First Friday Nights at CuriOdysseySwing into the weekend with science, animals, music, food trucks, and fun! On the first Friday of every month, parents and kids celebrate together at CuriOdyssey.Dance to some of your favorite hits, while enjoying animal presentations and science activities. Activities and programs are different each time, so make it a ...
Every year since 1898, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (AstroSociety) has given one or more international awards for outstanding achievement in astronomy. The Society’s Bruce Medal, for example, is one of the most coveted recognitions in the field.Get ready for an unforgettable evening celebrating this year's winners. Join us ...
A couple of decades in the making, the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory (Rubin) is the world’s newest and fastest astronomy and astrophysics facility. Located in Chile, its primary mission is to conduct an astronomical survey of the southern sky every few nights, creating a ten-year time-lapse record, the Legacy ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 11/07/26
Hike at Rancho Cañada del OroJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for an excursion where you’ll explore the Mayfair Ranch - Longwall Canyon trails of Rancho Cañada del Oro! You will be guided by POST Ambassadors who will share with you the history of the preserve, the region, and the importance of conservation in the area.The ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Feed the Farm AnimalsGet ready for an unforgettable animal adventure! Join our dedicated animal care team and dive into the excitement of feeding our delightful farm friends: goats, chickens, rabbits, sheep, and adorable pigs! You'll gain hands-on experience and discover fascinating insights into each animal's unique personality and needs. This interactive experience is ...
Where: San JoseCost: $16 SJ Residents, $20 Non-Residents
Are you curious about bats? Join the Environmental Volunteers in our Community Program, All About Bats to learn about different types of bats, how they hunt, and what they eat! EV docents will guide you and your family through fun activities with real bat specimens and explore some of the ...
First Saturday Tours are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to the Arboretum or to deepen your knowledge of the Arboretum’s plant collections. Each tour is a little different depending on the time of year, the interests of the tour guide, and the people who join in. For example, you ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Are There Gray Foxes in Your Backyard?On a walk/talk from the Visitor’s Center out into the refuge, Bill "The Fox Guy" Leikam will show you how to identify indications of the presence of foxes, and tell stories about gray foxes that he’s studied and learned from. Bill will answer questions along the way and at the ...
It’s tarantula season!Join Youth Science Institute for a special late-afternoon hike through Alum Rock Park in search of one of California’s largest and most misunderstood spiders - the tarantula!For much of the year, tarantulas live surprisingly secretive lives and can be difficult to spot. But each fall, mature male tarantulas ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Starry Nights Star PartyJoin the San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) and Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (OSA) for an unforgettable night of exploring the night sky. Our knowledgeable docents, members of SJAA, will be your guides to providing valuable insights into the wonders of our universe. The viewing site features darker skies ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free (registration required at weblink)
Jazz Under the StarsJazz Under the Stars is a FREE monthly public stargazing event! Usually occurring on the Saturday nearest the 1st quarter moon (check our Events Page), join us in Building 36 on the 4th floor observatory for a night of smooth jazz, bright stars, and a lot of fun! We play our ...
The Eco-Performance Lab at UC Berkeley tackles fourteen scenes and monologues from fresh and provocative plays about the climate crisis.
Where: BerkleyCost: $20 General, $10 Students
Sunday, 11/08/26
Family Nature Adventures: Fungi - RESCHEDULEDThis Months Theme: Fungus Among Us - Exploring the Secret Life of Mushrooms!Unlock the mysterious world of fungi that thrives in the redwood forest!Interactive Workshop: Learn about the fascinating life cycle of mushrooms, their role in the ecosystem, and how to identify various species.Guided Nature Walk: Venture into the forest ...
Where: OaklandCost: $25 Adult, $35 Age 3 - 8, Members $15 discount
Marine Science Sunday: An Ocean FeastJoin us in exploring how marine mammals hunt and catch their prey. Did you know that whales use bubbles to help them catch fish? Or that otters use tools to eat their prey? Learn more about seals, otters, dolphins and whales eating habits!Sessions at 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM or 2:00 PM and last 30 minutes. Anyone can participate ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Marine Science Fest: Ms. Blue Returns!Experience a day of marine science and family fun at The Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz!The Marine Science Fest celebrates the restoration of the Seymour Center’s 87-foot-long blue whale skeleton, known as Ms. Blue, and kids will get to make their own molds of whale bones. Scientists invite ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $15 General, $10 Youth
National STEM Day at The Tech Interactive: Free Admission!Big ideas. Hands-on fun!Celebrate National STEM Day with a full day of curiosity, creativity, and discovery! Explore the wonders of science, technology, engineering, and math with exciting activities, special community partners, and immersive IMAX® films. Whether you're a budding engineer, a lifelong learner, or just love discovering something new, there's ...
