Chalk Scribblers meet the expert: Chris French - LivestreamChris French was the head of Goldsmiths University's Anomalistic University’s Psychology Research Unit which was dedicated to the study of The Science of Weird Sh*t, as he titled the popular science book he wrote on the subject after his retirement.His research focused on belief in the paranormal, encompassing the psychology ...
Online dating is a fast growing $9+ billion industry, and that’s just humans seeking humans! Dating AIs are already generating billions and growing at 25% a year. Join us for a conversation that will investigate how computers have changed how we live and love today and what changes might be ...
Imperialism continues to shape our contemporary multipolar world, yet it often remains confined to the logics and parameters of Euro-American dominance. This talk describes black imperialism in Africa. It explores how one of the largest landlocked countries in the world, Ethiopia, emerged as a black maritime empire post-World War II ...
We are excited to hear from Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Benjamin Byron: “Seeing the Moon with Ultraviolet and Infrared Eyes: Images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter” and Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Chris Bert: “Exploring Mercury, a World of Fire and Ice.“Click here to watch on YouTube
The California DNA Program (CALeDNA), launched from the University of California in 2017, has been tackling the massive disconnection in scales of measuring nature from satellite-based sensing down to DNA in a gram of soil or water. Through dozens of collaborative projects around the world, CALeDNA lab scientists have harmonized ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Meet the Author: Adam Becker - More Everything Forever Adam Becker is an author and astrophysicist whose latest book - More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity - is about "the terrible plans that tech billionaires have for the future and why they don’t work." In it, Becker breaks down why we will ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
The Art of the Film Score: Music & Storytelling in Magical RealismWhat makes a film world feel alive - sometimes before a single word is spoken?Join composer and sound editor Rebecca Nisco for a deep dive into how music shapes cinematic storytelling.Through films like Pan’s Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, and Under the Skin, Rebecca will explore how music transports audiences, ...
Join UC Berkeley Professor Ken Goldberg for this fascinating and timely discussion.AI is transforming the digital world, but we live in a material world. We need to move things, make things, and maintain things. The next step is "Physical Intelligence" which uses advances in robots and sensors to extend AI ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General
Thursday, 02/05/26
Hidden in plain sight: Long-term impacts of respiratory virus infectionsRespiratory RNA viruses pose a significant public health challenge by causing life-threatening seasonal infections with long-lasting implications in chronic pulmonary conditions. While infections by respiratory viruses such as parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, and influenza virus were long thought to follow a simple, self-limited course, during my ...
Despite decades of satellite altimetry, seafloor fabrics and ocean dynamics at kilometers in scale have remained poorly resolved. Using new observations from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission, I present fine-scale marine tectonic features, including individual abyssal hills, small seamounts, and submarine canyons previously hidden beneath sediments ...
Hina Ashar is a seasoned engineering and AI leader with extensive experience driving product development across both large enterprises as well as early stage startups. She began her career as a software developer and advanced into executive leadership roles, where she has delivered several new products leveraging modern software and ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Navigating the Tensions in Canada’s Climate & Energy PolicyCanada is internationally known as an outspoken proponent of ambitious climate action. At the same time, Canada has the third-largest oil reserves in the world, and the petroleum industry represents a major sector of the Canadian economy. Federal policymakers walks a difficult line between economic growth, energy security, and environmental ...
Energy prices are soaring throughout the United States, and in California. This is occurring at a time when the ‘too cheap to meter’ resources are increasing shares of energy production. So, what is going on? This talk posits, for discussion, the possibility that renewable resources are incommensurate with the twentieth ...
After Dark: Rooted in STEMCelebrate Black scientists and innovators, and hear from experts on ocean health.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95 General, Free for members
Astronomy on Tap Davis: Two talksSean Carroll will talk about: The Origin of Complexity in the UniverseandAndrew Wetzel will talk about:Out of Chaos Comes Order: The History of our Milky Way Galaxy
Where: DavisCost: Free
Climate Justice and the Moss Landing Battery FireAs part of the Intersections of Climate Change Lecture series there will be a panel discussion including marine geologist Ivano Aiello and environmental studies scholars J. Mijin Cha and Dustin Mulvaney focused on the climate justice issues raised by the Moss Landing Battery Storage System fire.
Coastal risks are growing from climate change, development, and habitat loss. The Center for Coastal Climate Resilience assesses coastal risks, promotes nature-based adaptations, and identifies innovative solutions to reduce risks to people, property, and the environment. Dr. Beck will describe recent successes in bridging ecology, engineering, and economics to develop ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
NightLifeThursdays hit different at NightLife. The museum comes alive after hours - wilder, more curious, and full of exciting creatures. Grab your friends, grab a hand-crafted drink, and let yourself wander into whatever weird or wonderful corner calls you. You never know what you’ll stumble into next, and that’s the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Open Question: Ocean Health - What if the ocean is at a tipping point?Recent research shows that climate change is destabilizing ocean currents, and making ocean waters warmer and more acidic. What do these changes mean for ocean ecosystems and the humans that rely on them?The Exploratorium is teaming up with Point Blue Conservation Science to dig into the details. Find out what’s ...
