Botany Series: Plant Terminology - RESCHEDULEDTaught by the knowledgeable team of Naomi LeBeau and Christina Crooker ( both of the Park Stewardship Restoration Team), this class will provide an introduction to terminology commonly used in identification of plants with a focus on leaf and flower parts. Illustrated examples and hands-on experience will be emphasized. This ...
In the last 5 years, there have been extensive studies and new materials designed for catalytic reduction of nitrogen to ammonia. This is a very difficult reductive transformation for traditional electrocatalysts and photocatalysts, but nature can provide an inspiration. Nitrogenase is the only enzyme known to reduce nitrogen to ammonia. ...
This trip will be rescheduled.Witness the mighty gray whale migration on this half-day cruise. Join our sanctuary naturalists as we venture into the northbound migration path of the gray whales as they head through our national marine sanctuaries, traveling from Baja California breeding grounds to their Arctic feeding grounds with ...
Where: Half Moon BayCost: $70
Science Saturday: Bees, Wasps, Honey, and Hives - CANCELEDExplore the sweet-side of science as Science Saturday turns its attention to Bees, Wasps, Honey, and Hives. Do all bees make honey? How do you tell a wasp from a bee? Do all bees sting? Find the answers to all of your buzzing questions as you complete a craft, and ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Saturdays in the Garden - CANCELEDInterested in learning more about the Bay Model waterfront? Stop by the Native Plant Garden on Saturdays to enjoy the garden and learn the latest about natural resources and recreational opportunities on Richardson Bay. Be sure to visit us on these Saturday afternoons for special activities.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Trekking the Model - CANCELEDJoin 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.
Interdisciplinary approaches to reveal parasite vulnerabilities - CANCELEDWithin the liver a single Plasmodium parasite transforms into tens of thousands of blood infective forms to cause malaria. The Derbyshire lab combines chemical biology, biochemistry and genomics to uncover molecular events that drive this transient developmental stage within the liver. Through an integrative approach, we utilize small molecule probes, ...
The AI industry in 2020-2030 - LivestreamThe last 5 years have been transformative in the AI industry, how will the next 10 look like?We've seen an explosion in IoT devices and the data flowing through them - ubiquitous computing is here to stay. How would this change the ecosystem with respect to hardware, solution development, testing, ...
Where: Cost: Free
U.S. Health Care in the Era of Coronavirus - Online EventAmerican health care has seen dramatic changes over the past decade. Obamacare reduced the number of uninsured citizens, but rising prices and deductibles have made care unaffordable for many. Medicaid has become the nation’s largest payer and now pays for half of all long-term care. Now the coronavirus pandemic is ...
My work uses data science to characterize how humans interact with the built and the natural environment seeking to plan for more sustainable and livable cities. Given the increasing ubiquity of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in the Bay Area, I present a study that aims to assist planning decisions by ...
osÂsil Free CalÂiÂforÂnia will present a comÂmuÂnity forum on COVID-​​19 and the cliÂmate criÂsis. This live webiÂnar will feaÂtures BIDS Senior Fellow Dan KamÂmen, who will present his views on how the curÂrent global panÂdemic interÂsects with the cliÂmate criÂsis. Dr. KamÂmen is Chair of UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group ...
Long Now is postponing our March and April events at SFJAZZ Center - the Seminars with Jane Metcalfe on March 31, 02020 and Laurance Doyle on April 13, 02020. We are working closely with our speakers and SFJAZZ to reschedule these talks, and will keep our members and the public ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, Free for Members
Join us for a rare conversation with Dr. Margaret Hamburg about solutions to the COVID-19 crisis and what needs to be done with U.S. health care in the future.Speaker: Margaret Hamburg, National Academy of Medicine, former FDA Commissioner; Gloria Duffy, The Commonwealth Club
The Science of Social Distancing, Part 2 - LivestreamIn COVID-19 Conversations webinar, Webinar #1: The Science of Social Distancing, Part 1, the lineup of public health, medical and emergency experts shared the science on social distancing as well as strategies to support it. They explored how findings from past pandemics - as well as the current one - can shape ...
Ergomagnetospheres Ejection Disks and Electromagnetic Jets - LivestreamRecent, remarkable images, made by the EHT collaboration of M 87, exhibit a ring of emission, presumably orbiting a six billion solar mass black hole. It is proposed that what is observed is not an ion pressure-supported torus, but an extensive "ergomagnetosphere" that connects mechanically to a much larger "ejection ...
It’s no secret: the transmission of information is vital to communications. Translating information takes work, but allows incredible potential for security, storage, and efficiencies in technology and production. From blockchain enterprises to surreptitious correspondences and music storage to the instructions for how life grows, seek out the hidden ways encoded ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, $14.95 Daytime Members
Can Technology Save the Ocean?The ocean faces numerous perils today from overfishing to acidification and plastics pollution. Solutions to help resolve the plight of our oceans lie in many areas and range from ecological to behavioral, all of which should be explored and pursued. In this panel, we’ll sit down with several ocean tech ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
NightLife & Friends: A Virtual EventThis week, NightLife is coming to you: We’re transforming your virtual happy hour with NightLife & Friends - an experimental online, interactive event featuring some of the scientists, artists, and musicians who have been a regular part of NightLife over the years.Make yourself a cocktail with long-time NightLife mixologist Shane McKnightGet ...
Where: Cost: Free
BioFutures: Curing Disease by Editing Genes? - CANCELEDHow can recently discovered gene-editing tools help us cure debilitating childhood diseases? The discovery of CRISPR - a tool for precisely editing genes in living cells - has generated immense excitement for its potential to repair disease-causing DNA mutations. Join a conversation with Matthew Porteus, one of the leading researchers ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with After Dark Admission
