Two KIPAC Tea TalksThe Electromagnetic Counterparts of GW170817 and Future Gravitational Wave EventsSpeaker: Kunal Mooley, NRAO and CalTechProbing the large-scale environments of AGNSpeaker: Meredith Powell, Stanford
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Toward precision cosmology with the Lya forest Neutral hydrogen in the Intergalactic Medium produces a collection of Lya absorptions, called the Lya forest, seen in the spectra of background objects. According to the common paradigm, neutral hydrogen in the IGM evolves from primordial density fluctuations in a low density and photo-ionized environment. It, therefore, acts as a ...
Color Centers and Quantum NanophotonicsLight and matter interaction at the nanoscale has been explored for a variety of quantum technologies pertaining to information processing, communication and sensing. The color centers, atomic defects in wide band gap semiconductor lattices, have had a prominent role in this research. The favorable combination of optical and spin properties ...
Catalytic C-H functionalization offers the promise of atom economical introduction of molecular diversity into organic molecules by direct transformation of C-H bonds to C-C, C-N, or C-O bonds. Compared to more traditional approaches that involve functional group manipulations, the direct utilization of C-H bonds in synthesis can minimize chemical steps, ...
July 2019 Solar Eclipse ExperienceMembers of the Peninsula Astronomical Society will share their experiences at the July 2019 solar eclipse.
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
Saturday, 11/09/19
Possible Self STEM FairA day of interactive, hands-on activities designed for 6th to 10th grade students and their families to Explore, Create, Make, and Learn about excitiing opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Dying Tomorrow WorkshopToday, information about our lives can be packaged, transmitted, and analyzed like never before. Our social media profiles create digital twins. Big data and machine learning could someday create algorithms that understand us even more intimately than loved ones, or ourselves. As the traces of our lives are measured, tracked, ...
Every day, we generate data about our daily lives. What happens when that data lives beyond us? With big data, social media, and shifting social concepts of “a good death†converging to create a digital afterlife, we explore the technology that is driving the transformation of the ways we die ...
Join The Crucible for a panel discussion with Karen Cusolito, Christopher Schardt, and Crimson Rose, where they will discuss how they have developed art for the playa at Burning Man. Crucible Board Member Jeremy Crandell will moderate this discussion showcasing The Crucible creative community and artists from Burning Man. There ...
Where: OaklandCost: 20.00
Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Runaway UniverseSome of the most energetic and fascinating objects in the Universe are exploding stars known as supernova. These colossal outbursts result from the deaths of stars and for a time can outshine the entire galaxy in which they're found. Elements necessary for life are built up in stars during their ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunday, 11/10/19
We Are in the Midst of an Extinction Event - CANCELEDThe scientist, broadcaster, Trinity College, Dublin Professor, and winner of the prestigious Boyle Medal for scientific research, Luke O'Neill, is a passionate and radical advocate for imaginative and immediate measures to mitigate the current climate crisis. The title of his talk suggests the most likely outcome of our continued procrastination.Editor's ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
Monday, 11/11/19
Mercury Transit viewing from the Foothill ObservatoryOn Monday, November 11, the Foothill College Astronomy Department and the Peninsula Astronomical Society will be viewing the transit of Mercury. Join us at the Foothill Observatory (by parking lot 4) from sunrise at 6:44 a.m., when Mercury will already be in front of the sun, until the end of ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
Mercury Transit Across The SunNow here's something you don't see every day. In fact, you won't see it again until 2032!This Monday morning, Mercury will temporarily move between the Earth and the Sun. This event is like a tiny solar eclipse, where Mercury will block part of the Sun from our perspective, and we ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Increased Hubble tension with a new measurement of the Hubble constant using strong lensingThe recent tension between early- and late-Universe measurements of the Hubble constant highlights the necessity for independent and precise probes such as the time-delay cosmography. The measured time-delays between the lensed images of a background quasar depend on the absolute physical scales in the lens configuration. Thus, they allow measurement ...
Metastable phases have been a feature of materials technology for centuries, with hardening of steels by martensitic transformation being a conspicuous example that contributed greatly to the development of human civilization. More recently, there has been increasing interest in metastable phases for a broad range of applications including in opto-electronic ...
In developing the 20th century grid, George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla did not design an architecture for distributed or renewable resources. To decarbonize the grid--and to electrify transportation and heating--requires exactly that: a remaking of the grid to accommodate these resources. While doing so will require some new technology solutions, ...
Most plants die when they dry out, but resurrection plants are an exception to this rule. Resurrection plants can lose almost all their water and then come back to life when they are watered again. We call these plants “desiccation tolerant,†because they can survive near-complete desiccation (drying). In fact, ...
Two KIPAC Tea TalksDirect Detection of Black Hole-Driven Turbulence in the Centers of Galaxy Clusters Speaker: Yuan Li, UC BerkeleyThe Extremes of the Blazar SequenceBlazars are among the most luminous, persistent, sources in our Universe. With powerful relativistic jets closely pointed to our line of sight, they are detected at high redshifts (up ...
San Francisco’s Energy DestinyFrom a changing climate to the PG&E bankruptcy, San Francisco is facing a new energy landscape and the city’s elected leaders are considering a shift to public power to stabilize costs, ensure reliability, increase local oversight and expand the city’s use of renewable energy. But can this approach work? What ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for members
Measuring the Hubble constant from time-delays of strongly lensed quasars The recent tension between early- and late-Universe measurements of the Hubble constant highlights the necessity for independent and precise probes such as the time-delay cosmography. The measured time-delays between the lensed images of a background quasar depend on the absolute physical scales in the lens configuration. Thus, the time-delays allow ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Black Holes in Physics and AstrophysicsProfessors Roger Blandford and Eva Silverstein of the Stanford University Physics Department will each give an Applied Physics/Physics colloquium
Growing interest in offshore geologic carbon sequestration (GCS) motivates evaluation of the consequences of subsea CO2 well blowouts. We have simulated a hypothetical major CO2 well blowout in shallow water of the Texas Gulf Coast. We use a coupled reservoir-well model (T2Well) to simulate the subsea blowout flow rate for ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Sun Country: How to make solar power really shineRaffi Garabedian - the Chief Technology Officer at First Solar, one of the largest solar power companies in the country - will discuss how solar can help the United States lead the global clean-energy transformation.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
E360: California's Energy TransitionThis quarter Stanford Energy Club is continuing E360, our quarterly panel discussion series featuring energy experts in academia, industry, policy, and finance to talk about solutions to the energy challenge. This quarter’s E360 topic is California's Energy Transition: Energy Policy's Role in Achieving 100% Decarbonization, a discussion on current developments ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
A Debate on Breaking Up Big TechResolved: The U.S. Federal Government should invoke antitrust legislation to break up big technology corporations such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook.Over the last two decades, the valuation and market share of America's largest technology companies has increased massively. Now, some of these companies are under investigation for abusing their customers' ...
