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!
In the San Francisco Bay Area, when the first rains tease up the chanterelles and porcini, fungus lovers, foodies, and those curious about the natural world head to the Fungus Fair: A Celebration of Wild Mushrooms. For one day each December, Bay Area mushroom hunters fan out and find fungi of all shapes and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: See weblink for ticket options
Climb aboard a new high-tech ship - the Sally Ride - and chat with scientists and crew who travel the world aboard the oceanographic research vessel. Visit different parts of the 238-foot ship, from its highly equipped bridge to its scientific laboratories and main deck - including the main crane, overboard handling ...
In a 1954 paper “Galileo as a critic of the artsâ€, Erwin Panofsky wrote that the Florentine’s culture in which Galileo lived, his participation in the visual arts, literature and music communities that at the time made Florence a leading European intellectual center, nurtured his pioneering scientific work, an important ...
Radicals: Your Life is in their Hands RNR as a ParadigmRibonucleotide reductases (RNRs) catalyze the de novo reduction of NDPs to dNDPs in all organisms, controlling their relative ratios and amounts and contributing to the fidelity of DNA replication and repair. The class Ia RNRs are composed of a2 and b2 subunits that form an active and dynamic a2b2 complex. ...
Sharks exhibit an incredible sensitivity to their watery environment, including an extra sensory advantage: the ability to detect tiny electric signals. This sixth sense can help them locate meals, identify mates, and even, we believe, navigate the oceans. Hundreds of "electrosensors" sit embedded within a shark's head; in concert, they ...
Climb aboard a new high-tech ship - the Sally Ride - and chat with scientists and crew who travel the world aboard the oceanographic research vessel. Visit different parts of the 238-foot ship, from its highly equipped bridge to its scientific laboratories and main deck - including the main crane, overboard handling ...
Vicinal (1,2-disubstituted) functional group motifs are ubiquitous in structurally complex small molecules that are of academic and industrial importance, including many widely used pharmaceutical agents. Many such functional group combinations, however, remain exceptionally challenging to synthesize. The goal of research in the Engle lab is to develop a general catalytic ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Astronomy on Tap: San FranciscoAstronomy on Tap San Francisco is back! Come to DNA Lounge on Tuesday, Dec. 10th for another night of talks from local scientists, Astronomy in the News, trivia and prizes! Come out to hear about the latest updates on all things astrophysics, from exoplanets to jets! Doors open at 7:00 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Wednesday, 12/11/19
SciComm Studio 021: The Future of Traditional MediaA major shift is underway as media companies increasingly turn to online audiences. In this landscape, advertising is not the only goal: today, traffic and data related to visitors of on-line platform is an increasingly desired commodity. The result? “The influence of social media platforms and technology companies is having ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10
Two Chemestry and Biomolecular Engineering TalksToward Food Security and Sustainability: Nanotechnology for Plant Genome EngineeringSpeaker: Gozde Demirer, UC BerkeleyLithium Plating and Stripping through a Solid Block Copolymer ElectrolyteSpeaker: Jackie Maslyn, UC Berkeley
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Anthropomorphic Machine Learning: How to get Fast, Interpretable Deep LearningMachine Learning (ML) and AI justifiably attract the attention and interest not only of the wider scientific community and industry, but also society and policy makers. Recent developments in this area range from accurately recognizing images and speech to beating the best players in games like Chess, Go and Jeopardy. ...
Join the Port of San Francisco and the Exploratorium’s Fisher Bay Observatory at the fifth in a series of Embarcadero seawall community meetings to learn more about the Embarcadero Seawall Program, the Waterfront Resilience Program, and the methodology behind the Port’s massive investigation officially called the Multi- Hazard Risk Assessment, ...
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
Despite the convenience and benefits of online platforms such as Facebook and YouTube, the growing power and influence of 'Big Tech' have inspired a new wave of critics on both America’s Left and Right. These critics have argued online platforms promote unhealthy addiction, exacerbate polarization, waste our time and energy, ...
