HAWC in the Multi-Messenger Era“Windows on the Universeâ€, one of NSF’s 10 big ideas, heralded the arrival of the multi-messenger era in astrophysics. Playing a defining role in this vision for the future of the field are a diverse group of observatories that are measuring electromagnetic radiation, cosmic rays, neutrinos, and gravitational waves. Data ...
Wonderfest: Intelligence in Context: Animal Intelligence and What It Means for HumansHuman beings tend to prefer cross-species measurements that put us at the top of the scale. Intelligence is one such measure. Are humans really the most intelligent creatures on the planet? Should this be obvious given our problem-solving ability and big brains? This presentation will look at some examples of animal ...
Where: San RafaelCost: $8 Wonderfest discount price
Metasurfaces: Engineering Electromagnetic WavefrontsMetamaterials was once synonymous with ‘paradigm shift’ and ‘future technology’. In the first decade of the 21st century, metamaterials were sought to solve a large number of problems in microwaves and optics, and rapidly advance industrial, scientific, medical, and military technologies. Yet very few of the initial expectations have come ...
Cost-Sensitive Classifier Evaluation Using Cost CurvesThe evaluation of classifier performance in a cost-sensitive setting is straightforward if the operating conditions (misclassification costs and class distributions) are fixed and known. When this is not the case, evaluation requires a method of visualizing classifier performance across the full range of possible operating conditions. This talk outlines the ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Women's Environment Network: Green Movie NightJoin us for WEN’s first family event in partnership with Mothers Out Front! One of our goals as the Women’s Environmental Network is to provide an inclusive environment that supports opportunities for all women. If you are a parent, we’d like to use this opportunity to learn about what some of your challenges are ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5
After Dark: PoisonPick your poison at After Dark. Discover the deadly history of arsenic at Everything Matters and weigh the threats and medicinal benefits of different toxins from venomous creatures and poisonous plants.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.95 advance, $19.95 at the door
Film Screening with the International Ocean Film Festival - 'Souls of the Vermilion Sea' - RESCHEDULEDSouls of the Vermilion Sea is a documentary film and media outreach project focused on the struggle to save the world’s most endangered marine mammal, the vaquita. Over the past 3 years the filmmakers have been working to spread awareness of this issue through a variety of media platforms. They are ...
Where: TiburonCost: $9
Friendsgiving NightlifeCelebrate your chosen family and get cozy and crafty with us for our first-ever NightLife Friendsgiving! Make the night one to remember with a family photo in our living room photo booth, craft away with Green Arts Workshop, and learn how to make the perfect pie from Two Chicks in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
When it comes to making every moment count in birding, how one looks is at least as important as where one looks. Drawing on strategies developed for birding Big Days and Christmas Bird Counts, this presentation aims to reveal tactics that will help birders and naturalists improve their methods of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
November LASER Event - San JoseStardust, Cells and the Origin of Life The paradigm is that life began in salty sea water, in the ocean, perhaps in hydrothermal vents. But there is an alternative supported by experimental evidence, that life began in fresh water hot springs undergoing cycles of wetting and drying. Under these conditions, ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Mini-Med School: Innovating Health Care Delivery: Meeting Patients Where They AreUCSF has a long history of pioneering innovation and advancing its bold vision for health worldwide. Whether it’s a new drug molecule, medical device, digital health application, or care process, our goal is to ensure that innovation reaches our patients and benefits patient care. UCSF leaders in innovation--representing a wide ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15, students free with ID
Advanced PhotographyTake your photography to the next level with Doc Miles (professional photographer and volunteer)!Gain a better understanding of light, composition, and how to create a message with your photographs. Learn how to “get it right in cameraâ€. This class will help you improve your skills at specialties like night photography, ...
Women in Tech: The Future of AISince Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer program nearly 200 years ago, women have contributed to the advancement of computing and helped pave the way for today’s artificial intelligence (AI). Today, women are pushing the frontiers of AI in applications from robotics to recruiting, from startups to venture capital. Equally ...