Gene therapy is currently undergoing clinical trials to evaluate its effectiveness at treating sickle cell disease. In this talk, Dr. Suchi Pandey will review how gene therapy is currently being used to treat sickle cell disease, the different kinds of gene therapy options being evaluated, and the potential impact to ...
7:00-7:25: Danielle Wright(North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council) on "Natural Refrigerants: The #1 Climate Solution Hiding in Your Supermarket"Most of us have little idea of the environmental impact of keeping our food cold...Read more7:25-7:50: Charles Lindsay(SETI AIR) on "Inter-species Communication" or "Art for a Post-Earth Humanity"Abstract forthcoming...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Wednesday, 11/13/19
Rocket science for conservationIn spite of numerous technological advancements over the past few decades, reliable, global wildlife tracking remains an elusive goal. Current tracking systems rely on some combination of terrestrial infrastructure with limited coverage (e.g. cell towers), satellites that require bulky and expensive radios to communicate with (e.g. Argos), or physically trapping ...
Dr. Seema Lakdawala is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. She received her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at the University of California, San Diego and completed her postdoctoral research at the National Institutes of Health. Her lab focuses on emergence ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Blue carbon storage in restored, invaded, and historic marshesBlue carbon is a term used to describe organic carbon stored in coastal wetland ecosystems. In this talk, I will present results from three different projects on blue carbon. First I will discuss the fate of blue carbon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of California (the Delta) from its formation ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Jupyter Meets the Earth: an Open, Collaborative Approach for Earth Data ScienceToday’s scientific challenges require combining theory, simulations and data at an unprecedented scale and complexity. While this is beyond the skills of any individual scientist, an open and collaborative approach can give us both the extensible tools and the interdisciplinary teams we need. I have spent my career building such ...
Tom will walk through the architecture of the Simulation Platform that leverages a Big Data approach to simulate analytic models that are instrumental in the detection and deflection of potentialSpeaker: Thomas Doran, PayPal
The Baylands are the tidal wetlands along the shore of San Francisco Bay, which provide a rich habitat for wildlife and can help to protect our shorelines from sea level rise and other climatic threats. As the Bay Area gears up for climate change, how can we engage and include ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free, RSVP required
How Medicine (Mis)treats CancerWe have lost the war on cancer. We spend $150 billion each year treating it, yet a patient with cancer is as likely to die of it today as one was fifty years ago. Why has so little progress been made in diagnosing and treating cancer over the past few ...
Central Asia and Siberia have for a long time played a very limited role in discussions of modern human origins. These areas were seen as peripheral to our story, which was thought to have mostly unfolded in Africa, Europe, and Eastern Asia. This story, however, is starting to change.Over the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Meet the Neighbors: Planetary Systems Orbiting Nearby StarsThe NASA Kepler mission revealed that our Galaxy is teeming with planetary systems and that Earth-sized planets are common. However, most of the planets detected by Kepler orbit stars too faint to permit detailed study. The NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS,) launched in 2018, is finding hundreds of small ...
What Happens When a Massive Star Fails (Sort of) to Explode?There are observational and theoretical reasons to suspect that up to 10s of percent of massive stars that undergo core-collapse at the end of their lives fail to explode in a canonical energetic supernova explosion. In this talk I will describe what transpires in such nominally failed supernovae and its ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
San Francisco's New Hazards and Climate Resilience PlanThe City and County of San Francisco is wrapping up a new cross-departmental effort to improve the city’s readiness for disasters such as earthquakes and to bolster its overall resilience in the face of long-term climate change. Learn from the plan’s leaders about how this new initiative will make the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for members
Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) Open House - Modern Robot PsychologyCan you diagnose and fix your car? Can you reboot your router? We get along with technology better when we have some operational understanding of how it works. As we an approach an age when robots and other artificially intelligent agents surround us, we must expand our mental models of ...
Where: MilpitasCost: Free
'Dispatches from the Gulf'Nine years after Deepwater Horizon spill see scientists working together to understand environmental impact on humans, wildlife & ecosystems. Watch scientists investigate the impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill on local communities, watermen and the Gulf of Mexico’s ecosystem. Today, a global team of scientists is working together ...
Everything you eat comes from somewhere and in many cases, since California is the biggest producer of agriculture in the United States, that somewhere isn’t so far away. From livestock to grapes, come learn some of the science involved in growing the world’s food. And don’t forget to taste the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 19.95 door, General members $14.95 AD members free
Brain & Body NightLifeFeed your brain and body this week as NightLife explores the fascinating science of human health and wellness from the inside out. Full event details coming soon!
In this presentation, Dr. Javier Navarro will tell us about his work in revealing the hidden powers of insects and other critters. We will hear about a coffee addict, a wood-degrading machine, and litter decomposers. All have something in common: their intimate associations with microbes to thrive in their unique ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
How AI & Robotics will Shape the Future of RetailWe're really excited to welcome our panelists traveling to the SF Bay Area especially for this event. They are joining us from Pennsylvania, Texas and Arizona and they are leaders in the field of Robotics and Retail.Panel: Sarjoun Skaff, Bossa Nova Robotics; Georges Mirza, Consultant; Joe Zoghzoghy, Bastian Solutions; Elie ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: $10 - $30
Friday, 11/15/19
Three KIPAC Tea TalksM87: from the event horizon to the parsec-scale jetSpeaker: Koushik Chatterjee, University of AmsterdamThe Milky Way's stellar mass black hole populationSpeaker: Kareem El-Badry, UC BerkeleySynthetic Observations of the Milky Way's CGM with FOGGIESpeaker: Yong Zheng, UC Berkeley
Modulation of Precursor Reactivity for Colloidal Synthesis of WSe2 Nanocrystals and HeterostructuresTransition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) can host a variety of phases, each with a unique electronic structure, allowing access to a compositionally and electronically diverse set of 2D materials. Among these materials, the metastable 1T′ phase of WSe2 has recently gained attention due to its potential application as a quantum spin ...
