Having your DNA analyzed is as easy as spitting into a tube, and companies now compete to offer genetic revelations about our ancestry and risk of disease. But are there downsides to allowing easy access to our genomic information? Can our DNA also be translated into new to ways to ...
He Lani Ko Luna, A Sky Above: In Losing the Sight of Land, You Discover the Stars. KÄlepa Baybayan, Navigator in Residence, and Astronomy Educator Emily Peavy join NightSchool from the Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai’i. In this introduction to the indigenous system of navigation and orientation at sea, you’ll ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 08/14/20
Frontier Development Lab Space Science and AI Showcase - LivestreamFDL is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in applied AI for space science and exploration, for all Humankind.About this Event Join us LIVE for the FDL US Space Science & AI Showcase in partnership with NASA and the SETI Institute for a 2-hour celebration of the application of cutting ...
Where: Cost: Free
Lick Observatory during Pandemic Times - LivestreamLick Observatory has been doing ground-breaking research since its opening in 1888. 30 years after Lick Observatory established itself as a world leader in astronomical research, the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic hit the United States. Pandemics create challenging times for any organization, so how was Lick Observatory was affected by ...
This event provides a different introduction to astronomy than our Intro to the Night Sky talks. During this hour, you'll gain an appreciation for the size and scale of the cosmos and our place within it. You'll see many examples of the beautiful objects visible in the night sky, learn ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 08/15/20
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 ...
Join our resident caterpillar lady Sal Levinson and butterfly guy Sarab Seth for an illustrated slideshow of butterflies found in the Garden at this time of year. We'll learn about their life cycle, host plants, and more! Our fun Zoom event is suitable for all ages and includes a live ...
The scientist, the teacher, the legend. A personal interview and question session with the multi-award winning astronomer Dr. Alex Filippenko, UC Berkeley.links at websiteThis event has been rescheduled for August 24 due to high temperature demands on the electrical grid.Â
Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy hosts a conversation on the Future of Energy with Don Evans, moderated by Thomas Stephenson. Don, the 34th U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2001-2005), is a senior partner at Quintana Capital Group and senior advisor at Energy Capital Partners. Tom Stephenson, partner at Sequoia Captial and ...
Where: Cost: Free
A Conversation with Dr. Anthony Fauci - LivestreamJoin us for a rare visit with one of America's most trusted medical figures and leading experts on infectious disease, and take advantage of this unique opportunity to ask your questions directly.Dr. Fauci was appointed director of NIAID in 1984. He oversees an extensive portfolio of basic and applied research ...
Where: Cost: $22 General, $17 Members
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 ...
Where: Cost: Free
National Alliance on Mental Illness - LivestreamNAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. What started as a small group of families gathered around a kitchen table in 1979 has blossomed into the nation's leading ...
Where: Cost: Free
Lights - Action: Controlling Bacteria with Light - LivestreamDuring these sessions, we will demonstrate and explore the ways in which active, living systems such as bacteria respond to light and can thus be controlled and tuned.Speakers: Arvind Gopinath and Joshua Tamayo, UC MercedRegister at weblink for Zoom information.Intended for high school students and teachers
Where: Cost: Free
COVID-19 and Climate: Technology to the Rescue? - LivestreamTechnology has helped the world survive, thrive and stay connected through the COVID-19 lockdown. As countries look toward re-opening in a post-pandemic world, does tech hold the same promise in the fight to solve climate change? From mapping weather patterns with pinpoint accuracy using artificial intelligence, to engineering algae that ...
Where: Cost: Free
Do You Hear Me? Reaching Students Online in an Age of Disconnection - LivestreamVeteran journalist John Bowe and author of "I Have Something To Say: Mastering the Art of Public Speaking in an Age of Disconnection" explores specific, easily learned and timeless communication techniques to help educators better connect with students through a medium that limits context cues and poses new challenges for ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 08/19/20
Wi-Fi for Billions - LivestreamIt’s not every day that someone gives away $100,000, but that’s what Andrea Goldsmith did when she became the first woman to win the Marconi Prize, the top honor in information and communications research. The Stanford engineering professor’s work has enabled billions of people around the world to enjoy fast, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Solr Learning to Rank: Non-Search as a Machine Learning Problem - LivestreamSearch relevance is how questions are answered through search. It's the process of changing the ranking of search results for a user query to return what users want. A search for 'iPhone XS' should rank documents highly when the product name matches. But a different query, 'smartphone with two cameras' ...
Where: Cost: Free
Lights - Action: Controlling Bacteria with Light - LivestreamDuring these sessions, we will demonstrate and explore the ways in which active, living systems such as bacteria respond to light and can thus be controlled and tuned.Speakers: Arvind Gopinath and Joshua Tamayo, UC MercedRegister at weblink for Zoom information.Intended for high school students and teachers
Come be in your elements with Exploratorium host and scientific raconteur Ron Hipschman - follow tales of intrigue and invention, join in dynamic demonstrations, and uncover fascinating connections between individual elements and our collective human experience.In this new Everything Matters segment, get to know the colorful element cadmium. Once used ...
The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover successfully launched on July 30, 2020, is now en route toward Mars. The mission will pave the way for future human expeditions to Mars and demonstrates technologies that could be used by future Mars explorers.Designed to search for signs of ancient microbial life, the robotic ...
Where: Cost: Free
Productivity Implications and testing challenges on Moving to Microservice - LivestreamMicroservices based architectures are increasingly popular as a way of managing the scalability of large software systems. There are implications for organizational structure, product architecture, development methodology, test strategy, and design and simulation tools. Intended for managers and executives considering the implications of adopting a microservices architecture for a major ...
In general relativity, the presence of matter can curve spacetime, and the path of a light ray will be deflected as a result. This process is called gravitational lensing, analogous to the deflection of light by (e.g. glass) lenses in optics.In rare and extreme cases, light can take different paths ...
Chabot Space & Science Center has very old roots in Oakland and the East Bay, and no fewer than three incarnations as a student and public observatory and science education center. Now celebrating the 20th anniversary at its present location on the skyline of the Oakland Hills, the institution as ...
