Potentially biogenic carbon preserved in a 4.1 billion year old zirconAlthough our planet is approximately 4.5 billion years old (Ga), Earth's fossil record extends only to 3.5 Ga, the chemofossil record arguably to 3.8 Ga, and the rock record to 4.0 Ga. However, detrital zircons from Jack Hills, Western Australia range in age up to nearly 4.4 Ga. From a ...
Sufficient, healthy wetlands, marshes and tidal areas are essential to protecting the region's many homes and workplaces from future flooding, but our local baylands have been significantly diminished and are threatened by future sea level rise. A new report developed by hundreds of scientists, and led by the California Coastal ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for members
Robots once were a dream of the future, but they now creep into all aspects of our lives, whether it be vacuuming our house or exploring distant planets. Rehabilitation and mobility are no different. Exoskeletons can provide the motion and support that a user cannot, supplementing or replacing their muscles ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Creative Collisions: Meetup FairIntroducing a made-for-all one-of-a-kind event: the Meetup Fair, a gathering of meetup groups from across the Bay Area. Meetup Fair is an event of Creative Collisions, an evening series at The Tech generously sponsored by the Swanson Family. We'll have crafts and Quidditch. Singers and drummers. Business and art and ...
Where: San JoseCost: $15
Fremont in the Ice AgeThe Ice Age is defined in North American from the fossils found in Irvington. New fossils found in the Warm Springs district bring more information of how the large mammals in Fremont disappeared. Activities will include making headbands, footprints, and more.
Earth Under WaterNational Geographic explores the potential effects of sea level rise on our civilization over the next few centuries. "Earth Under Water" explains the science behind the prediction of sea level rise and shows what will happen if the levels rise with increasing speed. Then, we fast forward to the 23rd ...
Join anthropologist David Puts as we explore the origins of human sexuality by looking at the evolution of sexual differences in the human voice. The roar of the male lion may indeed scare away his rivals, but it might also attract female lions looking for a dominant mate. This is sexual ...
Throughout the entire history of life on Earth, we have been at the mercy of the deadly impacts by rocks from space. Just ask the dinosaurs! On multiple occasions, devastating impacts from Near Earth Objects (NEOs) have probably wiped out life on Earth, requiring life here to start over again. ...
