The aggregated effects of billions of individual decisions each day have large adverse effects on human and ecosystem health, natural resource stocks, and global climate change. During the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to the role that behavioral sciences can play in promoting more sustainable systems of consumption ...
Come to Foothill Observatory and join us in the exploration of our Universe!Foothill Observatory Friday Evening ProgramCome to Foothill Observatory and join us in the exploration of our Universe!Foothill Observatory is open for public viewing every clear Friday evening from 9:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. Visitors can view the wonders of the universe through the observatory's new computer-controlled 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Views ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost:
Saturday, 10/01/11
'Packing for Mars' with the Astronomical Society of the PacificFree Workshop (Part of the Bay Area Science Festival):"Packing for Mars" with the Astronomical Society of the PacificJoin the staff of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) for a 3-hour workshop of engaging hands-on activities to introduce the science and exploration of the redplanet Mars to students and audiences ...
Where: Redwood CityCost:
Oaks Class at Pepperwood Preserve(Santa Rosa, California) – Students will explore groves comprised of many oak species onsite at Pepperwood Preserve Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 9:00 am-3:00 pm with botanical expert Steve Barnhart. Barnhart is Pepperwood's Academic Director and an expert on California's oaks, Steve Barnhart will lead students on a walk to ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: $10.00
San José Clean Energy ShowcaseCome see the latest in solar, wind turbine, electric vehicle and solar hot water technologies. Bring the family and get everyone excited about clean energy! The time for clean energy is now! With money-saving rebates from the State, making home energy improvements has never been easier or more affordable. Come ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
SFSU Julia Robinson Mathematics FestivalThe Julia Robinson Math Festival is aimed at all Bay Area students in 6th – 12th grades who love math.The event consists of morning math problem solving activities and a math-circle style talk.The problem sets cover a wide variety of mathematical topics, including abstract problem-solving techniques like symmetry and parity ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 * Scholarships Available
FIRST Robotics LeagueWhat the Olympics are for sports and the Nobel Prize is to science, FIRST Robotics is to kid's engineering.Take part in the most prestigious robotics competition for youth in the world this fall by joining Celsius and Beyond team. You will learn about project management, computer programming, robotics design, analytical ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $950 in full, $330 per month
Come to Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands and get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO), a cooperative program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and National Park Service.A GGRO docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Animals and their AdaptationsFind out how animals are built to survive with the Youth Science Institute. Touch and examine live animals from a variety of taxonomic groups and learn about diet, ecological role, habitat, structure, and function.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Jazz Under the Stars - CancelledSaturday October 1, 7:00-10:00 PM -Due to current construction, park in Marie Curie Lot 5, then walk around the planetarium to enter the north side of building 36. Make a right down the hall and take the elevator to the 4th floor.Visit our rooftop observatory to view the first quarter ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Mt Tam Astronomy Program - Milky Way Galaxies Across the UniverseImmerse yourself in the universe! FREE public lecture "Milky Way Galaxies Across the Universe" by Dr. Anne Metevier of UC Santa Cruz and Sonoma State University in the Mountain Theatre on Mt Tam at 8:30pm followed by telescope viewing in the Rock Spring Parking Lot. Sponsored by the Mount Tamalpais ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: FREE
Star PartyTake a look into the night sky with members of the Halls Valley Astronomical Group (hallsvalley.org). Telescopes are provided but you are welcome to bring one. Meet at Halley Hill, across from campsite #22. Park entrance gate closes at 10:00pm. (408) 274-6121
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, 10/02/11
FIRST Robotics LeagueWhat the Olympics are for sports and the Nobel Prize is to science, FIRST Robotics is to kid's engineering.Take part in the most prestigious robotics competition for youth in the world this fall by joining Celsius and Beyond team. You will learn about project management, computer programming, robotics design, analytical ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $950 in full, $330 per month
Native BeesDr. Frankie is a UC Berkeley professor, research entomologist and a native bee expert. Bees are his unmitigated passion. His specialty is the behavioral ecology of solitary bees in wildlands and urban environments of California and Costa Rica. You're invited to join the Garden as we listen to Dr. Frankie ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $25 General, $20 Members
Wildlife FestivalHold a snake, touch a toad, and meet hawks, owls and other animals! Join us at the Youth Science Institute's Wildlife Festival. Food and fun throughout the day. Families can participate in wildlife programs, hands-on science activities and crafts.This is a great place to see flying raptors, slithering snakes and ...
