The Chicxulub Impact crater is the best-preserved multi-ring impact basin on Earth, and it has allowed scientists to study one of the most important and dramatic geological events in the Universe. In this seminar, I will be talking about the history of the science that led to the discovery of ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Nutrients in San Francisco Estuary: connecting science and managementSpeakers: Dr. David Senn, SFEIThe RTC Seminar Series brings leading local, national, and international scientists to a public forum at RTC to speak about the latest advances in science, and provides an opportunity for graduate students to present research in progress. The Series is open to the public. Join us ...
Building computers from bacteriophage: data, communication, logic within biologocal cellsModest amounts of computing within living systems would be useful. I'll review work published over the last 12 months introducing rewritable digital data storage within chromosomes, cell-cell communication via engineered DNA messaging, and Boolean logic gates that control the flow of RNA polymerase along DNA. A free and frank discussion ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to LeadThirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women's voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In Lean In, Sheryl ...
Bring your inner sixth grader to a meeting of the Bay Area Skeptics! Good teachers have used claims of the paranormal to teach scientific reasoning to elementary and middle school students. Join Bay Area Skeptics as Dr. Eugenie Scott guides you in formulating experiments to test paranormal claims. Audience participation ...
NuStar was launched into orbit in June of 2012. The telescope was lofted into orbit with a Pegasus rocket, which was itself dropped from the belly of an L-1011 airliner before igniting its rocket and going up, way up! The NuStar mission is to explore the high energy X-ray cosmos ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
The Future of FoodThe Future of Food is about the intersection of food, politics, the environment, and personal health. Bittman will discuss "non-foods, like soda, and their impact, as well as how policy pushes foods, like wheat, meat, and dairy, that may be in no one's best interest" as well as "the sticks ...
