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.
Join us for a rare conversation with Dr. Margaret Hamburg about solutions to the COVID-19 crisis and what needs to be done with U.S. health care in the future.Speaker: Margaret Hamburg, National Academy of Medicine, former FDA Commissioner; Gloria Duffy, The Commonwealth Club
The Science of Social Distancing, Part 2 - LivestreamIn COVID-19 Conversations webinar, Webinar #1: The Science of Social Distancing, Part 1, the lineup of public health, medical and emergency experts shared the science on social distancing as well as strategies to support it. They explored how findings from past pandemics - as well as the current one - can shape ...
Ergomagnetospheres Ejection Disks and Electromagnetic Jets - LivestreamRecent, remarkable images, made by the EHT collaboration of M 87, exhibit a ring of emission, presumably orbiting a six billion solar mass black hole. It is proposed that what is observed is not an ion pressure-supported torus, but an extensive "ergomagnetosphere" that connects mechanically to a much larger "ejection ...
It’s no secret: the transmission of information is vital to communications. Translating information takes work, but allows incredible potential for security, storage, and efficiencies in technology and production. From blockchain enterprises to surreptitious correspondences and music storage to the instructions for how life grows, seek out the hidden ways encoded ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, $14.95 Daytime Members
Can Technology Save the Ocean?The ocean faces numerous perils today from overfishing to acidification and plastics pollution. Solutions to help resolve the plight of our oceans lie in many areas and range from ecological to behavioral, all of which should be explored and pursued. In this panel, we’ll sit down with several ocean tech ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
NightLife & Friends: A Virtual EventThis week, NightLife is coming to you: We’re transforming your virtual happy hour with NightLife & Friends - an experimental online, interactive event featuring some of the scientists, artists, and musicians who have been a regular part of NightLife over the years.Make yourself a cocktail with long-time NightLife mixologist Shane McKnightGet ...
Where: Cost: Free
BioFutures: Curing Disease by Editing Genes? - CANCELEDHow can recently discovered gene-editing tools help us cure debilitating childhood diseases? The discovery of CRISPR - a tool for precisely editing genes in living cells - has generated immense excitement for its potential to repair disease-causing DNA mutations. Join a conversation with Matthew Porteus, one of the leading researchers ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with After Dark Admission
Friday, 04/03/20
COVID-19 and Climate: Implications for Public Health - LivestreamWhat can the spread of the coronavirus teach us about the spread of climate change? Both crises have global reach, invisible perpetrators, and require aggressive, early action for containment. But while an infectious disease is acute and deeply personal, the impacts of a changing climate are systemic and vague.Scientists point ...
Where: Cost: Free
COVID-19 and the LGBTQI Community - LivestreamThe vulnerability of certain populations to the coronavirus COVID-19 has been well publicized - everyone knows seniors and people with asthma, diabetes and certain other conditions are in the most danger from the virus. But less well-known is the virus' impact on LGBTQI communities.Join us for a discussion with experts ...
Where: Cost: Free
COVID-19: Emerging Tests, Vaccines and Cures - LivestreamAs the coronavirus spreads rapidly through the population, the United States is racing to provide test kits, develop a vaccine and find treatments. Meanwhile, we’re running dangerously low on supplies, ranging from ventilators and test reagents to gowns and N95 masks. When will we have the test kits we need? ...
As a world leader in the environmental and ecological sciences, Professor Steven Lindow has been a dominant force in revealing complex interactions between microbes, plants, and the environment. Using genetic and molecular research techniques, his current work focuses on developing biological strategies for addressing plant disease and frost control that ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Cancelled: CuriOdyssey’s First Friday Family Night Due to health precautions, CuriOdyssey's April 3 First Friday Family Night has been cancelled. Please check back here for updates.Celebrate the spirit of Earth Day early with a live band and cash bar at CuriOdyssey. Learn about the Seafood Watch program and how to make sustainable seafood choices. Meet CuriOdyssey’s native California wildlife, ...
Where: San MateoCost: 12.95-15.95, Free for members
First Friday: Home Run - CANCELEDJoin nine-time World Series Champions, the Oakland A’s, to learn all about the science behind America’s favorite pastime. Featuring all your favorite science of baseball hits and a special appearance from A’s mascot and elephant-about-town, Stomper!
Where: OaklandCost: $5
Saturday, 04/04/20
Insect ExplorationInsects have been on this Earth for hundreds of millions of years. Come learn about the many different insects that call the San Francisco Bay Area home. We will examine insects and learn how they have adapted to survive. Join us as we dig in the dirt and crawl through ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin 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.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Jazz under the Stars - CANCELEDJazz Under the Stars is a FREE monthly public stargazing event! Occurring on the Saturday after the 1st quarter moon (check our Events Page), join us on the 4th floor planetarium for a night of smooth jazz, bright stars, and a lot of fun! We play our jazz from CSM's own ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Sunday, 04/05/20
A New Approach to Measuring San Francisco’s Biodiversity - CANCELEDIn 2018 and 2019, nine municipalities across the United States participated in a project to develop tools and processes for collecting urban biodiversity data, The Urban Biodiversity Inventory Framework (UBIF) was developed to provide standardized methods for collecting and using urban biodiversity data for conservation and management. The overall project ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
City Star Party - Presidio - 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 gradient of a log probability density function (aka, score function) is a very useful quantity in generative modeling. One existing method for estimating the score function from data is score matching, yet it is computationally prohibitive for complex, high-dimensional datasets. To alleviate this difficulty, we propose sliced score matching, ...
In the 21st century the world faces the new challenge of drastically reducing emissions of greenhouse gases while simultaneously expanding access to energy and economic opportunity for billions of people. In a recent MIT study we have examined this challenge in the electricity sector, which has been widely identified as ...
The most common stars in the Universe are red dwarfs. These are small, faint, cool stars that range from one-tenth to one-half the diameter of the Sun and which have extraordinarily-long lifetimes. Recent surveys have discovered Earth-size planets around several red dwarf stars, including Proxima Centauri (the nearest star to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Manipulation-Proof Machine Learning: An Experiment with Consumer Credit in Kenya - CANCELEDIn settings ranging from consumer credit to poverty targeting, an increasing number of decisions are being guided by machine learning algorithms. In Kenya, over one quarter of the adult population has taken out 'digital credit' loans over mobile money, where machine learning algorithms are used to assess the likelihood of ...
