Ever wonder how plants live? Or how worms produce compost? Curious about solar beads and solar cookers? Get hands-on with science to find out! Join Cal scientists for some cool, food-related investigations at East Bay farmers' markets during the Bay Area Science Festival. (Subject to reduced hours or cancellation in ...
Join George Phillips and Jim Cartan, Save Mount Diablo's Stewardship Team, for a hike of our Wright Canyon property. This 76-acre property was a key location for Morgan Territory's rich history and offers wonderful views of Mount Diablo's peaks – the summit, North Peak, Windy Point, and Oyster Point. The ...
Join Save the Redwoods League and park rangers from Muir Woods National Monument as we hike the trails and conduct a mini BioBlitz. We will identify and document as many different plant and animal species as we can. Come learn about the natural history of a redwood forest, how to ...
Come explore and learn about the pump and lock system that keeps the sedimentation process active to help build wetlands with Park Ranger Jose Garcia. Easy bike tour from the Environmental Education Center to pond A17, near Drawbridge. Approximately 3 miles round trip flat well maintained trail. Beautiful area with ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Conflicts of Principle and How they Change PhysicsEinstein thought we should look for conflicting principles: two things which are so deeply engrained that they must both be right, but when taken together seem to lead to a contradiction. When those conflicts of principle are resolved, science makes its greatest strides. In this talk, Professor Susskind will discuss ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Happy Creepy HalloweenParticipate in Halloween-themed activities at the Lawrence Hall of Science. Meet some of the slimiest, scaliest, and hairiest creatures you'll ever see, in our Animal Discovery Room. Do Halloween-themed engineering activities with a haunted robot developed by UC Berkeley's Pioneers in Engineering (PiE).
This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free with admission
The Extreme Life of the SeaThe Extreme Life of the Sea: What are the fastest creatures in the ocean? The oldest? Where are the hottest, coldest, or deepest places that life thrives in the sea? Ocean science over the past century has uncovered an amazing collection of extreme species, living in amazing ways. This session ...
Our walk will take a cue from the western tiger swallowtail, San Francisco's largest butterfly. This fantastic creature has taken up residence along Market Street and in the parks and plazas nearby. The western tiger, like other swallowtails, has made Market Street an unexpected habitat! The lay of the land ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Science Fiction Turned FactScience fiction has predicted many things. Some have come true (think touch screens, submarines, bionic limbs), others, not so much-or at least, not yet. If you've ever wondered where your flying car or rocket belt is, or why you don't yet have a robot servant, find out at Full-Spectrum Science.18+ ...
Our Hawk Talk and Banding Demonstration begins at noon, when docent Bridget Bradshaw will speak about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Midway through, she will present a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, show everyone the hawk, and let it go ...
Come to the beautiful Marin Headlands to get involved in real-life botany! We will tour the native plant nursery and take a short hike. You will learn how genetic diversity is being protected in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, gain the skills you need to contribute to national citizen ...
Long before the silicon chip, some of the world's most influential inventions were dreamed up by San Franciscan tinkerers. Explore seven surprising stories of innovation from tech to tunes to treats that exemplify San Francisco as a hotbed of creative thinking for nearly two centuries. We'll investigate the science behind ...
Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA, pronounced "karma") has been on the scene of electronic and computer-generated sound, since, well, before there was a scene. We are proud in 2014 to be celebrating three important moments in the history of CCRMA and of computer music: ...
Join us as we celebrate the life and work of Martin Gardner on Sunday, October 26, 2–5 pm at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, located at 17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720.Why the Celebration?Martin Gardner was a prolific author who pursued a playful and fun approach to Mathematics, Science, Art, Magic, Puzzles ...
Visit SF State's Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, the only academic marine lab located on the shore of San Francisco Bay. The Center is normally closed to the public, so this is a very unique opportunity to see what goes on in the laboratories dedicated to studying the health ...
At Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab, researchers use virtual reality (VR) to study the behavioral effects of immersive media. Visitors should be prepared to walk a virtual plank, fly around a virtual city, and travel to virtual Spain.Requirements/RestrictionsAll ages are invited. Not recommended for users that experience regular symptoms of ...
You are invited to a behind-the-scenes tour of our Parasitology Lab where you'll have the chance to see parasitic worms and protozoa! You'll also get to hear about our research to discover drugs to treat parasitic diseases that affect millions of people worldwide. We are located at the Mission Bay ...
Come take a closer look at the sea cliffs at New Brighton State Beach. The rocks forming these dramatic cliffs are part of the Purisima Formation, which is exposed along the California Coast from Point Reyes to southern Santa Cruz County. The rocks at New Brighton Beach were deposited under ...
