about how community science is a movement to empower everyone to participate in building better knowledge to care for the world ...
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 01/19/21
This Moment in Climate with Michael Mann and Leah Stokes - LivestreamClimate change was a leading issue for more voters in 2020 than any other election year. With a promising new pro-science, pro-climate action administration coming in 2021, there are more pathways - and far greater political will - than ever before to transition to a clean energy economy.Now, the question ...
Speaker: Danny Sigman, Princeton UniversitySee weblink for Zoom information
Where: Cost: Free
NOVA 'Secrets in Our DNA' Screening & Panel Discussion - LivestreamSome 30 million Americans have sent their DNA to be analyzed by companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA, hoping to obtain clues to family origins and forecasts of their future health. Some users have found family members and discovered lurking genetic risks. But what happens once the sample is in the ...
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Two Talks: Popping the Science Bubble Effect of Moisture Content and Fuel type on EmissionsSpeaker: Priya Garg, UC BerkeleySweat It Out - What can molecules in sweat tell us about our health?Speaker: Mallika Bariya, UC BerkeleySee weblink for Zoom or Facebook links.
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COVID-19 Mutations & YOU - LivestreamSanta Cruz Works will conduct a Town Hall wherein a distinguished panel of experts will answer all of your questions about the new COVID-19 mutation. You learn what UCSC and our community leaders are doing to test and combat the virus.Register at weblink to receive connection information.
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An Evening Cruise into the Virgo Cluster - LivestreamIn 2020, we took a cruise to the center of the Milky Way. In 2021, we leave the comfort of our home galaxy and head to the Times Square of the Universe - the Virgo Cluster. Along the way, we will visit a whole zoo of different galaxies, the biggest ...
California has an extremely diverse 'mycoflora', with over 4,000 species of macro fungi documented. Modern taxonomical tools have shown that this is just the tip of the iceberg. This talk will highlight some of the recent discoveries, and how you can help move mycology forward.Speaker: Noah Siegel
