Fire, Flowers, Forage & People in Shaping of the Modini MayacamasLearn about fire in the geologic past; plant adaptations to fire, smoke and ash; use of fire as a tool employed by Native cultures in the management of useful plants and habitats, the effects of historic over-grazing on fuel structure and fire recovery; historic fires in the area; intentional burning ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 suggested donation
Biology of the Insects - The Big Five OrdersThese well-known insects (Flies and Butterflies, Beetles and Bugs, Wasps, Ants and Bees) represent the five largest and most important insect orders, both ecologically and to humanity. We’ll spend the first few hours of the morning surveying major families of each order, their biology, life history, and importance through PowerPoint ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 - $45 (see website)
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 ...
Seismic forces that shaped our citySan Francisco is famous for its hills, which lend the city its character and breathtaking views. On this tour, we’ll explore the unique qualities that have made San Francisco’s landscape what it is, while getting to know the local geology and munching our way through edible ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $30 using discount code 'Schmooze'
Build Your Own Animal Robot CarIn this workshop, parents and children will build a robot car together and learn the details of Raspberry Pi (a small computer), electronics, and Python programming. The facilitators will work hand-in-hand with the families to assemble their robot car from scratch and then create code that will let their robot ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger or docent on a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 - 2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Astronomy Talk: Flares and Fireworks from Black HolesBlack holes are some of the most exotic and extreme objects in the universe. Though they sound like the stuff of science fiction, they are real and much more common than you might think. Every galaxy has a black hole lurking at its center! Black holes are not actually black, ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Movie Night on Mt. Tam: 'Apollo 13'1995 award winning film dramatizes the aborted 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission. Screening followed by expose of “fake†science in the film by Jeffrey Silverman and Kishore Hari from Science VS Cinema.
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Near-Earth Asteroids and Spacecraft MissionsSpeaker: Michael Busch is a planetary astronomer who specializes in studying near-Earth asteroids, primarily with radar and radio techniques. He completed his PhD in planetary science at Caltech; and worked as a postdoctoral scholar at UCLA and at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory before joining the SETI Institute as a ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Sunday, 07/29/18
DNA FundayDiscover DNA and genetics through hands-on science experiments and other activities. See your own DNA and learn how scientists are developing gene-editing technology.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
Aero Workshop: Distance GlidersPut your engineering skills to the test in the Aero Workshop! Each session is a special 2-hour mini design challenge designed for children ages 8-12. Each workshop centers on a particular problem in aerospace illustrated by a pair of hands-on experiences. Participants then work in small teams of 3-5 to ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free with admission
Wonderfest: Quantum Computers: Where We Are & Where We're HeadedIn recent years, there has been a dramatic worldwide increase in scientific research toward - as well as financial investment in - the development of a quantum computer: a computational machine whose inner workings are governed by the laws of quantum mechanics. These tremendous efforts are motivated, in part, by ...
La Vida RancheroThe first Rancheros to came to the Point Reyes Peninsula over 150 years ago. Many of them are now gone and little of their history remains. Come join a Brown Bag Social on the history of the Point Reyes Rancheros. This program will be seminar style; visitors are encouraged to ...
Where: Point Reyes StationCost: Free
Materials Discovery using Computational and Data-Driven ApproachesNovel materials discovery is a key to addressing many challenges in energy, climate change, and future sustainability. Usual procedure of finding innovative materials based mainly on experiments, however, can take far too long due to a vast and discrete search space, and thus accelerating this process by orders of magnitude ...
