Do you have something that you love but it no longer works or is damaged and wish you could repair it?How do we fix broken things we use and love in our "disposable" world?Where can go to figure out if something is worth repairing?Our dumps are filling up with stuff ...
Where: SaratogaCost: Free
Designing for Longevity: The 10,000 Year Clock ProjectHuman civilization is about 10,000 years old. If you wanted to build something that would last the next 10,000 years, as an icon of long-term thinking, what materials would you use? How would you prototype and test the design? Alexander Rose is part of the team that's building a mechanical, ...
Celebrate World Asteroid Day with an evening of space talks, space rocks, and out-of-this-world science. Hear from Asteroid Day founders from the B612 Foundation about how they're working to promote asteroid awareness around the world.Then, catch the Academy's latest original planetarium show Incoming!, narrated by George Takei-an immersive, all-digital show ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
According to a 2015 North American study by McKinsey & Company, women are almost four times more likely than men to think they have fewer opportunities to advance because of their gender. How can we change this? During this candid discussion, you'll join three leading women in tech as they ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Wetlands are hotspots for mercury methylation and export of methylmercury to aquatic foodwebs.Rice is the most abundant wetland type in California and globally in temperate and tropical latitudes.Physical, chemical and biological Hg transformations are temporally pulsed in agricultural wetlands, due largely to seasonal water management practices.Monitoring methylmercury at the right ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Friday, 07/01/16
Birds & Botany Hike the forests, meadows and hills around Pine Flat and up Redhill with ACR Volunteer Patrick Woodworth & ACR Resource Ecologist Dave Self. We'll be watching (and listening) for birds on the hike out. After lunch, we'll botanize as we consider the seasonal interplay between bird foods, habitat history and current activity ...
For this seminar, I will present two studies from my dissertation research on mesopelagic fishes, with an overview of NOAA's ocean exploration activities. In the first study, I investigated the potential physiological vulnerability of mesopelagic fishes to ocean deoxygenation by measuring their metabolic enzyme activities in varied oxygen conditions throughout ...
Where: Moss LandingCost:
Saturday, 07/02/16
Volunteer Day at the Rotary Nature Center at Lake Merritt!Come to Lake Merritt and help out at the nature center- there's plenty to do! Help with watering all the native plants we've recently put in the ground, weeding, trash pickup, and generally making our park nicer for all the humans and non-humans around Lake Merritt. Come show some love ...
Where: OaklandCost: FREE!
Sunday, 07/03/16
Evenings with the Pigeon Point Lighthouse Fresnel lensThe Pigeon Point Lighthouse is currently under repair, but that doesn't mean that the First Order Fresnel Lens can't shine! The Fresnel lens, the original lighthouse beacon, will light up once again from its temporary home in the Visitor Center. As dusk settles, the 24 beams of light provide a ...
Computer Technology Basics: Past, Present, and FutureThe speaker will propose a new approach to CPU architecture design, when only the algorithm and data dependency would limit the theoretical speed of execution. This algorithm centric architecture brings a new level of power efficiency and dynamic range, which leads to a new post-superscalar CPU era. A detailed ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Big Bug Bonanza with SaveNature.orgBring out your inner entomologist and discover a world right under your feet. Meet and touch small bugs, spiky ones, and even giant ones as you learn about their environments and lifestyles with the help of SaveNature.org.Big Bug Bonanza is part of Summer Fun Weeks at the Hall.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
The world of native bees, why care for these little buzzers?Join Dr. Gordon Frankie for an overview of the characteristics of the 1,600 species of Native Bees that we have in CA. They are very diverse in their life styles and not that easy to study. As for what they do, have you ever wondered why we have such a ...
