The faculty of the StorageX Initiative work together to tackle the complex, interdisciplinary challenges in creating modern energy storage systems. StorageX funds research to prove new energy storage technologies and concepts.Working closely with industrial partners, StorageX develops in-depth technical and commercial understanding of the emerging challenges in the energy storage ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tuesday, 01/07/20
An Enquiry Concerning Non-Linearity, the RMS-Mean Flux Relation, and log-Normal Flux DistributionsWhen we entertain any suspicion that a data analysis term is employed without any meaning or idea (as is but too frequent), we need but enquire from what impressions is that supposed idea derived. Incautious attribution of the term(s) non-)linearity to time series data is meaningless -- a category mistake. ...
As California braces for the big one and as Southern California deals with two recent big quakes the topic of earthquakes in our state is at the top of our minds.Stephen Hickman is the Director of the Earthquake Science Center at the United States Geological Survey and he's coming to ...
Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) was characterized as the fourth most profitable illegal industry in the world in 2008, worth up to $21 billion dollars annually. However, now, more than 10 years later, illegal fishing alone has an annual worth up to $23 billion. Alarmingly, wildlife trade - legal and illegal ...
As tsunamis and large scale hurricanes can occur on centennial to millennial time scales, observational and historical records generally do not provide sufficient information to determine consistent patterns of event frequency and intensity. Coastal populations have been growing, making it even more important to better understand these coastal hazards and ...
You are what you eat and that includes the 60% of your body that’s made of water. Everything we eat was once a living organism largely composed of water, and many of the ways we cook rely on the properties of water. At Pairings: The Water We Eat, join Exploratorium ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, 14.95 explO members, AD members free
Step into the wonderful world of mushrooms at this annual NightLife favorite, where you’ll learn how to spot, ID, grow, and cook mushrooms alongside fellow fungi enthusiasts.Gather ‘round for tales from photographer and mushroom ID specialist Alan Rockefeller as he shares new species of bioluminescent fungi and other recent finds ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Friday, 01/10/20
A Royal Walk with the King TideJoin Exploratorium and Port of San Francisco staff on San Francisco's waterfront for a stroll along the waterfront to observe, photograph, and discuss the King Tide. Learn about what causes the tides, why we have King Tides this time of year, and the Port's Waterfront Resilience Program and related sea-level ...
During one of winter's highest daytime tides, take a leisurely, level walk on the paved Bay Trail to look at the shoreline through many lenses. Discover a gritty history of railroads, frog farming, dynamite making, industry and toxic pollution. Bring binocs and camera to enjoy a growing wealth of wetlands ...
Challenges and pathways forward in supernova cosmology Using the DES photometric supernova cosmology analysis as groundwork, I will summarise our current analysis methodologies, from simulations, to transient classification, selection effect treatment, and cosmology. Despite recent improvements in analysis methods, there still exist fundamental challenges in areas spanning the initial empirical SN Ia model all the way to ...
46th annual Santa Cruz Fungus FairCome to Santa Cruz and explore the facinating world of Fungi. Learn interesting and fun facts about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area. Fungi will be beautifully displayed in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $5
Green Friday: Human Caused Climate ChangeHuman impacts on the climate go back to the beginnings of civilization and from the beginning, changing climate has driven human history. The Mediterranean is the best place to watch this happen and our story begins with the first myth that we have from mankind--Gilgamesh. From the beginnings of civilization, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $3 donation requested
ONE GIANT LEAP: The scientific, technological, and social legacy of the Apollo program.50 years ago, humans first walked upon the moon. However, the scientific, technological, and social effects on broader society began well before and have continued long after that event. In this talk, Foothill College Astronomy professor Geoff Mathews will sample some of the highlights of the Apollo program's legacy, with ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
Saturday, 01/11/20
46th annual Santa Cruz Fungus FairCome to Santa Cruz and explore the facinating world of Fungi. Learn interesting and fun facts about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area. Fungi will be beautifully displayed in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $10 General, $5 Seniors, under 12 Free
Exploring the DunesAntioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge is home to three endangered species: two gorgeous flowering plants (Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose and Contra Costa Wallflower) and a delicate butterfly found nowhere else on the planet - Lange’s Metalmark butterfly! Generally, this refuge is closed to the public to protect them. However, once ...
Where: AntiochCost: Free
King Tides bird walk on Cerrito CreekJoin Golden Gate Audubon and Friends of Five Creeks on a conservation-themed bird walk along tidally-influenced Cerrito Creek just north of Albany Hill. We'll look for waterbirds and winter songbirds and talk about restoration and what sea-level rise may mean for habitat and the flood-prone adjacent neighborhood. Cameras welcome; photos ...
Where: AlbanyCost:
A Royal Walk with the King TideJoin Exploratorium and Port of San Francisco staff on San Francisco's waterfront for a stroll along the waterfront to observe, photograph, and discuss the King Tide. Learn about what causes the tides, why we have King Tides this time of year, and the Port's Waterfront Resilience Program and related sea-level ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 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.
Over the centuries, storytellers have written tales of flights to the Moon. Mr. Garfinkle will discuss these fantasy flights in a PowerPoint-enhanced presentation. The presentation will include illustrations from the old books the stories were, in most cases, first published in. The images show the various methods the space travelers ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
My top 10 stories of 2019 in meteor astronomyAn informal re-telling of ten stories I worked on and were published in 2019:- Tunguska eye witness accounts, injuries and casualties-Saricicek meteorite traced back to Vesta crater Antonia- The Alpha Monocerotid outburst- Phoenicids from the breakup of comet Blanpain- Search for the meteoroids from asteroid Bennu- June epsilon Ophiuchids from ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunday, 01/12/20
46th annual Santa Cruz Fungus FairCome to Santa Cruz and explore the facinating world of Fungi. Learn interesting and fun facts about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area. Fungi will be beautifully displayed in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $10 General, $5 Seniors, under 12 Free
