In today's age of rapid environmental and human-wrought change, questions arise with respect to how biodiversity loss will affect the emergence of pathogens. SARS, avian influenza, and swine flu are high-profile examples of viruses whose distribution and diversity has changed in recent years to impact human health.Dr. Bennett will demonstrate ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Water Conservation and Reuse Strategies for Sustainable Water ManagementWhere does our water come from? How much water do you use daily and how? Where does your water go after use? How do we match end use with the most appropriate water source?"As California water supplies are threatened by population rise, climate change, riparian ecological collapse, and inappropriate use ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Fish Feeding FrenzyHelp Ranger Bill feed the hungry inhabitants of our fresh and saltwater tanks. Watch the different feeding styles of rock cod, sea stars, and steelhead trout.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Physics of Sound and Motion with YSIInvestigate the relationship of matter and energy with a Youth Science Institute instructor. Experiment with paper airplanes, stomp rockets, and a variety of noisemakers in a study of motion, forces, and sound waves. Grades 2nd-6th.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
A tale of two sea slugsA tale of two sea slugs: sharp range limits set by environmental gradients, local adaptation, mating interference and larval supply.Speaker: Patrick Krug, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University Los Angeles
Computer animation in feature-films is a modern-day nexus of art and science. Professor Alejandro Garcia developed and teaches Physics of Animation, a science course for visual artists. During 2011, he took a professional leave and worked in Dreamworks Animation's department of Artistic Development as a physics consultant on Madagascar 3: ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Empowering Libraries, Archives, and Museums with Crowd-sourced Human Computation and Linked Open DataWhat role will museums and libraries play in the information technology landscape of the future? Todd Carter presents his vision of museums and libraries empowered by Web 2.0 and crowd-sourcing technologies. He will focus on improving media annotation with open-sourced anthologies, linked open data, tagging with linked data URIs, semantics, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Computational Insights and the Theory of EvolutionI shall discuss recent work (much of it joint with biologists Adi Livnat and Stanford's Marcus Feldman, and more recently with Greg Valiant) on some central problems in Evolution that was inspired and informed by computational ideas. Considerations about the performance of genetic algorithms led to a novel theory on ...
Seismic forces that shaped the citySan Francisco is famous for its hills, which lend the city its character and breathtaking views. On this tour, we'll explore the unique qualities that have shaped San Francisco's distinctive terrain, while munching through edible seismic activities and getting up close and personal with the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $30 with discount code 'Schmooze'
A Healthy Sexual Life: What Everyone Needs to Know in 2012, But May Be Afraid to AskThe personal and public health burden of sexually transmitted infections including HIV infection continues to have a major impact on our society. In this non-technical discussion, faculty from Stanford's newly established Sexual Health Clinic will discuss the latest in easy-to-use screening tests, plus new diagnostics, treatments and prevention therapies available ...
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 ...
