Climate Science & Solutions for Bay Area SchoolsSchool groups from all over the Bay Area will be coming by bus to this event. Featuring hands-on science on climate change and solutions. Student groups will be viewing films and taking part in the Active Cinema Room, where the interactive climate science labs wil be set up.We're looking for ...
When quantum materials get hot: anomalous thermal conduction and radiationHeat conduction in and radiation from solids provides a unique window to probe solid state physics, and also plays a pivotal role for a wide range of industry applications. Although it is a traditional research focus in mechanical engineering, study of heat transfer from materials scientists’ perspective would result in ...
Reinventing Expertise in the Age of Platforms: The Case of Data Science"Data scientist,†so says the Harvard Business Review, is “the sexiest job of the 21st century.†What accounts for the prestige that this new professional mode of knowledge production now enjoys across institutions ranging from non-profits to research labs, corporations, hospitals, and schools? Based on a two-year ethnographic study of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Fishes of the San Francisco Estuary: A Seascape PerspectiveSeascape ecology is an emerging field that applies principles of landscape ecology to marine environments. For my dissertation research, I used long-term data on a fish assemblage in the Suisun Marsh, San Francisco Estuary, California, to answer the following questions: (1) Do species exhibit ontogenetic or seasonal shifts in distribution? ...
Mind the GAP: Bridging Strategies for Universal Energy AccessOver 1 billion people face energy poverty around the world, without access to modern, reliable, and affordable energy. The slow pace and high cost and environmental impacts of energy poverty alleviation is in part the result of relying on century-old planning, financing, and institutional paradigms to design and operate energy ...
The future of lossy image compression: what machines can learn from humansThe availability of massive public image datasets appears to have hardly been exploited in image compression. In this work, we present a novel framework for image compression based on human image generation and publicly available images as "side information." Our framework consists of one human who describes images using text ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Origins of Silicon Valley: Why and How It Happened HereWhy did Silicon Valley come into being? The story goes back to local Hams (amateur radio operators) trying to break RCA's tube patents, "angel" investors, the sinking of the Titanic, Fred Terman and Stanford University, local invention of high-power tubes, WW II and radar, William Shockley's mother living in Palo ...
Where: SaratogaCost: Free
Thursday, 05/02/19
Climate Science & Solutions for Bay Area SchoolsSchool groups from all over the Bay Area will be coming by bus to this event. Featuring hands-on science on climate change and solutions. Student groups will be viewing films and taking part in the Active Cinema Room, where the interactive climate science labs wil be set up.We're looking for ...
Where: San RafaelCost: free
SPHEREx: An all-sky near infrared spectral surveyRecently selected for implementation as the next medium-class mission in NASA's Explorer line, SPHEREx will produce a Near Infrared spectrum for every 6 arcsecond pixel on the celestial sphere. Through the use of cold. wide-field optics combined with linear variable filters, this experiment is optimized to probe for signatures of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Jay Inslee: The Climate CandidateObama chose health care. Trump went with taxes. Presidential hopeful Jay Inslee is the only candidate with a very different top priority: to stop climate change. With a laser focus on climate and the environment, the Washington state governor is a notable departure from other Democratic candidates who regularly mention ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Jump on your saddle and ride down the waterfront as we celebrate cycles and promote pedal power! In collaboration with the SF Bicycle Coalition and Bike to Work Month, we’ll explore the physics, culture, and sustainable future of bicycles. Watch cycling demos, marvel at unusual bike builds, and get hands-on ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Cafe InquiryCenter for Inquiry San Francisco's monthly get together to talk about whatever interests us.
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
NightLife in Space: The MoonNightLife goes to the Moon and back, exploring the origins of space travel and the future of lunar missions. Plus, MUTEK.SF presents A/Visions 1 in the planetarium, featuring full dome video art and live music performances and DJ sets.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Astronomy on Tap Santa Cruz - Brown DwarfsBrown dwarfs â€" not quite a star, not quite a planet. UCSC graduate student will talk about how we study the atmospheres of brown dwarfs, and how they can help us better understand gas giant planets. Next we will hear from Dr. Andrew Rushby about how ice and snow may ...
