The Great Backyard Bird CountJoin a nationwide bird census effort! The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual winter event in the US and Canada. Learn about our local migratory, wintering and resident birds as you help look for and count species along the oak studded trails and tranquil lake shores. Meet at the ...
Every year the largest haulout of Elephant Seals on the West Coast takes place on the southern San Mateo shorelines. A memorable experience awaits as we walk along a two mile guided exploration to get up close to these magnificent animals!!
Where: PescaderoCost: See website
Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: The Quest to Find Ourselves Among the StarsFor millennia, humans have pondered their place in the cosmos and asked the question "Are we alone?". Now, for the first time in our history, the answer may be within our grasp. In the last several decades, astronomers have determined that the key environmental factors that gave rise to life ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Private Tour of the Marine Mammal Center - SOLD OUTEnjoy a private guided tour of the Marine Mammal Centers state-of-the-art facility.Our educator will escort the group through this unique outdoor animal rehabilitation hospital, answering questions and sharing current patients' stories.You will view seal and sea lion patients and learn how the hospital functions. We will look into key areas such ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $25 General, $15 Members
the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Panama-Pacific International ExpositionCommunity Day at the Palace of Fine ArtsOn February 20, 1915, the gates were thrown open to the Panama Pacific International Exposition, the official opening celebration of the newly completed Panama Canal. Hailed by some as the most wondrous world fair of all time, the PPIE boasted 635 acres of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Ship Operations in the BayJoin Captain Craig Thomas of Agile Marine as he provides a better understandingof commercial shipping operations and movements in the Bay. The program includes the types of ships, ship construction and layout, commercial considerations, types and locations of terminals in the Bay Area, manning requirements including careers and International, U.S. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Family Bird WalkLet family walks become a shared time of nature learning. We'll begin by helping kids create their personal bird watching field guides, and then head out onto the trails to find those birds. A limited number of binoculars are available to borrow. Recommended for children ages 5-10. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Register ...
The Great Backyard Bird CountJoin a nationwide bird census effort! The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual winter event in the US and Canada. Learn about our local migratory, wintering and resident birds as you help look for and count species along the oak studded trails and tranquil lake shores. Meet at the ...
Where: GilroyCost: Free
Briones Newt AdventureJoin the Nature Journal Club for a hike to the newt ponds of upper Briones Park. Instead of coming in at the main entrance and hiking up, we will come in one of the back entrances of the park and hike out to a series of ponds that should be ...
Where: MartinezCost: $20 Donation
Geology HikeTake a moderate 2-mile hike to discover the history and geology of the reservoir and surrounding area. See and touch a mix of ancient geologic evidence along the Calaveras-Hayward Fault and Diablo Range, including preserved volcanic lava. Dress in comfortable clothes that can get dirty and wear sturdy hiking shoes ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Marine Science Sunday: Marine Mammal Parents and PupsIn preparation for Valentine's Day, this month we celebrate love under the sea with Marine Mammal Parents and Pups in a fun, educational way for both kids and adults. We recommend teaming our free classroom program with a Docent-led tour at 11am, 1pm or 3pm for a truly immersive marine mammal experience. Read ...
Street art is graffiti. Street art is mural art. Street art is a staple. Have you ever noticed the inadvertent collection of poster staples on a wooden pole from a hundred years of community outreach? We'll explore the Mission. We'll find random aesthetic drama, along with specific murals and other ...
What's going on inside the nucleus of an atom? Why does it spit out radiation? Did you know that you are exposed to radioactivity every day? Learn the facts about this somewhat controversial topic.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Monday, 02/23/15
Cosmology with Strong Gravitational Lenses Strong gravitational lenses have become an important astronomical tool: they allow us to make accurate measurements of galaxy masses, they provide a magnified view of the distant universe, and they allow us to constrain cosmological parameters. In particular, the time delays in multiply-imaged quasar systems enable measurements of distance in ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
The Science of Reading and Its Educational ImplicationsResearch in cognitive science, developmental science, and neuroscience has made enormous progress toward understanding skilled reading, the acquisition of reading skill, the brain bases of reading, the causes of developmental reading impairments and how such impairments can be treated. My question is: if the science is so good, why do ...
