Elucidating reaction mechanisms by imaging ion-neutral collisionsTo understand the dynamics of chemical reactions has driven research for more than a century. A powerful approach to this goal are molecular scattering experiments under single-collision conditions. In the last years, we have developed techniques to investigate ion-molecule reactions, which are important in various branches of science from chemical ...
How do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A session with ...
In his latest book, Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics, Brown University's Dr. Stephon Alexander explores some of nature's deepest questions. He uses the principles of invariance, quantization, and emergence to address ideas at the outer limits of physics, including even what happened ...
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) often fall into a classification of being Ocean States, where their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is much larger than the size of their land. This underscores the importance of marine protected areas (MPAs) in these countries many of which depend primarily on coastal tourism and ...
This three-part series on progress toward electrifying the Bay Area’s transportation system will cover key issues including equitable access to clean technologies, expanding charging infrastructure, and scaling up to meet mass mobility needs through transit, fleets, and innovative business models. Lectures will be presented by leaders in the field representing ...
System Error: Rebooting our Tech FutureBig tech's relentless focus on optimization is driving a future that reinforces discrimination, erodes privacy, displaces workers, and pollutes the information we get.It doesn't need to be this way.Armed with an understanding of how technologists think and exercise their power, three Stanford professors--a philosopher, a political scientist, and a computer ...
How has time been imagined, politicized, and weaponized over the centuries - and how it might bring peace?Horologist David Rooney tells the hidden story of timekeeping and how it continues to shape our modern world. From medieval water clocks to monumental sundials, and from coastal time signals to satellites in ...
Snowy Plover Conservation in the Bay Area: Successes and Challenges in a Shifting Landscape - LivestreamThe Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) is a federally threatened, ground-nesting shorebird species that breeds, roosts, and forages along the Pacific Coast from Southern Washington down to the tip of Baja California. While their typical habitat across the range is sandy beaches, within the San Francisco Bay, where up ...
While science fiction is primarily a genre of imagination, there's a tradition of sci-fi speculations slowly emerging as fact. At this After Dark program, dig into technological innovations that, though now familiar (or soon to be familiar), were once the stuff of imaginative conjecture. Learn how these technologies have, or ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Evening Tours of Lick Observatory - SOLD OUTThe event will last approximately 4 to 6 hours. Visitors should be prepared to walk about one mile during the evening, including taking stairs. Events are held rain or shine.The tour will start at the main building’s Visitor Center. Participants can learn about the unique history of the world’s first ...
Explore the museum while enjoying live, acoustic performances by San Francisco Conservatory of Music.See weblink for details.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19 - $16.50 depending on entrance time
Micromitigation: Fighting Air Pollution with Activated Carbon - LivestreamWe would like to invite new members to join Counter Culture Labs' Micromitigation Meetup alternate Thursdays. We will be discussing ways to deploy existing adsorption technology using commodity granulated activated carbon for the mitigation of air pollution. We welcome those interested in both the environmental justice and technical engineering aspects of ...
For more than 10 years, Richard Saunders has been compiling and researching psychic predictions made in Australia covering the years 2000 to 2020. With over 3000 predictions in the database, what conclusions can we draw about those who claim to be able to see into the future? How many of ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 09/10/21
Deep Learning-Assisted Analysis of Anomalous Nanoparticle Surface Diffusion in Liquid Phase TEMBeginning with Robert Brown’s original observation in 1828, various techniques have been developed to study the hydrodynamics and interactions of particles in solution. These techniques have inspired or been followed by development of theories that are capable of describing these fundamental aspects of micron-scale particles. Yet, many of the underlying ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Saturday, 09/11/21
Animal Tracks - LivestreamJoin guest speaker Aimee Murillo and the Environmental Volunteers in learning all about the tracks and traces (including scat!) that animals leave behind. Learn how to identify what animals have walked the trails that you do!Register at weblink to receive Zoom link
Where: Cost: Free
Afternoon Walk at Pillar Point BluffJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for an afternoon Hike at Pillar Point Bluff just north of Half Moon Bay! You will be guided by a POST representative who will share details about the area’s interesting natural history, from the coastal scrub habitat to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve that hosts tide ...
Ground-based telescopes have come a long way in recent decades. Today they can take advantage of adaptive optics systems that reduce the effect of atmospheric image distortion, and, also, of fast compact computers that allow small telescopes to reach the capability of large telescopes. The result is a lively community ...
Join 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, 09/12/21
Evening Tours of Lick Observatory - SOLD OUTThe event will last approximately 4 to 6 hours. Visitors should be prepared to walk about one mile during the evening, including taking stairs. Events are held rain or shine.The tour will start at the main building’s Visitor Center. Participants can learn about the unique history of the world’s first ...
