Take a Liking to Some LichenEnjoy an invigorating 2.5 mile loop hike over the Stile Ranch/Fortini Trails with a park docent. Learn about the life cycle of lichen, those colorful patches found on rocks and trees trunks. Along the way enjoy sweeping views of the surrounding foothills. Meet at the Fortini Trail entrance parking lot, ...
Where: AmadenCost: Free
Headlands Helping Hands: The Great Backyard Bird CountIt is time for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, and we need you and your families help! During this event you will become ornithologists, a fancy word for bird scientist, and learn how to identify Marin county frequent flyers. Then aid us in counting birds during a hike around ...
Where: SausalitoCost: FREE
California geology from the ground up, part one: from the delta south Join us for our popular series of free public lectures on a broad array of topics related to plants and natural history. Named in honor of its founder, the Wayne Roderick Lecture Series takes place in the Visitor Center of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden. These illustrated presentations are enjoyable for ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Invention ExperienceThey did it again! NASA 's newest Centennial Challenge, Night Rover and the I.S.I.S Project have joined forces with us to offer an epic, hands-on day of exploration and creationthat will have the Center jumping. In the spirit of the NASA Night Rover Challenge, Invention Experience invites students to invent, ...
Just as chemistry dominated the 19th century, and physics the 20th century, many predict that the 21st century will be "the century of biology." Indeed, the last few decades have brought dramatic increases in our understanding of the complex blueprints of living cells, discoveries that were enabled by foundational technologies ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Natl Biotech Ed Conference (NBEC)Registration for the National Biotech Education Conference (NBEC) is now open!The National Biotechnology Education Conference is designed to bring together education leaders in biotech education for the development and dissemination of best practices. The program is for educators who are motivated to expand their current programs and to inspire educators ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $100
Does Social Networking have Side Effects?When we talk about social networks, we're almost always talking about online networks: Facebook, Google+, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, weblogs. Constantly changing and ever-increasing online media offer us unique ways to connect, collaborate, and express our interests and creativity. Yet, questions have been raised about the widespread use of social networks, ...
A Science Sunday favorite, Milton Love returns to the Seymour Marine Discovery Center with a talk showcasing his new book, "A Guide to the Rockfishes, Thornyheads, and Scorpionfishes of the Northeast Pacific."
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Future "In The Visioneers, Patrick McCray introduces us to a host of innovators who pushed back against the language of limits. Their techno-enthusiast ventures, unfolding in the closing decades of the twentieth century, combined technical skill, bold speculation, and public-relations savvy. By tracing their inspirations, missteps, and unconventional networks, McCray offers ...
Where: San JoseCost: $10 General, $5 Members
Tuesday, 02/19/13
Golden Gate Playdate: Rainbow Rocks at Rodeo BeachSomewhere over the Golden Gate Bridge and below Hawk Hill, there is a place where you and your young adventurer can discover what makes the rocks at the Marin Headlands so unique. Join us for guided hands-on field activities designed to engage your preschooler's sense of wonder and imagination through ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $15/per child per session, 1 adult admission free
Building A Biomedical Research CommonsThe advent of massive, democratically available data about our bodies and health is going to wreak havoc on the research enterprise. Exactly what kind of havoc is yet to be determined.Many of the biggest impacts of technology have been driven by monopolies and their network effects. And when we choose ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Stanford's Annual Darwin Day Symposium and Celebration ReturnsStanford's Annual Darwin Day Symposium and Celebration ReturnsTuesday, February 19, 2013: Symposium: 3:00 - 6:00 pmDarwin's Birthday Party: 6:00 - 7:00 pmStanford Old Union, 3rd floorHear talks by Stanford faculty and graduate students on all things Darwin: 3:00 Welcome3:05 Jessica Riskin, Professor of History Darwin Between the Machines, on Darwin's ...
Skeptics in the StudioNorth Bay Skeptics are: humanists, atheists, freethinkers, agnostics and undeclared, who embrace modern skepticism. We celebrate the scientific method, and the application of logic and evidence to all claims. As in the tradition of many Skeptical groups world wide, we like to gather for lively discussion on current topics and ...
Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent GovernmentBy integrating democratic government with cutting-edge American innovation, the lieutenant governor of California charts a bright future for open-source America.Citizenville is the story of how ordinary citizens can use new digital tools to dissolve political gridlock and transform American democracy. As social networking and smart phones have changed the way ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Astronomy Program @ Pittsburg LibraryMt. Diablo Astronomical Society presents astronomy activities for the public.See stars, nebula, galaxies, clusters, the moon and Jupiter through member telescopes. Bring kids, dress warmly. Astronomy program is weather dependent.
Where: PittsburgCost: Free
How the Tides Work for YouRacers, cruisers, and recreational boaters will see and learn how the waters move on San Francisco Bay. Cash only. Reservations a must, email jimtantillo@comcast.net or phone 408-263-7877.
Where: SausalitoCost: $15
How to Catch a Moon of Pluto (and what to do with it when it's caught) Our recent discoveries of two small moons orbiting Pluto raise interesting new questions about how the dwarf planet formed. We now know that a total of four outer moons circle around a central "double-planet" comprising Pluto and its large, nearby moon Charon. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will arrive at Pluto ...
User Experience, Artificial Intelligence, and RelevanceArtificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are playing larger roles in products that we use everyday. In this talk, we'll look at key examples at how AI supports and improves user experience, highlighting how quantitative methods impact qualitative experience.Speaker: Aria Haghighi, PrismaticRoom 510
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Just For the Smell of It, Mushroom Common ScentsWalt Sturgeon presents a non-technical look at wild mushrooms from an olfactory perspective. His talk will include: 1) Using scents to clinch an identification, 2) How to properly check for a mushroom's odor, 3) Sniffing subjectivity and the power of suggestion, and 4) Scent and memory. This program should be ...
Chris Anderson's book THE LONG TAIL chronicled how the Web revolutionized and democratized distribution. His new book MAKERS shows how the same thing is happening to manufacturing, with even wider consequences, and this time the leading revolutionaries are the young of the world. Anderson himself left his job as editor ...
Michael Minear, Chief Information Officer at the UC Davis Medical Center, is a national leader in health-care information technology. He has an extensive record of leading transformations of large, complex organizations in the use of modern information technology.As a member of the executive leadership team of UC Davis Health System, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Future of Transportation in the East BayRenee Rivera joined the East Bay Bicycle Coalition (EBBC) in 2011 as executive director, after many years as a volunteer, board member, and most recently acting executive director at the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Renee has a background in non-profit financial management and administration, and worked for many years at ...
Hurricane Sandy and other recent extreme weather events underscore the importance of preparing for climate variability and change. But understanding the on-the-ground implications of climate change can be challenging, especially since we can't precisely predict the future of our climate. Join Beth Rodehorst of ICF International and Joe LaClair of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for Members
SCIENCE!!! The Technology of Cleantech: Batteries and Fuel CellsEver wonder how batteries and fuel cells actually work? Join BERC, CLEE and BCLT for lunch as we explore the science of clean technology.• Speakers: Gao Liu, Electrochemical Technologies Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Heather Buckley, Arnold Group, U.C. Berkeley Department of Chemistry• Moderator: Alex Luce, Graduate Researcher, Materials Science ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Special Seminar in Paleobiology and GeobiologyShuzhong Shen is Director of the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology & Stratigraphy at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. An expert on the taxonomy and evolution of Carboniferous and Permian (360-250 million years ago) brachiopods, he has conducted field research in China, Russia, Japan ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
History of the DeltaLearn about the history of the delta - from the early 1800s up to 2012 - from framing, discovery of gold, railroad building, and levee building to the present time with Ranger Bill. 1,000 miles in scope, 60-80 man made islands, and a population that exceeds 500,000! Historical. Educational. Informative.
