Join us for this special talk by Shelagh Fritz, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy's horticulturist and program manager at the Gardens of Alcatraz. Shelagh began working as the first paid horticulturist on Alcatraz in 2006. As the gardens' program manager since 2009, she has been a driving force in ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
Star Formation and Black Hole Growth in Strongly Evolving GalaxiesGlobally, we know that galaxies have strongly evolved across cosmic time, going through a peak of activity and stellar growth when the universe was 1/4 to 1/2 of its current age, and steadily declining since. What is lesser known, but currently under a strong debate, are (1) the physical gas ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Sleep Like a Baby: Myths About Insomnia and AgingThis talk will present information on the definition, epidemiology, and impact of insomnia, while debunking common insomnia misconceptions and presenting available treatment options. Discussion of a non-pharmacological treatment study will also be included.Speaker: Donn Posner, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
WATER ON THE MOON: PROSPECTING FOR FUN AND PROFIT Thanks to a number of space missions to the Moon,we now know there are volatile compounds, including water ice, cold trapped at the lunar poles. How did they come to be there, and can water ice and other materials comprise a usable resource for space exploration? We will review what ...
It's the most refreshing week of the year, SF Beer Week is here!Sip your way through a pop-up beer hall with dozens of local breweries including Ale Industries, Almanac, Anchor Brewing, Calicraft Brewing Co., Drake's Brewing, Fort Point, Golden State Cider, New Bohemia, Pine Street, Six Rivers Brewery, Triple Voodoo, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Remaking the PlanetIncreasing droughts, floods and other severe climate-driven events are raising questions about building a planetary panic button. One possible solution is hacking the sky and oceans on a scale unprecedented in human history. Options for geoengineering include a stratospheric veil against the sun, the cultivation of photosynthetic plankton, and fleets ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Hawaii is one of the last habitable places on Earth reached by humansFrom first Hawaiian arrivals c. 1000-1200 A.D. to now, humans have accelerated erosionDirty water threatens the economic and social assets of the islandsMapping, monitoring and modeling (M3) can focus cost-effective mitigationSpeaker: Jonathan Stock, USGS
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.Part of After Dark.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Friday, 01/29/16
She's Geeky Bay Area 2016Join us for She's Geeky Bay Area 2016! She's Geeky is the premier networking conference for women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Since 2007, She's Geeky has provided a safe, friendly place for women in STEM to "geek out" and talk about their jobs, their passions, their lives and ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $140 for both days; discount rates available
Water DetectivesIn Matamoros, Mexico, a severe water shortage led to a one-of-a-kind solution: The city put local children in charge of changing adults' attitudes and habits. Thousands of schoolchildren were enlisted as "water detectives." Educated about resource conservation, they were encouraged to discuss proper water usage with adults and were authorized ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Computational protein structure visualization, modeling, and designIf genes are the blueprint of life, proteins are the machinery itself. We will cover the basics of how genes are translated into proteins, and how those proteins fold up into secondary, tertiary and quaternary structures. We will also introduce you to structural databases, and computational tools for protein structure prediction, ...
Where: OaklandCost: FREE
Saturday, 01/30/16
She's Geeky Bay Area 2016Join us for She's Geeky Bay Area 2016! She's Geeky is the premier networking conference for women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Since 2007, She's Geeky has provided a safe, friendly place for women in STEM to "geek out" and talk about their jobs, their passions, their lives and ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $140 for both days; discount rates available
Guided Nature WalkExperience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our half-day guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest, flower-carpeted oak woodland and rugged chaparral. Guided Nature Walks ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: Donations appreciated
SOS Seafood Festival: Sustaining Our SeasThe SOS Seafood For Thought Chefs' Pavilion will include celebrity chefs' demos, a panel discussion on ocean warming and sustainability, the seafood chain, and the role of the restaurant industry and food-serving community in helping to shape the future of local seafood. Chefs and speakers have been curated by the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members
Youth for the Environment and Sustainability (YES) ConferenceStudents from around the San Francisco Bay Area will join together to discuss transportation issues, learn how our personal decisions impact climate change, and share ways of encouraging everyone to walk, bike, take transit, or carpool to school in order to improve air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area.Join ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Digital Design and Laser Cutting/Engraving Workshop for Educators SEM Link's Math and Science Career Academy is partnering with OakLabs to host a Digital Design and Laser Cutting/Engraving Workshop Series for Educators. Attendee can look forward to learning the basics concepts of digital design, laser engraving and project development. Educators will also leave the workshop with ideas for project ...
Come see what it's like to travel hundreds, or even thousands, of miles. Learn what migration is like for different animals. Test your scent memory as you match different rivers like a salmon, discover the incredible migratory journeys of birds, make crafts, and more during Science Saturday: Migration Madness. In honor ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Keeping the Water FlowingWater's unique status as a renewable but finite resource misleads us into thinking we can always produce more of it. Susan Leal, author of Running Out of Water and former General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, will discuss her decade of research on the world's water and ...
Where: CupertinoCost:
John Reber, the Man with Grand IdeasIn the 1940s, John Reber looked out over the SF Bay and visualized a massive civil works project of dams and locks to harvest fresh drinking water, and barriers that would support railway systems and highways. His intention was to improve the quality of life for Bay Area business and ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Sunday, 01/31/16
Robotics and the Future with David CalkinsKick off Livermore Reads Together and Livermore Science and Engineering Month with roboticist David Calkins. He is the president of the Robotics Society of America, former professor of robotics and computer engineering at San Francisco State University, and founder of the international RoboGames (world's largest robot competition). Calkins will bring ...
