Giant Geometry at AT&T Park Come with us to AT&T Park and discover how geometry defines the way baseball is played and understand how the stadium is shaped. We will learn the role of many types of triangles and squares in the game and the relationships between them. On the field we will learn hands-on ...
The EV industry is experiencing birthing pains and consumers are confused by a raft of new technologies and terms. How are EVs being received in the market? Is the smart grid a bunch of hype? How are mainstream media outlets covering the rebirth of electric cars? Join us for a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free Members, $7 Students
Zooming out: New tools for probing the historical record and the human genomeNew structures often emerge when we explore a known phenomenon from a more global vantage point. For instance, the local structure of DNA is a double helix. But if DNA did not fold further, the human genome - which is two meters long - could never fit inside the nucleus ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Material Science in Nuclear ApplicationsWhat Physicists DoSpeaker: Dr. Peter Hosemann, UC BerkeleyEditor's Note: This lecture was originally scheduled for 4/2/12.
The ocean covers 71% of the earth's surface. It is abundant in renewable energy resources such as wind, wave, tidal, and gradients of salinity and temperature. With the exception of some offshore wind farms along the northern European coast, this vast reservoir of non-fossil fuel energy is untapped, even though ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Health Detectives: Four scientists describe how they are uncovering the mysteries of disease in unlikely places.World-renowned cancer researcher Mina Bissell's pioneering research on the role of the cellular microenvironment in breast cancer has changed the conversation about the disease. How does DNA instability cause disease? To find out, Christie Canaria images neural networks to study disorders such as Huntington's disease. Fruit flies can tell us a lot about ourselves. Susan Celniker explores the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Charles Mann - Living in the Homogenocene: The First 500 YearsEver since Columbus, it's an alien invasive world. Everybody's germs, insects, vegetables, staple foods, rats, domestic animals, and even wildlife went everywhere, changing everything. That convulsion is still in progress.Charles C. Mann is the author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus and 1493: Uncovering the New World ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free Membersh