Chemical engineering deals with production and processing of materials and chemicals. Polymers are macromolecules that have thousands of small molecules joined together by covalent bonds. Polymer reaction engineering is about industrial production of polymers. Polymers are chain molecules and their materials properties are determined to a large extent by their ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Cosmochemical constraints on the earliest evolution of the Solar SystemCosmochemistry, the study of chemical and isotopic signatures of meteorites, can provide direct constraints on the origin and evolution of the Solar System. As a discipline, it therefore, represents an important complement to fields like astronomy and astrophysics. Here I will review recent developments in cosmochemistry, and discuss several important ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Saturday, 11/16/19
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 ...
Experience 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 are no more ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: $20 suggested donation
UC Berkeley’s Chemapalooza UC Berkeley's chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma, a professional chemistry fraternity is holding its second annual Chemapalooza event, a one day chemistry festival for guests in K-12, college, and beyond! The event will be held at Berkeley's College of Chemistry and will include a variety of presentations for attendees of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Intriguing World of Insects: Lecture and Guided Tour Whether we see them or not, insects have a constant presence in our lives. From pollinating the fruits and vegetables we eat and helping cure diseases through DNA research, to pests we find in our homes and gardens, there is no escaping the intimate relationships insects share with fellow earthlings. ...
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
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.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Seaweed Soiree! an adult evening of seaweed, science, and artLearn about the secret lives of seaweeds and kelp forests from Dr. Karina Nielsen, Director of Estuary Ocean Science Center and Professor of Biology at San Francisco State University. Enjoy the fine art photography and research of artist and author Josie Iselin, whose work on marine algae explores the space ...
Giant planets can be as large as 13 times the mass of Jupiter, while the lowest mass stars are about 80 times the mass of Jupiter. In between are objects called “brown dwarfsâ€, too massive to be called planets, but not massive enough to burn hydrogen and shine like stars. ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Sunday, 11/17/19
Science Sundays: Floating on the Edge: Physiology, Ecology, and Recovery of Southern Sea OttersNearly hunted to extinction for their fur during the 18th and 19th centuries, the southern sea otter population recovery has been a slow and meandering journey. This iconic nearshore species is a physiological oddball among marine mammals. Collaborative research efforts examining the unique physiology, behavior, and ecology of southern sea ...
Our understanding of stem cells has exploded in recent years, promising transformative therapies and even cures - for a myriad of diseases. Come learn about the many types of stem cells in the human body, and how they are being used to develop treatments for diseases including immune deficiencies, sickle ...
Where: AlamedaCost: Free
Monday, 11/18/19
Statistical Challenges in photometric redshift inferenceObservations from large area photometric surveys like LSST or DES will constrain cosmology to unprecedented precision. Deep wide-area imaging will provide observations for faint galaxy samples, for which traditional redshift calibration using spectroscopic data is very difficult. It is therefore important to quantify and incorporate the modelling uncertainty in the ...
It is common to hear that certain natural language understanding (NLU) tasks have been "solved". These claims are often misconstrued as being about general human capabilities (e.g., to answer questions), but they are always actually about how systems performed on narrowly defined evaluations. Recently, adversarial testing methods have begun to ...
Phase equilibrium calculations at pressure and temperature specifications, consisting in the minimization of the Gibbs free energy with respect to mole numbers, are the most commonly used and there are well documented in the literature. An attractive alternative is given by the volume-based calculations, in which volume and mole numbers, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Josephson effect as a tool for creating topological superconductivityIn this talk I will describe how the Josephson effect may be employed to realize one dimensional topological superconductivity. I will describe the basic idea, the experimental observations, the relation to topological superconductivity based on quantum wires, a surprising effect of disorder, and a scheme for braiding Majorana zero modes ...
Emilio Nanni received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 2013. He joined SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University in 2015; his research is focused applied electromagnetics; high power, high-frequency vacuum electron devices; optical THz amplifiers; electron-beam dynamics; and advanced accelerator concepts.
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SENSORS AND SPECTROCOPY GROUP AT VIAVI SOLUTIONSThe sensors and spectroscopy group of Viavi Solutions produces the MicroNIR NIR spectrometer as well as binary multispectral (BMS) filters. The variety of scientific fields used in both instrument development and applications will be discussed. Presented by Valton Smith.Editor's Note: This talk was originally scheduled for October 28.
SHINING X-RAYS ON TOPOLOGICAL TEXTURE: INSIGH INTO MAGNETIC SKYMIONSRecently discovered skyrmions is an example of a topological phase that manifest in magnetic systems as a hexagonal lattice of spin vortices. Due to topological protection, skyrmions can be moved coherently over macroscopic distances with low currents compared to domain wall motion, and is therefore a potential candidate for low ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Single-molecule FRET studies of binding and folding conformational dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteinsIntrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) play important roles in various dynamic cellular processes such as gene transcription and signal transduction. IDPs are unstructured but usually fold during binding to target proteins. In contrast to interactions between folded proteins, this additional folding step makes the binding process more complex. Understanding the mechanism ...
The solar wind is the superhot, escaping atmosphere of the Sun that has its origin in the solar corona and expands past the outer planets to form the heliosphere. However, for lack of direct measurements, the physical processes responsible for coronal heating and solar wind energization are not currently well ...