Climate Science & Solutions for Bay Area SchoolsSchool groups from all over the Bay Area will be coming by bus to this event. Featuring hands-on science on climate change and solutions. Student groups will be viewing films and taking part in the Active Cinema Room, where the interactive climate science labs wil be set up.We're looking for ...
Where: San RafaelCost: free
Alcohol and Amine Derivatives Guide Position-Selective C-H Functionalization ReactionsFree radical reactions represent an important and versatile class of chemical transformations. Nitrogen-centered radical applications remain underexplored due to the lack of convenient methods for their generation. Recent advances have improved access to nitrogen-centered radicals through photoredox-mediated oxidation of two such directing groups: amides and sulfonamides. Guided by this approach, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
New Insights into the Seismic Structure of the North American Upper MantleI present new seismic images of the key structural elements of the upper mantle beneath North America. These images are significantly different from all previous studies. Unlike earlier work, we successfully image the cratonic lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB), and the 250-km-deep Lehmann discontinuity. We see evidence for plate tectonics in the ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
DNA Origami Tools for Cryo-EMWe have created DNA origami nanostructures to overcome challenges in structure determination of certain small ( under 100 kDa ) proteins and nucleic acids by cryo-electron microscopy. We aimed to use the nanoscale positional control afforded by origami to overcome issues related to particle contrast, preferential orientation, and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Journey to the Moon With NASA As NASA, the nation, and the world prepare to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first human landing on the Moon, we will examine NASA’s missions of lunar exploration. We will review the missions that led to Apollo as well as the six individual Apollo missions, explore missions that came ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Silicon Valley Skeptics in the PubWe'll meet up, drink, and socialize. All while not believing in ridiculous things! We are a group of skeptics, freethinkers, and nonbelievers in Silicon Valley. We enjoy intellectually stimulating conversations and provocative debate.Join us on the 1st Friday of each monthÂ
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Saturday, 05/04/19
Guided Nature WalkExperience 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
Shark DayMSI loves sharks! Our special day invites one and all to learn about these amazing creatures while feeding and touching our local friendly leopard sharks and making a special take home craft.10:00 and 10:30 AM.
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20
Sonoma-Marin Eco-Friendly Garden TourStop by and enjoy the beauty of the new native plant pollinator garden in front of the Bay Model. The garden, featuring plants native to Marin, was designed and installed by volunteers from the California Native Plant Society’s Marin chapter. Garden volunteers will be on hand all day, assisted by ...
Calling All Eco-Explorers! Youth ages 5-15 will be up to their elbows in FREE, hands-on activities. Learning through fun interactive, nature science experiences and regional field trips, your kids will find out all about the Bay Area ecosystem and become the next generation of Citizen Scientists! We have extended Welcome ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
National Math FestivalJoin us on as we become a Zometool Bubble Station, as part of the National Math Festival! Can you imagine using a bubble wand and dish soap to make a square bubble? How about a cubic, or spiral, or saddle-shaped, or wormhole, or even parabolic-shaped bubble? With the Zometool Bubble ...
In his new novel, Machines Like Me, Ian McEwan uses science fiction and counter-factual history to speculate about the coming of artificial intelligence and its effect on human relations. The opening page introduces a pivotal character, "Sir Alan Turing, war hero and presiding genius of the digital age.â€The evening with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, Free for members
350 Bay Area's Eco Home & Garden TourLocal non-profit 350 Bay Area will be hosting its first-ever Eco Home & Garden Tour on May 4, 2019 from 10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m. Owners of five eco-friendly East Bay homes in Berkeley, Kensington and Albany will open their doors to 100 attendees toshowcase their sustainable, carbon footprint reducing ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $50 to $150
Sunday, 05/05/19
YTH Live 2019YTH Live brings together people who are working on innovative research, programs, and products that advance youth health and wellness, including public health professionals, youth leaders, social entrepreneurs, educators, nonprofit leaders, technology developers, and more.YTH Live is in its 11th year. YTH Live 2019 will focus on how mental health ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $18 - $550 (see website)
Bringing Back the Natives Garden TourCome learn how to attract native birds, butterflies and bees to your garden, while consering water and eliminating pesticide use.  Registration for the Fifteenth Annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour, which will take place on Sunday, May 5, 2019 from 10:00 to 5:00, is now open.  This award-winning tour features thirty seven beautiful Alameda ...