At the LHC Experiment, each proton collision creates thousands of particles. Extracting information from a high dimensional space such as the space of collisions requires algorithms that take advantage of particle symmetries while being capable of handling high dimensional inputs. Point cloud processing methods, often applied to robotics and self-driving ...
Newborns are more susceptible to bacterial pneumonia than older children or adults. In addition, the high rate of chronic lung disease in preterm infants (bronchopulmonary dysplasia) is likely due to infection or exposure to inflammation. Both situations may result from pathogens taking advantage of a window of opportunity as infants ...
Monitoring Bird Movement - LivestreamAvian EcologistDavid Lumpkin will review ACR’s recent and upcoming avian telemetry studies, including the latest details from Great Egrets carrying GPS tags, and collaborative efforts involving Long-billed Curlews and Western Sandpipers. Learn about how Motus towers recently installed at Toms Point and Cypress Grove Research Center will function as part ...
Where: Cost: $15 General, $10 Members
The Genetic Lottery - LivestreamScientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health - and in ways that matter for educational and economic success in our current society.In this talk, she will introduce the latest genetic science, dismantling dangerous ideas about racial superiority and ...
Where: Cost:
Microscopic evidence for a chiral superconducting order parameter in the heavy fermion superconductor UTe2 - LivestreamTopological superconductors represent a fundamentally new phase of matter. Similar to topological insulators, the non-trivial topological characteristics of a topological superconductor dictate the presence of a topological edge states composed of Bogoliubov quasiparticles which live inside and span the superconducting gap. The intense interest in these materials stems from the ...
Where: Cost: Free
May the Forces Be with You - Measuring Forces that Hold Molecules Together - LivestreamIn these interactive sessions, we will talk about the forces that hold solids and liquids together, fabricate our own force measuring apparatus, and quantify the strength of glues. Finally, we will talk about how to present, compare, and discuss the strength of tested glues. The suggested list of materials will ...
Where: Cost: Free
Evening Tours of Lick Observatory - SOLD OUTThe event will last approximately 4 to 6 hours. Visitors should be prepared to walk about one mile during the evening, including taking stairs. Events are held rain or shine.The tour will start at the main building’s Visitor Center. Participants can learn about the unique history of the world’s first ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $75
Wednesday, 09/15/21
Climate Conversations: Extreme Events - LivestreamAs a result of climate change, extreme events such as floods, wildfires, storms, and heat waves are already becoming more dangerous and destructive. Marshall Shepherd (University of Georgia) will moderate a conversation with Craig Fugate (former FEMA Administrator) and Marissa Aho (Washington State Department of Natural Resources) about the connections ...
Manual harvesting of fresh-market fruits is costly and labor-intensive. This presentation will discuss two different robotic harvest-aid systems and report results from their deployments during commercial harvesting. The first system comprises two mobile robots that reduce workers’ non-productive walking times by carrying full and empty trays in the field. The ...
How do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A session with ...
Understanding a community’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and adapt to impacts of environmental, economic, or cultural change is an essential component of understanding social vulnerability. In the context of Ocean Acidification and associated environmental stressors, for this project we identified shellfish farms in California that were located in ...
Speaker: Kyle Lampe, University of VirginiaSee weblink for Zoom information
Where: Cost: Free
Quantum Computing: Theory to Application - LivestreamIn recent years, there has been a substantial amount of research on quantum computers - machines that exploit quantum mechanical phenomena to solve mathematical problems that are difficult or intractable for conventional computers. If large-scale quantum computers are ever built, they will be able to break many of the public-key ...
SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, operated by NASA, is a Boeing 747SP aircraft that flies into the stratosphere, above 99 percent of Earth’s infrared-blocking atmosphere, allowing research in ways not possible with ground-based telescopes.Ten years after her first flight on SOFIA, Marita Beard's stories about her experiences on ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #120: LSD Art, Redwoods, and Fish-Mediated Epilepsy Research! The lineup for all you nerds this month is a doozy! We’ll take a rollercoaster ride through the twists and turns of Mark McCloud’s mind as he tells us stories of his in-home museum of blotter art comprised of over 33,000 LSD sheets collected over the decades. If that’s not ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
Thursday, 09/16/21
A Bird’s Eye View of Coyote Valley - LivestreamLearn about Coyote Valley and the wildlife who call this vibrant landscape home. With representatives from the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center, the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, and the Peninsula Open Space Trust, participants can engage with local experts about birding in Coyote Valley and learn about Coyote Creek ...
Hints About the Earliest Galaxies The Cosmic Dawn - the era when the first stars and galaxies formed - is one of the frontiers of extragalactic astrophysics. In this talk, I will describe how surprisingly simple models of galaxy evolution provide insight into the basic processes driving these galaxies (and others) while simultaneously highlighting the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Oaks of the UC Botanical Garden - LivestreamJoin Garden curator Holly Forbes for an illustrated talk on the Garden's many diverse oaks.Register at weblink to receive connection information
Where: Cost: Free
May the Forces Be with You - Measuring Forces that Hold Molecules Together - LivestreamIn these interactive sessions, we will talk about the forces that hold solids and liquids together, fabricate our own force measuring apparatus, and quantify the strength of glues. Finally, we will talk about how to present, compare, and discuss the strength of tested glues. The suggested list of materials will ...
