S^4-Super Summer Science Search ContestThe Cupertino Library Foundation (CLF) announces its third annual S^4-Super Summer Science Search Contest for Cupertino Union School District (CUSD) middle school students. Students from any of the five Cupertino middle schools who will be outgoing 6th through 8th graders in June 2014 are eligible. Registration opens June 1, 2014 on the CLF ...
Where: CupertinoCost: free
Free First SundayFirst Sundays of the month are free at the Oakland Museum of California. Pick up a treat for yourself or a loved one in the OMCA Store, or enjoy a lunch or snack in Blue Oak café. Take your pick and join an OMCA Docent for the Architecture Tour at ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Seafoodie SoireeWe're all connected to the sea, and our choices – like which seafood to eat – really matter. Come be a Seafoodie with us on June 1! Get updates and information about sustainable seafood throughout the SF Bay Area, while you meet your neighbors in the Bay without blood, a ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5 acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 – 2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Quarterly Free Sunday at Academy of SciencesThe Academy is free to everyone on selected Sundays throughout the year. Admission is on a first-come, first served basis, and early arrival is recommended due to the likelihood of high demand. Please note that final entry to the museum is one hour before closing.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Monday, 06/02/14
Energy Seminar - The Nuclear Fuel Cycle vs. the Carbon Cycle: Pu vs. COne hundred commercial nuclear reactors in the United States generate ~ 800 billion kWh of energy each year. This accounts for 19% of the electricity generated in the U.S. The nuclear power plants (NPP) themselves produce no carbon dioxide, but the construction of the NPPs does require energy that leads ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Why and How to Tell Stories about ScienceThis event will feature presentations by Iain McCalman, author of "The Reef: A Passionate History: The Great Barrier Reef from Captain Cook to Climate Change," and authors Steven Palumbi and Anthony Palumbi, "The Extreme Life of the Sea." Additional speakers include Professor Margaret Cohen and Professor Buzz Thompson.The authors will be ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Placebo and the Illusory Nature of PerceptionThe word placebo, from Latin "I shall please," was defined in Quincy's Lexicon-Medicum (1811) as "[any medicine] adapted more to please than to benefit the patient". But as you probably know, pharmacologically inert "sugar pills" can do much more than just please - they can bring about very real physical benefits for ...
Amazing nerdy goodness. (OK, so you want specifics? We'll host 3 awesome 20 minute presentations with breaks in between to drink). All done by 10pm as usual.Who's on Deck?"EVERYONE POOPS SLEEPS" by Mariko Bennett"JELLIES, VIRUSES, MACHINE LEARNING, THE PATH TO READ THE BRAIN" by Pablo Jercog"KILLER NEURONS (OR EXTRA SPECIAL ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10 General, $8 Students
Tuesday, 06/03/14
Plant Survivors: Cool Plant Adaptations for Hot, Dry ConditionsCome to the Ruth Bancroft Garden for a morning of free family activities on the first Tuesday of each month. These drop-in programs are available from 10am - 12pm. Activities are geared towards families with school-aged children, but younger siblings are also welcome to attend. Parents are encouraged to participate ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
Mapping the UniverseIn honor of its 40th Anniversary, NERSC is sponsoring a series of lectures describing the research behind four Nobel Prizes. The Laureates are also long-time users of NERSC's supercomputing resources.Speaker: George Smoot, Lawrence Berkeley National LabBuilding 66
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
MISSION TO PHOBOS AND DEIMOS: Exploring the Moons of Mars After five decades of spacecraft exploration of the Solar System, the origin of two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, remains a perplexing mystery. Are they a) captured asteroids, b) remnants of Mars's formation, or c) reaccreted impact ejecta from Mars? These small bodies lie at the crossroads of a ...
