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What's the Matter with Matter? - LivestreamDuring these sessions, using bicycles as an example, we will explore materials science, classification of materials, materials selection, and important materials properties. You will learn how bicycles have evolved over a century and how inventors and engineers have chosen materials to fabricate bicycles, based on their unique properties to increase bicycle performance, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Animal Intelligence and the Search for Life Beyond Earth - LivestreamWhat can animal intelligence tell us about the possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? And how can the ways we recognize intelligence on our own planet inform how we might interact with extraterrestrial intelligence?Historically, humanity has believed we were the most advanced form of intelligence. Yet research is ...
We're all becoming close observers of the scientific literature on COVID-19, tracking as best we can data on transmission, risk, fatalities, and implications for different groups. Marm Kilpatrick will outline the challenges in understanding this data, and in interpreting models and projections. In his talk, he'll offer what he thinks ...
Calculating and Reducing Your Individual and Household Carbon Footprint - LivestreamJoin the Berkeley Climate Action Coalition's Environmental Health Working Group for a discussion on how to calculate your environmental footprint and actions you can take to live more sustainably. Each household and individual in California has the power to protect the climate and keep California cool; see how you compare ...