Hanadie will discuss the stages of creating and building a biotechnology startup, from generating an idea and business model, networking, laying the foundations, fundraising and recruiting a team. She will share tips and lessons learned from the last 3 years on this journey.Speaker: Hanadie Yousef, Juvena Therapeutics
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
City College of San Francisco: Engineering, Architecture, Technology and the EnvironmentOur panel members will explore the depth of talent, expertise, learning, knowledge and experiences at City College in making important improvements to combat global environmental issues and problems. Environmental flexibility and plans for the college's adjacent 17 acres that were graciously leased to City College by the San Francisco Public ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Genetic engineering and editing allow us to modify plants in various ways. Questions have been raised about the environmental and human-health effects of these technologies to modify the genetic information in crops and foods. What is the history of genetic modification of plants, and what impact might these technologies have ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
The Future of MeatFood technology is rapidly changing the way food can be produced--from lab-grown "cultured meat" to plant-based alternatives. Learn about the environmental, health, and animal welfare reasons behind why alternatives to conventional meat are being developed, the science behind creating these foods, and how they are expected to disrupt the meat ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
More from LessAndrew McAfee draws on a wide range of evidence to show that the world is already on the right track toward long-term health when it combines 1) technological progress, 2) capitalism, 3) responsive government, and 4) public awareness. That blend demonstrably gets humanity “more from less.†It dematerializes the economy ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: TBA, Free for Members
Tuesday, 11/19/19
Designing for Lasting Impact-The Science Behind Better Building EnclosuresThe seminar will discuss building science fundamentals, fire safety including the Wildland-Urban Interface and NFPA 285, the effective performance of roof systems, as well as a project highlight on the Chase Center!During the course of the day, Graham Finch (RDH) will delve into the science behind building enclosures, discuss key ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $80
Camera systematics and three-point correlations in modern photometric galaxy surveysThe goal of modern cosmology is to understand the behavior of the universe at large scales, including the evolution of the matter distribution over cosmic time. Advances in this endeavor require both better characterization of systematic errors in raw astronomical data as well as improved statistical methods for extracting cosmological ...
Upcoming probes of fundamental physics: Utilising small-scale signatures in the Universe In the next few years, the field of cosmology will see an influx of new and high quality data from surveys of cosmic microwave background (CMB) and large-scale structure (LSS). In particular, there is overwhelming evidence that measuring the late time effects on the CMB photons (secondaries) will provide new ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Future of Particle PhysicsJoseph D. Lykken of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will give the Applied Physics/Physics colloquium
Clean Energy Systems (CES) has developed game-changing technology that is revolutionizing the power industry by eliminating the traditional exhaust stack and making zero-emission power a reality.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Recreating Bo Peep for Toy Story 4: A journey alongside Team Bo In Toy Story 4, audiences rediscover BoPeep, who returns after nearly 20 years away from the big screen. In adapting her design, we considered not only the cultural context of reviving one of our industry’s first female characters, informing our story and design, but also the technology now available, which ...
PLEASE REGISTER at WEBSITEImagine traveling halfway across the world, descending over 400 feet underground in a tiny elevator, and spending nearly a week in the vast, cathedral-like salt mines under Romania to compete in the most elite model airplane contest on the planet. Officially known as the “F1D World Championshipsâ€, ...
Where: Castro ValleyCost: Free
CRISPR, AI, and the Ethics of Scientific DiscoveryTwin revolutions at the start of the 21st century are shaking up the very idea of what it means to be human. Computer vision and image recognition are at the heart of the AI revolution. And CRISPR is a powerful new technique for genetic editing that allows humans to intervene ...
Else Vellinga's presentation will focus on the people who were instrumental in naming mushroom species, on the advocates for conservation, those advancing the science behind our understanding of mushrooms in the field, and the pioneers in mushroom dyes.Speaker: Else Vellinga
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #114: Autopsies, Jane Austen, and Aliens!“Working Stiff & First Cut: The Real Work of a Forensic Pathologist†by Dr. Judy Melinek and T.J. MitchellDr. Judy Melinek performs autopsies for a living. Her husband, T.J. Mitchell, is a writer. Together they will answer everything you dare ask a medical examiner, give you a tour of the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10
Astronomical Imaging PrimerPlease join the Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society on November 19 for our general meeting featuring members of the MDAS Imaging Group, who will show off their images of the night sky and offer advice on getting started. What equipment do you need? What do you start with? What kind of ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
How to Bend a Stream of Dark Matter and Make it ShineThe nature of dark matter is one of the most captivating and fundamental open problems facing physicists today. Over many decades, we have collected overwhelming evidence for the existence of dark matter in the universe. Some of the strongest evidence comes from observations of the growth of galaxies and clusters ...
Human minds love to discover patterns, to find intuitive explanations, and, most of all, to be certain. Yet our world is complicated and filled with randomness. Statistical thinking provides us with practical tools for making sense of an uncertain world. It can lead us to make surprising conclusions from the ...
Dr. Mouncey joined the DOE Joint Genome Institute in 2017 as the fourth Director in its 20-year history. He earned his Bachelor's of Science in Microbiology at University of Glasgow and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at University of Sussex. His team has developed production strains and fermentation processes for other ...
A carbon tax has been widely discussed as a way of reducing fossil fuel use and mitigating climate change, generally in a static framework. Unlike standard goods that can be produced, oil is an exhaustible resource. Parts of its price reflects scarcity rents, i.e., the fact that there is limited ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Black Hole Superradiance Signatures of Ultralight VectorsBlack holes are useful tools in the search for Physics beyond the Standard Model. A particle lighter than 10^-11 eV has a Compton wavelength comparable to the horizon size of astrophysical black holes, and can form bound states around the black hole, similar to an atom. If the particle is ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Three Estuary and Ocean Science Center talksNicholas Lee Carver Sea Surface Temperature Variability in Gulf of the Farallones & Surrounding Region Anna Costanza Participatory risk assessment of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) bycatch in Northern PeruAlyssa EllsMarine Heat Waves in the San Francisco Bay Estuary
Where: TiburonCost: Free
The Century of Biology on Earth and BeyondAre we alone? We want to know whether there is life beyond Earth and whether any of it is intelligent. Since the middle of the twentieth century, we have had astronomical tools that permit us to embark on a scientific exploration to try to answer this age-old question. Join Dr. ...
