Convection in ice mantles: effects of texture and anisotropy The icy mantles of satellites in the outer solar system may transport heat by solid-state convection, which is important because it provides a mechanism for cycling material between a ocean and surface, controls the rate of heat transport, and may produce surface geological features. The style of convection and rate ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
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 ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
Bio-Physics and Bio-Medicine in a New LightProf. Steven Chu (Stanford Physics and Molecular and Cellular Physiology Depts.) will give the Applied Physics/Physics colloquium
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Low Power Electronics Design and Energy HarvestingFrom nanowatt to self-generating electronics, tomorrow's designs will minimize the amount of energy required to make them work. Professor Chandrakasan, a leading researcher in low-power electronic design will share his insights into the world of energy-efficient circuits!Next-generation portable multimedia devices and wireless sensors will require a dramatic reduction in energy ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $45
The Hidden Life of Wolves Join LivingWithWolves for a Presentation and Book Signing by Jim and Jamie Dutcher, Emmy Award-winning filmmakers and authors of The Hidden Life of Wolves.A reception, with light refreshments begins at 6:00pm, multimedia presentation at 7:00pm, followed by signing of the Dutchers' new National Geographic book, The Hidden Life of Wolves. ...
Black holes and galaxies: A love-hate relationshipBlack holes do not spend their lives alone in empty space. It is now known that, at the center of almost every galaxy, there is an enormous black hole, with a mass billions of times the mass of the Sun. This black hole pulls in and sweeps away gas from ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Stewart Brand presents 'Reviving Extinct Species'Death is still forever, but extinction may not be---at least for creatures that humans drove extinct in the last 10,000 years. Woolly mammoths might once again nurture their young in northern snows. Passenger pigeon flocks could return to America's eastern forest. The great auk may resume fishing the coasts of ...