Toward Highly Dynamic Locomotion : Actuation, structure and control of the MIT cheetah robotRobot designers are increasingly searching for ideas from biology. The talk will introduce such bio-inspired robots that embody the hypothesized principles from the insights obtained by animal studies. Through these examples, the intricate processes of design principle extraction will be discussed. Current research in the MIT biomimetics lab is centered ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
JavaScript anticensorship proxies Censorship is an everyday reality for many of the world's Internet users. Users turn to circumvention systems like Tor; censors respond by blacklisting the addresses of those systems. This talk will cover the use of "flash proxies" to evade such blacklisting. Flash proxies-which despite the name, do not use Adobe ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tracking and Curbing the Next PandemicProfessor Meyers will discuss global pandemics, why influenza remains a major threat, and how mathematical modeling has been combined with high performance computing to improve disease surveillance, forecasting and intervention.Speaker: Lauren Meyers Room T175
The increasing exposure of society to natural hazards has made the forecasting of extreme events a pressing scientific concern. No aspect of this problem has been more vexing than earthquake prediction. The century-long failure to identify observable precursory signals diagnostic of impending events has led to an alternative approach, pioneered ...
With Bay Area population forecast to increase to 8 or 9 million people, the region is grappling with where current and future residents will live and work. In San Francisco population density is rising in the trendy South of Market and Mission Bay areas, where housing is close to social ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $65 General, $45 Members
Boating Clean and Green The Boating Clean and Green Campaign is an education and outreach program that promotes environmentally sound boating practices to marine business and boaters in California. The program is conducted by the California Department of Boating and Waterways and the California Coastal Commission. The Campaign conducts boater education throughout the state ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Digital GovernmentLieutenant Governor and former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom discusses how ordinary citizens can use new digital tools to dissolve political gridlock and transform American democracy. In his first book, Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government, Newsom argues that, just as the post office and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $20 Members, $15 Students
No Bones About It: The Diversity of Gelatinous Invertebrates in the Deep SeaLiving in the ocean just a couple miles offshore from San Francisco are creatures more alien than any science fiction movie. Most of these are so fragile that they haven't been observed until recently, when submarine vehicles have begun to explore, film, and collect them. Dr. Steve Haddock from the ...
Award-winning wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas, one of the few women in her field, specializes in traveling around the world to photograph species including penguins, lions, gorillas, grizzlies, and sea otters. Hear Eszterhas share memorable anecdotes and technical expertise from her time in the field-how she journeyed to Antarctica to capture ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 donation General, members free
A veteran environmental leader, Mr. Pope worked for the Sierra Club for more than thirty years. In that time he has served as Political Director, Conservation Director, Executive Director, and Chairman. He stepped down as Chairman in 2012 to become a Senior Strategic Advisor and established Inside Straight Strategies, a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10 General, Free for UCB Students
Friday, 02/22/13
Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer No scientist is a Spock-like android; a scientist's work is as intuitive, and just as full of human foibles, as a painting, a symphony, or a prayer. But most of us don't have the opportunity (or training) to reflect on the human dimensions of our work. Br. Guy Consolmagno does; ...
What is a memristor? Why did it take 37 years to make one? Why did HP's memristor generate so much excitement? How does the memristor retain its memory even after the power is switched off? What is the difference between a non-volatile memristor and a locally-active memristor? How smart are ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Autoimmune dry eye - Molecular mechanisms and novel therapiesOne of the most debilitating forms of dry eye or keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS)) results from autoimmune-mediated destruction of the lacrimal gland. Despite powerful immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory therapy, KCS associated with autoimmune disease can provoke corneal opacification and even blindness through a process known as squamous metaplasia. Little is known about ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Golden ShoreAward-winning journalist David Helvarg will discuss his latest book, The Golden Shore: California's Love Affair with the Sea. Joined by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle, who will introduce the program, Helvarg will examine the spirit of the Californian coast, its mythic place in American culture and how the Pacific defines ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Public Star Viewing NightsJoin Sonoma State University's Physics and Astronomy department for a star party.Topic: Jupiter and the Winter Circle
