Botany Series: Plant Families in the Field (Muir Woods Redwood Creek Loop)Stretch your legs and get out your hand lens! Spend the morning in old growth redwoods and on the banks of Redwood Creek for a botany-oriented hike examining several plant families and genera. Our last hike we documented sixty six families!Although we will be in the woods, you can expect ...
The entire production chain for renewable kerosene obtained directly from sunlight, H2O, and CO2 has been experimentally demonstrated. The key component of the production process is a high-temperature solar reactor containing a reticulated porous ceramic (RPC) structure made of ceria, which enables the splitting of H2O and CO2 via a ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
IEEE Artificial Intelligence SymposiumHardware and software do not exist in isolation. One cannot funtion without the other. Artificial Intelligence too cannot exist in a vacuum and require both.Join industry titans and academic experts, as they discuss the state of the art. Find out the current and future direction of the exciting field of ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $399 (discounts available)
Grounds for Science: Impossible experiments for extreme scalesChemistry done with computersTiny molecules form all things around us - natural and man-made. In order to understand how these big objects we see behave on the large scale, we need a better understanding of what happens at the molecular level. Fortunately, we can come up with mathematical models that ...
Two Miles Underwater: A Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaTwo miles below the ocean surface, deep-sea hydrothermal vents are home to a community of extraordinary animals. In an environment without light, under intense pressure and volcanic heat, many gastropods and bivalves living directly on the vent chimneys show adaptations that have driven important scientific breakthroughs. For example, the famous ...
Where: OrindaCost: $5 General, $1 Teachers/Students
Learning to Read (the Landscape) Join ACR Education Specialist Dave Self and start learning how to read the landscape of the Modini Mayacamas. The reading is challenging and is rarely precise, but it’s all around us: in the distribution, size and shape of trees and shrubs; the size and shape of lichen on the rocks; ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 General, $15 Members/Students, Free < 18
Experience 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: Glen EllenCost: $20 General, $15 Members
Discover San Francisco Bay with the Marine Science Institute!The Marine Science Institute invites you to our once a year San Francisco research excursions. Voyages lasting two hours will depart at 10am and 1pm from Pier 19 in San Francisco. Our 90 foot Research Vessel, the Robert G. Brownlee, offers a unique window into the wilderness below the surface. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $30 general, $20 members
Geology Rocks on the HillsEver wondered why the Coyote Hills rise up out of the surrounding marshland? Take a walk with Dr. Malcolm Pringle around the hills of the refuge. Observe rocks that formed deep in the ocean during the time of the dinosaurs. Ponder how they could have joined North America, then been ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Intro to Geo PDF MapsWhat’s a Geo PDF map? How do you use it? A Geo PDF map is a map you download and store on your smart phone. Use the free app called PDFMaps to view and navigate from the stored map in your phone. Use it on hikes or bike rides to log your distance, start time, ...
We're kicking off a new Kombucha Genomics project at Counter Culture Labs this month! For all you kombucha / vinegar / kimchi / sourdough / etc. lovers out there, this is the project for you. Over the course of the next 5-6 months, we'll go through all the steps required ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10
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
The Bird Rescue CenterThe Bird Rescue Center is a rehabilitation center for Sonoma County’s wild native birds. Our mission is to assist in the rescue, treatment and release of injured, orphaned or ill birds in the northern San Francisco Bay Area, and to educate the public regarding their ecological importance. They will join ...
A SCIENCE & ART CELEBRATION OF BIOLOGICAL EXTREMESWhich are the ocean’s fastest, deepest, hottest, coldest, or oldest creatures? The deep-sea stoplight fish uses red searchlights to find prey that only it can see. Icefish create special anti-freeze to keep their blood flowing; you’ll find it in your ice cream! Dr. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $20 includes 2 complimentary beverages
Sunday, 11/19/17
A SEAL NAMED PATCHES: What Weddell Seals Taught Us about Life at the Bottom of the WorldDuring the warmest days of the year, Antarctica’s Weddell seals rest on the ice, soak up the sun, and replace their fur coat in a process called molting. Roxanne and Patrick study the molt and how it impacts the seals’ abilities to dive deep, stay warm, and raise pups in ...
Inside the Industrial Light & Magic Model ShopExplore the challenge of sculpting lava fields for the fiery planet Mustafar and elaborate sinkhole cities on Utapau, as well an early version of C-3PO, when the newly built droid appears, as R2-D2 observes, “with his parts showing.â€Come in costume as any character ...
Our memory bridges past and present. When coupled with experience, memory also helps us plan for the future. Modern psychology, neuroscience, and AI allow us to understand the mechanisms of memory AND the fallibility of memory. Stanford's Anthony Wagner will show how quantifying “neural time travel†reveals the correspondence between ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free and donations are great!
As humans increasingly dominate Earth’s natural systems over the coming centuries (“the Anthropoceneâ€), how can we ensure that it becomes a “good Anthopocene"a world in which nature and humanity prosper together?Ecosystem ecologist Elena Bennett believes that discovering the most effective paths to such a future is a bottom-up process, as ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, Free for members
Tuesday, 11/21/17
The environmental context of early animal evolutionAnimals originated and evolved during one of the most unique times in Earth history - the Neoproterozoic Era. A large dataset of >10,000 Neoproterozoic-Paleozoic shale samples compiled by the Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments Project is interrogated here to better understand the landscape early animals inhabited. Using a space-for-time translation, animal ...