Where: San JoseCost: $5 Donation/Family, $6 Parking
Come to Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands and get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO), a cooperative program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and National Park Service.A GGRO docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Monday, 10/03/11
Google Green Flight Challenge ExpositionSee amazing 200 MPG aircraft that competed for the NASA Centennial Challenge's $1.65 million prize at the Google Green Flight Challenge Exposition hosted by NASA's Ames Research Center. This free event will include more than 20 exhibits by technology companies innovating in electric propulsion, clean energy and advanced aerodynamics technology. ...
Come hear one of the world's most influential scientists and medical researchers discuss the coming revolution in biomedical innovation – and what it might mean for you. Dr. Collins oversees the work of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the federal agency that is the nation's largest supporter of biomedical ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
What's Right with Kansas?Learn how Kansas' Climate and Energy Project is capitalizing on heartland values to change behavior and reduce carbon emissions.Panel: Nancy Jackson, Executive Director, Kansas Climate and Energy ProjectMarrian Fuller, Berkeley Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies DivisionPlus, be the first to see Berkeley Lab's video "Kansas," which shows how the Climate and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Pepperwood offers class on Invasive PlantsEcologist Peter Warner will provide an introduction to the identification, ecology, and management of several invasive wildland weeds common in Sonoma County on Saturday, October 29, 2011, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at Pepperwood Preserve. The class is $10.00 and students can register online at http://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org. Peter Warner, M.A., is ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: $10.00
Tuesday, 10/04/11
Majorana Fermions and Neutrino MassesProf. Giorgio Gratta of the Stanford University Physics Dept. will give the Physics/Applied Physics colloquium.Room 201
Dr. Palumbi will discuss his work on developing new methods to help design marine parks for conservation. His latest book is an unusual environmental success story called The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival. How do an economy and an ecosystem recover in the face of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, Free for Members
Clinical IT - including the electronic health record - has the potential to dramatically improve quality and efficiency of medical care. However, in many implementations the costs outweigh the benefits. My evaluations of the early adoption of a variety of technologies over the past 10 years have left me with ...
Sleep: How much do you really need? How to get what you really need?Allison G. Harvey, professor of psychology, UC Berkeley, is a licensed clinical psychologist certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine who has authored over 100 scientific articles and book chapters and two books, as well as receiving numerous awards. Dr. Harvey's research and clinical interests focus on developing treatments for sleep disorders, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10 General, Free for OLLI members
Hope, emotions, and the provision of palliative careSpeaker: Dr. Chris Feudtner. Dr. Feudtner is associate professor of pediatrics and attending physican, director of research for the Pediatric Advanced Care Team and the Integrated Care Service and co-scientific director of PolicyLab at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. In these roles, Dr. Feudtner both provides care to children w/ ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
The Tech Museum After HoursAfter Hours is a monthly themed event where adults can enjoy science, technology, entertainment and cocktails together with their friends. Each month is new and different.21 and over only.
What can we learn from what lives in a tropical ecosystem? David Liittschwager and Christopher Meyer, Smithsonian zoologist and Project Director of Moorea Biocode Project, will discuss the implications of creating the first comprehensive inventory of all non-microbial life in a complex tropical ecosystem. The database will be publicly available ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
October LASER Event (note location has changed from previous listing)* 6:45pm-7:00pm: Socializing/networking.* 7:00-7:25: Henrik Bennetsen (Katalabs) on "What the next phase of the web could mean"In its first two decades the web has had a profound impact on how we work and collaborate. With the emerging HTML5 and WebGL standards we are poised to see a broad wave of change in the ...
