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Alcatraz Waterbirds TourThis class will look beyond the prison walls of Alcatraz to the natural wonders of the island. Nine different waterbird species breed on Alcatraz during the summer months, the easiest to see being gulls, cormorants, pigeon guillemots, snowy egrets and black-crowned night herons. Waterbird docent, Corny Foster, will lead the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
Maximally constraining dark energyIn this talk I will sketch how combining observational bounds from cosmology with insights from theoretical particle physics allows us to test gravity with unprecedented precision, in particular zooming in on the nature of dark energy. In doing so, I will highlight the interplay between gravitational wave constraints on gravity ...
Ever look up at the night sky and wonder what’s all that up there? Have you been following the news about the black hole and the event horizon and would like to understand more about these phenomena and other Astronomy concepts? Join us and get a download on what’s hot ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Big Screen Science: Rocky IVAt the height of the Cold War, one movie envisioned a world where the U.S. and the USSR were brought together - by boxing. Join us as we celebrate America's birthday a couple of weeks early as we dissect the science of ROCKY IV. Are there limitations on the force ...
