Rafe Sagarin: Learning from the OctopusDespite the billions of dollars that have poured into wars, homeland security and disaster response, are we fundamentally no better prepared for the next terrorist attack or unprecedented flood than we were in 2001?Our response to catastrophes remains unchanged: add another step to airport security, another meter to the levee ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $7 Students
GPS for HumanityThe Global Positioning System (GPS) is truly one of the United States' gifts to the world. Cell phones rely on GPS for timing. Ships and aircraft carry multiple GPS receivers to provide positioning information. Emergency personnel, the military and many others rely on it to do their jobs.Dr. Bradford Parkinson, ...
This all-day cruise aboard the "New Sea Angler" will be an exploration of the pelagic zone that lies off the Sonoma and Marin coasts. Just after leaving Bodega Bay the group will begin looking for migrating flocks of loon, scoter, and brant, while common murre and pigeon guillemot may dive ...
Please join us for a panel discussion moderated by:Brian Kennedy, PhDBuck Institute President and CEO Featuring Buck Institute scientists:Victoria Lunyak, PhDAssociate Professor,Buck InstituteXianmin Zeng, PhDAssociate Professor,Buck InstituteDeepak Lamba, PhDAssistant Professor,Buck InstituteRegistration is requiredFor more information and to register, contact us at:specialevents@buckinstitute.org415.209.2030
Although they are relatively frequent as free-floating objects, brown dwarfs are scarcely found as companions to solar-type stars. The paucity of brown dwarfs in close-orbits first noticed by radial velocity surveys has led to the concept of the "brown dwarf desert".Dr. Guillot will show that this desert concerns in fact ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Visualization and Analysis of Large Data From SimulationsVisualization and analysis are critical to the success of the simulation process; they help realize the value of computing by increasing the rate at which new science is discovered. Their techniques are used to confirm that simulations are running correctly, to communicate simulation results to an audience, and, most importantly, ...
Vibration mitigation challenges in modern Extreme Ultraviolet tools for semiconductor ApplicationsLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Center for X-ray Optics (CXRO) works to further science and technology using short wavelength optical systems and techniques. Since the early 2000s, CXRO has worked with semiconductor companies to develop the infrastructure needed for world-leading research and development in the field of EUVL, contributing basic research ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Turing: Pioneer of the Information AgeAt the turn of the millennium Time magazine listed Alan Turing among the twentieth century's 100 greatest minds, alongside the Wright brothers, Albert Einstein, DNA busters Crick and Watson, and the discoverer of penicillin, Alexander Fleming. Turing's achievements during his short life of 42 years were legion. Best known as ...
While population and biomedical geneticists have been revealing a wealth of remarkable data regarding the origins of human populations, the nature of their historical successes and the role of genetics in health, in their preoccupations they have largely ignored old and new popular misconceptions regarding the significance of this information ...
2012 UC Berkeley Green Chemistry Conference: Collaborative Approaches and New SolutionsThe 2012 Green Chemistry Conference will highlight green chemistry's growing role in education, research and outreach at UC Berkeley. The themes for the conference are: 1) Advancing legislation for innovation, 2) Creating new green catalysts, 3) Promoting greener materials use, and 4) Developing an ethics for ...
Speaker: Dr. Andreas Meyer-Lindberg,Director, Central Institute of Mental HealthProfessor and Chairman of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of HeidelbergClinical Director of the Department Psychiatry and PsychotherapyRoom 299
Incomplete Nature, radically reformulating the concept of emergenceBy recasting emergence theory in dynamical terms and focusing on the role of constraint in explaining ascending levels of causal relationships, this talk will argue that such basic scientific challenges as explaining the origins of life, the nature of information, and the dynamics of mental function need to be rethought. ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Query Processing with People and Machines: CrowdDB The challenge of "Big Data" analytics is not just data size -- it's about issues such as diversity, ambiguity, and incompleteness in both queries and the underlying data.While advances in scalable data processing are helping to address the data size problem, there remain many important data-centric tasks where humans are ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco.Cafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ between Kepler's Books and the British Banker's Club!
