Charting the High Frontier of SpaceThroughout human history, mapping has been the key to the opening of new frontiers. Â Mapping of previously uncharted regions has enabled economic expansion and the development of new markets, science, and defense. Â For similar reasons, we argue that mapping the locations and trajectories of the millions of uncharted asteroids in ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Can California Go Carbon Neutral? - RESCHEDULEDJust ten years ago, an entire state running on 100 percent renewable electricity was considered fanciful. But this dreamy vision became reality when, with the backing of big utilities, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 100 into law, committing California to 100 percent use of zero-carbon electricity by 2045. Then Brown ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Going Carbon NegativeThe math is clear: Lowering greenhouse gas emissions is not enough to keep the Earth below 1.5 degrees Celsius of postindustrial warming. The latest science indicates that actively removing carbon from the atmosphere - storing it in rocks, soil, trees and even turning it into products like concrete - is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
After Dark: Glow Excite your atoms at Glow, our annual festival of ebullient lights and subtle glows celebrating the close of the year. Bask in the mesmerizing gleams of special installations and kinetic sculptures, take a shine to illuminating exhibits, and show your sparkle with scintillating activities.Some Glow artworks will be ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.95 adv, $19.95 door, free with A.D. membership
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
Feel the Force NightlifeChannel your inner Jedi during an evening of galactic entertainment inspired by a galaxy far, far away.Wander among droids built by the R2 Builders club and come in costume to celebrate your favorite epic space saga and Pose for photos with the 501st Legion - aka Vader’s Fist - and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22 General, $18 Members
Astronomy on Tap Santa Cruz - Planets Near and FarAt this month’s Astronomy on Tap we’ll be spanning the distance scale of planets! Come to hear UCSC PhD candidate Rachel Maxwell speak about our nearest space-neighbor, the Moon! She’ll tell us why it’s important to understand magnetic fields around planets and what we can learn from studying the Moon’s ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Mini-Med School: Innovation for the Safety Net: Emergency, Trauma, and Ambulatory Care UCSF 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
Friday, 12/07/18
Two KIPAC Tea Talks Revealing Quantum Gravity with the Event Horizon TelescopeThere is currently great interest in experimental tests of quantum gravity theories. ‎However the EHT may provide the first opportunity for testing quantum gravity. In particular the Chapline-Laughlin -Mazur vacuum for quantum gravity leads to a spectacular prediction: the event horizon for any ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Theoretical priors for quintessenceDark energy is a key unsolved problem. An enormous number of theories try to explain the accelerated expansion of the universe, ranging from the simplicity of a cosmological constant to the inclusion of new gravitational fields that affect space-time dynamics. We need clever methods to test the landscape of theories ...
$5 First Friday: Starry NightEach $5 First Friday at Chabot is an exciting and immersive experience for all ages! Join us each month for hands-on activities and live demonstrations that are fun for the whole family. Each month there will be new things to explore!
Where: OaklandCost: $5
Grounds for Science - The weird and wonderful world of Quantum MaterialsSome 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 ...
Where: EmeryvilleCost: Free
Seeking Gravitational Waves: The Tao of LIGOGravitational waves (ripples in space and time) were first predicted by Einstein, who thought they were too weak to detect (and didn’t believe in black holes). However, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made the stunning first detection of Gravitational Waves from colliding black holes in 2015. So, what is ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 12/08/18
One Tam Day Fungus BioBlitz: Early Winter EditionJoin One Tam at Roy’s Redwoods as we try to identify and document every fungus species we see! Hone your naturalist skills, learn to use the iNaturalist app, and become our scientific collaborator for a day! RSVP's are required for this event. No experience necessary, training and guidance will be ...
Where: WoodacreCost: Free
Time to Wake Up! Presentation and Author Talk with Dr. Will Tuttle“If we cause war against animals we will cause war against ourselves.†This line from Will Tuttle’s international bestseller, The World Peace Diet, illumines a path you can take toward a world where freedom, harmony, and sustainability are possible.Dr. Tuttle’s teachings express the heart and soul of the peace, justice, and animal liberation movements. They ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE
Oceans Aglow: Family Night Hike & CampfireJoin NatureBridge Golden Gate as we discover one of the most amazing natural phenomenon, bioluminescence. We will hike out to Rodeo Beach and explore the sands for twinkling plankton. Where did they come from? Why are they blinking? Are they here all the time? We will try and answer all ...
Where: SausalitoCost: 15
Sunday, 12/09/18
Science Film Festival: 'Inventing Tomorrow'Meet passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are creating cutting-edge solutions to confront the world's environmental threats found right in their own backyards. Take a journey with these inspiring teens as they prepare their projects for the largest convening of high school scientists in the world: the Intel ...
I will summarize some major activities and strategic plans of the American Physical Society, including: publishing research while opening access; advocating in Washington for funding for research and new initiatives, fostering education, and supporting appropriate immigration policies for graduate students from other countries; engaging more physicists who are in the ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
People and Robots SeminarSelf-organization is a pervasive phenomenon in nature, which has inspired the development of multi-robot systems that can mimick their biological counterparts. As we consider larger groups of autonomous agents or swarms, new theoretical challenges appear that are associated with both their size and robotic-system limitations. In this talk, we outline ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Big Screen Science: GremlinsJoe Dante's hilariously funny, wickedly scary film is about Rand Peltzer (Hoyt Axton), an inventor who hasn't successfully invented anything. However, this Christmas he's bringing his family something special -- a small, cuddly creature known as a Mogwai. The little fella comes with three crucial instructions. He's not to be ...
7:00-7:25: Hirohisa Tanaka (Stanford/ SLAC) on " Neutrinos: The Desperate Remedy"The possibility that neutrinos and antineutrinos may behave differently has implications for why our universe exists at all...Read more7:25-7:50: Helen Blau(Stanford/ Biology) on "Stem Cells: Seeds of a Therapeutic Revolution"The derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Holiday Arts, Craft, and Science!Get ready for the holiday season at your local biohackerspace Counter Culture Labs, with bio-art decorations made from or based on designs from different organisms, or some holiday ornaments made from lab supplies!Create unique resin in a petri dish decorations - potentially using pigments from Rhodamine B, Fluorescein, and othersCreate ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10
Tuesday, 12/11/18
A continuum of environmental influence on the circumgalactic mediumThe circumgalactic medium (CGM) serves as a massive, multiphase baryon reservoir and mediates all accretion and outflow from a galaxy. Hence, the continuation of star formation in the galaxy as well as the metal enrichment of the intergalactic medium and the host galaxy critically depend on the composition and physical ...
Speaker: Melissa Partyka is a research associate in the Department of Population Health and Reproduction in the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis.
Where: Bodega BayCost: Free
SciComm Studio 015: The Cannabis ConversationRecent policy shifts have opened doors to marijuana research, consumption, and industry. But the legal and social gray area of marijuana can also cloud the public’s understanding of its benefits, risks, and possibilities.Sorting through “the weeds†of marijuana policy means sifting through misinformation from both the drug’s critics and its ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Solving Today's Great Problems? Lessons from Engelbart's Demo @50 For Doug Engelbart and his team, the prize was not the revolutionary tools they previewed at their famous 1968 demo and which went on to revolutionize computing through today: Web-like clickable links, word processing, online collaboration, spell checkers, multiple windows, the mouse, networked information centers, and more. These were all ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
The Paris Agreement at Three: Floundering or Flourishing?In its infancy, the Paris Agreement carried the promise of a truly global climate solution but was criticized for lacking the teeth to pull it off. Supporters say it's the first step in setting the global economy toward a sustainable future. Critics say it's dangerously delusional to think the pact ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