Where: Cost: $10
Butterfly and Nature Activities for the Whole Family!Prospect Sierra Elementary School in El Cerrito will be a stop on this year's Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour. • Calling all children! They can participate in monarch butterfly crafts, color butterfly pages, take pictures (with you!) in the butterfly wings photo area, and go on the storywalk - a ...
Where: El CerritoCost: $15 donaton suggested
Native American Games and Nature Activities for the Whole Family!This year San Lorenzo HIgh School is again participating in the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour.  Bring your children to the school, where they can enjoy the East Bay Regional Park District’s Mobile Visitor Center, with its accompanying, engaging naturalist, play Native American games, do arts and crafts, pound ...
Where: San LorenzoCost: $15 donation suggested
TEDxPaloAltoSalon: Bending BoundariesTEDxPaloAlto will be bending boundaries. The Oshman Family JCC is a proud sponsor of TEDxPaloAlto and we're thrilled to invite you to this year's boundary-bending event!TEDxPaloAlto will re-imagine possibilities and explore the limits of human achievement. We'll be spending the day with some of the world's leading voices in technology, ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $100.
Monday, 05/06/19
YTH Live 2019YTH Live brings together people who are working on innovative research, programs, and products that advance youth health and wellness, including public health professionals, youth leaders, social entrepreneurs, educators, nonprofit leaders, technology developers, and more.YTH Live is in its 11th year. YTH Live 2019 will focus on how mental health ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $18 - $550 (see website)
Towards Weak Lensing Cosmology with WFIRST Near-Infrared DetectorsThe Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is an upcoming NASA observatory that will investigate the origins of cosmic acceleration using weak gravitational lensing. WFIRST will perform galaxy shape measurements using Teledyne H4RG-10 detectors; thus it is essential to understand inter-pixel non-linear effects like the brighter-fatter effect (BFE) and non-linear ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
David Wallace-Wells: The Uninhabitable EarthAccording to David Wallace-Wells, we’re cooked - literally. In his recent book, The Uninhabitable Earth, Wallace-Wells explores how climate change will impact not just the planet, but human lives - including how a five degree Celsius increase in temperatures would make parts of the planet unsurvivable.But is panic and doom and gloom ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
In our world it's difficult to manage without a computer in your pocket. Smartphones open great possibilities for accessing information and communicating over time and space. Yet there is a growing body of research that says that it's costing us, in depression, distraction, and loss of productivity. How can we ...
The laser increased the intensity of light that can be generated by orders of magnitude and thus brought about nonlinear optical interactions with matter. Chirped pulse amplification, also known as CPA, changed the intensity level by a few more orders of magnitude and helped usher in a new type of ...
The Gaia space telescope recently released its second catalog of over 1.3 billion stellar distances, which is helping astronomers map the Milky Way like never before. Jackie Faherty will guide you through cutting-edge visualizations of the most spectacular astronomical dataset of our time - a virtual tour of hundreds of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 05/07/19
Can a Circular Economy Salvage the Climate?Produce, consume, dispose: If you’ve ever made a purchase, you’re familiar with the steps of a traditional linear economy. Raw materials are extracted, produced into goods and used - sometimes only once, in the case of your morning Starbucks - before turning into waste.Enter the circular economy. Beyond just recycling, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Do No Harm: Civic Leadership and the Role of Health CareCan we design a health-care system that serves all? Rupa Marya thinks we can. Through hard lessons learned, Marya joins Donna LaSala, Presidio Graduate School professor, to discuss aspects of the U.S. health-care system that are aligned with social justice and others that create injustice. They will explore workable solutions for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Particle Physics & Astrophysics with Wide Field mm-Wave Surveys There have now been several generations of wide-field mm-wave surveys, with several ongoing and upcoming very ambitious projects. We have already learned a great deal about the early universe and put strong constraints on particle physics extensions to the standard model, also collecting large catalogs of strong gravitational lens systems ...
Professor Donna Strickland (University of Waterloo), co-recipient of the 2018 Physics Nobel Prize, will give the Applied Physics/Physics colloquium.Editor's Note: This lecture will also be given on May 6 at SLAC. See our listing for location and additional information.