Nanoparticles are of interest in a variety of biomedical applications that take advantage of their small size and unique properties. Iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles are one class of nanomaterials that respond to externally applied magnetic fields due to their superparamagnetism, enabling applications in targeted and externally triggered drug delivery, magnetic ...
The dominant food system is in crisis, producing adverse consequences for human health and the environment. Climate change, an intersecting crisis, threatens our ability to grow food in a manner that has been prevalent for the past several decades: that is to say, industrially, through large-scale monocrops of just a ...
Alan will be sharing recent finds from his four months of travel in Mexico this year including several new species of bioluminescent fungi, and the technology using Mushroom Observer, iNaturalist, and other internet forums and DNA sequencing.Speaker: Alan Rockefeller
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
SciComm Studio 020: Art, Activism & AIThe rapid expansion and deployment of today’s technology often comes with unanticipated consequences. Yet, critical insights into tech are prevalent in new media art projects that push boundaries into possibilities, limits, and impacts of tech on a human, social level. Is it time for industry, policy, and research to pay ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Technosignatures vs. Biosignatures: Which Will Succeed First?Thirty-five years ago, a group of entrepreneurs and scientists founded the SETI Institute â€" the first scientific institute dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life in the universe. We’re excited to commemorate this anniversary. We invited SETI Institute co-founder Jill Tarter and 2018 Drake Award Recipient Vikki Meadows to discuss ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Community Talk: Ildiko Polony, Literacy for Environmental JusticeIldiko Polony, Native Plant Nursery Manager for Literacy for Environmental Justice in the Bayview District of San Francisco, will discuss the awesome potential of restored habitat to sequester carbon, mitigate the impacts of climate change and restore our global carbon cycle. By restoring habitat we re-invigorate the biological systems wherein ...
Where: OaklandCost: free
Efficiently Protecting Software Innovations on a Global ScaleTo be competitive, software companies often employ designers and developers in different locations and countries to implement and update different versions of software. With this increasing workforce in other countries, software company competition can also stem from other countries, and can provide different flavors of a software product to different ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Learning from and about wild African great apes using indirect and non-invasive methodsPrimatological research continues to uncover the complexity of great ape ecology and behavior in the wild using direct observations, still discovering fascinating new aspects of their diet, sociality and culture. However, direct observations require to habituate the animals to human observers, which can take many years or even decades in ...
Discover how the history of celestial cartography has evolved into several pathways that have relevance for today’s amateur astronomer. Dr. Nick Kanas will trace the history of ancient star mapping traditions, discuss the beautiful images of constellations pictured in early atlases, and explain how the development and use of the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Thursday, 11/21/19
Is our Solar System Unique? A Holistic View of Exoplanet DemographicsThe Kepler and K2 missions blessed the community with a plethora of planet transit detections which enabled studies of exoplanet size demographics. Much of the recent progress in this field is driven by improved characterization of the stellar hosts. Our group recently used precise radius measurements from the California-Kepler Survey ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Sylvia ...
5G Mobile Wireless: A 5G Overview and Market UpdateThe fifth generation of mobile wireless is now a commercial concept with many operators around the world selling 5G services and many more preparing to launch in the next 18 months. This talk will review the overall concept of 5G, the commercial, technical, and policy drivers, and many of the ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Instrument and science for the SPT-3G cosmic microwave background receiverSPT-3G is a third-generation camera for the 10-meter diameter South Pole Telescope (SPT), which is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB). To achieve a high mapping speed, we have developed a new multichroic receiver with a total of 16,000 polarization-sensitive detectors. SPT-3G began a 6-year 1500 square degree ...
Leave your common sense at the door and indulge in a night of nonsense. In celebration of the opening of our exhibition Curious Contraptions, join us for a gathering of artists and makers who specialize in the whimsical, the foolish, and the absurd - including two performances by Maywa Denki, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, 14.95 explO members, AD members free
BiteLifeLive Talks: Future of Food & Turkey Carving African HallAt 7:30 PM, Join Anthony Myint (Mission Chinese Food, The Perennial) for an optimistic talk about how the State of California and Zero Foodprint are teaming up to help restaurants, chefs, and diners fund a transition from extractive farming to a ...
Golden Eagles are a well-studied, widely distributed raptor species. Long-term monitoring of Golden Eagle populations have revealed several current and emerging threats, including landscape-mediated diet shifts that may increase the potential for disease infection, and warming temperatures that may increase the distribution and abundance of eagle ectoparasites. This presentation will ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $5 donation General, Free for Members
NPR has called Susannah Cahalan “one of America’s most courageous young journalists.†Known for her memoir Brain on Fire, which details her experience with a rare autoimmune disease, Cahalan’s work has since been made into a feature film on Netflix.In her newest book, The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 member, $10 Student
What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business CultureCulture is how a company makes decisions. If culture is not purposeful, it could result in accidents or mistakes. As a leader, how do you create and sustain the culture you want? It’s a question crucial to every organization and Ben Horowitz, veteran entrepreneur and cofounder of the venture capital ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Sea-Level Rise, Extreme Water Levels, and Coastal Erosion ... How bad could it possibly be?Sea-level rise represents an unprecedented civil engineering challenge.Small amounts of sea-level rise can disproportionately increase the frequency of coastal flooding. One-third to two-thirds of the beaches in Southern California may disappear by 2100 under sea-level rise of 1-2 meters.A combination of satellite observations and modeling will help to understand and predict coastal ...
Science Trivia NightMAKE SCIENCE GREAT AGAIN!Science Trivia NightA fundraiser for City College of San Francisco scholarshipsBring your smarts and your smartypants friends to Laughing Monk Brewery for a night of nerdy competition. Game begins at 7:30. Come early, grab a beer and a table. Bring a team or we'll help you join one. Maximum ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 per player
Friday, 11/22/19
Two KIPAC Tea TalksNobel Prizes in ExoplanetsSpeaker: Lea Hirsch, StanfordA 1700 km/s hyper velocity star discovered by the Southern Stellar Stream Spectroscopic SurveySpeaker: Ting Li, Carnegie Observatories
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Reconstruction of Cosmological Fields in Forward Model Framework - Galaxy Clustering and Intensity Mapping In this talk, I will outline the forward model approach to reconstruct cosmological fields in a Bayesian framework. I will focus on two examples - galaxy clustering and neutral hydrogen intensity mapping. In galaxy clustering example, I will use the observations of galaxy surveys to reconstruct the initial Lagrangian field. ...