What does it really mean to be free - and how do we learn to imagine it?Join Ato Quayson, Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and English at Stanford University, for a thought-provoking exploration of freedom through the novels of Toni Morrison.Drawing on Beloved, Song of Solomon, and A Mercy, this lecture ...
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 ...
Where: San MateoCost:
Book Talk: California Amphibians & How to Find ThemJoin Dr. Emily Taylor as she takes us through the amazing world of California’s amphibians! Dr. Taylor will share stories from her new book and have a book signing as well as other merchandise for sale after the talk. If you love frogs, salamanders, newts, and tadpoles, this talk is ...
Are we alone? Or is there other life out there in the universe beyond Earth? If there is other life, is it complex life, capable of using language and creating technology like us? Dr. Sofia Sheikh seeks to answer this question by using facilities like the Allen Telescope Array to ...
Naturalist Walk at Bouverie PreserveJoin director of education, Cate Clune and bilingual environmental education specialist, Andrea Salazar, on a naturalist walk at Bouverie Preserve in Glen Ellen. Take in the wonders of the outdoors by slowing down and using observational skills to learn about the environment around you.Prepare to use all your senses, bring ...
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
Foothills Family Nature WalkJoin us at Foothills Nature Preserve for a family-friendly nature walk, guided by EV docents. Good for ages 6 and up; all children must be accompanied by an adult.Please click the link to register via EventBrite. Space is limited.
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Sunday, 02/08/26
Marine Science Sunday: Marine Mammal BabiesJoin us to learn more about the elephant seals and gray whales being born right now along the coast! We will explore the incredible cuteness of marine mammal babies and the adaptations of marine mammal moms to care for their young. We will also share the best places to see ...
Lexie is an entomology PhD candidate interested in the impact of microbes on bee health. She received a BS in Biology (focus evolution, ecology, and behavior) and a BSA in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. As an undergraduate, she investigated the spatial distribution of bacteria within the ...
The ground state of real geometrically frustrated magnets is a long-standing puzzle. We recently showed that the spin glass state, ubiquitous in 3D Heisenberg systems, is due to defect-related quasispins and that defect-free systems develop a previously unrecognized energy scale, T*, significantly below the mean field energy. The entropy loss ...
Expansion of helium gas through a cold nozzle generates a beam of very cold superfluid nanodroplets. If this beam passes through dilute atomic or molecular vapor, one or more “dopants” can become embedded in each droplet and are promptly cooled to their lowest vibrational and low rotational states. Very cold ...
Will a collaboration of humans & technology be successful in the long term? Will it become the savior of health care or just another pain?Artificial intelligence can now match and sometimes surpass physicians in areas such as diagnosis to empathy. What does that mean for doctors, patients, and the future ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $10 online
'Hunting Yellow Pigs' screeningA summer program for high schoolers that has had perhaps the greatest impact on American mathematics and is a paragon of questing knowledge.Special HCSSiM Documentary: Hunting Yellow PigsCome join old and new friends for a special in-person screening of a documentary about the summer math program for high school students ...
The primary challenge for synthetic chemists is supporting the efficient exploration of chemical space to find the best molecules for understanding or solving problems. In the past decade, cross-electrophile coupling, the union of two different electrophiles through transition-metal catalysis under reducing conditions, has become an increasingly used tool in these ...
There is a rapidly growing demand for reliable, low-cost trace gas sensors, particularly for hydrogen, in energy and critical infrastructure applications. These systems require ppb-to-ppm sensitivity, high intrinsic selectivity, and ultra-low power operation??"requirements that are not simultaneously met by today’s commercial gas-sensing technologies due to fundamental limitations in materials, device ...
A rapidly expanding literature documents the detrimental effects of excessive cell phone use, particularly on mental health outcomes and attention. While nearly all studies focus on adult populations, many experts have used them to support phone bans in schools ??" partially in the hope that these might help reverse declining ...
Three remarkable abilities of brains and machines are to: (1) learn new behaviors from a single example, (2) creatively imagine new possibilities, (3) learn language, and (4) perform mathematical reasoning. I will discuss simple analytic yet quantitatively predictive theories of how (1) mice learn to accurately navigate on the first ...
Quantum computing promises to solve classically intractable problems, but building useful systems requires a fault-tolerant logical architecture for protecting and processing quantum information. After decades of progress, the field has largely converged on the surface-code architecture, which nevertheless appears fundamentally difficult to scale, with practical applications likely requiring millions of ...
Is the “mad genius” a myth??"or a scientific reality??From Ancient Greece to modern pop culture, creativity has long been linked to emotional extremes. But what does science actually say about the relationship between mood and creative thinking??Join Sheri Johnson, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at University of California, Berkeley and Director ...
Where: OaklandCost: $25
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 >Join us! This is a free event brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics. All are welcome.
Earth’s oceans are warming. Such large-scale aspects of climate change are disrupting important ecological balances, including the delicate service sea urchins perform in California’s kelp forest ecosystem. The implications are broad and alarming (and addressable): a warming planet may cause collapse in wild populations of vital marine life.Speaker: Daniel Okamoto, ...
