Botany Series: Plant Families in the Field (Mori Point)Stretch your legs and get out your hand lens! Explore 32 acres of Mori Point on a botanical oriented hike examining several plant families and genera. We will largely be exposed to the elements and can expect a range of weather, foggy to misty wet, windy or dry and warm- dress appropriately. Bring water, snacks and or lunch. Hike ...
Where: PacificaCost: Free
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: GeyservilleCost: $15 Donation suggested
Marshlands of DreamsJoin Paul Mueller on a 1-mile walk of the LaRiviere Marsh Trail to find traces of the past. Prior to marsh restoration, learn how Californians utilized the area for farming, quarrying, salt production, and transportation.  There will opportunities for bird watching as well.
Where: FremontCost: Free
Marinship Walking TourWalk back in time in this guided tour of Sausalito's historic Marinship. The Bay Model and surrounding area was a major WWII shipyard which had a significant role in winning the war and influencing social changes in Marin County. Come and learn about the history, the extraordinary Marinship workers, and ...
The eggs have hatched! Â Let's celebrate the new mamas. Â Come with your family to experience the refuge for FREE guided bird walks, a live bird show, crafts for mom and games. Â Spread your wings for bird conservation as you get up close and personal with refuge wildlife and their habitats. ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Salt Marsh WalkTake a walk with docent Gregg Aronson around the wetlands of the wildlife refuge and learn about their history. See examples of salt collection ponds and learn what is being done to convert them back to their original, natural salt marsh state. Hear how wildlife is affected by the two types of habitat, and why it ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Headlands Nightlife: Family Night Hike and CampfireExplore the mysterious lifestyle of nocturnal animals that start their day just as you're going to bed! Learn about special adaptations that allow owls, bats and other nighttime critters to hunt by moonlight.This program features an Environmental Science Educator-led hike in the Marin Headlands. Our evening hikes are usually no ...
San Francisco City Star PartyCome join us for our monthly San Francisco City Star Party. SFAA members provide telescopes for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to check the SFAA website for the latest updates…bad weather or overcast skies will cancel!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Sunday, 05/14/17
Spring Birds Along Pine Flat Road Join this bird-rich outing with guides Helen Kochenderfer and Bill Doyle. Both are long time members of Madrone Audubon and Redwood Region Ornithological Society, and have co-led many birding field trips for these organizations. Bring lunch, liquids, layers of clothing, and folding chairs (if you have them) and your binoculars or scope. ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 General, $15 Members/Students, Free < 18
Mother's Day at Aquarium of the BayCome celebrate Mother’s Day at Aquarium of the Bay, located on the iconic PIER 39. On May 14, we will be celebrating the Moms of the Bay by providing Mom free admission with the purchase of a child’s ticket. One Free Adult Admission for Mom with Purchase of One Child's Admission. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $14.95
Mother's Day Free at the ExplOratoriumAdmission to the ExplOratorium is free today in celebration of Mother's DayEntry 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.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Good and Evil: A Scientific ViewHumans appear to have a universal need to understand good and evil. Throughout human history, religions and philosophies have been invented to try to understand what it means to be good or evil and why should we even try to be good. Science doesn’t typically use the vocabulary of “good ...
Traditionally, biology has been employed for providing renewable energy primarily by producing biomass or in fermentations thereof to low molecular weight fuels. However, the low efficiencies of conversion, the chemical heterogeneity of biomass, and the significant impact on resources motivated exploring other molecular biocatalytic processes for developing new bioenergy platform ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Cosmology, Black Holes, and String Theory - Lecture 2Black hole and cosmological horizons -- from which nothing can escape according to classical gravity -- play a crucial role in physics. They are central to our understanding of the origin of structure in the universe, but also lead to fascinating and persistent theoretical puzzles. They have become accessible observationally ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
THE TEENAGE BRAINFor years, scientists were driven by the assumption that brain growth was nearly complete by the time a child began kindergarten, leading them to believe that the adolescent brain was essentially identical to that of an adult - only with less mileage. However, new research shows the importance of formative teen years for brain development. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $29
Tuesday, 05/16/17
Where's Waldo? A Brain's PerspectiveWhere’s Waldo? A Brain’s Perspective. "Where’s Waldo?†is just one of thousands of examples of visual search we perform every single day. From driving a car to looking for groceries in a store to avoiding NPCs video games, we, as humans, are constantly using our visual system to search through ...