A Better Future for Fossil Hydrocarbons and Carbon NanomaterialsEvery year we extract over 4.2 GT of oil, 2.5 GT of natural gas, and 3.4 GT of coal to sustain our economies. That’s equivalent to 8.7 GT of carbon and 1.3 GT of Hydrogen. Almost all of these resources are burned to generate energy, causing over 30 GT of ...
Luminescent molecules that can undergo self-assembly are of great interest for the development of new materials, sensors, biolabels…. The talk will illustrate some of the recent results on soft structures based on metal complexes able to aggregate in fibers, gels and soft mechanochromic materials [1]. The emission of the compounds ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Saturday, 11/23/19
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.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
When Water Dreams - Art Reception & Astist TalkCanadian artist/photographer Bill Peters presents large-scale color images of the salt ponds, sloughs and wetlands of San Francisco Bay shot from a helicopter from 2009 through July of this year. The shoreline of San Francisco Bay is a crucible where the human forces that work on land and water intersect ...
Explore some of the many ways to make color - from neon signs to oil slicks to rainbows and more. Learn all about light, how it is made and interacts, and take home materials to build your own spectroscope. You’ll see color in a whole new light!
Strain Modulated Superlattices in GrapheneThe quest to create novel material systems with designer electronic properties has often led to the investigation of interfaces and superlattices. The potential of customizing properties by merging different 2D materials via vertical or horizontal stacking to create van der Waals or lateral heterostructures seems limitless. In this presentation I ...
Constraints on Quantum GravityAlthough predictions of quantum gravity are typically at extremely high energy, over the last decades several non-trivial constraints on its low energy effective theory have been found. I will start by explaining why the unification of general relativity and quantum mechanics has been difficult. After introducing the holographic principle as ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Nerd Nite East BayJoin Nerd Nite East Bay for the Treason of Aaron Burr, How Plate Tectonics Can Create Ice Ages, and the History of Extremely Dangerous Toys!Aaron Burr after Hamilton: Conspiracy and Treason in the pre-America WestNerd Nite brings you a live performance of Hamilton 2! (But sorry, no singing). After Aaron Burr ...
Intrinsically disordered peptides are a special class of proteins that do not fold to a unique three-dimensional shape. These proteins play important roles in the cell, from signaling to serving as structural scaffolds. Under pathological conditions, these proteins are capable of self-assembling into structures that are toxic to the cell, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Stress and Symbiosis: How a Crop Plant Prioritizes Communication with Friendly FungiUnderstanding how plants respond to drought is critical to improving agricultural yields under increasingly frequent droughts as a result of climate change. The UC lab grew the naturally drought-tolerant food crop sorghum in the field under drought stress to look at how this changes its gene expression. Their work revealed ...
 2019 Holiday HoursThanksgiving (November 28): 10 am - 3 pmChristmas Eve (December 24): 9:30 am - 5 pmChristmas Day (December 25): 11 am - 5 pmNew Year's Eve (December 31): 9:30 am - 5 pmNew Year's Day (January 1, 2020): 9:30 am - 5 pmNovember 29-30 & December 26-30: Open until 6 pmÂ
Celebrate the return of Pacific Grove's monarch butterfly population during Magnificent Monarchs. View live butterflies up close, migrate like a monarch, and learn how to garden with butterflies in mind. You can help our visiting monarchs by taking home your very own native wildflower pot!Science Saturdays 2019-2020Â Science Saturdays are family ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Photowalk: Inspiration PointEnjoy a two-hour photowalk led by knowledgeable photographer Doc Miles. Take a moderate walk from Inspiration Point and learn photo techniques along the way! Bring your personal camera equipment. Appropriate for teens and up. Reservations required, please email: parkphotographer@gmail.com. Rain cancels.
Come 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.This event is weather dependent. Latest ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Monday, 12/02/19
Arm AIoT Dev SummitArm AIoT Dev Summit is a developer-focused conference to cast vision and share actionable technical knowledge to developers, data scientists, product managers, and all engineers and architects in IoT, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Attendees will connect with industry leaders who will conduct deep-dive training, facilitate hands-on workshops and share real-world ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $49 thru 11/17 with code, $149 after
Precision Cosmology with the Cosmic Microwave BackgroundThe cosmic microwave background (CMB) provides unparalleled views into the early universe and its later evolution. Recent and ongoing experiments have contributed to our understanding of neutrinos, dark energy, and dark matter through measurements of large scale structure imprinted on the CMB and constrained the conditions in the early universe, ...
Biomolecules are exquisitely adept at molecular recognition and self-assembly, enabling them to direct all of the processes that make life possible. These capabilities have been fine-tuned by billions of years of evolution, and more recently, have been harnessed in the laboratory to enable the use of biomolecules for applications beyond ...
Microbes are nature’s chemists, capable of producing and metabolizing a diverse array of compounds. In the human gut, microbial biochemistry can be beneficial, for example by producing vitamins or breaking down the complex carbohydrates of our diet; or detrimental, such as reactivating an inactive drug metabolite and causing patient toxicity. ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Molecular mechanism of DNA replication - from origins to forks and factoriesIn eukaryotes, DNA replication origins are activated in the late G1 phase of cell cycle, in which Origin Recognition Complex recruits the helicase core Mcm2-7 onto DNA and assemble an inactive double-hexamer. The Mcm2-7 double-hexamer is converted to two active CMG (Cdc45-Mcm2-7-GINS) helicases at the G1-to-S transition. And in the ...
The electric power industry is going through a digital transformation just like every other industry.  In particular, the digital transformation is enabling new approaches to customer participation, efficiency of operation (enabling the workforce), reliability and resiliency, and asset management. This discussion will focus in particular on the tremendous opportunities to ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Building an artificial brain with neuro-inspired deep learningThe field of Computer Vision explores how to make machines understand visual data in various ways. Modern Computer Vision started out with optimizing statistical machine learning methods primarily using hand-crafted "features" for tasks such as Object Detection, Segmentation, and Tracking. Another inspiration behind Computer Vision techniques comes from looking into ...