NPR's hit show Snap Judgment is back to electrify the Nourse Theater in San Francisco. It's an ALL-NEW special performance created in association with the Bay Area Science Festival. Led by Snap's Glynn Washington, the world's top storytellers are coming to rock the Snap stage with brand new stories on ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 and up
Monday, 10/27/14
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTDr. Marc Fisher of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will address how one can apply a physics education to help solve problems of human stewardship of the Earth's climate.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Spooky Halloween ScienceGet ready for Spooky Halloween Science Fun! In this workshop, you will handle slimy worms and learn about their role in decomposition, turn your lab partner into a "mummy", make a witch's potion, concoct Oger boogers, create a skull mask, and observe a real sheep's brain. If you like disgusting, nasty, ...
Monsters are everywhere. They lurk in the shadows and stalk our imagination. They terrorize and fascinate us. But what, exactly, are they? Scholars differ on whether the word is derived from the Latin verb monstrare, "to show," or from monere, "to warn." Either way, as horror theorist John Halberstam writes, monsters ...
Presented by WonderfestWhen science fiction portrays the galaxy as an arena of interstellar commerce and, occasionally, of star wars, could it be accurate? We now know that billions of hospitable, Earth-like planets are sprinkled throughout our Milky Way Galaxy. Yet billions of short-term searches for ET have turned up nothing. Where is everybody?! Premier planet ...
You're the Expert is a live show, podcast, and new public radio program that uses comedy to make academic research more accessible and exciting. Through games, sketches, and hilariously misguided guesses, a panel of hilarious comedians will try to get to the bottom of what a distinguished scientist does all day. ...
Extending the search for ETI communication to near-infrared wavelengths We are poised to take advantage of a remarkable confluence of technological advances and scientific opportunity. For the first time, very fast, wide bandwidth, high-gain, low noise near-infrared avalanche photo diode (APDs) detectors are available and reasonably priced. We are designing and constructing a new SETI instrument to search for ...
Ever wonder how plants live? Or how worms produce compost? Curious about solar beads and solar cookers? Get hands-on with science to find out! Join Cal scientists for some cool, food-related investigations at East Bay farmers' markets during the Bay Area Science Festival. (Subject to reduced hours or cancellation in ...
With more than 40 patents on technology ranging from its Constellation digital acoustic system to premium loudspeakers, Meyer Sound is recognized as a major force in the professional audio industry worldwide. Take a look inside its factory and see how loudspeakers are built from the inside out. After a tour ...
A wonderful opportunity to tour one of the greenest buildings in the country, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)'s headquarters on 525 Golden Gate Ave. Attendees will have a chance to learn about the green building features such as, consumption of 32% less energy, 50% less carbon footprint and 60% ...
In his book, Prusiner tells the remarkable story of his discovery of prions – infectious proteins that replicate and cause disease but surprisingly contain no genetic material – and reveals how superb and meticulous science is actually practiced with talented teams of researchers who persevere. He recounts the frustrations and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 non-members, $8 members, $7 students
Widely regarded as the toughest man in the NHL, Derek Boogaard was a gentle man off the ice but a merciless fighter on it. We'll explore Boogaard's unlikely journey from lumbering kid playing pond-hockey on the prairies of Saskatchewan, so big his skates would routinely break beneath his feet; to ...
Tracy K. Smith, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet for her collection of poetry, Life on Mars (2011), will be speaking at Stanford as a part of the Imagining the Universe: Cosmology in Art and Science programmatic series. The cosmos has long inspired our imaginations ― fueling research, reflection, and creative response. Organized ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Bluetooth Smart and IoT ---- from vision to productIn this presentation, we will cover the latest Bluetooth Smart technology and how we could use the new Bluetooth Smart in the IoT products. We will evaluate and compare the options in wireless connectivity and provide our suggestions on the industrial best practices. For product managers and developers of the ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General
UC Santa Cruz LASER EventExploring the Frontiers of Knowledge and Imagination, Fostering Interdisciplinary Networking Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) is a national program of evening gatherings that bring artists, scientists, and scholars together for informal presentations and conversations. Please join us in the Digital Arts Research Center (DARC) 108 for refreshments at 6:45 p.m. ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free ($4 Parking)
BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL - Cataract Revolution: From Couching to Femtosecond Laser-assisted Cataract SurgeryThe lens is a remarkable structure that plays a critical role in the optical system of the human eye. An overview of the lens, including embryologic development, biochemistry, and physiology, will lay the foundation to a discussion about diseases of the lens, including presbyopia (age-related loss of lens accommodation) and ...