The Health and Film Working Group, Program in Bioethics and Film, Medicine and the Muse is proud to present a screening of the 2017 Academy Award nominated short documentary film Extremis with a discussion and Q&A following the screening featuringDr. Jessica Zitter and Dr. Shoshana UngerleiderRoom 120
Where: StanfordCost: Free
A Universal Low-latency Real-time Optical Flow based Stereoscopic Panoramic Video Communication System for AR/VRIntroduce an optimized system for real time, low latency stereoscopic panoramic video communications that is camera agnostic. After intelligent camera calibration, the system is capable of stitching inputs from different cameras using a real time, low latency optical flow based algorithm that intelligently learns input video features over time to ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $5 General, Free for members
Science at the Library: Fossils through the Ages Many weird and wild animals have lived in the past. Their fossils give us clues of a changing Earth.  Look at dinosaurs and ice age mega fauna. Look at some of the fossils that tell us the story of the changing Bay Area. Register at weblink
Where: FremontCost: Free
Benjamin Woo's Russula Herbarium and his contribution to scienceAnna Bazzicalupo grew up in Naples, Italy. She did her undergrad and masters degrees in Scotland.As a PhD student at the University of British Columbia, she is interested in the taxonomy and systematics of Russula of the Pacific Northwest. Her work involves using this complicated group as an example of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: How the Kepler Space Telescope is Revealing the Birthplaces of PlanetsThanks to numerous ground and space-based surveys, we are now aware of over 3300 planets orbiting other stars, with another nearly 2500 candidates from the Kepler Mission awaiting confirmation. The Universe is teeming with rocky and gaseous bodies. How did these planet systems form and evolve toward their present configurations? ...
New scientific discoveries abound and the more we seem to learn about this, or other worlds, the more there seems to be to discover! But exploration requires risk, and it is impossible to explore every location with an expensive flagship endeavor. Instead, smaller, lower-cost spacecraft, rovers, and underwater vehicles are ...
Earth Matters: Radar Glaciology: A Window into IceOne of the largest sources of uncertainty in understanding climate change and planning for future sea level rise is estimating the impacts of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheet melts. One of the great open questions about our place in the universe is whether life exists elsewhere in the solar ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #84: SciComm, GG Bridge, Water InfrastructureAttention! You’ve just been drafted to fight in the war on science! Bring your best facts, sharpest mechanical pencils, and plenty of terabytes to our nerdy boot camp, where an award-winning journalist will make us do drills on science communication, a historian and rogu(ish) ex-park ranger will march us over ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $8
Thursday, 05/18/17
Smart Tools to Save Money with Energy ResourcesThis workshop will cover ways to utilize PG&E resources to help lower the cost of doing business with PG&E. The workshop will also feature a guest speaker from SFEW who will discuss other public programs and resources available to Business customers.Speakers: Gabi Canez, SF Department of the EnvironmentCeasar Gonzales, PG&EBettina ...
Autoimmune diseases are a primary cause of morbidity and mortality in the industrialized world. The number of people diagnosed with an autoimmune disease is increasing exponentially in our country. Without recognizing and addressing the underlying mechanisms triggering the presenting complaints, the practitioner may be proverbially "chasing the tail" of the pathology ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
The world currently uses 3.5 cubic miles of oil (CMO) equivalent of energy, and by 2050 demand for energy is expected to rise to 6 cmo. The demand for electricity is expected to more than double by then, and this need cannot be met through measures promoting conservation and improving ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Prehistoric NightLifeNightLife is throwing a party of prehistoric proportions guaranteed to bring out the paleontologist in everyone. Take to the skies with some of the largest animals to ever fly! To celebrate the opening of Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs, we’re going way way back in time.Get the first ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
The program will feature a presentation on how to diagnose and treat sleep apnea. Robert Koenigsberg, founder and CEO of SleepQuest, and William Dement, the world's leading authority on sleep, will give a number tips on how to get a good night's sleep and why this is important for overall health.Dement is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
California Least Terns �" an endangered species weighing under 1.6 ounces �" have nested on the tarmac of the former Alameda Naval Air Station for over 40 years. Managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and now owned by the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs, this has become the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