We have been applying the mathematics of information theory - originally developed for human communication systems and computers - to humpback whales in order to measure the complexity of their vocalizations. Is their "language" as complex as ours, or even more complex? Are there general rules for communicating knowledge that ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 12/03/19
Arm AIoT Dev SummitArm AIoT Dev Summit is a developer-focused conference to cast vision and share actionable technical knowledge to developers, data scientists, product managers, and all engineers and architects in IoT, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. Attendees will connect with industry leaders who will conduct deep-dive training, facilitate hands-on workshops and share real-world ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $49 thru 11/17 with code, $149 after
State of AI and MLIn this event as part of series of regularly planned events, we plan to cover the state-of-the art advances in AI technology. Entire Program schedule along with speaker bios and talk abstracts can be downloaded as a PDFReceive IEEE PDH Certificate from IEEE Continuing Education.Â
Carbocations are important reactive intermediates that are invoked in many chemical transformations. These species are usually of the tricoordinated variety. Conversely, dicoordinated carbenium ions are rarely invoked as intermediates in practical chemical processes due to their high energy and energetically challenging formation. In this talk I will discuss our recent ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Humanity at a Crossroads: New Insights into Technology Risks for Humans and the PlanetThis program will present the biological and health effects of both natural electromagnetic waves innate to the body and man-made electromagnetic waves from wireless technologies, including discussion about 4G/5G antenna densification. It will also address the mental health and relational impacts of tech overuse and addiction. Importantly, new scientific understanding ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Accurate and precise cosmological constraints from the large-scale structure of galaxy clustering Ongoing and future galaxy surveys, e.g., DESI, Euclid, WFIRST, etc., are going to collect >100M galaxy redshifts and reach sub-percentage precision on the cosmological measurements, e.g., Baryon Acoustic Oscillations, growth rates of large-scale structure, etc. We look forward to obtaining tighter constraints on the cosmological parameters, e.g., Hubble constant, equation ...
Heterogeneous catalyst design is often hampered by a lack of precise information about the molecular identity of the active sites. Synthesizing model catalysts with control of the local structure allows us to interrogate the active sites about their interactions with reactants and products, including activation and deactivation processes. The approach ...
As a result of controls on NOx emissions from cars, trucks, and electricity production, NOx levels (sum on NO and NO2) have decreased rapidly across North America over the past decades. The reductions in NO alter the photochemical pathways followed in the oxidation of numerous chemicals emitted from the biosphere ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Healthcare Technology ExpoJoin us for an evening of informative discussions and interact with advanced robotic technology. Test drive the robots and hear from physicians who use them. Learn how these high tech tools are of great benefit to physicians and patients with improved outcomes and less time spent in the hospital.Spine Surgery: ...
Where: Los GatosCost: Free
Artificial Stupidity: The New AI and the Future of FintechFinancial AI seems so close, yet so far. We have automated trading algorithms, machine-learning models of credit risk, electronic exchanges, robo advisors, and cryptocurrencies, but machines still haven’t replaced portfolio managers, financial advisors, and bankers. So what’s missing? Not artificial intelligence. What's missing is that we have yet to develop ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Broadband Ferromagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: The 'Swiss Army Knife' for Understanding Spin-Orbit PhenomenaModern spin-based technologies rely on multiple, simultaneous phenomena that originate from the spin-orbit interaction in magnetic systems. These include damping, magnetic anisotropy, orbital moments, and spin-orbit torques that are manifested in the spin-Hall and Rashba-Edelstein effects. While cavity based ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) spectroscopy has been used to characterize magnetic materials ...
Where: MilpitasCost: Free
Don't Be Evil or How Big Tech Lost Its Soul"Don’t be evil." This phrase was written into Google’s code of conduct during the early days of the company. It was meant to guide employees’ actions as they built a tool used by millions in the hopes of making the world better. However, in 2018 the company quietly and seemingly ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $10 Student
Science at the Library: Reaching for the StarsLooking up in the night time sky you see many points of light. Many are stars that can be found within our galaxy, the Milky Way. Only a few points of lights are far away galaxies. Learn about constellations and how they are used by astronomers.There are 4 activities at ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Wednesday, 12/04/19
State of AI and MLIn this event as part of series of regularly planned events, we plan to cover the state-of-the art advances in AI technology. Entire Program schedule along with speaker bios and talk abstracts can be downloaded as a PDFReceive IEEE PDH Certificate from IEEE Continuing Education.Â
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) is a multidisciplinary data repository created to ensure that data generated from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR). Our first efforts in developing GRIIDC in 2011 focused on making it easy ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Vibrational spectroscopy and plasmonics: a new toolbox for fingerprinting tumor-associated exosomesRecently it has been demonstrated that cancer pathology is dramatically mediated by cellular vesicle transport machinery via a number of key proteins, lipids, small molecules, and non-coding RNAs trafficked in exosomes and related nanoscale extracellular vesicles (EVs). Sensitive and specific detection of the cell-specific biomaterials recruited and packaged in EVs ...
 We investigate the short- and long-term effects of a shale gas boom in an economy where energy can be produced with coal, natural gas, or clean energy sources. In the short run, cheaper natural gas has counteracting effects on CO2 emissions: on the one hand it allows substitution away from ...
ALUMNI PANEL - Achieving Liveable, Equitable, Sustainable CommunitiesThis colloquium features a panel of four accomplished Energy and Resources Group alumni who are leading advocates for liveable, equitable communities that address large-scale challenges like gridlock and climate change. ERG student Emma Tome will facilitate discussion of the panelists’ academic and career paths, as well as current challenges these ...
Heterogeneous catalyst design is often hampered by a lack of precise information about the molecular identity of the active sites. Synthesizing model catalysts with control of the local structure allows us to interrogate the active sites about their interactions with reactants and products, including activation and deactivation processes. The approach ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Precisely unsustainable: when is sustainability in the eye of the beholder?Anyone trying to communicate about sustainability quickly runs into difficulties. The most common definition, “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs†first appeared in the World Commission on Environment and Development's report, Our Common Future. This concept ...
