While the idea of adapting treatment for individual patients has been around for centuries, recent strides in stem cell research have made personalized medicine a reality. Since 2006, scientists including Leah Foltz have mastered methods for reprogramming adult cells into stem cells. In her research, Foltz uses stem cells created from the skin or blood of a patient with an inherited blinding disease. ...
Paul Hawken, the acclaimed journalist, entrepreneur, and author shares how we can help change the course of Global Warming:Â "Drawdown is that point in time when greenhouse gasses peak and begin to decline on a year-to-year basis. It is the most important goal for humanity to undertake. It is not a ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #85: Shipping Wars, Accidents, and Parole!Watch out! Caution is the watchword this month, lest you trigger a fandom war, cause an accident, or find yourself on the wrong side of a parole hearing. Best if you play it safe and just hang out at Nerd Nite and sip drinks, eat tamales, listen to the DJ, ...
Get into the groove for this celebration of equality, self-expression, and San Francisco Pride!-----> Join drag queen extraordinaire Heklina, host of the weekly “Mother†party at SF nightclub The Oasis, for a drag show of fabulously unparalleled proportions celebrating “the future of love.â€------> In the Coral Reef, experience the celebratory, sexy stylings ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Join WEN for an after-work hike through Tilden Regional Park to celebrate the start of summer! We’ll trek the 4-mile Wildcat Peak Loop through peaceful woodlands and open chaparral to take in sunset views of San Francisco Bay and the Berkeley Hills. Mix and mingle as you walk, and meet ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $5 advance, $7 day of
Cephalopod Movie Night with Science Friday!They’re quick, they’re clever, they’re masters of disguise and every year public radio program Science Friday dedicates a week to celebrating them. Cephalopod Week, Science Friday’s annual celebration of some of the smartest, most interesting invertebrates on Earth, is back for its fourth year, and Atlas Obscura and Science Friday are teaming ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 20
Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Current Treatments and Future Therapies (rescheduled from 6.15.17)Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) affects millions of people and can lead to vision loss. Prompt treatment for the “wet form†of AMD is important to prevent permanent vision changes. An update on current treatments and future therapeutic areas will be discussed.Speaker: Diana V. Do, MDRescheduled from 6.15.17
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Computational Microscopy Computational imaging involves the joint design of imaging system hardware and software, optimizing across the entire pipeline from acquisition to reconstruction. This talk will describe new methods for computational microscopy with coded illumination, based on a simple and inexpensive hardware modification of a commercial microscope, combined with advanced image ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: $5 General, Free for IEEE members
The frequency of extreme and unpredictable weather events is increasing.What are the effects of an increase or decrease in carbon emissions?What is scientific research projecting for the future of climate change?Speaker: Tom Suchanek: USGS (Scientist Emeritus)Â
The University of Montreal's Lauren Weiss and Ohio State University's Marc Pinsonneault are NASAÂ Kepler Mission Experts. Together, and separately, they have helped to discover many MANY worlds orbiting other stars. In this Wonderfest dialogue, Dr. Weiss, a post-doctoral fellow, will talk about the sizes and compositions of the Kepler exoplanets. ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
What Does It Take to Discover 2,332 Planets?: An Evening with NASA Kepler ScientistsOn June 22, 2017, join the Lawrence Hall of Science, the UC Berkeley Department of Astronomy, and NASA scientists to learn what has been discovered through NASA’s Kepler missionâ€"and how we might find Earth 2.0. Since 2009, the Kepler space telescope has been discovering “exoplanetsâ€â€"that is, Earth-size planets that orbit ...
Come ooooo and ahhhh at the science behind these big booms! Where do fireworks come from? Who invented them? What causes their beautiful colors, and how do the bursting shells create such different patterns? Join us for some real illumination, and learn the difference between a jerb and a lance.Part ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with After Dark Admission
This class will look beyond the prison walls of Alcatraz to the natural wonders of the island. Nine different waterbird species breed on Alcatraz during the summer months, the easiest to see being gulls, cormorants, pigeon guillemots, snowy egrets and black-crowned night herons. Waterbird docent, Corny Foster, will lead the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
Wildflowers for Photographers, Poets & Artists Join ACR Resource Ecologist Dave Self on an excursion to see and photograph (or sketch, paint, or write about) wildflowers on the Modini Mayacamas Preserves. You're encouraged to share your best for a 'flower show' the next day from 3:00pm-4:00pm at ACR's Conservation Center. Dave will coach beginners on close-up flower ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 General, $15 Members/Students, Free < 18
Iron Science TeacherCheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live audience at the Exploratorium for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher." Parodying the cult Japanese TV program, Iron Chef, the Exploratorium's Iron Science Teacher competition showcases science teachers as they devise classroom activities using a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Free Community Night at the ExplOratoriumAdmission to the ExplOratorium is free after 5:00 pm.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.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Grounds for Science - Pollution in our sky and superhero fliesTiny Brains, Big Ideas: Nick JourjineFruit flies are pesky insects that accumulate in our kitchens on hot summer days; they are also a work-horse of biological research and have contributed enormously to our understanding of human health and disease. Most recently, they have powered new insights in our understanding of ...
