Nursery Series: Growing for RestorationDid you think that we just go to our local nursery and pick up the over 100,000 plants to use in restoration projects each year? Wrong.To kick-off the nursery series, join Ely Huerta Ortiz (Nurseries Education Manager) to learn what is involved in producing our native plant crops each year, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donation encouraged
Cognitive Neuroscience of Visual Attention and Working MemoryWorking memory is of central importance for high-level cognition in the primate. My group takes a brute-force approach to studying 'how working memory works' -- with brain imaging and brain stimulation methods -- and we have found ourselves moving increasingly "upstream", away from the prefrontal cortex and toward the thalamocortical ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The bizarre orbits of minor planets beyond NeptuneThe major planets in our solar system are on nearly circular orbits in a well-defined disk plane. The minor planets, however, take very different paths around the sun. Many minor planets are on orbits that tilt 30 degrees or more out of this disk plane; bizarrely, as Dr. Madgian will ...
At the Paris climate summit last month, 195 nations agreed to go on a carbon diet. In June energy ministers from around the world will gather in San Francisco to advance their plans for cutting use of fossil fuels while keeping economies growing. That is a major transition and the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Student
Health and Hope from the Ocean Depths to the Mountain TopsFrom the depths of the ocean to the highest mountain summits, our planet is under assault as never before. From very different perspectives, two female adventurers share their extraordinary worldwide experiences to inspire action to meet urgent environmental challenges that face us now and in the future. Their message is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Biodiversity and the Native Plant GardenerLearn about the critical role native plants play in a healthy environment and what you can do to celebrate and save them. Provide habitat for wildlife, conserve natural resources, save money, and give your garden a sense of place -- by using native plants. Plant lists will be available. Our ...
Where: SaratogaCost: Free
CES 2016 DownloadThis is our annual sharing of the new and unusual things seen at the Consumer Electronics Show in early January. This event has proven to be a very popular one to attend for people that are in the industry or just have a curiosity. See photos and hear explanations about ...
Where: Sana ClaraCost: $10 General, Free for IEEE CES members
Of Orcas and Men - What Killer Whales Can Teach UsAccompanied by photos and sounds, David Neiwert talks about the often-fraught relationship between humans and killer whales, what we've learned about these creatures in the last fifty years, and why we now know they deserve not just our awe but our deep respect. In the end, he makes the case ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $5 Donation goes toward Student Research Grants
The Hertzprung-Russel DiagramThis month's speaker is Jeff Adkins.The HR diagram is the Rosetta Stone for decoding the organization, aging and evolution of stars.This month's what's up by Antonia Nafarrate who will be presenting his latest ideas on animal orientation mechanisms.
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
Kick Off of Silicon Valley Reads 2016Emmi Itaranta, author of Memory of Water, and Benjamin Parzybok, author of Sherwood Nation, are interviewed on stage by Mercury News columnist Sal Pizarro. Co-sponsored by Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley. Welcoming music performed by Del Mar High School Saxophone Ensemble under the direction of William Burkhead.No tickets or reservations requiredDoors ...
Where: CampbellCost: Free
Supernovas: Gravity-powered Neutrino BombsImagine taking a ball of hot plasma more massive than the sun and suddenly compressing it to a super-dense object the size of a city. This sounds like science fiction, yet it is exactly what happens in the centers of massive stars, causing them to explode so violently that they ...