Constraining Planet Formation with Spectroscopy of Direct Imaged PlanetsIn the past decade, several new jovian exoplanets at wide separations have been revealed using ground based telescopes equipped with adaptive optics systems. These planets, with masses between ~2-14 MJup, remain a puzzle for both major planet formation models. At the same time, they offer a powerful tool in the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Anthropogenic climate change at Point Reyes and across US national parksAnthropogenic climate change has already increased temperatures and raised sea level at Point Reyes National Seashore. Continued climate change could reduce habitat for marine mammals, shift vegetation, increase wildfire potential, and increase other future risks to natural and cultural resources in Point Reyes. This presentation will provide climate change science ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Matt ...
21cm Intensity Mapping: A New Cosmological Tool? The 21 cm line from neutral hydrogen gas has many useful properties for mapping large volumes of the cosmos. These maps will give us a view of the Universe when the first luminous objects formed through gravity - the Cosmic Dawn and the Epoch of Reionization, and later, the post-Reionization ...
Keep the early dark of this winter’s night at bay with light, color, and warmth. 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 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, 14.95 explO members, AD members free
San Francisco chess players, let’s play and learn together! Unwind after work, have dinner, meet new friends, and talk tactics. All levels and ages are welcome. Bring a chess set if you have one. There’s no charge to participate, but a purchase of food or drinks helps support our generous venue. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free, a libation purchase helps support the cafe
Cafe InquiryCenter for Inquiry San Francisco's monthly get together to talk about whatever interests us.
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.Get into character during a lightsaber workshop and prepare to be wowed by epic lightsaber ...
Eating the flesh of an Egyptian mummy prevents the plague. Distilled poppies reduce melancholy. A Turkish drink called coffee increases alertness. Tobacco cures cancer. Such beliefs circulated in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, an era when the term “drug†encompassed everything from herbs and spices - like nutmeg, cinnamon, and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $6 - $14
Astronomy on Tap: Santa CruzHow Gravitational Waves beame the new surf spot in Santa CruzSpeaker: Karelle SiellezHow Santa Cruz Astronomers Struck GoldSpeaker: Charlie Kilpatrick
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
The Promise and Peril of the Digital AgeAs Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith leads a team of more than 1,400 business, legal and corporate affairs professionals working in 56 countries. He plays a key role in spearheading the company’s work on critical issues involving the intersection of technology and society, including cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, human rights, immigration, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $35 General, $25 Member, $10 Student
Can We Create New Senses for Humans?What would the world be like if we could expand our senses beyond the meager capacities of humans? Using the approach of sensory substitution, we can translate and feed almost any kind of data through the skin, expanding the human sensory experience. Join us for a talk with Stanford’s Dr. ...
Two KIPAC Tea TalksFOBOS InstrumentSpeaker: Kevin Bundy, UC Santa CruzLarge Scale Dynamo in a Primordial Accretion FlowWithout an existing large scale coherent magnetic field in the early Universe, Population III stars would likely rotate at or near break-up speed. Using results from hydrodynamic simulations, we find evidence helical turbulence with a dynamo number ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Cosmology with the Lya forest: beyond two-point statistics, DESI instrumentationThe Lyman-alpha forest is currently the only probe of cosmology and the state of the intergalactic medium (IGM) between redshifts of z=2 and 6. Its higher-order clustering, specifically its three-point correlation function (3PCF), contains information that can help to constrain fluctuations in the ionizing background and temperature fields of the ...
Rate- and State-dependent Friction (RSF) equations are commonly used to describe the time-dependent frictional response of fault gouge to perturbations in sliding velocity. Among the better-known versions are the Aging and Slip laws for the evolution of state. Although the Slip law is more successful, neither can predict all the ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
When Liquids are Liquids or Maybe NotWe introduce systems of liquids trapped in non-equilibrium configurations by interfacial assemblies of nanoparticle surfactants (‘NPSs’). These constructs consist of aqueous threads, length ~10-100 cm and diameter ~100 ïm whose mechanical properties are determined by an interfacial NPS assembly 20 nm thick. The interfacial layer consists of nanoparticles and polymers ...
What makes candy hard or soft? Learn what happens when sugar is heated up and how temperature effects the outcome. Enjoy candy making workshops and learn how to make your own candy at home! The Oakland Youth Chorus will be joining us for their winter concert under the Planetarium with ...
Where: OaklandCost: $5
The Dark Matter of Physics RapRap is the language of the youth. Science is a way to expand our understanding of the universe. As the Genius of the Wu Tang Clan, GZA’s proposes to combine these two disparate concepts into his anticipated album, Dark Matter. Some predict it will be corny, but a closer look at ...
Where: EmeryvilleCost: Free
Dwarfs: Failed Stars or Overachieving Planets?Giant planets can be up to 13 times the mass of Jupiter, while the least massive stars are about 80 times the mass of Jupiter. In between are objects called "brown dwarfs" - too massive to be called planets, but not massive enough to burn hydrogen and shine like stars. ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 12/07/19
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 ...
            It’s The Crucible’s craft show! Join us for GIFTY, the best place in the Bay to find your holiday gifts made right here by local artists, craftspeople, and Crucible faculty. With jewelers, metalworkers, artisan bath suppliers, button makers, bottle cap fashionistas, candle extraordinaires, and so much more, you are sure ...
Compare and contrast bony fishes from the SF Bay and Rocky Shore, learn about their differences and adaptations, and finish the day off with some fun holiday crafts and seaside story time.
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20
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.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
CRISPR: A Revolution in Genome EditingBacteria are under constant attack from viruses. In order to defend themselves, these microbes have evolved a unique and creative immune system that scientists have called “CRISPR.†As researchers began to unravel this perplexing defense system, they quickly realized that CRISPR proteins might not only improve the health of bacteria ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: free
Jazz under the Stars - CANCELEDCome 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.This event has been canceled due ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
City Star Party @ The PresidioCome 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!