Today's food system generates hunger alongside of food waste, burgeoning health problems, massive greenhouse gas emissions. Applying food system analysis to review how the international community has addressed food issues since World War II, this book proceeds to explain how actors link up in corporate global food chains and in ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
BRINGING STAR POWER TO EARTH Dr. Jim Gaffney of LLNL discusses the world's largest and most energetic laser system, the National Ignition Facility (NIF). NIFs goal of driving thermonuclear fusion between isotopes of hydrogen could pave the way for nearly limitless, clean nuclear energy
At the Energy and Resources Group, Rebecca works with core ERG faculty, Professors Dan Kammen and Margaret Torn. She spends part of her time in the Climate and Carbon Sciences Program at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.Speaker: Rebecca Hernandez
The Engineering Student Council and Berkeley Engineering are pleased to announce the 2015 Engineers Week keynote speaker: Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX. Ms. Shotwell's talk, The Road to Mars, will center on SpaceX, the engineering technologies used and exciting developments in the company. She will also ...
Cosmological observations show that the universe is very uniform on the maximally large scale accessible to our telescopes. The best theoretical explanation of this uniformity is provided by the inflationary theory. I will briefly describe the status of this theory in view of recent observational data obtained by the Planck ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Nerd Nite East Bay #27: Pi Day, Science on Screen, and PeeSCIENCE!And beer. A worthy combination. This month's installment of Nerd Nite East Bay features a delicious talk on π Day by Exploratorium superstar Matthew "Herbie" Harman, an exploration of how science is portrayed in the cinema by Kevin Peter Hickerson (a scientist who consulted for the movie Thor), and you'll be relieved ...
Allan Savory created holistic management, a revolutionary resource management system for farms and ranches. Born in what is now Zimbabwe, Savory was a research biologist and ranger before becoming a farmer, rancher and politician. He is now president of the Savory Institute, which researches the environmental impact of livestock worldwide. ...
The Public Policy Program has put together an outstanding panel of speakers who will discuss this topic from a wide range of perspectives: Lauren Gelman, Jonathan Mayer, Joanne McNabb, and Charles Belle.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Annual CES Download - Part 2This is Part 2 of our more popular meeting topics - a look at some of the latest and greatest, and sometimes weirdest new products shown at the Consumer Electronics Show. Additionally, there are a number of related events that are held just before and after CES that will be ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General, $Members free advance, $5 at door
There's one chance to save the Southern Resident killer whales from extinction and that moment is right now.Blaine residents and documentary filmmakers Rick Wood and Shari Macy teamed-up with Orca Network to create a groundbreaking documentary film about the resident orcas, Chinook salmon and the environment they live in.The film ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $5 Donation
Lecture and Q&A with Pandora CTO, Christ MartinJoin us for a lively discussion with Chris Martin, chief technology officer at Pandora. Chris joined Pandora in late 2004 just before the company began to transition the business into redefining radio. Since joining the company, he has managed the engineering function at Pandora. Today, Chris oversees a growing team ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Mars and Life - CANCELEDWhile the Curiosity mission to Mars is not designed to test for life past or present, it is very much involved in determining whether Mars could have once supported life. And the answer coming back from Gale Crater is an unequivocal "yes." The Curiosity team determined that at Yellowknife Bay, ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Astronomy Lecture February 24th, With Speaker – Dr. Jill Tarter, SETIPlease join Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society for the February 24th general meeting. Our monthly meetings begin with a short "What's Up" presented by one of our members, followed by a speaker.This month's speaker is Dr. Jill Tarter. The topic will be about looking for techno-signatures and describe some future SETI ...
