Characterizing the Atmospheres of Low-Mass Low-Density Transiting Exoplanets NASA's Kepler Mission has revealed that the most common size of planet in our galaxy may be those from 2-3 Earth radii. Such medium-sized planets are significantly more common on close-in orbits than Neptune and Jupiter-class giant planets. We have no analog for these planets in our solar system. What ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
From the lab to the field: history and regulation of biotechnological applications in agricultureWhile molecular biology has led to many advances in our understanding of plant and microbial biology in the lab, the application of these findings to solutions to practical problems in the real world require translational research in field settings. This translational research, however, has been hindered by considerable/excessive regulation. I ...
The Bay Delta Conservation PlanPlease join Point Reyes National Seashore staff for Science Lectures, 45 minute presentations on scientific research being performed at Point Reyes and elsewhere in the California. Science Lectures are sponsored by the Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center at Point Reyes National Seashore.Speaker: Jerry Meral, Ph.D., Deputy Secretary of the ...
SFMC Teachers' Circle, Tatiana ShubinFor Tuesday, April 2nd Tatiana Shubin will guide the SFMC Teachers' Circle in a Parity Party! Who is Tatiana Shubin? Tatiana Shubin was born and grew up in the USSR. As an eighth grader she attended a specialized physics and mathematics boarding school in Siberia. Her experience interacting with working mathematicians kindled ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with RSVP
Extremophiles: Life At The Extremes!Microbes have managed to live at the extremes of the conditions under which we find life on Earth. Phil will describe the hunt for, and study of, these "Extremophiles" - where they've been found and what we know about how they manage to grow in conditions that are inhospitable to ...
How does an inanimate universe manage the God-like feat of creating itself from absolutely nothing? And what enables it, after pulling itself up by its own cosmic bootstraps, to continue to generate billions of years' worth of stunningly creative new forms all by itself?The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
MOOCs - Massive Open Online Courses: What's Next for Higher EducationMOOC - or Massive Open Online Courses - is the Word of the Year by the New York Times and promises to revolutionize higher education. Last year Thrun kicked off MOOC-mania and made history by offering his Stanford Artificial Intelligence class to an unprecedented 160,000 students and sparked a discussion ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Student
Parasites Among UsImagine, if you will, a tiny creature with the ability to invade your body, hijack your cells, change your DNA, and modify you physically and behaviorally to suit its own devious goals. Sound like science fiction? Maybe, but it's also the modus operandi of the real-life parasitic organisms that live ...
Rafael Reyes, Executive Director of Bay Area Climate Collaborative, will moderate a panel of experts discussing how innovations in EV technology (including batteries, charging stations and design) can point the way to continuing mobility while offering new options for large scale solutions to energy storage.Join Acterra for a series of ...
