On the origin of the ultra-high energy cosmic-raysThe origin of the ultra-high energy cosmic-rays (UHECRs) is still unknown. I will show that the observational data on the spectrum and composition can be explained by a generic model having one Galactic component and one extragalactic component. I will also discuss the origin of the UHECR dipole anisotropy recently ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Carbonate formation in meteorite parent bodies: Clues from in-situ C and O isotope analysesCarbonaceous chondrites show evidence for fluid alteration in planetesimals within a few million years of the Solar Systenm's formation. To understand the formation conditions of carbonates in CM chondrites, we measured the C and O isotopic composition of Ca-carbinates and the O isotopic composition of magnetite. These minerals form via ...
Edward W. Felten is Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University. His research interests include computer security and privacy, and public policy issues relating to information technology.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Design in Research - How do you use design to support and shape R&D?Corporate Research and Development is evolving, and it increasingly incorporates user experience design, design research, and service design into the earliest stages. The historical separation between basic research, applied research and productization erodes as research horizons shorten, technology diffuses more rapidly, and companies want to take bigger risks sooner. When ...
In a pickle over preservation techniques for food, foodways, or ways of life? Follow kimchi fermentation at Pairings and archival films with Cinema Arts and delve into different strategies to safeguard today’s treasures for tomorrow. Kimchi-Making Workshop: With Krautsource6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 p.m. | Gallery 4 Explainer StationOriginally, Korean kimchi salted and fermented vegetables ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.95 advance, $19.95 at the door
How to make a topological quantum fluid in 10 easy stepsSince the mid-90s, scientists have been cooling atoms to temperatures lower than that of any other system in the known Universe. These quantum fluids are new materials in which questions from many realms of science, like quantum information and superconductivity, can be studied experimentally. Faced with the short-comings of atoms ...
7:00-7:25: Fabio Barry(Stanford/ Art History) on "Where Do White Temples Come From?"The Acropolis was an anomaly... the Greeks strove to build in light...Read more7:25-7:50: Carrie Partch(UCSC/ Biochemistry) on "Morning Larks and Night Owls: Differences in Human Circadian Rhythms Shed Light on How our Clock Works"How molecular clocks measure ...
WHAT: Â Beyond a Candle in the Dark Respectfully Debunking Conspiracy TheoriesHow do you get through to conspiracy theorists, especially those who are close to you like friends and family? Often the first step someone takes on their journey out of the rabbit hole is the realization that they and ...
Speaker: Sylvain Barbot, Earth Observatory of Singapore
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Discovery of New Two-Dimensional Materials with Electro-Active FunctionalityIn this talk, two different strategies for the discovery of new two-dimensional (2D) materials with electro-active functionality will be introduced. Our new 2D materials are created based on the engineering of crystal structure dealing with electrons, showing unprecedented physical properties. The first material, “electrideâ€, which is regarded as a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'No Belles' - San RafaelNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: San RafaelCost: $15 General, $8 Students
Celebrating Stephen Hawking: How Black Holes are Not Quite BlackScientists and science enthusiasts are mourning the passing of Stephen Hawking, one of the great minds and spirits of our time. In this introductory, non-technical talk, Andrew Fraknoi will briefly summarize Hawking’s life, and talk about the importance of his scientific work. He’ll focus particularly on Hawking’s work merging the ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
Saturday, 10/13/18
Creative Coding Fest for Students and Teachers - CCFestSFCC Fest is an opportunity for students and teachers to engage in creative coding. Come spend a day making interactive and engaging digital art, animation, games. Teachers will work on bringing coding projects to their classes. Students will be introduced to projects that will help build their creative portfolios.RSVP at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Guided Nature Walk Experience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our 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 and flower-carpeted oak woodland. Guided Nature Walks begin at 10:00am ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: $20 suggested donation
Hayward Fault 150th Anniversary of Great Quake tour Tule PondsFree tours of the Hayward Fault (registration required), with lecture, activities, and tour included. Children welcome, under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Wear comfortable shoes.
Where: FremontCost: Free
Rock, Gem and Mineral ShowThere will be display cases of our club lapidary classes, field trips, jewelry and member interests. Dealers will be selling hand crafted jewelry, gemstones, fossils, mineral specimens, collectable rocks for home display and other items. Raffle and door prize drawings! All children get a free ticket for the Treasure Wheel ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Adults $5, Children 12-18 $2
Wildlife Conservation ExpoEvery year, WCN’s Wildlife Conservation Expos provide a unique opportunity to bring together wildlife’s most ardent supporters with some of the world’s leading conservationists to connect, share stories, and make life-long friendships. At Expo you can hear what it’s like to live and work in some of the most remote parts of the world ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $100 General, $50 Students
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
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
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
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.