How much of the wild weather we have been experiencing in the Bay Area and watching on TV is related to climate change? The recent IPCC report raised scientists confidence that burning fossil fuels is behind much of the climate disruption humans have experienced and measured. But connecting individual weather ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Shivani Bhalla is a fourth generation Kenyan who believes the key to lion conservation is working in partnership with local communities to deliver real solutions and ensure the long-term sustainability of not only northern Kenya's lions but its other large carnivores as well. In 2007, she founded Ewaso Lions, a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, Free for members
Wednesday, 06/04/14
Free Days at Bay Area Discovery MuseumPlease join us for free on the first Wednesday of each month for a full day of creative and fun experiences for all.F
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Old dog new tricks: Technology, Entertainment, and working in AsiaA personal look at how technology is changing the future of entertainment. The shift to mobile is challenging many of the old thinking about how content is created and delivered. The traditional mass market is evolving to a market of individual consumer. We look at the impact of this new ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Aquapalooza: Party Like a PirateSteady your sea legs and get ready to sail the high seas during this special pirate-themed Aquapalooza. We'll have food, drinks, and a silent disco in our tunnel exhibit, plus hands-on science-based crafts and activities (admit it, you're never too old for crafts). Turn trash into treasure and discover the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25
East Bay Science Cafe 'Magnetism, Space Weather, and Atmospheric Evolution at Mars'Unlike Earth, Mars does not have a global scale magnetic field. However, it does have intense and localized crustal magnetic fields. Earth's planet-wide magnetic field is thought to shield our atmosphere from the solar wind. Without such a shield, the solar wind has impacted the atmosphere of Mars over the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Tick Tock: Is our Planet Out of Sync? An Introduction to Citizen ScienceWhether it's strawberry season, allergy season or the rainy season, everyone can connect with nature through the seasons. The study of when recurring, seasonal life stages of plants and animals occur is called phenology. For centuries, people have tracked phenology for the most fundamental of reasons – knowing when to ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost:
Thursday, 06/05/14
The Spectrum and Morphology of the Fermi Bubbles The Fermi bubbles are two large structures in the gamma-ray sky extending up to 55 deg above and below the Galactic center. They might indicate past activity of the Milky Way's black hole and provide a unique opportunity to study extended gamma-ray lobes in our neighborhood.On behalf of the Fermi-LAT ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
SOLVING REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS WITH THE NASA-GOOGLE-USRA QUANTUM-COMPUTING DEVICESince September 2013 and through a partnership with Google and USRA, NASA Ames Research Center has been working with a quantum device that has the promise of harnessing quantum-mechanical effects to speed up the solution of optimization problems. Solving real-world applications with quantum algorithms requires overcoming several challenges, ranging from ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
After Dark: PlayExperience life After Dark, an evening series exclusively for adults that mixes cocktails, conversation, and playful, innovative science and art events.Not a theater, cabaret, or gallery, After Dark contains aspects of all three. Each evening showcases a different topic-from music to sex to electricity- but all include a cash bar ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San FranciscoCafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet in Menlo Park at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ between Kepler's Books and the British Banker's Club! Look for someone wearing a CFI (Center for Inquiry) T-Shirt. Café Borrone
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Redefining Transportation: Electrifying Trucks & BusesTrucks and buses are critical parts of our transportation infrastructure; moving people, products, materials, and even our garbage. Imagine a world where local delivery trucks and buses no longer spew diesel exhaust or fill their tanks with fossil fuel. Motiv makes this possible, driving the change to electrified trucks and ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Advance Ticket $10 or $15 at the DoorP
Improving Outcomes in Schizophrenia with Early InterventionsWhile there is still no cure for schizophrenia, treatments have been developed that help reduce many symptoms of the disease. There are many medications now available to help treat schizophrenia. Perhaps most important is to address schizophrenia as soon as it is detected. Early treatment has been shown to be effective in limiting the ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Skin Cancer: Best Practices for Its Prevention & TreatmentLearn about the harmful effects of sun exposure and artificial ultraviolet radiation. Dr Swetter will share the best protective practices that work to prevent sunburn, photoaging, and skin cancer, including the most deadly type - melanoma. The latest FDA regulations regarding sunscreens will be discussed, focusing on what patients and practitioners alike need to ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
The Puma ProjectWildlife ecologist, and head of the Puma Project, Chris Wilmers, talks about the secret life of pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Using innovative monitoring and tracking approaches, The Puma Project answers questions about how a puma's behavior changes as their habitat becomes increasingly fragmented by the development of roads ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $5 members $10 public.
Friday, 06/06/14
Moonlight HikeThe brightness of the moon guides our exploration of the redwoods on a moderate 3-4 mile hike. After the hike, stay and explore other amazing objects in the night sky through our telescopes (weather permitting) or tour the Telescope Makers Workshop. Hike will take place rain or shine.
Are Galaxies Island Universes?Speaker: Raja Guhathakurta - University of California at Santa CruzPart of the Lick Summer Visitor's series. Tickets on sale 4/15 at Noon.
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $9.50
Saturday, 06/07/14
Greater Good Gratitude SummitThe last 10 years have seen an explosion in the scientific study of happiness. The findings tell a complex, provocative, and unfinished story. But if they had to be distilled into one simple prescription for happiness, it would probably be this: Say thank you.Gratitude, it seems, is a key-perhaps the ...
Where: RichmondCost: $125-$149.
Engineering the Future As a complement to the L.A.S.E.R. series and to the S.M.M.M.A.S.H. series, we picked disciplines that will change the world in the near future and invited a visionary speaker for each one. These will be interactive talks (originally we wanted to call them "Q&A") in which you will have a ...
Where: San JoseCost:
World Oceans Day at the Marine Science InstituteThe Marine Science Institute invites you to celebrate World Oceans Day with us! We will be offering two boat trips aboard our 90 foot Research Vessel, the Robert G. Brownlee. Each two hour voyage features a unique window into San Francisco Bay. We'll deploy our net to catch a sample ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $15 - $40.
Cryptology - The art of the secret codeCodes, ciphers and encryption have long been used to keep information from getting into the wrong hands. Secret messages come in different varieties from morse code, to secret decoder rings and invisible ink. Some are based on math algorithms, chemical reactions and pattern recognition. This is a learn and share ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: FREE
The Ultimate Camping TripThere are two types of people in the world; those who seek adventures in the great outdoors and enjoy camping, and those who prefer to stay home in comfort and security while sleeping in their own beds. There is a third type. Capable and courageous, they venture beyond the simple ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
First Light in the Universe - SOLD OUTSpeaker: Michael Bolte - University of California at Santa CruzPart of the Lick Summer Visitor's series. Tickets on sale 4/15 at Noon.
