Lichen: A Closer LookTake a 1.5-mile nature walk along trails from the lower to upper waterfalls to discover the incredible beauty and diversity of lichen that thrive in the park's riparian forests. Learn ways these organisms benefit both wildlife and the environment. Meet at the main day use parking lot near the restrooms. ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Free Community Day at CuriOdysseyExplore science and meet native California animals! CuriOdyssey's free Community Days take place on varying days, both during the week and on the weekend, so that more visitors have the opportunity to experience CuriOdyssey.Please be aware that Community Days are typically crowded in the morning and early afternoon. If you'd ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Going to the Ends of the Earth to Glimpse the Beginnings of Time - CANCELEDCosmic Microwave Background (CMB) photons are actually sensitive gravimeters. Using the intensity and polarization properties of these primeval photons, we can measure the gravitational field of the last scattering surface, the fictitious shell formed by the universe's first hydrogen atoms.The last scattering surface is also a gravitational wave detector; a ...
The Social and Economic Impact of Climate ChangeClimate change represents a major global environmental challenge, but we are only beginning to understand how changes in climate might affect social and economic outcomes. In this talk, Dr. Marshall Burke summarizes a new body of evidence describing how a range of social and economic outcomes are shaped by changes ...
Carl Djerassi, a teenage refugee from Nazism and a prodigiously gifted chemist, along with Gregory Pincus and John Rock, fathered the birth control pill. Djerassi, now in his 90s, has published short stories, poetry, an autobiography, seven plays, and Four Jews on Parnassus – A Conversation, a dramatized discussion between ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
Bay Currents talk: What Your Bird Guide Tells You About EvolutionWhat ever happened to clapper rails, brown towhees, and marsh hawks? Modern genetic testing is not only making you learn new names for familiar creatures. It's unveiling unexpected family trees, and revealing fascinating adaptations on the long evolutionary road from dinosaurs to today's feathered wonders. Bring a bird guide! (We'll have ...