I will discuss what the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has been up to on Mars since landing on February 18, 2021.Speaker: Ken Farley, Calinfornia Institute of TechnologyRegister at weblink to receive connection information.
Where: Cost: Free
Evening Tours of Lick Observatory - SOLD OUTThe event will last approximately 4 to 6 hours. Visitors should be prepared to walk about one mile during the evening, including taking stairs. Events are held rain or shine.The tour will start at the main building’s Visitor Center. Participants can learn about the unique history of the world’s first ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $75
After Dark: See for YourselfSpark your curiosity at After Dark - as the Sun sets, we’ll hit the rainbow lights, turn the music up, and open our doors, inviting you to take your imagination out to play. Fuel up with a cocktail and prepare to roam free through six spacious outdoor and indoor spaces. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Meditation: an Approach to Managing Anxiety & Uncertainty - LivestreamWe are living in a stressful and confusing time, and it can be difficult to find ways to stay positive and true to ourselves. Meditating regularly can bring an experience of profound peace and happiness! Join this virtual program, sponsored by the San Mateo Public Library, to learn about the ...
Calling all creatures of the night: explore the nocturnal side of the Academy at NightLife and see what's revealed. With live DJs, outdoor bars, ambiance lighting, and nearly 40,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude the albino alligator), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic Shake ...
Purple Martins have been in long-term decline in California due to factors such as habitat loss, competition with the European Starling, disturbance from construction projects, and declines in their insect food supply due to neonicotinoid insecticide use. Dan Airola has been studying and working for over two decades to conserve ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 09/17/21
The Secret Body: How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live - LivestreamIn a revolutionary new vision of human biology and the scientific breakthroughs that will transform our lives. Professor Daniel M. Davis shows how radical new possibilities are becoming realities thanks to the visionary efforts of scientists who are revealing the invisible and secret universe within each of us.Focusing on six ...
Where: Cost: $5 General, Free for members
Plastics: How Did We Get Here, and What's Next?Future technologies depend on the development of functional materials having: (1) hierarchical structures spanning multi-length scale down to the molecular level, (2) built-in functionalities (biological, optical, electronic, magnetic properties), (3) superior selectivity with sensitivities comparable to what we find in nature, (4) responsiveness to external stimuli. These require ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
May the Forces Be with You - Measuring Forces that Hold Molecules Together - LivestreamIn these interactive sessions, we will talk about the forces that hold solids and liquids together, fabricate our own force measuring apparatus, and quantify the strength of glues. Finally, we will talk about how to present, compare, and discuss the strength of tested glues. The suggested list of materials will ...
Where: Cost: Free
Evening Tours of Lick Observatory - SOLD OUTThe event will last approximately 4 to 6 hours. Visitors should be prepared to walk about one mile during the evening, including taking stairs. Events are held rain or shine.The tour will start at the main building’s Visitor Center. Participants can learn about the unique history of the world’s first ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $75
Astronomy - From Passion to Profession - LivestreamI will discuss how I turned my passion for astronomy and outreach into a profession. I teach astronomy research seminars to students and educators around the country and the world, and get to use telescope networks covering the globe. Following my passion and taking advantage of opportunities that came my ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 09/18/21
Air Pollution in High Definition: Building Low-Cost Sensor Networks & Community Partnerships - LivestreamMeasuring atmospheric pollutants at high spatiotemporal resolution has the potential to help identify problematic sources as well as pinpoint communities facing disproportionate risks. Most traditional air quality monitoring campaigns, however, have been necessarily sparse in their resolution owing to the significant upfront and operational costs of high-precision and high-accuracy instrumentation. ...
Where: Cost: Free
Fire Ecology of CaliforniaFires are an important fact of life in California. Humans have developed ways to deal with the fire season, but what about plants and animals? In what ways are they adapted to California’s fires?Join us in this interactive exploration of fire ecology. Learn how plants and animals deal with fire, ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Movie Night - 'Luminous' - LivestreamAstronomy Professor Larry Molnar believes he can find the unfindable - a star that is about to explode.When Larry and a small team of students stumble across a strange star, they embark on a dramatic journey of scientific discovery, which brings the unlikely team into the international spotlight. But others ...
Join 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 ...
Sea otters are a model species for investigating how the recovery of a top marine predator impacts ocean ecosystems. As sea otters expand into new regions and habitats, such as saltmarsh ecosystems, they are unraveling secrets previously unknown to science. This presents an unprecedented learning opportunity, providing much needed knowledge ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members.