A current project in my laboratory is investigating the mechanism and regulation of mitotic ER reorganization during cell division. It is unclear what factors are involved in reorganization of the ER and if these dramatic changes are cell cycle regulated? We will examine mitotic ER reorganization in the rapid divisions ...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are contaminants that have accumulated extensively in soils, which can act as long-term sources of groundwater contamination. Quantifying soil PFAS leaching is therefore critical for risk assessment, remediation, and regulatory decision-making. However, PFAS transport differs fundamentally from that of conventional contaminants because many PFAS are ...
Symbiotics is the science of adaptive and ambient systems aimed around the human experience, building technology in service of humanity by protecting human agency and empowering communities through systems that evolve with us.Speaker: Khizer Khaderi, Stanford University
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Superconductivity in layered nickelatesUnconventional superconductivity in proximity to various strongly correlated phases has been a recurring theme in materials as diverse as heavy fermion compounds, cuprates, pnictides, and twisted bilayer graphene. Here we will discuss a growing family of layered nickelate superconductors. The initial discovery of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates was motivated by ...
Join us for this special edition of the What Physicists Do series, where we will hear from Sonoma State physicists and astronomers. In these talks, we will hear about their individual journeys through physics and astronomy. Additionally, they will teach us about some of the exciting phenomena in their subfields ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Decoding the Molecular Logic of Tissue-Intrinsic Inflammatory SignalingInflammation is regulated not only by immune cells, but also by receptor signaling circuits within tissues themselves. Epithelial and stromal cells produce cytokines that act locally on neighboring cells or feed back on the producing cells to regulate tissue responses to injury and inflammation. However, the molecular mechanisms governing these ...
Speaker: Stefan Feske, New York UniversityRoom: Auditorium
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Learning without a brain - how a single cell processes informationCells show a range of complex behaviors which might normally associated with cognition, including basic forms of learning such as habituation. The giant single-celled ciliate Stentor coeruleus is a pond-dwelling organism that attaches to substrates like pond plants and filter feeds by means of a ring of cilia at one ...
Rocks may seem ordinary and ubiquitous, but they are the foundation of the geomaterials that underpin modern society - from cement in our built environment to the critical minerals in our smartphones and energy technologies. As the energy transition accelerates and demand for physical infrastructure grows, demand for materials is ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Wildlife Rescue in Action! Rescuing Orphaned WildlifeJoin Executive Director Doris Duncan for an inside look at Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue. Explore how injured, orphaned, and sick wildlife are rescued, rehabilitated, and returned to the wild, and learn how our organization works alongside the whole community - to protect our local wildlife. Doris will describe her experience ...
This interactive talk explores the landscape of psychedelic medicine, with a particular focus on the potential therapeutic use of ibogaine. Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson, Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford School of Medicine, draws on 20 years of experience working with veterans to walk through what is currently known about ...
Polyolefins are ubiquitous. They are lightweight, strong, and stable. These features render them useful in countless applications. Unfortunately, these attributes also contribute to the accumulation of persistent plastic waste in the environment. While polyolefins can be mechanically recycled, often this results in an inferior product and is in part the ...
Join us for an out-of-this-world virtual conversation with New York Times bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith as they dive into their book, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?Earth is not well. The promise of starting life ...
Biosecurity in an Age of AI: Frontier Safety, Anticipatory Governance, and Defensive InnovationThis talk will discuss recent advancements in AI for biology, and relevant security and oversight considerations. It will also discuss how policy can be used to incentivize and shape technology development for defensive purposes, clarifying how the colloquial "defensive acceleration" or d/acc concept in AI circles relates to formal offense-defense ...
Basaltic rocks provide a window into the Earth's mantle, recording information about the rocks that melt at depth and the processes that bring magma to the surface. But how much can we really learn about the mantle from basalt chemistry? In this seminar, I will first introduce BaSIC (Basalt Source ...
Quantum processors and simulators now probe the dynamics of hundreds of quantum constituents in regimes that challenge classical algorithms. These advances open unprecedented opportunities to explore quantum matter while raising a fundamental question: when do quantum simulations of many-body systems offer a meaningful computational advantage over classical methods? In this ...
Organic chemistry is ubiquitous across extraterrestrial environments and dominates the processing and delivery of carbon and nitrogen to rocky planetary bodies. Extraterrestrial settings and materials also present the most clearly revealed and diverse collection of constraints on the ways in which ‘prebiotic’ chemistry takes its first steps towards life. Some ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Entangled Intelligences: A Gathering on Science Futures Entangled Intelligences explores how the presence of diverse, non-human constituencies - from the biological to the synthetic - invites us to expand our thinking on the interrelationships among species and the resulting impacts on our understanding of science futures. By looking at intelligence as an emergent property shared across systems, ...
