Color of Life NightlifeThere's more to color than meets the eye-see why in the Academy's brand new, eye-popping exhibit Color of Life.Come decked out in your favorite colors (the brighter the better!) and discover a world of dazzling live animals and shimmering scientific specimens.Take a cue from nature and learn how animals use ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
From high above Earth, satellites are tracking the health of the oceans in startling detail by precisely measuring the color of the water. The water's color may reveal blooms of plankton that nourish marine ecosystems, or that can harm fish and wildlife. Scientists use satellite color data to track ocean ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Discovering What Cosmetics to Use: During and after Oncology TreatmentsPresented by Stanford Cancer Supportive Care ProgramWe will discuss what skin changes will occur, the ingredients to stay away from, sun protection, and websites and resources to do your own research.Speaker: Lana Vorrises
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
'Pelican Dreams'Pelican Dreams (2014, 80 min.), an intimate portrait of an iconic species by filmmaker Judy Irving, follows a wayward, starving California brown pelican from her "arrest" on the roadway of the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans' nesting grounds, Pacific coast ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Museum Admission ($15 Gen/ $10 Mem)
Explore the lives of birds through a presentation of sound recordings from Cornell's Macaulay Library, the world's largest archive of bird sounds. From the stunningly beautiful to the bizarre, from drumming to mimicry, from the Nightingale to the Musician Wren… we will listen to sounds that birds use to communicate, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Everything Matters: CarbonCome be in your elements with Exploratorium host Ron Hipschman. Follow tales of intrigue and invention, join in dynamic demonstrations, and uncover fascinating connections between individual elements and our collective human experience.From the moment of its discovery, each element embarks on a journey into our culture. -Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Periodic TalesHail carbon, ...