Monday, 09/20/21
Coral Innate Immunity - LivestreamDr. Traylor-Knowles is an Assistant Professor in Marine Biology and Ecology at University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins University, her PhD. in Biology from Boston University, and did a NSF Ocean Sciences ...
Large Scale Structure Beyond the 2-Point Function - LivestreamAccording to the standard paradigm, inflation seeded the primordial Universe with density perturbations that are adiabatic and Gaussian distributed. In this limit, all the information is contained within the two-point correlation function, or equivalently, the power spectrum. Today, the distribution of matter is far from Gaussian, with structures forming across ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Chemogenetic and optogenetic technologies for probing molecular and cellular networksI will describe recent work on scalable, single-cell molecular recorders of past cellular events; proximity labeling for the study of protein trafficking and RNA binding proteins; and other molecular technologies under development.Speaker: Alice Ting, Stanford University
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Cosmic alchemy in the era of gravitational wave astronomy - LivestreamThe source of about half of the heaviest elements in the Universe has been a mystery for a long time. Although the general picture of element formation is well understood, many questions about the astrophysical details remain to be answered. Here I focus on recent advances in our understanding of ...
Cork oak (Quercus suber) is an endemic tree species to the western Mediterranean Basin where it naturally occurs in Southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, France and Sardinia in Italy) and Northern Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia). It is mostly known by its bark - the cork - which is harvested each ...
“Plant blindness†is the term used to describe the phenomena where plants often go unnoticed or underappreciated by humans. Plant blindness is observed in many contexts including in the study of palaeontology where plants are often overlooked simply as food for animals rather than as the fundamental underpinnings of all ...
Where: Cost: Free
Mathematics: The Key to a Hidden World - LivestreamDo we really need to learn about mathematics in our modern world? We all carry calculators around in our pockets and so much of what we're taught in school mathematics can seem irrelevant to our lives. However, the reason we learn mathematics is not just to solve problems. It's to ...
Where: Cost: Free
Collective Dynamics of Coexisting Spin Textures: The Antiferromagnetic Switching of FexNbS2 - LivestreamThe theory behind the electrical switching of antiferromagnets is premised on the existenceof a well defined broken symmetry state that can be rotated to encode information. A spin glass is in many ways the antithesis of this state, characterized by an ergodic landscape of nearly degenerate magnetic configurations, choosing to ...
Where: Cost: Free
Finding a path towards a molecular theory of nonequilibrium systemsIn this talk, I will discuss some recent efforts to develop a set of theoretical and simulation tools to study molecular systems driven away from equilibrium. This work leverages recent advancements in the study of large deviations and control theory, as well as the burgeoning area of stochastic thermodynamics. Generalizations ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Two Talks: Popping the Science Bubble - LivestreamMoss Animals? The Secret Lives of Overlooked Sea CreaturesIf you’ve ever been to a kelp-encrusted beach or a rocky tidepool, you have probably seen a bryozoan, but few even realize these odd little creatures are living beings. Although easily overlooked, these “moss animals†have survived 450 million tumultuous years through ...
Where: Cost: Free
Mary Roach's Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law - LivestreamMary Roach wants to let us in on a secret: The greatest number of repeat criminal offenders are outside, all around us, and you’ve probably even seen some today - animals. It has only been three centuries since animals had to stand trial for their misconduct, in a court of ...
Where: Cost: $5 General, Free for members
Advanced Mushroom Identification - LivestreamAlan Rockefeller is scheduled to be our guest speaker this month. He is a mycologist living in Oakland, California. In 2001 he began studying mushrooms, and is self taught. Each year since 2007 he has traveled to Mexico to collect mushrooms - he has now photographed more than 1,000 species ...
Where: Cost: Free
Conversations About Landscape: Hidden Nature SF - LivestreamWhere San Francisco’s iconic skyscrapers, streets, and parks stand today, there once was a wild landscape full of surprises - from vast hills of drifting sand to lush valleys and wetlands of many kinds. This land, home to the Ramaytush Ohlone, has been radically transformed. Nevertheless, its history remains an ...
The number of everyday smart devices is projected to grow to billions in the coming decade, which enables various smart building applications. These applications, especially in-home long-term occupant monitoring, rely on emerging device-free human sensing techniques. From the system perspective, we introduce an alternative non-intrusive sensing modality through ambient structural ...