Sustainability advocates have long had conflicted reactions to technology. On one hand, many individuals going back to 19th century Luddites and 1960s and 70s "appropriate technology" pioneers have questioned whether many forms of technology are desirable or sustainable. On the other hand, other technologies such as those related to renewable ...
Sustainable agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan AfricaSustainable agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa is needed for poverty alleviation, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and in order to meet other growing 21st century pressures. Yet dissemination of agricultural technologies remains a challenge in the region. I report the results of a randomized controlled trial in rural Western Kenya on adoption and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Informing Management of the World's Largest Groundwater Systems with Simply-Structured Model AnalysisDuring the 50 years since its development, groundwater flow modeling has become the tool of choice that, when used wisely, provides deep insight into the functioning of aquifer systems that can become a foundation of effective water-resources management. This presentation reviews typical difficulties in characterizing aquifer systems (due to heterogeneity ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Oracle v. Google: Are Java APIs Copyrightable?For the past 20 years, it has been widely believed that application program interfaces (APIs) were not protectable by copyright law because they were necessary to enable interoperability among programs, a kind of functionality that copyright law does not protect. In the Oracle v Google case, a trial judge ruled ...
There are important shortcomings in the means available to researchers to define and classify human group difference in past, as well as contemporary populations, along the loose concept of 'ethnicity'. Personal naming conventions usually adhere to unwritten social norms and customs that with time end up producing distinctive cultural, ethnic, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tending Your Inner Ecosystem: Nutrition for your Digestive SystemLearn how our invisible residents shape our lives from birth to old age. In this 1-hour class, we will discuss the importance of our "inner ecosystem" to our health and longevity. We will explore how modern lifestyle and dietary habits (such as readily available, highly processed foods) have altered our ...
Where: StanfordCost: $30
Lessons from the rim Fire: What it MeansWith California drought conditions building, 2013 and 2014 saw some of the worst fires in Yosemite and Sierra history. The Rim Fire and subsequent fires affected incredible amounts of acreage and economies in both the U.S. national forests and California's forests and parks. The recovery efforts and lessons learned involve ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: TBA
Current Advances in the Treatment of Common Shoulder DisordersThe scope of this talk will cover rotator cuff injuries, impingement, frozen shoulder, instability, and arthritis.Speaker: John G. Costouros, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center
Is it possible to restore tropical forests?Dr. Karen Holl will draw on her two decades of experience studying tropical forest restoration in Latin America to discuss what we know about the ability of tropical forests to recover from human disturbance. She will summarize the results of her long-term research in Costa Rica and offer examples of ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Science and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub, West BayIf ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the flim-flam man, join us, your friends. Skeptics in the Pub is a group of like-minded people informally discussing the latest in science or pseudoscience over good eats & ale.Skeptics in the Pub is a monthly meeting for discussion of topics ...
Come learn from world leading scientists as they address the organ donation problem in the United States and discuss tissue engineering and cryopreservation.Snacks and refreshments will be served, and many networking opportunities available.1:00PM Welcome1:25PM A Story of Survival due to Organ Transplantation Charity Tilleman-dick1:50PM Revolutionalizing Transplant Medicine - Organ Banking Dr Sebastian ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Adapting to Rising Tides in Mission Creek - CANCELEDLocated along the eastern waterfront of San Francisco, Mission Creek, one of the city's lowest-lying areas, is vulnerable to flooding from both sea level rise and stormwater runoff. For the past year, SPUR has been a leader in the Mission Creek Project, a public-private partnership to understand vulnerability and propose ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Formal Foundations of ClusteringClustering is a central unsupervised learning task with a wide variety of applications. However, in spite of its popularity, it lacks unified formal foundations. Recently, there has been work aimed at developing such foundations. We will discuss this work starting with results on clustering axioms.Speaker: Dr. Margareta Ackerman, Florida State ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Current research in kidney cancer risk and prognosis:: towards a transdisciplinary approachKidney cancer is diagnosed in more than 330,000 people each year worldwide, and accounts for 2.4% of all adult cancers and over 140,000 deaths annually. Incidence rates have been increasing sharply with unexplained variation in different countries and ethnicities. Epidemiological studies have identified several lifestyle and host risk factors, among ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Forgotten Epidemic: HIV/AIDS in Women and ChildrenJoin Arthur Ammann, M.D. as he discusses the global impact of HIV/AIDS in women and children. The scientific advances in HIV/AIDS that occurred over the next two decades were remarkable resulting in the near eradication of HIV in infants in the US and transforming an acute and fatal infection in ...