E.G. Vallianatos will discuss his book Poison Spring, which documents in detail the EPA’s corruption and misuses of science and public trust. In its half century of existence, the EPA has repeatedly reinforced the chemical industrial complex by endorsing deadly chemicals, botching field investigations, turning a blind eye to toxic disasters and swallowing ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free for Members, $8 Students
KiDS and biassesThe current ongoing large imaging surveys are an excellent tool for studying the origin and evolution of the Universe and the galaxy - dark matter connection, using the weak gravitational lensing as the main probe. Using the predicting power of the halo model formalism, the weak gravitational lensing (together with ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Exploring the missing baryons using absorption studiesIn the low-redshift (z<2) universe, about one-third of the baryons remain unaccounted for, which poses the long-standing missing baryon problem. The missing baryons are believed to reside in filaments connecting galaxies in the form of warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM). Although UV absorption studies explored the warm phase of the WHIM, ...
The physical properties of inorganic crystals can be dramatically transformed by controlled introduction of impurities or other defects. Many commercial phosphors rely on such transformations when lanthanide or transition-metal activator ions, or other defined defects, are introduced into sensitizer crystals. This talk will describe some of our group's recent research ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Grounds for Science - The weird and wonderful world of Quantum Materials - POSTPONEDSome of the most notable achievements in the study of materials have led to technological breakthroughs which have shaped modern society; take, for example the solid-state transistors which are the foundation for computation. But apart from useful applications, the study of the quantum mechanical properties of crystalline materials, or “hard ...
Marshlands of DreamsJoin Paul Mueller on a 1-mile walk of the LaRiviere Marsh Trail to find traces of the past. Prior to marsh restoration, learn how Californians utilized the area for farming, quarrying, salt production, and transportation.  There will opportunities for bird watching as well.
Come and enjoy this casual walk through Pine Flat with Joe Pelanconi, author of Quicksilver Mining in Sonoma County: Pine Flat Prospect Fever. You’ll learn about the mercury-mining boom-town of the mid-1870’s and some of the personalities involved. Joe tells some great stories based on his research, and his book about Pine ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 suggested donation
Mt. Tam Day of Thanks Join our tradition of giving thanks to our natural environment through a day of service. Our fourth annual Day of Thanks is an event that celebrates our parks and giving back to the mountain. This year we will be working at Bothin Marsh Preserve, a beautiful and important native wetland! ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: FREE
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
Holiday Sale Rocks, Gems, Minerals, Fossils, Jewelry, & MoreMineral and Gem Society invites you to the annual holiday sale organized by members of the club. Come and see wonderful gifts of nature and art from around the world gems, jewelry, rocks, minerals, and lapidary arts. Browse the bargains and pick up some great gifts for the holidays. Kids ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Earthquake MythbustersGet an overview on earthquake hazards in the Bay Area, some cool science the lab is working on to help increase knowledge and safety, and bust some common myths about earthquakes and preparedness. Also find out the latest news about the status of Shake Alert, the earthquake early warning system now being rolled ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Surgical Tools and TechniquesGet the scoop on surgery from members of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). These fascinating demonstrations will illustrate lifesaving surgical tools and techniques. Come perform surgery on a pumpkinâ€"using real instruments to remove slippery gummi bears and worms!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Reclaiming the FutureStochastic Labs is presenting a one-day event, a Long Conversation on Reclaiming The Future with scientists, artists and tech pioneers. Each speaker brings one idea to the stage about how to reclaim optimism in the face of future technology-a trend, an artwork, an innovation, a breakthrough, a movement.This will be ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20.00
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.Â
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
What Is Common Core Math?: Family Learning WorkshopWe are offering this workshop again due to the overwhelmingly positive feedback received after the initial session! This workshop will focus on math concepts in 3rdâ€"5th grade, but we welcome families with students in 1stâ€"6th grade who wish to attend. Registration in advance is highly recommended, as space is ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: General: Free with admission, members/students $0
Jazz Under the StarsCome peer through our telescopes and see craters on the Moon, the visible planets, star clusters, and more while we listen to CSM's very own KCSM Jazz 91 FM. Dress warmly. Free parking in Marie Curie Lot 5. Directions are available on the Maps, Directions & Parking page.