Where: LivermoreCost: FREE
You Be the Chemist Challenge - grades 5-8 Are you ready to be a Chemist? Families and teachers of Grades 5-8 are invited to register their school for the San Francisc Bay Area - You Be the Chemist Challenge! Grand Prize is a week of amazing science camp and a trip to the State Finals.Contest Rules: http://www.chemed.org/programs/challenge/competition-rules/Study Material: http://www.chemed.org/programs/challenge/study-materials/Don't wait ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE
Monday, 02/01/16
Marine Science Camp Registration OpensMarine science camp is a wonderful way for children to excite their curiosity and enthusiasm for learning about the environment. We offer week-long day camps with interactive and collaborative, grade-specific curriculum for children entering Kindergarten – 12th grade. Many campers return throughout the summer to experience a range of themes ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $415+
Improving Cosmological Distance Measurements with Twin Type Ia Supernovae Type Ia supernovae are used as "standardizable candles" for cosmological distance measurements. I will present a new method for identifying "twin" Type Ia supernovae, and I will discuss how we can use these twins to improve distance measurements. This novel approach to Type Ia supernova standardization is made possible by ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Design Principles for Creating Effective Audio/Visual MediaIn the Age of the Internet a global community can now publish and consume audio/visual media. But creating effective audio/visual content is difficult. Even with the aid of computers, hand-designing effective media is time-consuming and requires considerable human effort. The challenge is to develop new tools and techniques that facilitate ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Water DetectivesIn Matamoros, Mexico, a severe water shortage led to a one-of-a-kind solution: The city put local children in charge of changing adults' attitudes and habits. Thousands of schoolchildren were enlisted as "water detectives." Educated about resource conservation, they were encouraged to discuss proper water usage with adults and were authorized ...
Dan Reicher is Executive Director of Stanford's Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, a joint center of the Stanford business and law schools where he holds faculty positions. He also is interim President and CEO and board chair of the American Council on Renewable Energy. Reicher previously directed Google's ...
Botany Series: Basic BotanyHow do plants work? If it's been way too long since that high school biology class, come take a step back with Ely Huerta-Ortiz (Nurseries Education Manager) and Annette Russell (Marin Headlands Nursery Manager). We will learn the basic processes that plants go through in life, how they have adapted ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donation encouraged
Groudhog Day - Free Day at the ExplOratoriumCome visit us on February 2 (Groundhog Day) when we open our doors to the public for free.Note: Entry is subject to capacity; admission is not guaranteed. We don't accept group or field trip reservations; group entry is discouraged due to large crowds. Finally, please note that food and drinks ...
Exoplanet spectroscopy with diffraction primary objective telescopyWhen diffraction is employed as the primary collector modality of a telescope instead of reflection or refraction, a new set of performance capabilities emerges. A diffraction-based telescope forms a spectrogram first and an image as secondary data. The results are startling. In multiple object capability, the diffraction telescope on earth ...
Accelerating the Clean Energy Revolution Worldwide2016 is pivotal year for action accelerating clean energy revolutions throughout the world. Join our distinguished panel from the University of California, Berkeley, in a discussion of expansion, technology and new generations of clean energy innovations and solutions that are critical and essential for healthy and safe world wide environments. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, Free for Students
February LASER EventWes Modes, "A Secret History of American River People"Christopher Wilmers, "Who knew there was a puma in my backyard!"Beth Shapiro, "How to Clone a Mammoth"Dee Hibbert-Jones & Nomi Talisman, "Making Last Day of Freedom"Parking ($4) is available in the Performing Arts Lot adjacent to Digital Arts Research Center.
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
The Secret of Our Success: How Culture is Driving Human EvolutionHumans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild. On the other hand, humans have produced innovative technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions. Joseph Heinrich - co-director of Harvard's Human Evolution, Cognition, and Culture Center - explores how our cultural ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $15 General, $10 Member, $8 Student
Mega-DroughtTrends indicate that a major drought event is looming in the not-too-distant future. In as few as three decades we could experience conditions that would make the Dust Bowl of the 1930s seem like an oasis. Efforts to conserve, while admirable and desperately necessary, may already be too late. This ...
Where: SaratogaCost: Free
Nerd Nite North Bay #15: Sex Trivia, Mite Sex, DragonfliesPlay Nerd Nite Sex Trivia Satisfaction GuaranteedPregame Valentine's Day with hot questions on everyone's favorite topic! Warm up the cold winter night and come out for Nerd Nite, where we guarantee multiples! (Prizes)Mite-y Sexy The Scandalous Sex Lives of MitesThere are more species of mites than anything else on ...
Elizabeth Goodman is a design researcher at 18F. She studies how people live to design and develop tools that support them. Over the course of a project, she might translate relevant scholarly work into action; break down large, complicated questions into smaller projects to prioritize them; map the cultural and ...
For 30 years, John Thackara has traveled the world in his search of stories about the practical steps taken by communities to realize a sustainable future. He writes about these stories online, and in books; he uses them in talks for cities and business; he also organizes festivals and events ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free, with regstration encouraged
The Fight for WaterThis historical documentary, set during the 2009 California Water Crisis, follows the stories of two Central Valley farmers. They discuss how water restrictions and environmental regulations have threatened their way of life, their American dream and their community. The crisis point was an environmental ruling to protect an endangered fish ...
Where: San JoseCost:
Life Beyond Our Solar SystemIn 1584, the Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno speculated that there are "innumerable globes like this one on which we live and grow." It would be more than four centuries before the discovery of the first planets beyond our solar system lent support to Bruno's idea, but thousands of such exoplanets ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
The United Nations Global Conference on Climate Change: A Final Opportunity?In December, nearly all the countries in the world gathered in Paris for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to forge a legally binding, global agreement to effectively confront climate change. What will be the measure of success and what are the consequences of failure? Christopher Field of Carnegie ...
