Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy co-directors, Prof. Sally Benson and Prof. Arun Majumdar, will lead a conversation with The Honorable Colette D. Honorable, Partner at ReedSmith, about the Future of Energy in view of the challenging economic, political and social climate the world is facing. This session will address such ...
Where: Cost: Free
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Live ScienceJoin us for Chabot’s new virtual program, Live Science! The Live Science series is every Tuesday morning on Facebook Live.Each week, our Science Educator, Haley will lead a live demonstration of one explosive, chilling, or thrilling reaction that cannot be done at home! We’ll ask for your observations and explanations ...
Science has given us a realistic picture of what Earth will look like with uninhibited levels of climate change: increased extreme weather events, crippled economies and a world where those with the least are the hardest hit. What would a radically re-envisioned future look like? What solutions do we need ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 07/22/20
Digital Grid Summer Series: State and Federal Agencies Panel - LivestreamIn June, EPRI and Stanford University Bits and Watts Initiative co-hosted a virtual workshop, that brought together utility and information technology companies to discuss the development of a data platform and enabling technologies to achieve the Digital Grid vision. This interactive panel series will provide an opportunity to take this ...
Where: Cost: Free
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Reimagining the Nitrogen Cycle: Designing Selective Materials and Process for Wastewater Valorization - LivestreamReimagining liquid waste streams as resources can lead to recovery of valuable products and more efficient, less costly approaches to reducing harmful discharges to the environment. The nitrogen cycle has been drastically affected by humans via Haber Bosch fertilizer production, and results in net discharges of nitrogen that alter aquatic ...
Where: Cost: Free
Cell Division on a Computer - LivestreamIn this hands-on computational workshop, we will analyze microscopy images of molecular motors and then learn about the physics and mechanics of cell division. We will also do some Python coding to model a biochemical reaction that causes liquid droplets of the chemical to divide like cells!Speakers: Kinjal Dasbiswas and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Transforming Trauma - LivestreamTrauma can come at any time in the life span and have significant impact on one's life. Trauma comes early to those who have been abused or neglected as children or arrive in the world facing the challenges of poverty and discrimination. It may come later as people deal with ...
Where: Cost: Free
A/B Testing AI - LivestreamDespite the rapidly growing number of applications of A.I., accurately measuring the quality of A.I. solutions remains a challenge. In this talk, I will highlight the issues with traditional approaches to evaluating A.I. systems and explain how A/B testing - the gold standard for measuring causal effects - can be ...
In recent years, electric vehicle (EV) adoption has skyrocketed, driven by technological advances, rising oil costs, climate change concerns and more. There are now over 500,000 EVs on the road in California alone. With government incentives, they can be more economical to drive than traditional gasoline-powered cars, but the economic ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members
SETI Talks: Astronomy in Space: From Hubble to Roman - LivestreamTelescopes are placed into orbit around Earth or are sent farther out into space to get a clearer view of the universe.Thirty years ago, the U.S. launched the famous Hubble Space Telescope, whose unique design allowed astronauts to repair and upgrade it in space using advanced technology. It is one ...
Where: Cost: Free
Skeptics in the Pub: Millbrae - CANCELEDScience and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub West Bay, Fiddlers Green, Millbrae sponsored by Bay Area Skeptics.If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. If ye shun the brewer’s art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!Skeptics ...
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
Thursday, 07/23/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
SFBBO Birdy Hour Talk: Impacts of Invasive Plants on Wetland BirdsLearn about the ecological impacts of plant invasion in wetland habitats--particularly the consequences to birds. Dr. Rachel Wigginton, Senior Environmental Scientist at the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, will focus on the impacts of the invasive white top (Lepidium latifolium) on the diets of Suisun Song Sparrows, a CA Species of Special Concern, in the ...
