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
Restoring Inner Bair Island - Redwood CityOn this 1.5-mile walk, witness wetland restoration in progress. Hear the story of Bair Island and see how we are turning the former salt pond back into a healthy tidal marsh. RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED. Go to http://innerbairtour.eventbrite.com.
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
Salt Marsh Walk - FremontTake 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
GGRO Hawk Talk & Raptor Release - CANCELEDOur Hawk Talks and Raptor Releases occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2 pm (weather permitting - heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October, except for Fleet Week weekend. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Fixit Clinic CCXXXII (232)Fixit Coaches will be training in residence at the Asian Branch of the Oakland Public Library and available for consultation on your broken items.Celebrating repair by conveying basic troubleshooting skills, Fixit Clinics are do-it-together hands-on STEM-oriented fix-n-learn community-based exploration and discovery workshops staffed by volunteer Fixit Coaches who generously share ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Headlands Nightlife: Family Night Hike & 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 ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $15 per person
The Search for a Cousin of the Earth: Science or Fiction?The featured speaker for the Eastbay Astronomical Society meeting is Dr. Franck Marchis: He will discuss the search for Earth-like exoplanets conducted at the SETI Institute in collaboration with institutions around the world. Dr. Marchis is senior planetary astronomer and chair of the exoplanet group at the Carl Sagan Center of the ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Sunday, 10/15/17
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
Will Stem Cells Cure Heart Disease?Recent breakthroughs have provided scientists with the ability to generate stem cells from adult tissues. Stem cells have already regenerated damaged heart tissue after a heart attack in clinical trials. Are these treatments safe and effective or is the hype surrounding them an example of medical "false news?" What does ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
GGRO Hawk Talk & Raptor Release - CANCELEDOur Hawk Talks and Raptor Releases occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2 pm (weather permitting - heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October, except for Fleet Week weekend. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE: The Influence of Antarctic Ice ShelvesCome learn about a recent four-year field program to the remote Pine Island Ice Shelf in Western Antarctica. Over the years, scientists drilled a series of 1500-feet-deep holes through the 30-mile-long ice shelf, lowering ocean instruments into the space below. Instruments were then left in place, reporting data about ice ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Made for Movies: Indiana JonesExploding planes, collapsing temples, a wall of water rushing through a warren of miniature mining tunnelsâ€"hear tales of visual effects adventure behind Lorne Peterson’s Academy Awardâ€"winning work on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and other films in the series.Come in costume as any character from a Lorne Peterson ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Monday, 10/16/17
The End of PrivacyA growing proportion of human activities such as social interactions, entertainment, shopping, and gathering information are now mediated by digital devices and services. Such digitally mediated activities produce an unprecedented amount of digital footprints that can be used to reveal our intimate traits, emotions, and predict future behavior. Given the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
THE QUANTUM AND THE COSMOS: THE QUEST FOR THE ORIGIN OF ORDINARY AND DARK MATTERStefano Profumo will explain why modern cosmology is a scientific theory, and introduce the two key ingredients that this scientific theory is based upon: dark matter and dark energy. Stefano will argue that it is far more interesting to think about what the dark matter is, as this is the ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
What Is Killing the US Coal Industry?Charles D. Kolstad is a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professor of Economics, by courtesy. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy. He specializes in environmental economics, particularly regulation and ...
Presenter: Daniel George - Acting Superintendent at National Park of American Samoa and Program Manager for the San Francisco Bay Area Network Inventory and Monitoring ProgramÂ
Toxics & You: Information, Empowerment & ActionToxic chemicals are everywhere: in our food, cosmetics, environmentâ€"and in our bodies. In the past few decades, the chemicals in our immediate environment have had a direct impact on the increase in the rate of allergies, asthma, and cancers.Experts working at the intersection of toxics, public health, and policy will ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 advance, $30 at door
Current systems and application professionals have been using DevOps and CI/CD as a process to build, deploy and manage life cycle of applications. With the advent of micro-services, the push towards container pools and virtualization, the form factor granularity for infrastructure resources are optimized based on workload and time of ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Electrifying the WorldElectricity makes our life easier. When scientists learned how electricity works it changed how humans lived. Learn about what is electricity and how to capture it to make work. Stories: Night without Light, Electricity Song
Each general meeting begins with mushroom identification, appetizers, wine tasting, and then features a guest speaker on a selected mycological topic. General meetings are open to the public.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Finding FibonacciIn 2001, Stanford mathematician Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the 13th-century mathematician Leonardo of Pisa, popularly known as Fibonacci. Leonardo introduced the Hindu-Arabic numeral system and arithmetic to the Western world and thereby helped start a global, social, and economic revolution. Devlin recounted Leonardo’s story ...
Join us for a fascinating journey through the early universe using the latest computer animations of early star formation, supernova explosions and the build-up of the first galaxies. Dr. Abel's work has shown that the first luminous objects in the universe were very massive stars shining one million times as ...