Where: SausalitoCost: 15
Gravitational Waves and the Glow of Cosmic GoldIn October 2017, Earthlings detected gravitational waves - ripples in the fabric of space time - from the violent merger of two ultra-dense neutron stars. The signals showed that collision debris self-assembled into heavy elements, such as gold and platinum, providing an explanation for the cosmic origin of these special ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Taking HeatTaking Heat is a global warming surfing safari. The endless summer meets the endless summer. Laugh and learn at the same time.The first show about climate change that is written and performed by an actual scientist(and comedian) - Tim Lee. Taking Heat is an educational comedy that follows Tim’s expedition around ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $43 - $13
Sunday, 10/14/18
Fish, Fins, and Flukes Fall Festival Fish, Fins, and Flukes Fall Festival is a one-of-a-kind community event for all ages. Guests will explore our marine lab’s Science Showcase featuring unique science artifacts, our skull collection, and a whale of a skeleton (or two!). Family crafts, food truck (El Buen Taco), and live music from The Singing ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $9 General, $7 Senior, student, Child, Free member
Garden Goddesses: Four California Women and Their Legendary GardensCelebrate the achievements of great women gardeners! In his new talk, “Garden Goddesses: Four California Women and Their Legendary Gardens,†popular garden writer Donald Olson takes you on an informative and entertaining tour of some spectacular California gardens and introduces you to the remarkable women who created them. You’ll meet ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 General, $15 Members
Rock, Gem and Mineral ShowThere will be display cases of our club lapidary classes, field trips, jewelry and member interests. Dealers will be selling hand crafted jewelry, gemstones, fossils, mineral specimens, collectable rocks for home display and other items. Raffle and door prize drawings! All children get a free ticket for the Treasure Wheel ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Adults $5, Children 12-18 $2
This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
All parts of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology have been fully tested and implemented over several decades and is recognized as a key technology for least-cost climate change mitigation on a global scale. However, its deployment rate is significantly slower than projected by organizations such as the IEA, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Exploring novel probes and methods for cosmologyThere are still many unknowns that cosmological observations might help unveiling. Among these, the value for the sum of neutrino masses and the force driving the accelerated expansion of the Universe are some of the most interesting challenges. In this talk I will discuss a fairly new probe, the cosmic ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Revealing Young Planet Population from ALMA Large Program-DSHARP Despite thousands of planets have been discovered, these planets are billions of years old and we know little about their formation processes. To understand planet formation, we need to study young planets which are still growing in protoplanetary disks. Ideally, we would like to know both the properties of each ...
Synthetic chemists have long been inspired by the ability of nature to design and engineer complex natural products. Nature builds small molecules for a plethora of reasons including the protection of plants from fungal infections, insect damage, and the invasion of competitive species. These critical components of plant protection have ...
Dr. Danielson will discuss gigaton-scale grand challenges ripe for disruptive innovation to solve the global climate crisis by mid-century. He will also discuss his efforts at Stanford and in the private sector to support top climate-tech innovators.Speaker: David Danielson, Stanford
Speaker: Gonzalo Torroba of the Centro Atómico Bariloche.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Topology and entanglement detected by partial transposePartial transpose is a useful operation in quantum many-body systems, that can be used to detect quantum entanglement. For example, it can beused to define a quantum entanglement measure -- entanglement negativity -- that can detect quantum correlation in mixed quantum states. In this talk, I will describe how partial ...
The quality, scope, and impact of U.S. science and technology is admired the world over. International scientific collaborations highlight key values including evidence, peer review, transparency, teamwork, and dialog. Scientific leadership and technological prowess are also elements of national power and national security for the U.S. and for other nations. ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
GALAXY EVOLUTIONDr. Guillermo Barro of the University of the Pacific studies the formation and evolution of massive galaxies over cosmic time. He will discuss pushing our detection of massive galaxies earlier in time, as well as understanding the physics of their structures and stellar populations.Editor's Note: This event was originally scheduled ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
NOVA VIDEO - WHAT'S THE UNIVERSE MADE OF? RESCHEDULEDA presentation of the PBS NOVA video "What's the Universe Made Of?" Peer into the deep unknowns of the universe to explore the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.Editor's Note: This event was rescheduled to Oct 8.
The Radiative Drivers of Climate Change: Known Knowns and Known UnknownsWe present four new findings regarding the state of knowledge and remaining uncertainties concerning the main anthropogenic agents of climate change, namely carbon dioxide and methane. We will show the first direct observations of the upward trends in the greenhouse effects (GHEs) of these gases, a demonstration that the remaining ...
