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What It Will Take to Reopen Cities - LivestreamThough most California cities are still operating under a state-led shelter-in-place mandate, cities across the country are beginning to test the waters by reopening the portions of their economies that had previously been shuttered to limit the spread of COVID-19. But with several Asian cities, including Hong Kong and Singapore, ...
Where: Cost: $20 General, Free for members
Resolving black holes with infrared interferometry - LivestreamPhase-referenced infrared interferometry with the new instrument GRAVITY at the VLT is sufficiently sensitive to study black hole systems with sub-milliarcsecond angular resolution. I will discuss the first results on spatially resolved kinematics of the quasar broad emission line region. In the Galactic center, GRAVITY has allowed the detection of ...
Where: Cost: Free
COVID-19: Can Homemade Masks Help? - LivestreamNovel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) spreads through droplets containing virus particles when infected individuals sneeze, cough, or speak. A healthy individual can get infected by inhaling droplets. Face masks can offer a physical barrier against virus transmission. This is particularly true for SARS-CoV-2 virus that are shed by symptomatic, pre-symptomatic, and asymptomatic ...
Where: Cost: Free
Rails to Tidal Wetland Restoration - LivestreamJoin us online as Jules Evens, Principal, Avocet Research Associates and author of Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula, talks about California black rail ecology and his research into their use of restored tidal wetlands, including the Giacomini Wetlands. Jules Evens conducts wetland monitoring, biological assessments, and survey populations ...
Where: Cost: Free
Virtual NightLife #5 - LivestreamGet a taste of the outdoors while we’re all mostly indoors. We’ve asked some of the most interesting adventurers we know - ncluding entomologist and ant expert Dr. Brian Fisher and special guests from REI - to bring some wilderness directly to your home.Log-on for this experimental showcase, streaming live ...