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
The World of Your Senses After Dark @ the explOratorium The World of Your SensesSee the US premiere of a Tibetan thangka-style painting exhibition and engage with Tibetan monks from India to explore sensory perception through Buddhist and scientific perspectives.A collaboration between the Exploratorium, the Library of Tibetan Works & Archives (LTWA), the Sager Family Foundation's Science for Monks Program, ...
Diagnosing Lung Cancer EarlyNew National Cancer Institute screening guidelines have been released demonstrating that screening by Chest CT scan in smokers can help detect early lung cancer and reduce lung cancer-related deaths by 20%. This talk will focus on this new diagnostic tool and how people who are most at risk can access ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your BehaviorTo help us uncover and understand how the human mind works, Dr. Mlodinow explains why every aspect of our life plays out in two versions: our conscious and unconscious. He discusses the profound ways our perception, behavior, memory and social judgments are shaped by our subliminal minds and how that ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
What goes on in the Zoo once the rest of the guests leave? You'll find out when your group spends the night at the Oakland Zoo! A variety of themes allows you to visit the rain-forest, be a detective and snoop your way around the Zoo, or even create your ...
Where: OaklandCost: $60
SudoRoom Oakland Hackerspace Kickoff & FundraiserSudo Room is an open, collaborative community of tech developers, citizen scientists, activists, and artists who are interested in and working towards social change. The goal is to create the first inclusive, dedicated hackerspace in downtown Oakland, so that ideas and projects in areas such as citizen science, digital/online citizenship ...
Where: OaklandCost: free, but donations are encouraged
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, 05/05/12
Coyote Creek Nature WalkTake an easy walk with a Ranger to look for wildflowers, plants and wildlife along the Coyote Creek Trail. Meet at the park office at end of Malaguerra Ave. in Morgan Hill. Bring comfortable walking shoes, water and sun protection.
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Get to Know Your Reptile and Amphibian NeighborsPepperwood has a remarkable diversity of frogs, salamanders, lizards, snakes, and turtles. Learn where they live, what they eat, how they reproduce, and how they are doing in the face of of urban and agricultural development. Dr. Nick Geist is an associate professor of biology at Sonoma State University where ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: $20
Guided Nature WalkWe hope you'll join us for this special opportunity to explore the Bouverie Preserve. Our half-day guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest, flower-carpeted oak woodland, and rugged ...
San Jose Astronomical AssociationOur speaker is Marita Beard, a San Jose high-school teacher, who is a participant in NASA/SOFIA "Partners in Science Education" program.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunday, 05/06/12
Julia Robinson Mathematics FestivalVi Hart, YouTube recreational "mathemusician" sensation (http://www.youtube.com/user/Vihart) will lead an interactive mathematical session and banish any notion that math is boring at the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival. Register your 6 - 12th grader online early at https://hosted.msri.org/jrmf/2012/stanford/register before it fills up.The Julia Robinson Festival is challenging but noncompetitive, highlighting rich ...
Where: StanfordCost: $10 per student
Wildflower HikeJoin a Park Docent on a 3-mile hike to enjoy spring wildflowers and learn how the rolling serpentine grasslands provide critical habitat for endangered species. Meet at Calero Reservoir, then carpool to the trail nearby. Bring sun protection, water, camera, sturdy hiking shoes and layered clothing. Note: This is a ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Firesafe Gardens SymposiumWith a diverse collection from areas around the world that share California's Mediterranean climate, the Garden offers an ideal site to learn about making your garden safe from wildfire. Join Cheryl Miller, from the Diablo Fire Safe Council and local fire agencies to explore how wildfire affects our neighborhoods and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 General, $12 Members
Muir Woods After HoursExplore the evening magic of Muir Woods, learning about the secret nightlife of an old-growth redwood forest.This special walk begins one hour before sunset and will conclude with the dark of night!We'll listen for owls, look for bats, and use our senses to guide us along the trails.This is an ...