Where: EmeryvilleCost: Free
Seaweed IdentificationThis lecture offers a unique opportunity to learn about seaweed identification from one of the world's preeminent phycologists. Kathy Ann teaches field courses for the Jepson Workshop program, Shoals Marine Laboratory, Friday Harbor Laboratories, and Wrigley Marine Science Center. She is developing a web-based archive of California's seaweed called the ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $5 General, Free for members
Kepler Double HeaderSounding stars while hunting for planetsKepler/K2 data is used to detect and decode subtle vibrations of the stars, a field of science called asteroseismology, similar to how vibrations in the earth's crust can be used in the science of seismology to study the properties of the earth. The decoded vibrations ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Wonderfest: Exoplanets: Prevalence, Properties, and ArchitectureAs humanity begins its third decade of exoplanet observation, the science is maturing beyond individual discoveries to detailed characterization of the entire planetary population. No exploration has helped us learn more about exoplanets than NASA’s Kepler mission. While Kepler has shown that planets like Earth are common throughout the Milky ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Saturday, 06/24/17
Hayward Fault Walking TourOver the last million years, the natural beauty of Fremont has been shaped by the Hayward Fault. Instructors will be leading these 'ground breaking' tours and exposing the science and beauty of the Hayward Fault. This fault is one of several active faults in the world actually creeping at 5 ...
Where: FremontCost: $15
Bubbles and Rainbows DayDiscover the science of bubbles and rainbows with Tom Noddy's Bubble Magic and more! See Tom Noddy perform Bubble Magic noon-1pm. Make your own spectacular bubbles, build colorful pinwheels and discover patterns in texture. Play with fun serious science exhibits in CuriOdyssey's new exhibition, The Nature of Patterns.
With a foreword by renowned business magnate Richard Branson and an epilogue by astrophysics legend Stephen Hawking, Julian Guthrie’s book follows the riveting race for the XPRIZE, created for the sole purpose of making it possible for private citizens to travel to space.The saga of SpaceShipOne is one of the ...
Where: San CarlosCost:
Family Bird WalkLet family walks become a shared time of nature learning. We’ll begin by helping kids create their personal bird watching field guides, and then head out onto the trails to find those birds. A limited number of binoculars are available to borrow. Recommended for children ages 5-10. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Register ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Owl on the Prowl: Critters at Night (6 - Adult)California Nursery Historical Park has many old trees that are ideal for Owls and other Raptors to roost, nest and hunt in search of food. Bring your flashlight and walk through the grounds at dusk, this is a good time to spot an owl in the trees or hunting for ...
Where: FremontCost: $15
Sunday, 06/25/17
Wildflower TourJoin this excursion to see wildflowers of the Modini Mayacamas Preserves, one of the wildflower hotspots of Sonoma County. We'll stop at numerous places along the road, and then we'll hike to the top of Redhill (a 3-mile loop) looking for the first of the fawn lilies, baby blue-eyes, hounds-tongues, ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 General, $15 Members
Community Day @ The TechFor one day only, The Tech is swinging open its doors and offering free admission to all! Come get a taste of our hands-on exhibits and experiences, and enjoy a film at the Hackworth IMAX Dome Theater for just $5. We’ll also have special activities and goodies.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Big Bug Bonanza: Sunday FundayTeam up with others in the Forces That Shape the Bay outdoor science park for a guided bug hunt. Then, at 12:00 noon, join SaveNature.org to meet and touch small bugs, spiky ones, and even giant ones as you learn about their environments and lifestyles.
Intel recently released BigDL, an open source distributed deep Learning framework for Apache Spark ( https://github.com/intel-analytics/BigDLhttp://software.intel.com/bigd ). It brings native support for deep learning functionalities to Spark, provides orders of magnitude speedup than out-of-box open source DL frameworks (e.g., Caffe/Torch/TensorFlow) with respect to single node Xeon performance, and efficiently scales out deep ...
Where: Palo AltoCost:
Nerd Night East Bay 54: eSports, Insects, Early BaseballHow eSports Powered Up Get UP UP, not DOWN DOWN for Nerd Nite this month and don’t be LEFT out as we learn what’s gone so RIGHT to make eSports a billion dollar industry, and what’s LEFT to take this sport RIGHT into the mainstream. While Twitch and Blizzard ...
When someone you know is hurting, you want to let her know you care. But many people don’t know the exact words to use - or are afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing. This thoughtful, instructive guide, from empathy expert Kelsey Crowe, blends well-researched, actionable advice with the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Lyme DiseaseJoin the Museum and Speaker Jo Ellis, Director of Educational Outreach at Bay Area Lyme Foundation, for a lecture regarding the growing troubles of Ticks. Medical researchers are learning more and more about the bacteria, viruses and parasites that ticks harbor, and many medical professionals believe ticks are responsible for ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost:
New Era in Distributed Computing with Blockchains and DatabasesA new era is emerging in the world of distributed computing with the growing popularity of blockchains (shared, replicated and distributed ledgers) and the associated databases as a way of integrating inter-organizational work. Originally, the concept of a distributed ledger was invented as the underlying technology of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Fighting the World's Most Neglected Tropical DiseaseAn emergency physician, neuroscientist, expedition doctor, and California Academy of Sciences Fellow, Dr. Matthew Lewin founded Ophirex, Inc. (“Ophi†is Greek for “snakeâ€) to focus on developing field treatments for snakebite - one of the most significant and neglected medical crises facing the developing world. Ophirex is committed to providing ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free (RSVP required)
Astronomy Lecture with Dr. Howard Isaacson (UCB)This month’s speaker is Dr. Howard Isaacson from UC Berkeley:  the Exoplanet Revolution brought on by the Kepler Mission and ground-based observatories within the last ten years.This month’s what’s up by Kent Richardson: Planet Nine, fact or fiction?