What are the roles of risk, creativity, uncertainty, beauty and truth in scientific thinking? Named one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People," Harvard Professor Lisa Randall – author of Warped Passages, physicist of multiple academic firsts and one of the most cited scientific researchers to date – offers an ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20-$25 General, $17-$22 Members, $10 Students
While the dramatic decline and extinction of many species of frogs has received much attention over the past two decades, the status of salamander populations is much less well known, partly due to their secretive natural history and to the difficulty of finding them in the wild. This talk will ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
The Search for Circumbinary PlanetsWe discuss several techniques for the detection of circumbinary planets (CBP, planets that circle two stars at once). This involves detection by transits (which in the case of CBP produce a quasi-periodic signal), eclipsing binary (EB) timing, dynamical timing of EBs, and a new detection technique called the "eclipse echo" ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Homeless Nemo: What Does the Future Hold for Coral Reef Communities?Marin Science Seminar for Teens, Educators & their Families presents:Vania Coelho, Ph.D. of Dominican UniversityCoral reefs are undoubtedly among the most threatened ecosystems in the world. Studies predict that without increased conservation and restoration efforts a complete collapse is only a few decades away. This talk will focus on the ...
Experience the wildlife and natural beauty that make Younger Lagoon an exceptional local treasure on this docent-led tour to the lagoon and its beach habitat. Learn about the ongoing research and habitat restoration work that help this vital ecosystem thrive. Tour includes a short hike and is best suited for ...
Some 150 million years ago, a strange creature died in a tropical lagoon that today is located in Bavaria, Germany. One hundred fifty years ago, a single feather of this creature was discovered. Not long afterward, a complete fossil was found with the same bird-like feathers but dinosaur-like anatomical features. ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Global Gametes: Reproductive 'Tourism' and Islamic Bioethics in the High-tech Middle EastGlobal Gametes: Reproductive "Tourism" and Islamic Bioethics in the High-tech Middle EastSpeaker/Performer: Professor Marcia C. Inhorn, William K. Lanman, Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs; Chair, Council on Middle Eastern Studies, MacMillan Center; Editor, Journal of Middle East Women's Studies; Yale UniversityAssisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), including in vitro fertilization ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Meshin: Bringing order to communication chaosIn the information-overloaded Grand Central Station of our lives, Meshin -- a Xerox-funded startup incubating at PARC -- brings order to communication chaos. This smarter personal assistant moves beyond the inbox (and platform-isolated social graph) to link disparate information across communications streams and present users with a contextually unified, prioritized view ...
The lecture deals with the Art and Science under the absence of weight. Starting point is an artistic project Agnes Meyer-Brandis conducted under the condition of weightlessness, entitled "Cloud-Core-Scanner." The experiment participated in a microgravity generating flight manoeuvre, that is usually restricted to scientific interests and was executed in collaboration ...
This After Dark, the Exploratorium hits repeat on favorite memories, retro nights, and that song you can't seem to get out of your head. We'll examine the mechanics of memory and cultural nostalgia, testing both the comfort and discomfort that repetition inspires. Come again? Dress in your best from another ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco. Beers and Books is a social event co-hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet at Cafe Borrone http://www.cafeboronne.com/ between Kepler's Books and the British Banker's Club! Look for the black balloon.
Sharktoberfest returns to NightLife, celebrating two perennial favorites again this year: sharks and beer! Taste your way through the beer garden in African Hall, featuring brews from local favorites like Speakeasy, Lagunitas, Trumer Pilsner, 21st Amendment, Bear Republic, and others. On the shark front, meet renowned shark expert and Academy ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Ray Troll & Kirk Johnson sign 'Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway'Artist Ray Troll teams up with paleobotanist Kirk Johnson to produce a zany new book: Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway: An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip". This volume adds to the already considerable body of books that Ray Troll has become ...