44th Annual Pauling LectureSpeaker: Joseph D. Puglisi, PhD, Stanford Magnetic Resonance LabRoom: Auditorium
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Driving the Future: Advanced Bioenergy Technology Development at the DOE Joint Bioenergy InstituteToday, carbon-rich fossil fuels, primarily oil, coal and natural gas, provide 85% of the energy consumed in the United States. Fossil fuel use increases CO2 emissions, increasing the concentration of greenhouse gases and raising the risk of global warming. The high energy content of liquid hydrocarbon fuels makes them the ...
Lunar New Year NightlifeThis week, NightLife gives you a second chance to kick off your (lunar) new year.Catch a powerful performance by the Jing Mo Athletic Association, a Chinatown-based martial arts performance troupe.Plus, behold the mystery and wonder of a traditional Bian Lian Mask performance by Dan Chan.Pay homage to the "Year of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
The Slimy and the Spineless: Portraits of Unsung Ocean HeroesA presenation and student-led discussion celebrating the art of science with authors/photographers Susan Middleton and Josie Iselin.Both Middleton and Iselin want us to appreciate the dazzling and bizarre beauty of algae and marine invertebrates and they want us to learn the science behind what we are seeing. They are also ...
Although officially protected in all of the Snow Leopard range countries, the laws have been rarely enforced due to lack of awareness, insufficient political will to uphold regulations, or a shortage of funds and trained personnel. Those snow leopards living outside protected areas are very vulnerable. Did you know there ...
Where: SonomaCost: $8
From black holes to superconductors (part 1 of 2)The Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics announces the second mini-course by Stanford physics faculty on recent fundamental advances in theoretical physics. The winter quarter's lectures will be by Professor Sean Hartnoll.Black holes have the remarkable property of irreversibility: if you fall into a black hole you can't get out (classically). This ...
Ritchie will discuss how philosophy, physics, games, theology, music, gardens, art & architecture can all be connected through readings of the secret history of diagrams. His recent 18 month residency at the ICA Boston culminated in The Long Count/The Long Game, a museum-spanning, multimedia production featuring diverse musical partners ranging ...
Hear about river response to the largest dam removal in history.Causing disturbance as a means of restoration: how well does it work?Will legendary salmon runs return?Speaker: Amy East, USGS Research Geologist
What's going on inside the nucleus of an atom? Why does it spit out radiation? Did you know that you are exposed to radioactivity every day? Learn the facts about this somewhat controversial topic.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Friday, 02/27/15
The Bosch Roadmap for Future Automated VehiclesAdvanced driver assistance systems already help drivers reach their destinations safely and more comfortably. Future systems will evolve from driver assistance over highly automated vehicles to fully automated driving. In this talk we outline the Bosch roadmap for future automated vehicles, assess the key challenges for introduction and give an ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Cheap GasolineThe plunge in gasoline prices is expected to boost economic growth this year and put money in the pockets of American drivers. But it also is causing increased sales of gas-guzzlers and undercutting efforts to move away from fossil fuels to reduce the risk of more severe weather.Gasoline selling for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free for Members, $7 Student
We all want more health care and to pay less for it. Obamacare increased coverage but did little to stem rising costs. What is being done? There is a growing movement to integrate the accountability for treating and financing care. Hospital systems and large medical groups are assuming increasing financial ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $7 Students, Free Members