Daphne Koller is the Founder and CEO of insitro which is leveraging cutting-edge machine learning techniques to aid in the drug discovery and development process. Daphne co-founded Coursera, the world’s largest online education platform. She has served as the company’s Co-CEO and President and remains on the Coursera Board. Previously she ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
'No Belles' - StanfordNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free, registration required
From Climate Reality to Project Drawdown: Is This Happening to Us or for Us?This program will serve as a way-finding event that balances the realism of climate change with the practical solutions currently at work with the Buckminster Fuller Institute and Project Drawdown. The density and intensity of the presentations inspire action. The audience will be challenged to find their own voices and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Andy Weir: From Silicon Valley to MarsWith two massive bestsellers in The Martian and Artemis, Andy Weir might be the current king of sci-fi. But only recently, Weir was a Silicon Valley programmer shopping a manuscript about an astronaut marooned on Mars. Failing to find a book deal, he published it on his website, crowdsourcing its ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 Advance, $25 at door
Exploring Our Galactic NeighborhoodIt is important to know what is going on in your neighborhood, and that is also true of the immediate vicinity of our Sun in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Sun, along with our nearest stellar neighbors, is moving through giant clouds of interstellar gas and dust. Indeed, there is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 10/16/18
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 ...
The Next Earthquake and the South BaySilicon Valley has long been one of the major drivers of our economy, but what will happen when the region is faced with its next earthquake? The USGS has been preparing the report HayWired, which looks at the impacts that a large quake might have on the Bay Area. Learn ...
Where: San JoseCost: $10 General, Free for Members
Measuring the Universe with Galaxy Clustering and MotionsI will review some recent advances in studies of large-scale structure, focusing on the latest clustering results from our VIPERS project at the ESO VLT, together with parallel development of analysis and modeling techniques. With 90,000 galaxy redshifts and multi-band photometric information, VIPERS has delivered at redshift 0.5 < z ...
The role of molecular spectroscopy in physics has evolved over the years. It was traditionally used to study molecular structure and its underlying quantum mechanics. Later, it led to various applications, including the first “atomic clock†that was actually based on molecular vibrations. More recent advances in techniques for quantum ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Botswana to Bolivia - The Life of an Itinerant Science EducatorPhilip Deutschle (Salinas High School and Hartnell College instructor) will give the Applied Physics/Physics colloquium entitled "Botswana to Bolivia - the Life of an Itinerant Science Educator."
Speaker: Alex Stamos, former chief security officer, Facebook
Where: StanfordCost: Free
'No Belles' - Santa CruzNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free, registration required
From Cowboys to Communities: Changing the Face of Space ExplorationAs humans prepare to venture once more into deep space, there is a clear need for creating new models for space exploration and expanding the roles for those who travel in space and eventually settle on other worlds, and for those on the ground whose work ensures their success.In our first ...
The physiology of phytoplankton in fluctuating lightLight fluxes in natural conditions vary in time scales of seconds to days. I will focus on two areas of research that are being used to generate new hypotheses about how algae and cyanobacteria maintain growth and photosynthetic efficiency in fluctuating light. We have used systems biology tools to uncover ...
Ambitious low-carbon transitions are underway in many jurisdictions, requiring the large-scale expansion of renewable energy. Simultaneously, growing energy demand in emerging economies is being met with rapid energy development, with the declining costs of wind and solar technologies making them among the most competitive options. These recent developments suggest the ...
Democratizing Data ScienceDespite great strides in the generation, collection, and processing of data at scale, data science is still extremely inconvenient for the vast majority of the population. The driving goal of our research is to make it easy for individuals and teams â regardless of programming or analysis expertise â manage, ...
Join us for a conversation with Puneet Agarwal, partner at True Ventures. Before True Ventures, Agarwal began his career as a product manager at a software startup later sold to IBM. After, he worked in tech investment banking and venture capital at the Mayfield Fund. Agarwal has several years of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Rapid Adoption of Cloud Data Warehouse Technology Using Datometry Hyper-QThe database industry is about to undergo a fundamental transformation of unprecedented magnitude as enterprises start trading their well-established database stacks on premises for cloud database technology in order to take advantage of the economics cloud service providers have long promised. Industry experts and analysts expect the next years to ...
The last century has seen a revolution in our understanding of the universe and our place in it. We now know that the universe is about 13.8 billion years old and is only about 5% normal matter - the stuff we’re made up of, like protons, neutrons, electrons. Uncovering the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Nerd Night San Francisco #101: Spines, Sex Addiction, & Pain!A musculoskeletal expert zeroes in on spinal health in zero gravity, a clinical psychologist pours us a nice big bowl of sex addiction (with milk), and an evolutionary biologist/behavioral neuroscientist slices through cephalopod pain. No tricks here - just a typical October Nerd Nite of treats, including tunes, drinks, and ...
Mushrooms of Los Trancos Reserve Doug Smith wil be speaking about his long term fungal documentation of Los Trancos Reserve in Palo Alto. Many of the fungi found in those mixed oak woodlands are also found throughout the Bay Area, so it will be a good, local, pre-season mushroom refresher course for all!
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'No Belles' - San JoseNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