Transgender rights are increasingly under threat. The president began his administration by rescinding new federal protections for transgender students in public schools, followed by a ban on transgender individuals from serving "in any capacity" in the U.S. armed forces via twitter. A new HHS Conscience and Religious Freedom Division is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free for Members, $7 Student
Nerd Nite: KEY, Art/Health, Deep SpaceThe Key System: East Bay Mass Transit in the 1900sIn the early 1900s, the Borax King consolidated horse cars and electric streetcars to serve Richmond, Albany, Berkeley & Oakland, allowing, in the words of retired radio announcer Fred Krock, “the East Bay to become a bedroom community for San Franciscoâ€. ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8 Advance, $10 at door
Mars Closest Approach to EarthOn July 31st, Mars will be closer to the Earth and brighter than it has been for over a decade - less than 36 million miles away! Whether you gaze at this brilliant jewel set in the heavens above, or take a peek through a telescope, the view promises to ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8
Tuesday, 07/31/18
Climate Change Impacts on Delta MetropolisesClimate change will affect cities everywhere, but no places will feel the effects as strongly as low-lying coastal cities, particularly those located in large river deltas and near tidal estuaries. The new book Adaptations of the Metropolitan Landscape in Delta Regions explores the urban form of three of these places: ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for Members
Generative Adversarial Network and its Applications to Human Language ProcessingGenerative adversarial network (GAN) is a new idea for training models, in which a generator and a discriminator compete against each other to improve the generation quality. Recently, GAN has shown amazing results in image generation, but the applications of GAN on text and speech processing are still limited. In ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General, Free IEEE members
Wonderfest: Andy Weir: Best-Selling Author of 'The Martian' and 'Artemis'Andy Weir was unexpectedly thrust into the world of science fiction stardom when his debut novel, The Martian, became a best-selling book turned Oscar-nominated blockbuster movie starring Matt Damon. With that success, Weir has been living out his dream of writing full time and releasing his second novel, Artemis.Don't miss an ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $22 General, $15 Member, $5 Student
Not Just Seizing Sea Lions: How Domoic Acid is Impacting Southern Sea OttersDomoic acid is a biotoxin produced by harmful marine algae. It can cause acute seizures and long-term brain damage in a variety of marine mammals and humans. Hundreds of California sea lions showing signs from domoic acid toxicity are rescued each year by The Marine Mammal Center for treatment. In ...
Summer in San Francisco, when it’s colder than the surface of Mars and all the academics are difficult to pin down due to their extended vacations. Despite this, enough of them have spontaneously scattered to the same location for another round of Astronomy on Tap! Come to DNA Lounge on Tuesday, July ...
Just as science fiction has often shown the way to future inventions, the act of hacking is now generating prototypes that act as footholds for future explorations, discoveries, and epiphanies in science. Leagues of science hackers are mashing up ideas, mediums, and industries to create clever instruments that change how ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Plankton Exhibit TourJoin Exploratorium biologist Jennifer Frazier for a tour of plankton and marine science exhibits.San Francisco Bay is teeming with microscopic life, called plankton, that change with the seasons, feed marine ecosystems, and collectively produce half the oxygen for the planet. Come explore interactive exhibits that explore plankton in San Francisco ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Admission to the Exploratorium
Lab and Lunch: Rising - Dispatches from the New American ShoreWe live in a time of unprecedented hurricanes and catastrophic weather events, when it’s increasingly clear that climate change is neither imagined nor distant, and that rising seas are irreversibly transforming our coastlines.Join us for a lunchtime talk, where Elizabeth Rush, author of Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, ...
Trampolines, pogo sticks, kids on road trips: bouncing isn’t just about jumping up and down but describes an object’s change in motion after encountering an obstacle. Rebound your curiosity in collisions at After Dark: Bounce.Lowrider Hop With the San Francisco Lowrider Council6:30, 7:30, 8:30, and 9:30 p.m.These customized cars from the San ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco.Cafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco.For more information or if you have questions please email sf@centerforinquiry.net
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Desert NightlifeCan't stand the heat? Desert NightLife is a cool way to explore the unique animals and resilient plants of the world's wild, arid ecosystems.Schedule of EventsAnimal Encounters West Garden 7 & 8 pmLearn about some of the amazing adaptations of various desert-dwelling lizards, snakes, and tortoises with live animal presentations by experts ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Climate GentrificationConcerned about climate change? One of the best things you can do is welcome taller buildings in your neighborhood. That’s because city dwellers use less energy and water than people living in the suburbs or rural areas. A recent bill in the California State Legislature proposed raising allowable height limits ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
'General Magic'Voted one of the top ten films of Tribeca 2018 by Time Out Magazine, GENERAL MAGIC is a feature documentary about how great vision and epic failure changed the world as we now know it. From the smartphones that sit in our pockets to an array of technologies we ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
First Friday Family Night at CuriOdysseyFamilies with small children can swing into the weekend with music, science, food and fun! On the first Friday of every month, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., parents and kids celebrate together at CuriOdyssey. Dance to live music including soul, funk and jazz of the 60’s and 70’s. Purchase ...
Where: San MateoCost: $12.50-9.50 / Free with Admission / Members Free