Where: Cost: Free
A New Era of Experiential Medicine: From Video Games to PsychedelicsA fundamental challenge of our health-care system is the enhancement of cognition for millions of people who suffer from psychiatric and neurological conditions. Despite 70 years of global effort in attempting to identify molecules deliverable as pills to accomplish this goal, we have largely failed to deliver truly effective, accessible ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Online, Free for members
3D imaging of living cells in real time - LivestreamDiscovery in biology and medicine is strongly driven by new possibilities to visualize the processes of life. To see new things, the Saralab invents and custom builds new types of optical elements and imaging systems. Specific problems in Biology demand that we push technology to the limit in terms of ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Amazing Wildlife of Cape CodWhat makes Cape Cod so unique? Miles of beautiful sand-swept coastline and an abundance of wildlife inspires visitors to flock from all over the world annually. At this special Birdy Hour, learn about the Cape's Great White Shark population, where White Sharks come closer to the shore than anywhere else ...
Where: Cost: $10 Minimum Donation
SETI Talks: Is a Sixth Mass Extinction the future of living species on Earth? - LivestreamHuman society and the global ecosystem are at a critical point in time, facing climate and biodiversity crises. According to a recent analysis, the sixth mass extinction of wildlife on Earth is accelerating. More than 500 species of land animals are on the brink of extinction and are likely to ...
The Past, Present, and Future Stewards of Coyote Valley - LivestreamAs we face the uncertain future of climate change, Coyote Valley’s natural infrastructure creates resilience. Learn about the past, present, and future of land stewardship in Coyote Valley, including how the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe’s historic ethic of stewardship in this region continues into the present day and future. This webinar ...
Scratch Space - Virtual Conversations on the Role of the Radical Imaginary - LivestreamJoin independent artistic research studio Interspecifics as they discuss their latest work, Codex Virtualis, an evolving collection of virtual hybrid bacterial-AI organisms designed to provide insights into how life might originate in extraterrestrial habitats. We’ll explore what makes the living different from the non-living, how can life can emerge from an ...
Where: Cost: Free
Visualizing a Better Future: Celebrating Andries van Dam - LivestreamDo you watch animated movies or play video games? Do you click on a digital link or image to see more? Do you puzzle over the ethical use of computer technology?If so, you can thank - in part - computer scientist and professor Andy van Dam.Van Dam has devoted his ...
Where: Cost: Free
Evening Tours of Lick Observatory - SOLD OUTThe event will last approximately 4 to 6 hours. Visitors should be prepared to walk about one mile during the evening, including taking stairs. Events are held rain or shine.The tour will start at the main building’s Visitor Center. Participants can learn about the unique history of the world’s first ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $75
TEDx Mountain View - The Heart of TechnologyInnovation, diversity, transformation: positive ideas to shape a positive world.An online TEDx event put on by volunteers to spread good ideas and model the innovation and diversity that make Silicon Valley thrive. From inside high tech companies and organizations, our speakers will share ideas that they have and projects they're ...
Get to know one of California’s most charming marine mammals - sea otters. These top predators boast hearty appetites, and they’re essential to maintaining the balance of nearshore ecosystems. This evening’s event, presented in partnership with Sea Otter Awareness Week, features talks by Ohlone Cafe co-founders Vincent Medina and Louis ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Hardcore National History: Beyond the Lens: Photography & Conservation - PostponedPhotography can raise awareness of conservation issues through evocative images that create an emotional connection for the viewer. Join us for this month's Hardcore Natural History as we chat with accomplished freelance wildlife photographer and polar expedition guide Jaqueline Deely to discuss more on this topic. A certified California Naturalist, ...
Calling all creatures of the night: explore the nocturnal side of the Academy at NightLife and see what's revealed. With live DJs, outdoor bars, ambiance lighting, and nearly 40,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude the albino alligator), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic Shake ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $18.50 - $15.75
Micromitigation: Fighting Air Pollution with Activated Carbon - LivestreamWe would like to invite new members to join Counter Culture Labs' Micromitigation Meetup alternate Thursdays. We will be discussing ways to deploy existing adsorption technology using commodity granulated activated carbon for the mitigation of air pollution. We welcome those interested in both the environmental justice and technical engineering aspects of ...
 More rapid and accessible data delivery that will support the prediction of water hazards and water availability in near-real timeDecision support tools that will aid in managing water supplies, flooding, drought, inundation, debris flow, water quality degradation, or other water-related hazards during extreme events and under future scenarios of changing ...
Join us for a conversation with cosmologist Stephon Alexander, who argues that great physics requires one to think outside the mainstream - to improvise and to rely on intuition. His approach has led him to three principles that shape all theories of the universe: the principle of invariance, the quantum ...
Where: Streaming on YouTube Live at https://www.youtube.com/user/FarallonesAssoc/liveOur annual celebration of sharks will be virtual again this year!Join us for an online celebration of sharks to raise awareness of the importance elasmobranchs in our marine ecosystem, coinciding with the arrival of white sharks to the San Francisco area to feed on our ...
Where: Cost: Free
College of San Mateo's Family Science & Astronomy Festival + MakerspaceFall is in the air, which means College of San Mateo's Virtual Family Science Day is just around the corner!Our annual festival brings the wonders of science to our community. This year it will be held virtually through Zoom, featuring both live sessions and on-demand recordings! Join us for a day ...
