Glass House Walk: Treasures Under GlassCome in out of the cold and delight in the "gems" we have in our glasshouse collections. You'll be introduced to some of the treasures in the Garden's glasshouses by our expert horticulturist, Christy Matasick. The tour will take you through the Arid House, Orchid, Fern and Carnivorous House and ...
Geant4 is a toolkit to simulate the passage of particles through matter. While Geant4 was originally developed for High Energy Physics, major application domains now include Aerospace and Medical Physics. We will show how Geant4 has been applied in all three domains and will highlight Geant4's flexible qualities that may ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Google Earth Works: Free Tools for Environmental and Social AdvocacyJoin us for a FREE presentation by Rebecca Moore and the Google Earth Outreach team to learn how Google mapping tools can be applied to the world's pressing problems in areas such as environmental conservation, human rights, cultural preservation, and sustainability. Moore, who conceived and now manages Google Earth Outreach, ...
NightLife is proud to host a pre-party for the San Francisco Green Film Festival. We will be screening some amazing movies from the festival this night. Check back here website soon film listings and detailsThe San Francisco Green Film Festival will launch March 3-6, 2011 and will be the first-ever ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Free Climate Action WorkshopWhether you're new to the environmental arena or a veteran of activism, you're invited to a fun and informative climate action workshop. The East Bay Bike Coalition and the Ecology invite you to learn new ways to respond to climate change through personal, political, and community action! Free Bike Flat ...
Triabetes Documentary: The Science of InspirationLearn how 12 people with type 1 diabetes set out to complete the 2008 Ironman Wisconsin Triathlon as part of a team called "Triabetes". This and similar events have helped to shatter presumed limitations, thereby revolutionizing the way people approach diabetes management.Anne Findlay was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Two Chicks with Snake SticksBonnie Cromwell and Laurie Osborne from Classroom Safari return to The Bone Room Presents with a brand-new presentation featuring live rattlesnakes and other California reptiles. The talk will focus on proper snake etiquette, including identification, dealing with snakes in the wild, and non-lethal methods of rattlesnake control. There is a ...
The Deep Impact Flyby Spacecraft flew past comet Hartley 2 on 4 November 2010. Yet again a cometary flyby has led to numerous surprises that will yet again change our understanding of the role of comets in the formation of the solar system and our understanding thereof. This talk will ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: free
The Islands of San Francisco BayJames Martin, a free-lance magazine/ediorial-style photographer for 20 years, will show pictures and discuss his book , The Islands of San Francisco Bay. He documents the wildness of these island habitats boosting awareness of the Bay's unique ecology.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Friday, 02/18/11
From Oxygen to OedemaWear of low-oxygen-transmissible soft contact lenses swells the cornea significantly, even during open eye. Although oxygen-deficient corneal edema is well documented, much of it by research here at Berkeley, quantitative description is not available. We present a biochemical description of the human cornea that quantifies the oxygen-deficient swelling of the ...
The Demand Side: What Behavioral Patterns Stand in the Way?Speaker: Jim Sweeney, Stanford UniversityPart of the Spring 2011 i4Energy Seminar Series. Live broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast; Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. The schedule for the spring i4energy series is at http://www.citris-uc.org/events/i4energy-spring2011
10000Join us for a party among the stars. 10000 is a date night experience with live music, celestial beverages, provocative science, films and views of the cosmos*. Admission includes event activities, access to interactive exhibits, one Planetarium show and one MegaDome show. Dinner available in the Full Circle Café. (*weather ...
Where: OaklandCost: $20 General, $15 Student, $8 Member
Bedtime with the Beasts is a special overnight program for youth groups (ages 6-18) and their chaperones. An Oakland Zoo education specialist will lead your group on an evening hike around the zoo where you'll get a look at what the zoo is like after all of the guests leave. ...
Where: OaklandCost: $60
Saturday, 02/19/11
Open MakeOpen Make is a monthly program at the Exploratorium, in collaboration with Make Magazine and Pixar Animation Studios, to highlight the tools, techniques, and ingenuity of local makers. Visitors are invited to participate in tinkering and making activities in the museum's new Tinkering Studio. Makers from the bay area will ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Hearts of Darkness: Black Holes in SpaceBlack holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape! No longer confined to the imaginations of science-fiction writers and theoretical physicists, black holes have recently been discovered in large numbers by observational astronomers. Learn about the remarkable properties of these bizarre ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Physics of ToysCome and create mind-bending illusions and explore a world where things are not always what they seem to be. We will be making toys that blur the line between perception and reality. Take home what you make.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard TransformationAsphalt to Ecosystems is a compelling color guidebook for designing and building natural schoolyard environments that enhance childhood learning and play experiences while providing connection with the natural world. Sharon Gamson Danks, Environmental Planner and founding partner of Bay Tree Design, in Berkeley, California, has visited and documented over 175 ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
SuperHappyDevHouseA growing circle of Bay Area "hackers" – the wunderkinds who fancy creation over computer cracking – will talk tech, swap blue-sky ideas and maybe even come up with "the next big thing" during a decidedly geek party known as SuperHappyDevHouse.On February 19, The Tech Museum becomes innovation central, hosting ...
Where: San JoseCost: Museum admission applies
NASA's SOFIA MissionSpeaker: Dr. Eric Young, SOFIA Mission Manager for the NASA, SOFIA Mission
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Saturday Night StargazingSee the Moon, Planets, Stars, Galaxies and More* Stargaze through astronomical telescopes* Ask questions and talk with amateur astronomers* Learn how to use a star map to find constellations* Share in the wonder of the universe with your friendsStargazing is always weather permitting-be sure to dress warmly. Foggy and overcast ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Sunday, 02/20/11
EcoHouse Tour, with Compost ClinicCome get inspired and learn new skills at the EcoHouse with a tour of the site and gardens, followed by a clinic on beekeeping. Begin at 10am with a tour of the Ecology Center's EcoHouse demonstration site and learn about simple improvements that can be made to green an urban ...
