Teddy Bear Tea with Friends!It’s tea time at Oakland Zoo and you are cordially invited to learn all about Meerkats! Enjoy a morning of snacks, activities, books and play while making and delivering an enrichment gift straight to the zoo’s Meerkat mob. When the fun is done, your child will receive a surprise-filled treat ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $15 Adult & Child General, $10 Members
Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: book talk and author signing!It’s nearly mushroom season, and this book will help you get started on identifying some fungal friends! Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast is a comprehensive and user-friendly field guide for identifying the many mushrooms of the northern California coast, from Monterey County to the Oregon border.Author Christian Schwarz will be ...
Where: LarkspurCost: FREE
EcoCenter Open HouseCome to the EV's Open House at the EcoCenter!�The EcoCenter is a community hub for environmental education. Drop by for activities for all ages, family fun, guided bird watching, interactive displays, information about EV's volunteer opportunities and school programs, and more!�This is a great event for everyone. Come see what ...
The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Midway through, a banding volunteer brings up a newly banded hawk, talks about the banding program, shows everyone the hawk, and lets it go in front ...
Where: MarinCost: Free
Saturday Cinema: Powers of ObservationAn essential practice for both scientists and artists, observation is key to navigating many Exploratorium experiences. With a little patience, our powers of perception deliver information, surprises, and deeper understanding. Join us for a series of inspiring short films and watch as wonders are revealed.Showings at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 p.m.FEATURINGZen (1981, 5 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $0 - $29.95
Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: Book talk and author signing!It’s nearly mushroom season, and this book will help you get started on identifying some fungal friends! Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast is a comprehensive and user-friendly field guide for identifying the many mushrooms of the northern California coast, from Monterey County to the Oregon border. Author Christian Schwarz will ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE
Twilight Marsh WalkExperience the salt marsh at twilight on an easy stroll along Tidelands (1 1/3 mile) Trail. At the setting of the sun we will observe the beginning of nature's night shift. Come discover the sights, sounds, and smells of the refuge as night descends. Not suitable for young children. RESERVATIONS ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
A Pocket Full of Stars - CANCELED and replaced with Dr. Holger MullerFive decades of space exploration have nourished our curiosity, our culture, AND our economy. Dr. Yvonne Cagle, a former member of NASA's astronaut corps, discusses remarkable space "spinoffs" that benefit nearly all Earthlings and describes her own journey to "catch a falling star," explaining how NASA's sharing of "a pocket ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Shining Light on the Dark Side with Lasers and AtomsMultiple lines of astronomical evidence demonstrate the existence of dark matter and dark energy - mysterious stuff whose gravity holds�galaxies together and drives the accelerated expansion of the universe. Precision measurements in physics are suitable for searching for ultralight dark-sector candidates.Speaker: Holger Muelle, UC BerkeleyEditor's Note: Rescheduled from April 9
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Sunday, 09/11/16
Wine Country Optics & Nature FestivalExperience the latest binocular and spotting scope technology from the biggest names in the business. A full ranger of optics and experts from across the U.S. from ten leading companies will be on hand to assist with both demos and purchase. Northern CA. conservation organizations, artists and photographers, representing a ...
The size, strength and skills of the ocean's top predators are simply one of a kind. This month we celebrate National Wildlife Day with those animals that rule the ocean in Top Predators: Orcas and Sharks! Come learn more at Marine Science Sunday - fun educational programs for kids and adults! ...
The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Midway through, a banding volunteer brings up a newly banded hawk, talks about the banding program, shows everyone the hawk, and lets it go in front ...
Lapis lazuli was mined in the hills of Afghanistan and traded over 3000 miles into Egypt. This brilliant deep blue stone was highly desirable to the ancient Egyptians for the symbolism its color epitomized, and they called it “a costly precious stone from the God’s Land.â€Â Found first as beads in ...
7:00-7:25: Andra Keay(Silicon Valley Robotics) on "Designing Good Robots"In science fiction the robots are either very good, or very bad. But in reality what are we building today, and how can we build robots that do the best things for our future?Read more7:25-7:50: Nina Waisman(Media Artist) on ...
