40th Annual Linus Pauling Lecture: Seigi Ogawa, Ph.D. (Director, Ogawa Laboratories for Brain Function Research,Hamano Life Science Research Foundation Tokyo, Japan) will give the lecture entitled "From the start of functional MRI of the brain"
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The role of extinction and range expansion in shaping the spatial pattern of marine biodiversityThe distribution of biodiversity across the planet is neither even nor constant. Attempts to explain such distributions generally focus on environmental correlations (such as richness vs. temperature), but diversity in any region is ultimately the result of the interplay through time of extinction, origination, invasion and extirpation. Mass extinctions and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
MODEL REDUCTION FOR FOR TIME-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS IN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERINGIn many applications, high-fidelity time-dependent numerical simulations remain so computationally intensive that they cannot be used as often as needed, or are more often used in special circumstances than routinely. This is the case, for example, for turbulent CFD computations at high Reynolds numbers. Consequently in many engineering fields, the ...
Neil Osborne is a member of the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) and a biologist with a dedication to the natural world. He uses his photographic skills to tell stories and effect conservation through visual media. As the director of Witness he interviewed some of the best environmental communicators ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 members
Marine Mammal Bio-Acoustics and Ocean NoiseBio acoustician Michael Stocker will explore bio-acoustic modalities - using sound to echolocate (bio-sonar). He will also share his work in marine research and policy focused on the impacts of human generated noise on marine habitat.
Bone Cleaning Class by Ron CaubleThe Bone Room's own Ron Cauble will again teach a class on the basics of bone and skeleton cleaning. Class fee is $10, and space is again limited so please call in advance to sign up.
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10.00
Is Our Coast in Jeopardy? Predicting the impact of extreme storms on the California CoastExtreme storms are expected to become more frequent and intense as a result of climate change. The USGS has developed the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS) for predicting the impact of extreme storms hitting the California Coast.CoSMoS provides an increased understanding and prediction of coastal flooding, erosion, wave heights, current ...
Many wineries and vineyard companies in California are incorporating sustainable practices in vineyard and winery operations. Ann Thrupp will summarize the sustainability programs being integrated in the California wine industry, "green" marketing trends and examples from Fetzer Winery and Bonterra Vineyards, both of which are pioneers in developing sustainable and ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Friday, 02/25/11
Mental TimeMental time has been investigated in pioneering ways by Leonard Talmy, Herbert Clark, and Endel Tulving. It will be shown how one can theoretically unify these three approaches by using Talmyan concept structuring as a basic theoretical framework. Thetheoretical strategy is to use linguistic expressions about time (cross-related events) as ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Why Fluorescent Lighting Isn't DeadSpeaker: Francis Rubinstein, LBNLPart 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.
A Look Ahead at California's Clean Energy FutureThe many statewide agencies responsible for regulating and planning energy use -- including the California Environmental Protection Agency, California Air Resources Board and California Energy Commission -- have recognized they cannot reach California's ambitious clean energy goals without identifying their policy interdependencies and improving cooperation. A new jointly issued report, ...
Meet Dr. Kaku just few days after the release of his new book Physics of the Future: How Science Will Change Daily Life by 2100. Dr. Kaku is the author of numerous previous books including Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos, and ...
Where: OaklandCost: $23 Advance, $29 at door
Saturday, 02/26/11
Design Squad Nation Ingenuity DayAt the Lawrence Hall of Science, meet Design Squad Nation hosts Judy and Adam, watch sneak peeks of new episodes, and try engineering challenges inspired by the show! Judy and Adam will be launching their giant catapult at 11am and 1pm in the auditorium. View episodes online at pbskids.org.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
10th ANNUAL EVOLUTIONPALOOZA10th ANNUAL EVOLUTIONPALOOZAThis Sunday, February 27, 3022Evolutionpalooza! is this Sunday, February 27th, at the San Francisco Main LibraryCome join your fellow primates at San Francisco's oldest Darwin Day party. This year our program features Dr. David Vinson from UC Davis, speaking on "How to Talk to Evangelicals about Evolution." David Vinson is ...
George I. Matsumoto is a senior educational and research specialist at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA and his research interest is open ocean and deep sea communities; ecology and biogeography of open ocean and deep sea organisms; functional morphology, and natural history and behavior. ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
SMCAS Star Party Come out and bring the kids for a mind expanding look at the universe.Setup of telescopes begins around sunset, with observations beginning about 1 hour later.