Why do sea otters have such a warm fur coat? What makes them so important to our coastal marine environment? What can sea otters show us about the areas they inhabit? Sea otters have a unique life history that makes them an incredibly important part of the nearshore environment. Join ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission or membership
Bring the entire family and discover the wonderful world of primates at the Oakland Zoo. Leap like a lemur , swing like a siamang and learn all about apes, monkeys and prosimians! Make enrichment for a chimpanzee, meet a primate keeper, get your face painted and enjoy a Wildlife Theater ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Adaptive Optics/Undergraduate Research at SSUI will be speaking about the technology to remove the "twinkle" from astronomical images to produce sharper images. I will describe the contributions to our program that SSU students have made.Speaker: Dr. Scott Severson, Sonoma State University Adaptive Optics/Undergraduate Research at SSU
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Benjamin Dean Lecture - Disks of Creation Dr. Aaron Boley is a theoretical astrophysicist working in the fields of planet formation, disk evolution, and early star formation. In this lecture, he will discuss the formation of disks around newly-forming stars, look at how these disks evolve, and help us to understand how they give rise to the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $6 members
6 short new plays inspired by the topic: 'Kingdom of Number'A SPECIAL EVENT: MSRI at Monday Night PlayGround!6 short new plays inspired by the topic: "Kingdom of Number"Monday Night PlayGround (now in its 17th season) is a monthly presentation of 6 short plays written on a common theme. This coming Monday, the theme will be a mathematical one: "Kingdom of ...
The Carbon Hunters: FRONTLINE/World Film SeriesIn the remote rainforests of Brazil, several American companies have been on the hunt for an increasingly valuable new commodity - carbon. But investing in big tracts of forest in order to soak up the carbon they may have to account for in proposed energy legislation is not without its ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: See description
Wednesday, 02/23/11
Biologically Inspired Micro- and Nanofluidic Systems for Biomedical ApplicationsMajor advances in science and engineering have greatly enhanced our understanding of the fundamental principles that nature uses to build, control, and manipulate living systems. These insights into the inner workings of nature offer unique opportunities to develop new engineering principles inspired by biological systems and utilize them to create ...
Saturn's F ring has brightened markedly in the last 25 years. It is twice as bright in the Cassini data as it was in the Voyager data from 1980 and 1981. We attribute this change to increasing perturbations by nearby Prometheus, which passes closer to the ring now that it ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Towards Digital Medicine : Patient-Specific Models of the HeartSpeaker: Hervé Delingette, INRIALive broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast; Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. The complete schedule for the spring semester is online at http://www.citris-uc.org/events/RE-spring2011. All talks may be viewed on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/citrisuc.
Expedition Spotlight: For the Love of AntsDr. Fisher is modern day explorer that treks through the last remote rainforests, deserts and plains of Madagascar in search of ants. His research highlights insects as a useful tool to discover and preserve all plants and animals on this unique island. Along the way he has discovered over 1000 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with museum admission.
Advances in Environmental EpidemiologySpeakers:Esteban Gonzalez Burchard, UCSF; Long Ngo, Harvard University; Sheryl Magzamen, University of Wisconsin; Thaddeus Haight, UC Berkeley; Michelle Odden, UCSF; Romain Neugebauer, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research; Jack Colford, UC Berkeley
Since the discovery of X-rays in 1895, radiography imagery has only been black-and-white. The reason for this can be found in any textbook on X-rays: The linear attenuation coefficient of a pure chemical element factorizes into a universal product of a power of the atomic number Z times a power ...
An Associate Professor of Anthropology and a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, James Holland Jones is a biological anthropologist with interests in biodemography, life history theory, and the human ecology of infectious disease. Biological anthropology is the study of the origins and maintenance of human diversity. ...
Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company's Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
40th Anniversary of SPICEPlease Join us for the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis), circuit simulator. SPICE was born as a class project at UC Berkeley and first released in 1971. You will get to witness a roundtable discussion of those responsible for the creation and world-wide ...
Supercomputers are the fastest, highest functioning computers. They can perform long, complex calculations and simulations for things like weather forecasting or creating massive models of the universe. With China's new, faster-than-ever supercomputer installation, the media has said that China has surpassed America in supercomputers. Crawford, who has more than 30 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Planning Your Edible LandscapeIn this workshop you'll discover the simplicity of growing edibles and incorporating them into your ornamental Garden. Maximize your space in three dimensions. Kathleen Elliot, Horticulturist and owner of Hillcrest Ranch in Sunol will teach you how to companion plant and time your starts. Learn some of the most Bay ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $30 General, $25 Members
The End of Growth? Connecting Economy, Energy & EnvironmentMr. richard Heinberg will be introduced by May Boeve, US Campaign Director, 350.org. We all take economic growth for granted...until it falters. But what if the recent stutters are not just interruptions in the story of continuous economic expansion, but the first intimations of the end of growth as we ...
With urban homesteading all the rage and backyard and vacant lot food production on the rise it appears we're taking big steps toward encouraging self-sufficiency in the Bay Area. For sure people's requirements for connection to their food has changed. But how much do the popular local underground food movements ...
In this multimedia presentation, Dr. Brian Greene, superstring theorist and one of our foremost science writers, takes us on a captivating exploration of parallel worlds and reveals how much of reality's true nature may be deeply hidden. With his unrivaled ability to make the most challenging of material accessible and ...
Where: San JoseCost: $42 General, $35 Senior & Students
