Alcatraz Historic Garden TourBeginning in 2003, the Garden Conservancy formed a partnership with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the NPS to rehabilitate the Historic Gardens of Alcatraz. Join Shelagh Fritz (Project Manager of the Gardens), to learn about the preservation process of a cultural landscapes: through the planning stages, preparation of ...
Twilight HikeTake advantage of this rare opportunity to experience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve as dusk arrives and the animals start to appear. Our twilight hikes are on select Fridays throughout spring and fall. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: $20 suggested donation
Saturday, 06/01/19
Blossoms and Bugs Bioblitz at Potrero Meadows, Saturday, June 1, 11AM to 2PMIt’s that time of the year when the mountain is blooming and buzzing. Join us for a closer look at the flowers and bugs of this special meadow habitat. We will photograph and identify the living things we see using iNaturalist with the goal of contributing new scientific knowledge for ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Neurobiology of MoralityUntil recently, morality and religion have been closely linked. From well before the time of the ancient Greek philosophers, religion has guided our moral judgments. Contemporary moral psychologists provide compelling evidence that humans - whether male or female, atheist or religious, American or Aboriginal - make remarkably similar moral judgments. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Monday, 06/03/19
A first look at a super massive black holeOn April 10, 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a very long baseline interferometry experiment, released the first image of a black hole resolved to event horizon scales. I will discuss the image of M87 and aim to convince the audience that a flux depression in the image is necessary ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Yes, Your Research May Indeed Be Useful... Many graduate students may wonder whether their research may one day be useful to industry. This presentation offers hope to current students (in a touch-in-cheek manner) that yes, your research may indeed be useful beyond your degree and the ERE Department. In fact, it may have greater impact than you ...
Fueled by advances in software, computation, microelectronics, and large optics fabrication, a novel type of sky survey will begin in 2022. In a rapid campaign of 30 second exposures, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will cover the southern sky deeply for ten years, opening a movie-like window on objects that ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 general, $12 members and seniors
Join us at Public Works SF for six stories of compelling evidence and undeniable corroboration, of credible theories and inferential arguments, and the measure of truth and spiritsStories from the odd corners of history, science, art, and adventure.WHAT: Six storytellers bring strange-but-true stories from history, science, art and adventure, to the stage, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 - $25
David Byrne: Good News & Sleeping BeautiesDavid Byrne has become a scholar and promoter of new good ideas that work in the world.He finds them in health, education, culture, economics, climate, science & technology, transportation, and civic engagement. He has great examples and great slides--as you might expect from an acclaimed visual as well as musical ...
How do we represent ourselves through the literal-and metaphorical-filters of popular culture, and how much control do we have over our own image? Ponder the ways popular culture can shape us as individuals by reflecting, forming, or refracting our concept of self, then consider the spaces where we take back ...
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
Under the Sea Prom NightLifeYou’re invited to have the time of your life at NightLife’s inaugural prom! Come dressed to go “Under the Sea†and celebrate World Oceans Day and the beauty and wonder of coral reefs.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