Adam Savage, Host MythbustersStorytellersIndre Viskontas, Host Inquiring Minds, neuroscientist, and opera singerAnnalee Newitz, editor io9.comBrian Fisher, Chairman, Department of Entomology, California Academy of SciencesShayle Matsuda, Field Biologist, California Academy of SciencesTicketsAbout Inquiring MindsJoin neuroscientist and opera singer Indre Viskontas for a conversation with Mythbusters' Adam Savage in a special live production of the Inquiring Minds ...
While killer whales are found in all of the world's oceans, their lives in the wild are poorly understood, in part because there are tremendous differences between different groups of orcas. Though the species range spans the globe from pole to pole, individual orcas belong to regional ecological groups, called ...
Scientists are often puzzled when members of the public reject what we consider to be well-founded explanations. They can't understand why the presentation of scientific data and theory doesn't suffice to convince others of the validity of "controversial" topics like evolution and climate change. Recent research highlights the importance of ...
Where: StanfordCost: $15 General, Free for students
GREECE mission: Ground-to-Rocket Electrodynamics-Electrons Correlative ExperimentOur monthly meetings begin with a short "What's Up" presented by one of our member followed by a speaker. This month's speaker is Dr. John Bonnell, from the Space Sciences Lab in Berkeley. The topic will be the GREECE mission: Ground-to-Rocket Electrodynamics-Electrons Correlative Experiment. The mission seeks to understand the ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: 0
BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL - Designing for Longevity: The 10,000 Year Clock ProjectHuman civilization is about 10,000 years old. If you wanted to build something that would last the next 10,000 years, as an icon of long-term thinking, what materials would you use? How would you prototype and test the design? Alexander Rose is part of the team that's building a mechanical, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20
Wednesday, 10/29/14
Talk on DyslexiaSchwab Learning Center is hosting Drs. Brock & Fernette Eide, who will talk about dyslexia and their latest book, The Dyslexic Advantage.
Methane is the most ubiquitous hydrocarbon on Earth. In the atmosphere, it is a potent greenhouse gas, driving ~20% of greenhouse gas warming. In the geosphere, it is a resource accounting for an increasing percentage of the global energy supply. In the biosphere, it is a source of energy and ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Pragmatic Translational Informatics for Health CareAs director of informatics research at the UC Davis Health System, Nick Anderson does research into the effective uses of biomedical data, information and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem solving and decision making. Because informatics is at the core of many transformative efforts in health care, Anderson's expertise and leadership ...
Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition first developed by the University of Queensland in Australia. The competition is now held at about 170 universities in 17 countries and counting. You can read more about the origins of the competition and see videos of winners from around the world ...
Big Data: A Data Driven Society?In the first part of this talk, I will review how Big Data is enabling a data-driven economy, look at what to do with Big Data, and look at the consequences of a society being reshaped by systematically building on data analytics. In the second part of the talk, I ...
Tour the UPS San Francisco Facility, watch how UPS moves thousands of packages through its facility to provide next day delivery for a package picked up in San Francisco destined for any address in the US.Requirements/RestrictionsAt UPS, Safety is First! You will be visiting UPS during a busy time. It ...
Grab a drink and hit the back patio of the El Rio for an intimate evening of interactive science at Science, Neat. This month, step into the "Living Room" and meet 5 scientists who will share their research and how science has shaped them personally in surprising ways. Lightning talks ...
Ready to put your science smarts to the test? Ask a Scientist will be celebrating the Bay Area Science Festival the best way we know how - with a boisterous science trivia contest hosted by Robin Marks of Discovery Street Tours. (It's just like a pub trivia night, but without all those other ...
Cancer and the Cell Cycle: From Molecular Pictures To Innovative TherapiesCancer cells invariably have defects in the proteins that control when cells grow and divide, a process known as cell cycle regulation. While much effort has gone into developing therapeutics that try to counter a deregulated cell cycle in cancer cells, few drugs have made it to the clinic, as ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: Regis ...