Brad Keitt is the Oceans and Islands Director at American Bird Conservancy (ABC), where he supports the Hawai‘i and Marine Programs. Prior to ABC Brad was a founding member of the NGO Island Conservation (IC), where he led their NW Mexico program and used the data from his surveys to ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Skeptics in a Real PubEnjoy an evening of socializing and feasting with fellow Bay Area science-forward folk in an Irish Pub on the Peninsula with great food. < Menu >Also: This is International Skeptics Day! We will join others via the Zoom “Global Skeptics in the Pub” event.
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
The Long Now: Entangled Intelligences - Wait ListedJoin us for an unforgettable experience exploring Entangled Intelligences. This special event brings together an extraordinary lineup of speakers and performers exploring the frontiers of interspecies intelligence.How will our rapidly deepening interactions with non-human constituencies - from the biological to the synthetic - change how we understand what intelligence is?On ...
The Moon is a highly valued destination for human space exploration because it is close and it contains a wide array of lunar and Solar System science targets, which include resources that could be used to sustain humans on the lunar surface. These resources have the potential to enable sustainable ...
What if restoring the health of our soil could help address climate change, strengthen local food systems, and support farmers around the world?Join Bioneers, 360 Degrees Media, and the David Brower Center on for a special screening of Groundswell, a new documentary exploring the transformative potential of regenerative agriculture.Directed by ...
Critical infrastructure has become a domain of conflict between nation-states. Before a single shot is fired on a battlefield, an adversary can seek advantage by disrupting the systems a nation relies on to function: the rail lines and ports that move troops and supplies, the water systems that sustain our ...
A large fraction of exoplanetary systems contain planets that orbit very close to their host stars. With orbital periods in the range of days to weeks, tidal forces lead to significant orbital and physical effects on the planets. In particular, time-varying tidal deformations lead to planetary orbital decay and tidal ...
In the fall of 1938, a young, frail American explorer set off down a river in the western Amazon in search of curare, a poison he thought might save his life. Richard Gill had learned that local tribes used curare-laced blow darts to kill animals, but it was also potentially ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The World of Fungi: From Forest to TableWith this program, enjoy a mushroom-centric wild-grazing board, allowing participants to taste and experience fungi in a delicious, approachable way.Join us for an immersive exploration of the fascinating world of fungi - where ecology, culture and cuisine intersect.This program brings together two unique perspectives. Mai Lovaas is the co-creator of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22 General, member discounts
Today’s AI systems are powerful, but they work on principles very different from those of the human brain. They typically learn from large, static datasets, operate as black boxes, and need retraining for each new task. The brain, by contrast, learns continuously through active interaction with the world, builds structured ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Wikicurious: Rooted in OaklandYour favorite thing about Oakland may not be on Wikipedia yet! Join Wikicurious: Rooted in Oakland, a community editing event. Participants will work collaboratively to create and improve articles related to overlooked local history and culture in the Oakland community.Hosted by Wikimedia NYC and the Bay Area Wikipedians User Group, this ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
After Dark: Unplug and PlayYour monthly invitation to hang out and try something new - play science trivia, find your community, and connect deeply.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95 General, Free for members
NightLife: Pajammy JamThe mother of house parties…in a museum. Get ready for games, creatures, and late-night fun
Where: San FranciscoCost: $26 General
San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental HistoryThe San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most ecologically diverse - and most transformed - regions on Earth. In his sweeping and beautifully detailed book, San Francisco Bay Area: An Environmental History, David D. Schmidt traces how natural forces and human choices have shaped the landscape over thousands of yearsGrounded ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
SRI at 80: Inventing the FutureSRI has spent 80 years developing the technology that fuels the world we live in today: the internet, robotics, weather satellites, early human-machine AI, medicine, diagnostics and treatments, education programs, mapping, personal computing, and more. Celebrate with us and hear from some of the people who continue to deliver the ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Acorn Woodpeckers: Cooperation, Conflict, and Family Drama - LivestreamAcorn Woodpeckers, best known for their unique habit of storing acorns by the thousands in special structures known as “granaries”, are cooperative breeders that exhibit one of the most complex social systems of any bird. Based on a long-term study of this species at Hastings Natural History Reservation in Monterey ...
Describing New Mexico as weird is at once both vaguely insulting and self-evidently true. The Land of Enchantment has long drawn artists, dreamers, scientists, pioneers, cranks, cultists, writers, outlaws, and others. All states are strange in their own ways, but New Mexico embraces its weirdness. Investigator Benjamin Radford will highlight ...
