Lunar EclipseEarly birds get the… dark. View this partial lunar eclipse from our observatory deck in the wee hours of Monday morning. The eclipse will be most visible from 2:59am to 4:03am (PDT). Engage in conversation with our astronomers and knowledgeable volunteers as you witness the Moon's passing behind the Earth. ...
Where: OaklandCost: $3 Donation
Diving for Treasure in Complex Data: From Roman Urns to AlzheimersWe're drowning in data" How often have you seen or heard that phrase? Discovering hidden information in an ocean of high-dimensional, often noisy and low-contrast data requires novel data-mining techniques. Dynamic Quantum Clustering (DQC) – a new, unbiased, visual data-mining technology – has been successfully applied to small datasets in ...
Recently published research on autism genetics has implicated a wide range of genetic causes, but genetic differences explain only a minority of cases. At Stanford, Ricardo Dolmetsch is taking a different approach to autism research, focusing on uncovering the biologic differences in the neurons of autistic patients. To achieve these ...
In the past five years solar physics has entered a golden age in which visible light, extreme ultraviolet (EUV), and X-ray solar telescopes are viewing the Sun continuously, and from multiple angles, from space. Dr. Berger will show recent observations from the Japanese/US/UK Hinode mission, and the NASA STEREO and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $6 Members, $10 Seniors