Have you ever wondered what happens to the dirty water from your shower, laundry and toilet after it goes down the drain? What about the runoff from lawns and gardens, and rainwater and car washing? You'll see first-hand what happens after your flush down the toilet, learn about the wastewater ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Spooky Halloween ScienceGet ready for Spooky Halloween Science Fun! In this workshop, you will handle slimy worms and learn about their role in decomposition, turn your lab partner into a "mummy", make a witch's potion, concoct Oger boogers, create a skull mask, and observe a real sheep's brain. If you like disgusting, nasty, ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Mistakes and Oversights in the InternetThe Internet, as of 29 October, is now 45 years old. On that day the first two nodes were connected. A few more computers have been added since then. The Internet isn't an Edsel, but it is showing its age and there are some design features that may have seemed ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Open Forum: Cities and the Digital FrontierThis dynamic, insightful discussion examines how cities will be transformed by digital technologies, from governance and management to citizen engagement and experience. Sensors, the Internet of things, data analytics, mobile devices, automation-all these and more will play a role. What are the economic opportunities, and how can Silicon Valley/US tech ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $67 General, $42 Members of Churchill Club
The creatures come out at night as NightLife partners with the Bay Area Science Festival for an evening of spine-tingling delight on Halloween. Discover the science and spectacle behind werewolves, vampires, zombies and other creatures that go bump in the night.Every Thursday night a new adventure unfolds. Set out with ...
We care about the food we eat. So, what should we know about GMOs?Three eminent scientists from UC Berkeley present basic scientific principles behind Genetically Modified Organisms and provide the socioeconomic and environmental implications of their use.Bringing sound expertise to this controversial subject are Professors Patricia Zambryski (Plant & Microbial ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Advances in Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatment of Brain TumorsThis presentation will cover the latest advances in the treatment and management of patients with brain tumors.Speaker: Steven D. Chang, MD Robert C. and Jeannette Powell Professor, Co-Director, Stanford Cyberknife Program, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
Marissa Mayer is the CEO of Yahoo and is one of very few women to have run a Fortune 500 company. In 2013, Mayer earned the number one spot on Fortune Magazine's 2013 "40 Under 40" list. Fifteen years before she became the tech powerhouse she is today, Mayer was ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL - Open Show: Seeing the UnseenExplore the worlds beyond what our naked eyes can see with electron microscopy scientists, renowned data visualists, amateur astrophotographers and more. Experience the stories of how the boundaries of photography and video are being pushed to illuminate the distant past, unfamiliar perspectives and the miniature ecosystems hidden in front of ...
What can diseases of wildlife tell us about the emergence of human pandemics?Why is a bacterial disease expanding to animals beyond the Greater Yellowstone area?How are diseases affecting Yellowstone wolves?Speaker: Paul Cross, USGS
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Friday, 10/31/14
Blowin' in the Wind: Sequential Markets, Market Power, and ArbitrageA variety of economic goods are traded through sequential markets, a set of forward and real-time markets, to improve the efficiency of the final allocation. However, in many markets, prices across sequential markets do not converge in practice. We develop a theoretical framework to characterize strategic behavior in sequential markets ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Night HikeJoin us for hikes through our redwoods! Trail walks are led by an experienced hiker and Chabot educator and feature discussions about the natural environment, events and objects in the sky.Hike under the first quarter moon through the redwoods from twilight to moonlight on a easy 2-3 mile hike. After ...
Where: OaklandCost: $12
Saturday, 11/01/14
Walk on the Wild SideA fun-filled day of wildlife discovery. Tons of kids activities (face painting, pellet dissection, arts & crafts), wildlife presentations, bats, birds, turtles and more. Learn about backyard wildlife.
Where: San JoseCost:
BAY AREA SCIENCE FESTIVAL - Discovery Days AT&T ParkAT&T park is transformed into a science wonderland for the concluding event of the Bay Area Science Festival – a FREE science extravaganza on Saturday November 1st, 2014 11AM-4PM. Last year, more than 30,000 people enjoyed a non-stop program chock-full of interactive exhibits, experiments, games, and shows, all meant to entertain ...
Come learn about our local owls, their natural history, watch a video, dissect an owl pellet and visit with a live ambassador owl!
Where: BerkeleyCost: $15 General, $10 Members, $5 youth
'Inspiring Young Minds' Gala at the Lawrence Hall of Science Unleash your inner child and treat your inquiring mind to an imaginative Gala benefitting the Lawrence Hall of Science. Rubbing elbows with actual scientists, guests will test their ingenuity with hands-on activities to see how small-scale tinkering leads to large-scale innovation. Come celebrate the Hall's continued success in sparking interest ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $250 general ticket
Jazz Under the StarsSee the first quarter moon and more thru our telescopes, while listening to KCSM Jazz 91 FM. Dress warmly and come by anytime between 8 & 10 p.m. Free parking in Marie Curie Lot 5. Directions here.
