Monthly Bird WalkJoin us in search of resident, migrant, and vagrant birds in the Garden's many bird friendly micro-habitats. Both beginning and experienced bird watchers are welcome! Bring binoculars if you have them. Advance registration required. (Includes Garden admission.)
Where: BerkeleyCost: $15 General, $10 Members
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY – LEVERAGING BIOLOGY TO ENABLE LUNAR IN SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATIONIn 2010, the United States set exploration milestones for sending humans beyond the International Space Station to the Moon and Mars. In President Obama's National Space Policy address, he declared the objective of these missions was to "live safely beyond the Earth for extended periods of time, ultimately in ways ...
Get ready for a night of mind-bending, cutting-edge science visualization.Discover what it means to live in a connected world and be among the first to peep the Academy's newest planetarium show Habitat Earth.From the comfort of your planetarium seat, explore the vast networks of life-from sea to space-that power the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
The Digital Publishing LandscapeEveryone designing websites and publications needs to know how to design directly on their computers using interactive software, which can be shared with others. This lecture by Diane Burns, internationally recognized graphic designer, describes the differences between interactive PDFs, reflowable ePubs, fixed-layout ePubs and tablet apps and helps you keep ...
Is there a constitutional right to "physician-assisted suicide"? What about a "dignified death"-and what is a dignified death? Should terminally ill patients facing mental incapacitation or unbearable pain have access to fatal ingestion-also known as physician aid in dying? Or would that jeopardize our society's progress toward more compassionate, comfort-based ...
Is there intelligent life on other planets? UC Berkeley Professor of Astronomy Geoffrey Marcy, a pioneer in the discovery and characterization of planets around other stars, discusses new telescopic and biological observations that provide clues. A co-investigator of Kepler, the NASA space-born telescope dedicated to identifying Earth-like planets, his research ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 - $35 General, Members less 10%
Ospreys in the Bay AreaThe last decade has seen a remarkably rapid expansion of Osprey nesting into San Francisco Bay tidelands. From a single nest reported in 1990 in Vallejo, numbers have risen to 27 nesting pairs in summer 2014. What's behind this increase? What conservation challenges do nesting Osprey face here, and how ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $5 or free for members.
Surgical Approaches to Facial PainTrigeminal neuralgia (TN) is one of the most common causes of facial pain characterized by recurring brief episodes of electric shock-like pains. This talk will focus on surgical approaches to treating this difficult disorder.Speaker: Casey H. Halpern, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Ice Plants, Mattress Wireweed & Other OnslaughtsHave you seen how much of our coastal parkland is now covered in succulent ground cover, hardy New Zealand vines, and just too many highly invasive species? Come hear Lew give us the low down on ground cover invasive plants. He's been working with the Presidio Trust, and before that the ...