Where: San MateoCost: Free
City Star Party @ Point LobosCome join us for our monthly San Francisco City Star Party. SFAA members provide telescopes for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to check the SFAA website for the latest updates…bad weather or overcast skies will cancel!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
MOUNTAINS I HAVE KNOWNLaurie Hatch will take you on an insider's photo tour of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton and W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea. You'll also visit the Eastern Sierra's Alabama Hills, and nearby Mount Whitney where early Lick Observatory astronomers made definitive studies of the Martian atmosphere. The talk includes ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunday, 11/18/18
Mt Tam Docent TrainingVolunteer your time to assist visitors in appreciating and protecting Mt Tamalpais!We are now recruiting Visitor Center and Gravity Car Barn Museum docents! The Visitor Center and the Gravity Car Barn at East Peak attract many visitors who enjoy learning about the mountain and its natural and cultural history. Visitor ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Beginning BirdingJoin volunteer Jane Haley on an easy walk along Rodeo Lagoon to discover our winter birds.  Bring binoculars and field guides. Meet at the Marin Headlands Visitor Center. Bring field guides and binoculars.Ages 8+
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Holiday Sale Rocks, Gems, Minerals, Fossils, Jewelry, & MoreMineral and Gem Society invites you to the annual holiday sale organized by members of the club. Come and see wonderful gifts of nature and art from around the world gems, jewelry, rocks, minerals, and lapidary arts. Browse the bargains and pick up some great gifts for the holidays. Kids ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Science Film Festival: 'Contact' with Jill TarterBased on the novel by the famed astrophysicist Carl Sagan, Contact tells the story of a mysterious radio signal discovered by Dr. Ellie Arroway at the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Dr. Arroway contends with the far-reaching implications of her discovery and considers the pursuit of a first contact with ...
Training Session: Alameda County MycoFlora ProjectThis is a training session for an ongoing project.Citizen scientists are needed to gather mushrooms for the North American MycoFlora Project.As a local sub-project, MycoFlora of Alameda County Project will collect and document mushrooms to store for future study. Training to locate, photograph, post to iNaturalist, number, dry and process our collections are ...
Where: OaklandCost: 0
The Evolution of a MartianOur journey toward Mars and beyond will be humanity’s greatest adventure. It will determine the fate of our species and the extent of our legacy. This journey is already underway. Humans have walked on the Moon and have survived long-duration spaceflight. Our spacecraft have explored the solar system and mapped ...
Hydrodynamics of topological fields in insulatorsI will discuss recent progress on understanding and harnessing collective transport in magnetic insulators. Central to this talk will be conservation laws that are rooted in a topological invariant rather than a global symmetry. In one example, the emergent hydrodynamics closely mimics neutral superfluidity, which may allow to establish and ...
MYSTERIES OF HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITYDr. Ming Yi of Rice University will talk about the world of mysteries hidden in high temperature superconductors, and how we can attempt to solve them by using a very special experimental tool to watch electrons dance on the crystal lattices.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
People and Robots SeminarAutomated driving is breaking new ground where "smart", connected and eventually collaborating machines are deployed for increasingly complex tasks in unstructured environments. This provides a wonderful stage with numerous opportunities and challenges, especially considering the societal impact and broad variety of applications, from automated machines in mines to SAE level ...
KiDS and biasesThe current ongoing large imaging surveys are an excellent tool for studying the origin and evolution of the Universe and the galaxy - dark matter connection, using the weak gravitational lensing as the main probe. Using the predicting power of the halo model formalism, the weak gravitational lensing (together with ...
Our lab aims to identify reactions for the synthesis and modification of peptides and proteins. We apply these to study functional consequences of naturally occurring posttranslational protein modifications (PTMs), in particular phosphorylated Lys- and Cystein-residues, as well as to generate novel protein-conjugates for pharmaceutical and medicinal applications. In this presentation ...
Our research uses chemistry principles to address questions of importance in life sciences and molecular medicine. This lecture will cover recent examples of emerging areas in our group in: (i) methods developed for site-selective chemical modification of proteins at cysteine, disulfide and lysine and their use to build stable ...
Hybrid organic - inorganic perovskites (HOPs) have demonstrated an extraordinary potential for clean sustainable energy technologies and low-cost optoelectronic devices such as solar cells, light emitting diodes, detectors, sensors, ionic conductors, etc. This talk overviews the main features of the optoelectronic properties of three dimensional (3D) and layered two-dimensional (2D) ...
The gene-editing technology known as CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is transforming everything, from pharmaceutical research to agriculture to the process of making yogurt (really). It is a disruptive technology that allows people to edit genomes, changing the genetic code of life. In some cases, it's also raising ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