Where: Cost: Free
Evening Tours of Lick Observatory - SOLD OUTThe event will last approximately 4 to 6 hours. Visitors should be prepared to walk about one mile during the evening, including taking stairs. Events are held rain or shine.The tour will start at the main building’s Visitor Center. Participants can learn about the unique history of the world’s first ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $75
Coyote Point Movie NightsGather friends and family, pack a picnic and join CuriOdyssey for a fun-filled summer evening during Coyote Point Movie Nights in July, August, September and October at Coyote Point Park in San Mateo. Watch your favorite movies, experiment with fun CuriOdyssey science experiments, play creatively with San Mateo County Libraries, ...
Join 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, 09/26/21
DÃa de la IngenierÃa/Latinx Engineering Day 2021Join us for a family-friendly collaboration between the Exploratorium and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE).Our 22nd annual Latinx Engineering Day/DÃa de la IngenierÃa combines a panel discussion, presentations on the science and engineering heritage of Latinx people, and playful hands-on activities. This annual program is conducted bilingually in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Evening Tours of Lick Observatory - SOLD OUTThe event will last approximately 4 to 6 hours. Visitors should be prepared to walk about one mile during the evening, including taking stairs. Events are held rain or shine.The tour will start at the main building’s Visitor Center. Participants can learn about the unique history of the world’s first ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $75
Sunset Science - SOLD OUTEnjoy a warm summer evening of activities and stargazing on Chabot’s stunning Observation Deck! Learn about stellar concepts and preview our new offerings with special demonstrations, hands-on challenges and more. When the Sun goes down, the stars come out for exploring the cosmos through historic telescopes.
Where: OaklandCost: $15 Adults, $5 Youth, Members Free
From black holes to fireworks: Understanding astrophysical jets - LivestreamBlack holes are among the most compelling cosmic mysteries known to science. They launch powerful jets with velocities close to the speed of light. Light emitted from these jets reaches Earth and can be detected, allowing us to learn more about how matter behaves under such energetic conditions. Just a ...
Martha Guzman Aceves was appointed Commissioner at the CPUC by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Dec. 28, 2016. Her portfolio includes issues related to distributed energy (Net Energy Metering, Demand Response Programs, and Energy Storage), fiscal oversight of utilities (Energy Resource Recovery Accounts), broadband access (California Advanced Service Fund, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Unraveling soil community dynamics in the face of global change - LivestreamDr. Matthew McCary studies the relationship between soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning within the context of global change. He received his PhD in Ecology and Evolution from the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2016, where he studied the impacts of invasive plants on forest soil communities. He then investigated how variation ...
Where: Cost: Free
Characterizing mesoscopic antiferromagnetic domains in the dilute limit with coherent x-ray diffraction - LivestreamStudies of light and matter interactions in the x-ray regime have long been instrumental to the advancement of condensed matter physics, lifted by synchrotron radiation sources that deliver high-throughput x-ray photons. Today, widespread initiatives exist to add the element of spatial coherence to the x-ray beam, which is believed could render new ...
Where: Cost: Free
Where Big Tech Went WrongIn the era of big tech, groundbreaking technological innovation has given rise to an increasingly efficient and methodical society. But these advances are not without consequence, as unbounded technological growth demands control over how we work, think, consume and communicate. Our panelists say too many have accepted biased algorithms, job-displacing robots, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 in person, $5 Online General
Embattling for a Deep Fake Dystopia - LivestreamRecent advances in the democratization of AI have been enabling the widespread use of generative models, causing the exponential rise of fake content. Nudification of over[masked] women by a social bot, impersonation scams worth millions of dollars, or spreading political misinformation through synthetic politicians are just the footfall of the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Our AI Future - LivestreamWithin the next two decades, Kai-Fu Lee says, artificial intelligence will become the defining development of the 21st century, making aspects of daily human life today virtually unrecognizable. AI will revolutionize medicine and education through human-machine symbioses. It will challenge the social and economic order by creating brand-new forms of ...
Although humanity now knows the genetic sequences of many animals (including ourselves), the functions of these sequences -- the blueprints of life, so to speak -- often remain a mystery. In recent years, we have harnessed the power of synthetic biology and theoretical physics to glean new understanding of these ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Tuesday, 09/28/21
Ultrafast Domain Wall Dynamics in Metallic and Insulating Ferrimagnets - LivestreamA promising approach to encode bits of information for next-generation memory and logic is by using solitons, such as chiral domain walls (DW) or topological skyrmions, which can be translated by currentsacross racetrack-like wire devices. One technological and scientific challenge is to stabilize small spin textures and to move them ...