Where: Cost: Free
UC Santa Cruz Molecular Diagnostic Lab: Tales from a pandemic pop-up lab - LivestreamWe continue to highlight the science unfolding in realtime in response to COVID-19 with another special edition of the Kraw Lecture Series. Soon after the virus spread to California, a four-person team at UC Santa Cruz co-founded the COVID-19 diagnostic testing laboratory, known as the Molecular Diagnostic Lab (MDL). MDL began testing ...
Join us for a NightSchool session designed to give viewers a new appreciation of some of our favorite nocturnal animals: frogs. Our amphibian experts will focus on specific areas of interest, including local native frog species and current research into frog vision and the endangered Puerto Rican Cave Frog.See weblink ...
In June, Santa Clara County formally declared racism a public health crisis, and counties across the country are considering similar declarations. So, how did we get here: how have racist practices and bias been embedded in medical practices, and how do racism and bias within legal institutions contribute to widespread ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 07/24/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Cell Division on a Computer - LivestreamIn this hands-on computational workshop, we will analyze microscopy images of molecular motors and then learn about the physics and mechanics of cell division. We will also do some Python coding to model a biochemical reaction that causes liquid droplets of the chemical to divide like cells!Speakers: Kinjal Dasbiswas and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Mars Madness - LivestreamJoin us on Facebook Live for a night of Mars-themed activities and talks. Learn about the destination of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover, which is soon heading to Mars to seek signs of ancient life and collect rock and soil samples. RSVP on FacebookTune in to:-See one-of-a-kind Mars images from ...
Where: Cost: Free
Evenings with the Stars - CANCELEDOur 'Evenings with the Stars' programs are held annually as part of our Summer Series. Each year we bring world-renowned astronomers to the summit of Mount Hamilton for a night with the "stars" you won't forget!Speaker: TBA
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $25
Saturday, 07/25/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Galactic Weather - RescheduledJust as Earth has an atmosphere, and stars (like the Sun) have coronas, galaxies are embedded in invisible halos of atomic gases. As galaxies evolve, these gaseous halos exhibit many interesting phenomena similar to rains and droughts on Earth. What do these enormous galactic climate systems look like, how are ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Very First Stars - LivestreamThe Big Bang theory, describing the origin of our universe, is very well established today. We have ample evidence that the universe originated from a hot “singularity,†then expanded and cooled over time. Nevertheless, there is still a big missing piece of the cosmic puzzle: How did the first stars ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $50 General, $90 Preferred, $199 VIP
Virtual Telescope Viewing - LivestreamJoin our resident astronomers on Facebook Live every Saturday evening live from Chabot’s Observation deck!Each week, our astronomers will guide us through spectacular night sky viewing through Nellie, Chabot‘s most powerful telescope. Weather permitting we will be able to view objects live through the telescopes and our astronomers will be ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 07/26/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
What's the difference between heat and temperature? We use the terms interchangeably, but they have precise meanings to physicists. How does your thermostat work and how does a Thermos® know to keep a hot thing hot and a cold thing cold? The mysteries will be revealed in this talk.Speaker: Ron ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Admission
Monday, 07/27/20
Ask-an-Astronomer: Brian DiGiorgio - LivestreamUC Observatories Virtual Event Series with UC Santa Cruz Resident Ask-an-Astronomer Graduate student in Astronomy & Astrophysics Brian DiGiorgioZoom linkTo submit a question ahead of the event for Ask-an-Astronomer please email social@ucolick.org
Where: Cost: Free
Multi-Billion Search Engines, Data Science and AI Workshop - RescheduledThe workshop is about how AI and Data Science are used in multi-billion dollars/documents/users search engines such as Google / Apple / Walmart / eBay / Zillow and how to build a successful career in such companies. I'll talk about various use cases of using AI and Data Science to ...
Where: Cost: Free
Knowledge graph extraction from unstructured data and Semantic Role labeling - LivestreamMaintaining regulatory compliance is challenging for a range of businesses due to the volume of regulations and the rapid rate of change. Given the sheer volume, it is difficult for an enterprise to maintain a clear picture of the state of regulations that govern them, or to stay abreast of ...