The internet has exponentially increased the public’s ability to follow and weigh in on current issues, though the tone and quality of public debate has arguably declined. Increased access has not lead to better policy or a more functioning governing system… yet. The limitations of first generation digital engagement are ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Energy Grid of the FutureDan Kammen is a Professor and Chair of of the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley and is a professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering. Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory. Dr. Kammen has worked ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10 for the general public. Free for OLLI members
Four presentations at Romberg Tiburon CenterJeffrey Blumenthal Environmental Covariates and Oyster Drill Snail Distribution in Richardson Bay, CA Samantha Cope Evaluating Threats to Marine Mammals from Vessel Traffic in an Urbanized Estuary Kaytlin Ingman Long Term Trends in Baleen Whale Sightings Near the Farallon Islands California Jane Rudebusch Anthropogenic Stressors on Sea Otters Re-settling ...
Conversations About Landscape: Measurement and MetaphorRecent advances in neuroscience research are starting to elucidate how landscapes may impact a variety of cognitive and emotional systems, from memory and attention to creativity and stress. Yet there has been little discussion of how the intersections between landscapes and our brains could be mediated by the arts. How ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free for presentation, $10 for refreshements
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: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #89: Brain Science, Neon Signs, and Dark Matter!NOTE: We’ll have actual brains, including some human ones, for you to examine and even hold. We wanted to let you know in case you were uncomfortable with seeing organs.-------------------------“Seeing Eye to I: Traveling the World with Brains in Your Luggage†by Patrick HouseNeuroscientist Patrick House will give a neuroanatomy ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $8
The Hybrid Mind: Richard Louv of The Children & Nature NetworkThere’s no denying the benefits of the Internet. But electronic immersion without a force to balance it creates a hole in the boat, draining our ability to pay attention, think clearly, be production and creative. To combat these losses, our society seems to look everywhere but the natural domain for ...
Where: San JoseCost: $22 General, $15 Member, Students free
The Bay Model Wants You!!! Become part of Sausalito’s very own attraction known around the world! We have a variety of volunteer positions that are suited for people just like you! Greet visitors, lead tours, work with school groups, and more! Come and be a part of one of the largest working hydraulic models in ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Thursday, 10/19/17
Hawk Identification Field ClassJoin Step Wilson (Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawkwatch Manager) for this unique outing in the field to practice your hawk identification skills with the fall migration! Meet at the trail head gate to Hawk Hill at the top of Conzelman Rd at 11am. After a steep and gravelly 250 yard ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Donations encouraged
The Simulation of Droplets, Bubbles and InterfacesDroplets, bubbles and interfaces offer fascinating physical and mathematical problems and are a key part of the microscopic modeling of multiphase flow in porous media and other contexts. The talk will describe how to address these problems numerically, using tools such as the Volume of Fluid method. In particular, I ...
Research and Development at the Toyota Research InstituteToyota Research Institute (TRI), established in 2015, has four initial mandates: 1) enhance the safety of automobiles, 2) increase access to cars to those who otherwise cannot drive, 3) translate Toyota’s expertise in creating products for outdoor mobility into products for indoor mobility, and 4) accelerate scientific discovery by applying ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Making Robots Work to Help us Work RemotelyA panel of experts, Leila Takayama, Susan Herring, Dallas Goecker and Victoria Bellotti, will debate the state and future prospects of mobile telepresence robotics. More and more, companies around the world are exploring ways to support and empower employees to work remotely while still “being" and “feeling†present and successful. ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
A Spider Sampler: Arachnid Biology and Local FaunaSpiders elicit fear and disgust in many humans, but closer acquaintance with this ecologically vital order of arachnids can transform these reactions into more positive attitudes. I ll divide my talk into an introduction to spider biology and a bestiary of species that you might run into on the San ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Extraterrestrial NightLifeExplore the mysteries beyond our solar system with a night dedicated to the search for extraterrestrials.Join experts from NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View for fascinating talks on exoplanets and life beyond Earth - including what it might look like to live on Mars:Â Ed Bendek and Rus Belikov will ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
In 1973, National Audubon successfully restored a breeding colony of Atlantic Puffins on an island in the Gulf of Maine where they had been extirpated in the early 20th century. They relied on social attraction an innovative use of decoys and audio playback that since then has helped restore seabird colonies ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Sonoma County Mycological Assoc. monthly meeting - CANCELEDCome identify mushrooms (and bring your mushrooms for identification), and hear a guest speaker. This month's speaker is SOMA board member Kingman Bond Graham. Open to the public.
BAMS Co-Founder Debbie Viess aka Amanitarita will talk about the broad array of toxins found in the genus Amanita. You will learn how to recognize the various sections of the Genus Amanita, which sections may contain toxins and which never do, what those toxins are and how they affect us ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Everything Matters: ChromiumCome 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.Learn more about the series, Everything Matters: Tales from the Periodic Table.Explore the colorful past of a transition metal best ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with After Dark Admission
Friday, 10/20/17
Scientists at Work: What Are Local Seabirds Eating?How do scientists learn what Bay Area birds are eating? Come see for yourself, as biologists from Point Blue Conservation Science invite visitors to watch them while they work. They’ll be studying the diets of local cormorants by dissecting the indigestible pellets coughed up by these birds. Each pellet contains ...
Kat Taylor is co-founder and co-CEO of Beneficial State Bank and develops its social and environmental objectives. Beneficial State Bank is a community development financial institution whose mission is to bring beneficial banking to low-income communities in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner. We invite you to come hear her perspective ...