Many Pleistocene archaeological and paleontological sites beyond the c. 50-thousand-year 14C limit remain poorly constrained in age or undated entirely. Yet, they host key evidence about terrestrial ecosystems, the biological and cultural evolution of H. sapiens, and human geographic range expansion out of Africa. Many such deposits host giant avian ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Ethics and Empathy in Using Imputation to Disaggregate Data for Racial Equity - LivestreamDisaggregating data by race and ethnicity is a critical method for shining light on racialized systems of privilege and oppression. Imputation is a powerful tool for disaggregating data by generating racial and ethnic identifiers onto datasets lacking this information. But if used without a proactive focus on equity, it can ...
Where: Cost: Free
Seeing to the Event Horizons of Supermassive Black Holes - LivestreamSupermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies power some of the brightest objects we see in the Universe; active galactic nuclei (AGN). Much remains unknown, however, about exactly how energy is released from the material falling in through the accretion disk, and from the black hole itself, to power ...
Where: Cost: Free
Perfect Storm: Climate Change in Asia - LivestreamThe Asia-Pacific region is the world’s most vulnerable region to climate change risks. With its densely populated low-lying territories and high dependence on natural resources and agriculture sectors, Asia is increasingly susceptible to the impacts of rising sea levels and weather extremes. The impacts of climate change encompass multiple socioeconomic ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sharktober - Celebrating Sharks: Why We Need Them, Why We Need to Protect Them - LivestreamJoin us for an exciting presentation by David McGuire, Founder of Shark Stewards. Mr. McGuire will discuss his research and work to save and protect sharks around the world. Sharks are an apex species, critical to the health of ocean ecosystems, yet shark populations are under relentless pressure. An estimated ...
How do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A session with ...
September LASER Event - LivestreamCindy Cohn (Executive Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation) on "Imagining A Future with Real Digital Privacy" Elizabeth Currid-Halkett (University of Southern California's Price School of Public Policy) on "Inconspicuous Consumption and Cultural Capital: the New Inequality"Alvy Ray Smith (Co-founder of Pixar, live from Montreal) on "A Biography of ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 09/30/21
Creating a Brighter, Greener Future for Coyote Valley Together - LivestreamHow can we work together to create a plan for the future of Coyote Valley’s conserved lands? Tune in to this webinar to hear from some of the many voices that care about Coyote Valley’s future including local accessibility and youth justice advocates. Learn what to expect from the Coyote ...
Where: Cost: Free
Stroke 101What are the signs and symptoms of a stroke? Stroke is a disease that affects the arteries leading to and within the brain, and is the number five cause of death and a leading cause of long-term disability in the United States. Learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of ...
Oak Galls for Natural Dyes - LivestreamOak galls are a fascinating source of color and tannin that have been used for centuries and cross culturally for deep colors on cloth. Join author, dyer, and owner of A Verb for Keeping Warm, Kristine Vejar, for an illustrated slideshow of the wonder of natural dyeing with oak galls ...
As the universe expanded from the Big Bang, regions where the density of matter was higher than average grew into galaxies and clusters of galaxies. The overall form of the universe and the evolution of galaxies within it have been shaped by a delicate balance of two competing forces - ...
After Dark: Discover the WonderFind your aha moment at tonight’s After Dark - follow your bliss among hundreds of exhibits and installations exploring art and science. Enjoy a cocktail at Seaglass Restaurant, dance to a live DJ, and find out what happens when an artist, a scientist, and a magician walk into the Gold ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, Free for members
NightLife: Culture ClashCome together and connect with the Bay’s AAPI community in an evening of music, storytelling, and fashion. Full event details to come!See weblink for additional restrictions and information.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19 - $16.50 depending on entrance time
Friday, 10/01/21
Pumpkin DaysCelebrate the spirit of Autumn all month long during CuriOdyssey’s Pumpkin Days, a harvest celebration for families! This immersive daytime pumpkin experience features Halloween-themed science experiments, animal ambassadors, a pumpkin patch, jack-o-lanterns, and more. Pick out your very own pumpkin to purchase and bring home with you!Grab your costume and ...
This Night Photography 101 presentation will give you everything you need to know to photograph the night sky with your DSLR or mirrorless camera. Aimed both at those who are brand new to nightscape photography and seasoned veterans, topics will include how to photograph the Milky Way, the moon, meteor ...
All about BatsBats are fascinating animals with many special characteristics - they aren’t just a spooky Halloween decoration! Join us in an interactive program which will teach you all about what bats are like and why they are so interesting and important. All ages are welcome - activities will be accessible and ...
Join 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. This month we'll learn all about butterfly behavior and then go on a virtual tour of the Garden in search of butterflies. Our ...
Climate change and social justice are two intersecting crises that will define the coming decades on Earth. According to Prof. Kammen, addressing both challenges together makes each campaign more effective, both for meeting and setting new domestic climate and social justice targets, and as part of a coherent pro-justice, pro-poor, ...
