Marine Science Sunday: Under The Bridge: Marine Mammals of SF BayOur own backyard in the bay is full of amazing marine mammals! Free classroom programs will highlight our local sea lions, harbor porpoises, dolphins, and even the occasional whale that wanders under the Bridge! We recommend teaming our free classroom program with a Guided tour at 11am, 1pm or 3pm for a ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: LasersIn 1960, the laser was known as “a solution looking for a problem.†Now we can hardly imagine life without them. Learn what’s special about laser light, how it’s made, and how it’s used in everything from DVD players to eye surgery to fusion energy research.Talks at 1:00 and 3:00
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Admission
Monday, 08/26/19
Cold Gas in Hot Halos: The Formation and Survival of Cold Gas in Galactic Halos In recent years, observations of the circumgalactic medium has undercovered a large reservoir of T ~ 10^4 K, photoionized gas in the much hotter halos of galaxies. Inflowing cold gas in galactic halos helps fuel star formation, whilst outflowing cold gas is our primary observational marker of feedback. However, the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Tuning energy levels, energy flow and disorder in nanomaterials through the external environmentLight absorbed by a semiconductor is stored as electronic excitations in the form of bound electron-hole pairs, also known as excitons. There is a rich variety of semiconductor nanostructures available today for the design of novel material systems and interfaces with tailor-made functionalities. In particular, atomically thin two-dimensional materials such ...
The latest AI advances have the potential to massively improve our health and well-being. However, most of the work is yet to be done. In this talk, we will explore the most important opportunities for AI in healthcare. For example, we will explore how AI can diagnose major life-threatening conditions ...
20 Art Experiments With Math in 20 MinutesIn a rapid fire art extravaganza, Nerd Nite will zip through the world of strange, quirky, and beautiful mathematics that you never learned about in school, and explore how math can be used to define new artistic forms. See paradoxes, puzzles, infinities, chaos, ...
One Tam: Wildlife Picture Index ProjectCome contribute to the Marin Wildlife Picture Index Project! Volunteer community scientists assist with research by helping maintain motion-activated cameras and processing photos. At this event, we view the images on the computer, identify the mammals, and enter the results in a database. New and experienced catalogers welcome, as training is ...
Where: Corte MaderaCost: Free
Emerging Health Technologies: Diagnosing, Designing and Controlling Our Well-BeingBen Hwang from Profusa will discuss the future of continuous, remote monitoring data using implantable biosensor technology and how it is poised to transform wellness, medical intervention, health care delivery and patient outcomes. Mary Lou Jepsen from Openwater has created a device that can enable us to see inside our ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Nerd Nite Silicon Valley #7: Giant Insects and Star Wars LawSpeakers:“You’re Going to Need a Bigger Net: The Evolution of Giant Insects†Christopher Beatty, evolutionary biologist“Star Wars Law!†Joshua Gilliland, blogger at The Legal Geeks and attorney
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Charon, Pluto’s CompanionDr. Ross Beyer, NASA Ames and SETI, will discuss what the New Horizons space probe revealed about the surface of Pluto’s moon Charon. The probe showed evidence of a sub-surface ocean early on and Charon’s surface suggests how icy worlds can form far from the gravitational influences of giant planets.
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
Wednesday, 08/28/19
Coastal Upwelling and Climate in the California CurrentAlongshore winds, through upwelling and transport, are the main force behind the rich marine ecosystem found in the California Upwelling Ecosystem and other Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems. These winds, driven by large-scale atmospheric processes and enhanced at by coastal features, are largely impacted by climate. Ocean temperatures and chemical properties ...
Speaker:Â Melanie Okoro is a chief operating officer and founder, Eco-Alpha
Where: Bodega BayCost: Free
Skeptics in the Pub: MillbraeScience and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub West Bay, Fiddlers Green, Millbrae sponsored by Bay Area Skeptics.If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. If ye shun the brewer’s art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!Skeptics ...
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
The Social and Ecolological Impacts of Light Pollution in Santa CruzJoin Santa Cruz IDA chapter members Lisa Heschong and Andy Kreyche for a discussion of how light pollution in Santa Cruz impacts our local environment. We will review recent research on circadian disruption of plants, animals and humans by exposure to artificial light at night. Plants and animals depend on ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Thursday, 08/29/19
Alcatraz Gardens Class Series: Herbarium and Plant PressingAn Herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens used for scientific study. These sheets may be whole plants or plant parts and are mounted on a sheet of paper. These are used to reference and describe plant taxa as a much more accurate than drawings. Recently, herbaria have been ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
Printing Nanoscale Things: Metals, Oxides, and Quantum DotsThis talk will introduce deep-nanoscale fabrication technologies based on synergic combinations of self-assembly, photolithography, and transfer-printing applicable to a variety of material systems including polymers, oxides, metals, quantum nanostructures for high-performance sensors, photovoltaics, and displays. In particular, this talk will report on our recent innovation: highly precise patterning ...
Do you know the science behind America’s national pastime? Why is a ball stitched, what’s inside, and how does its makeup affect the physics of throwing the ball? How does a pitcher throw a curveball or a knuckleball, and how can a ball be either “dead†or “juiced� Then delve ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Desert NightlifeCan’t stand the heat? Chill out and explore some of the coolest creatures from some of the planet’s hottest climates at Desert NightLife.Catch a screening of The Devil’s Road: A Baja Adventure, about a group of adventurers on a 5,000-mile journey across Baja California to recreate the century-old expedition of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
'Science Fair' DocumentaryWinner of the audience award at Sundance and SXSW, Science Fair offers a front seat to the victories, defeats, and motivations of an incredible group of high school students on a path to change their lives, and the world through science.First showing on 8/28 is sold out.RSVP required
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Pliocene World: Earth's Climate 3 Million Years Ago and How it Relates to our FutureThree million years ago, during the late Pliocene, CO2 levels were similar to today, but global temperatures and sea level were much higher.Find out how we use microfossils to reconstruct temperature, salinity and more across the globe from this geological interval just before ice ages began. Using our reconstruction of the ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Friday, 08/30/19
Sculpting Photocatalysts on the Nano ScaleThe solar-driven photocatalytic splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen is a potential source of clean and renewable fuels. However, four decades of global research have proven this multi-step reaction to be highly challenging. The design of effective artificial photocatalytic systems will depend on our ability to correlate the photocatalyst ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Saturday, 08/31/19
Science Saturday: Funky FungiHave you ever wondered where mushrooms come from, what that “moss†is hanging from the branches in an oak tree, or what lies beneath the rotting logs on a Redwood forest floor? Find out when we explore the hidden kingdom of fungus! Try completing a mushroom cap craft, learn about ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Family HikesBring the whole family along as we take a gentle 2-3-mile round trip walk among the majestic redwoods. We’ll stop and tell stories about Oakland history, identify native plants and trees, and discuss wildlife and indicators of climate change. Due to heavy roots, routes are not accessible by strollers and/or ...