Where: San CarlosCost: Free
Sunday, 02/27/11
Marine Mammal Research TourGo behind the scenes at Long Marine Lab. Learn about the work of scientists and their studies of dolphins, seals, sea lions, and whales. Tour is best suited for adults and children over 10 years of age. Space limited. Reservations required: (831) 459-3800.
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Monday, 02/28/11
Hubble MovieMovies and discussion of Hubble Space Telescope's 20 years in operation
Surveillance or Security? The Risks Posed by New Wiretapping TechnologiesThe United States has moved large portions of business and commerce, including the control of critical infrastructure, online. This reliance on information systems leaves the U.S. highly exposed and vulnerable to cyberattack. Yet despite this, U.S. law enforcement and national security policy remain firmly focused on building wiretapping systems within ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Giving Birth to the Fifth Generation Light SourceIn order for accelerator-based "big science" to survive, giving new horizons to essential instruments high energy physics colliders and free-electron lasers, they must be greatly diminished in size and cost, while simultaneously giving ever higher performance. In this talk we trace, through our current experimental and theoretical work at UCLA, ...
Ashok Gadgil is the Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation Distinguished Professor of Safe Water and Sanitation in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Concurrently, Dr. Gadgil is Director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division, at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, located next ...
Tarangire National Park in northern Tanzania is home to 2,500 elephants and is one of the best places in Africa to see large herds of these fabulous animals. Charles Foley and his wife, Lara, have been studying the elephant population of Tarangire for the past 17 years and have individually ...
Where: OaklandCost: $12-$20 General, $10-$20 Members, sliding scale
Uganda: Out of the Wild: FRONTLINE/World Film SeriesUganda's "Impenetrable Forest," home to half the world's population of Mountain Gorillas, is also a hotbed for a number of deadly diseases that cross the species barrier from animals to humans. with producers Serene Fang and Singeli Agnew.Free for I-House residents, members & alumni, $5 Cal students & staff, $10 ...
There are four worlds in our Solar System that have substantial atmospheres and observable surfaces: Venus, Earth, Mars, and Titan. The effects of an atmosphere interacting with a surface are clear: each of these planetary bodies has sand seas covering some fraction of its surface. Hidden within the morphology of ...
The scientific revolution that began four hundred years ago was powered by the uncanny visibility of things that had long been hidden: celestial objects through telescopes, cells through microscopes. Today, new instruments are bringing hidden aspects of human life into view. The rise of automatic systems to track and monitor ...
Jean-Jaques Hublin serves as the Director of the Department of Human Evolution at Max Planck Institute,Leipzig. His research has focused on the origin and evolution of Neanderthals. He has proposed an accretion model for the emergence of the Neanderthal lineage that roots it in time in the middle of the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Python in Python: the PyPy systemPyPy is a complete Python implementation in Python, in the old tradition of Squeak and Scheme48 --- but there is more to PyPy than just this.During this talk I will describe what PyPy is: a mature, 8 year old project of roughly 200K lines of code and 150K lines of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Hands on LED Product DemonstrationIn addition to discussing the basic technology of LEDs (no electronic degrees required), we'll be demonstrating the best which LEDs have to offer. All products will be in the open and everyone will be able to handle and work with any light they find interesting. We'll not only show the latest ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $15 General and at door, $10 Members in advance
Insulation - A Key Strategy for Achieving Net-Zero Energy and Carbon Neutral Performance, but at What Cost? "The more insulation the better", is the mantra of the energy efficiency faction of the sustainability and Green Building community. From the basic Title 24 requirements to the demanding Passive House movement, there are many types of materials and methods, with a variety of outcomes and consequences. We will attempt ...
Every year, the average American spends about $7,300 on medical expenses. The typical Canadian pays $2,700, the Briton only $2,000. And yet, according to the World Health Organization, our healthcare system, in terms of total quality, ranks thirty-eighth in the world, right between Costa Rica and Slovenia. Not only do ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
How Dinosaurs Grew (and how we know) Have you ever asked yourself: How did dinosaurs grow? How fast did they grow? Did they grow like other reptiles? Did they grow all through life? How old were they as adults? Did they live long after becoming adults? When did they start having babies?If not, then you may suffer ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
'Collapse'In this disturbing documentary, Michael Ruppert makes the analogy of our current collapsing civilization to the sinking Titanic. There were three types of people on board, he says: the first type refused to believe the ship was sinking and sat in the bar enjoying the luxurious apertifs; the second panicked ...
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