SciComm Studio 002: Podcasts, Sounds, and CrowdsCalling scientists, science lovers and science communicators! This month’s SciComm Studio is all about the new relationships smartphones are building between the public and scientists; specifically, through podcasting and crowdsensing.First, two radio producers will share tips on crafting science podcasts for scientists and media professionals. Jake Warga from Stanford’s Storytelling ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Transforming SF: The Future of Renewable EnergyCalifornia's State Energy Commisioner will talk about new developments, incentives and initiatives for renewale energy such as solar, wind and hybrid models; and their environmental and economic impact in the Bay Area and the state. David Hochschild was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in February 2013. He fills the environmental ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Public $15; MI or FRN members FREE
HICAP Presents: New to MedicareTurning 65? Confused about Medicare?Let HICAP (Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program) of San Mateo help you make informed decisions about your federal health insurance coverage.A HICAP state-registered counselor-community educator will help recipients navigate the “Medicare Maze†by explaining the different parts of Medicare (A, B, C & D), costs ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with After Dark Admission
Climate Change: Time Running OutClimate change has been characterized by many as the ultimate challenge of humanity. First discovered over a century ago, global climate change was first popularized in 1989 by James Hansen, a climatologist formerly at NASA. In the over 25 years since, the physical consequences of climate change have gotten progressively ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Sonoma County Mycological Assoc. monthly meetingCome identify mushrooms (and bring your mushrooms for identification), and hear a guest speaker. This month's speaker is Anna Bazzicalupo. Open to the public.
Investments in businesses aimed at improving the environment have had mixed success. Solar power has taken decades to reach profitability, even with government subsidies. Algae fuels remain far from commercial viability. Ethanol has frittered away billions of dollars. But investors have neglected a whole host of sectors that can yield meaningful environmental change and quick financial ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Everything Matters: TitaniumCome be in your elements with Exploratorium host and scientific raconteur Ron Hipschman. Follow tales of intrigue and invention, join in dynamic demonstrations, and uncover fascinating connections between individual elements and our collective human experience.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission to After Dark
A prime challenge across many types of environmental systems is that climate change and other anthropogenic impacts generate novel conditions that go beyond the system’s past variability and may trigger nonlinear change. Previous statistical approaches to predicting system behavior are often inapplicable to these new conditions. Rather, generating meaningful projections ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Maker Faire Bay Area - FRIDAY@MakerFaireCome celebrate Maker Faire's 12th anniversary in the Bay Area, showcasing creative and resourceful people in the areas of science and technology, engineering, food, and arts and crafts.For details, event schedules and tickets, see the web link.
Where: San MateoCost: $25 - $80
Scoop: Carpooling at WorkShared-use mobility has surged over the last decade redefining how people move in urban areas. Reported benefits of shared-use mobility systems include reductions of car ownership and vehicle usage, increased network connectivity, and encouragement of multimodal transit uses. Â In spite of this, traffic congestion and hours spent in gridlock keep ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
When the Ethics Meets the Road - How Should Cars Decide?This symposium -- a public event that is part of the Symbolic Systems Program's 30th Anniversary Celebration weekend -- will bring together four thinkers and doers whose work relates to the ethics of driverless cars. This new technology brings robotic and software engineering into contact with life-or-death decisions on highways ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Kids Love ScienceWant to think like a scientist and look at the world to figure out how science works? (Click here to see one of Steve's videos.) Like the idea of bringing old cardboard to life and building amazing recycled creations you can play with, sit in, and wear. Join Steve Mould and Jenna Westing for a fun ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Twilight HikeTake advantage of this rare opportunity to experience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve as dusk arrives and the animals start to appear. Our twilight hikes are on select Fridays throughout spring and fall. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie ...
The James Webb TelescopeIn 2018, an Ariane 5 rocket will blast off from Earth and begin a long, 1 million mile journey to the second Sun-Earth Lagrange Point. Its cargo will be arguably one of the most expensive and precious instruments NASA has ever made: the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). As the ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Andrew Fraknoi 'performs' with the Peninsula Symphony OrchestraFoothill College Astronomy Professor Andrew Fraknoi will be â€performing†with the Peninsula Symphony during their concerts (despite the fact that he doesn’t play an instrument and can’t sing a note on tune.) The Symphony is doing an astronomy themed concert, with Gustav Holst’s The Planets Suite and Nancy Bloomer Deussen’s ...
