Celebrating the Jewish New Year: Our Role in our Planet's HealthAt Rosh Hashanah, Jews celebrate the world's birthday, and take stock of our year, recognizing our role in our ecosystem's perpetuation and in its harm, vowing to improve. This session will examine why sustainability matters, the role of food and water systems in a sustainable ecosystem, and the vital role ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Nuclear Energy After FukushimaThe media and public reaction to the nuclear accident at Fukushima involving light water reactors and their associated spent-fuel storage pools threaten to cripple the nuclear renaissance that is humanity's best hope for mitigating climate disruption, Shu contends. He will review how light water reactors and the "once-through" fuel cycle ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 standard, $8 members, $7 students
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General, IEEE members varies
NASA Interplanetary Missions with NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Eric NorrisNASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Eric B. Norris will present an exciting multimedia look at current NASA interplanetary missions, including the Dawn mission to Vesta, the Juno mission to Jupiter, and the soon-to-be-launched Mars Curiosity Rover. Eric will also update us on other missions throughout the solar system from Mercury to Pluto.
The Search for the Dark Matter of the UniverseAstronomers infer that the universe contains huge amounts of a mysterious, invisible substance called "dark matter". To account for the structure of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, the universe must contain six times more dark matter than ordinary atomic matter. We do not know what this stuff is made of. ...