Leading up to the recent Tokyo Olympics. athletes Annet Negesa of Uganda and Maximila Imali of Kenya both had their Olympic dreams crushed because of rules set by the track and field global governing body, World Athletics. They are just two - of many - elite women athletes who have been told their natural testosterone ...
Where: Cost: Free
Chemically tuning the exotic ground states of pyrochlore magnets - LivestreamPyrochlore lattices, which are found in two important classes of materials -- the A2B2X7 pyrochlore family and the AB2X4 spinel family -- are the quintessential 3-dimensional frustrated lattice architecture. Pyrochlore magnets are renowned for their exotic magnetic ground states, ranging from classical spin ice to quantum spin liquid. While historically ...
A Journey from String Theory to Oceanography - LivestreamWhile string theory and physical oceanography are quite distant branches of physics, both describe vast, unintuitive structures that (may) govern the conditions of our daily lives. I have recently transitioned from a Ph.D. studying the geometry of extra dimentions in string theory to a postdoctoral position studying the ocean's role ...
Where: Cost: Free
Innovation, Conservation and Repurposing in Root Cell Type Development - LivestreamSiobhan Brady received her PhD at the University of Toronto in 2005, and was a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University from 2005 - 2008. In 2009 she began an Assistant Professor position and became Professor in 2020 at the University of California, ...
Where: Cost: Free
The molecules and materials for tomorrow, todayThe challenges we face in the 21st century require, in many cases, accelerated molecular and materials discovery. In this talk, I will discuss the research in my group towards the realization of "self-driving laboratories", which have the goal of accelerating the long materials discovery timescales by an order of magnitude. ...
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., has been one of the most visible commentators on the public health crisis. His insights and writings have helped shaped some of the country's understanding of the public health impacts of the pandemic since early in 2020. As the country ...
Study on Topological Spin Textures utilizing Full-Field Soft X-ray Microscopy - LivestreamMagnetic skyrmions are topologically stable spin textures, which have attracted massive interests not only due to their fascinating features for understanding the fundamental physics of nanospin behavior but also their potentials in a wealth of technological applications for high efficient storage/memory and computing devices [1]. In the research of skyrmions, ...
Local Decisions, Regional Impacts: Informing Sea-Level Rise Adaptation - LivestreamBy the year 2100, the sea level around the Bay Area is projected to rise by nearly seven feet. New research from the Stanford Natural Capital Project illustrates that traditional methods to keep flooding out of a community, such as sea wall construction, can actually do more harm than good ...
One of the greatest discoveries of the last century is that our universe is evolving and expanding, born almost 14 billion years ago in a fiery event we call the Big Bang. But just what happened in the early life of the cosmos? Here we will step through the major ...
Where: Cost: $15
Lessons from Concurrent Pandemics of COVID-19 and HIV/AIDSJoin us for an important intergenerational conversation with LGBTQ Asians and Pacific Islanders and their allies. Our panelists will share QTAPI stories and experiences of the dual pandemics of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19; their histories as Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States; their past and current roles in community organizing ...
Numerical simulation is an essential tool for many applications involving subsurface flow and transport, yet often suffers from computational challenges due to the multi-physics nature, highly non-linear governing equations, inherent parameter uncertainties, and the need for high spatial resolutions to capture multi-scale heterogeneity. We developed CCSNet, a general-purpose deep-learning modeling ...
How can technology professionals assess whether their technology supports diverse users? And if they find problems, how can they fix them? Although there are empirical processes that can be used to find “inclusivity bugs†piecemeal, what is also needed is a systematic method to assess technology’s support for diverse populations. ...
Genetic engineering of plants is at the core of sustainability efforts, natural product synthesis, and agricultural crop engineering. The plant cell wall is a barrier that limits the ease and throughput with which exogenous biomolecules can be delivered to plants.See weblink for Zoom information
As human populations inhabiting cities have grown dramatically, we have lost the ability to understand and even to see the natural world around us. We lack the vocabulary to describe our surroundings, and this lack of understanding limits our ability as citizens to contribute to political decisions about the landscape ...
Where: Cost: Free
October LASER Event - LivestreamDavid Kirby (Cal Poly) on "The Nature of Diegetic Prototypes and their Social Impact"Jessie Liu (UC Berkeley), David Moses (UCSF) & Sean Metzger (UCSF) on Speech NeuroprosthesisAlysson Muotri (Director of the Stem Cell Program Institute for Genomic Medicine, UC San Diego) on "Applications of human brain organoids"Register at weblink to ...
Where: Cost: Free
Climate-change solutions when there is no more time - LivestreamOur Speaker, Chris Field, is a Director at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. His research focuses on climate change, especially solutions that improve lives now, decrease the amount of future warming, and support vibrant economies. Recent projects emphasize equitable decarbonization paths, including natural climate solutions, as well as decreasing ...