Zombie vortices in protoplanetary disks & their roles in star and planet formationThe understanding of the early stages of planet formation from a disk of orbiting particles is an ongoing challenge for astrophysics and planetary science. Dr. Marcus will address the importance of instabilities in the particle disk as a link in the planetary formation chain.Without instabilities, gas around a forming protostar ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Zero Net Energy in Commercial BuildingsInnovative developers are driving down the costs and enhancing the value of office space in Silicon Valley by retrofitting buildings to be zero net energy. These healthier work spaces make tenant employees happier and more productive. Property owners rent these spaces faster and real estate investors enjoy the rent premium ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for members
Extreme Conservation: The things we do for endangered species!Fascinating tales of the elaborate and imaginative measures taken to save endangered species in the Bay Area and beyond, from Susan Euing, research biologist at two local National Wildlife Refuges -- for least terns, Lane's Metalmark butterflies, and two rare wildflowers. Refreshments 7 PM, talks 7:30 - 9 PM.
Dr. Stefan Heck is CEO and co-Founder of NAUTO, the Palo Alto-based autonomous vehicle technology company. NAUTO's proprietary connected camera and cloud-based system is aimed at making driving safer, easier and more efficient and is an affordable way to upgrade any car to get network and safety features previously only ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10 General, Free for members
Microscopic Lichens in 3DThis will be a DIGITAL SLIDE SHOW OF MICROSCOPIC LICHEN IN 3D. Most of us have seen microscope photos of lichen before, but in true 3D they become something very different -�" as if you were walking through a strange forest on another planet. Photos are from a dozen different ...
For the past 14 years I have been designing, building, and programming robotic hardware. As part of past projects, I have had the opportunity to develop algorithms, libraries, and hardware for an autonomous boat, autonomous car, personal robot platforms, battlebots, and several low cost platforms. From this experience, I have ...
As one of the fastest-growing parts of the Bay Area, Silicon Valley needs a reliable, safe and drought-proof water supply. What can be done in the near term to provide the region with a sustainable water source at a fair price?+ Tara Lohan / WaterDeeply+ Vu-Bang Nguyen / Silicon Valley ...
Where: San JoseCost: $10 General, Free for members
Romberg Tiburon SF State Graduate Students Research in ProgressKaren Backe (Hines) Effects of Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge on Harbor Seal Habitat: A Comparison of the Russian and Eel River Estuaries Margot Buchbinder (Boyer) Facilitating Sediment Accretion and Biotic Recovery in a Tidal Marsh Restoration Site Julie Gonzalez (Boyer) Title TBA
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Amazon Forests and the Terrestrial Carbon SinkSynthesis studies from old-growth tropical forest plot networks indicate a net pantropical carbon sink of more than 1 Pg C/yr, or ~15% of total anthropogenic CO2 emissions. However a number of confounding factors limit our ability to attribute this observed sink to direct CO2 fertilization of tree growth and forest ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Navigating the Health Care CrisisThe United States is in the midst of a crisis in health care. With the many advances in biomedical technology and pharmacology, fueled by research in academia and industry, we have never been better cared-for and are enjoying longer productive lives. But the growing cost of delivering that care, especially ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
AUTOMATICALLY LOCALIZING THE RELEVANT IMAGE REGIONS FOR WEAKLY-SUPERVISED VISUAL RECOGNITIONOur group's recent and ongoing work on weakly-supervised visual recognition will be presented. In contrast to fully-supervised algorithms, the proposed methods do not require detailed localization annotations during training, and instead can learn to attend to the relevant visual regions given only image-level semantic tags that state whether an object ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Community Solutions to the Rising Tide of Prescription Opioid MisuseDiscover community-based solutions to opioid abuse in an incisive talk by H. Westley Clark, executive professor of public health at Santa Clara University and former director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment in Washington, DC. Despite the utility of opioids for some pain treatments, the hemorrhaging of prescription opioids ...
Planting for Pollinators in All Four SeasonsCheryl Veretto activist for pollinators - Sonoma County Master Gardener and President of Sonoma County Beekeepers Association. While living in rural SW Sebastopol she propagates, plants and shares bee forage plants while educating about planting for pollinators, the importance of pesticide free gardening -Integrated Pest Management and the wonderful honey ...
The Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary along the central California coast protects some of the world's most productive waters, including the highest density of seabirds in the contiguous United States. Learn about the fascinating history of seabird conservation in the Farallones sanctuary, including historic activities on Southeast Farallon Island and ...
Join park staff and docents for a tour down the Point Bonita Trail, through the hand carved tunnel and out to the Lighthouse. We will walk along a half-mile trail which is steep in places. Arrive early as parking is limited. Meet at the Point Bonita Lighthouse trailhead. Dress warmly ...
Dr. Kenneth Lum  will give Part two of his presentation on the evolution of the reflecting telescope. In August he spoke about the invention of the reflecting telescope by Sir Isaac Newton in 1668, through to the development of large aperture reflectors in the 19th Century that were hampered by poor ...
