Dynamics of Topological Defects in Active Nematics - LivestreamTopological defects-singular tears of the order parameter field that cannot be removed by smooth deformations-are often formed in quenches from the disordered state or when order is frustrated by curvature, external fields or boundary conditions. In equilibrium two-dimensional systems, such as thin films of superfluids, crystals, liquid crystals and magnets, ...
Join us for a conversation with Roddy Lindsay, a 2007 graduate of the Symbolic Systems Program. Roddy was a software engineer at Facebook from 2007 to 2013, and more recently has co-founded Hustle (where he currently serves as Chief Evangelist) and Envelop (for which he currently serves on the Board). ...
Where: Cost: Free
Pursuing Blue Skies for the Golden State - LivestreamThe California Air Resources Board (CARB) is the state agency primarily responsible for protecting the public health of all Californians against harmful air quality that results from both climate change and human-caused air pollution. As a result of innovative leadership and the policies and strategies that it has implemented since ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members.
Destination Health: The Private Sector’s Role in Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic - LivestreamAs the devastating effects and tragic loss of life from COVID-19 persist 18 months after the global pandemic began, the world is desperate to end this public health crisis.As businesses across industries are rolling out varying degrees of vaccine, testing, and masking mandates, President Biden announced the requirement for federal ...
As California continues to experience the impacts of climate change, utilities are taking action to build a more climate-resilient energy network. Utilities in California face an increasing amount of risk due to extreme weather events driven by climate change including heat waves, more frequent and extreme storms and wildfires, drought, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Challenges in phylodynamics of SARS-CoV-2 - LivestreamSpeaker: Dr. Julia Palacios is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Statistics and of Biomedical Data Sciences at Stanford University. Professor Palacios completed her PhD in Statistics at the University of Washington followed by a joint postdoc at Harvard University and Brown University before joining Stanford. In her research, Professor ...
Can a solid-state quantum simulator help us understand materials? - LivestreamWhen Feynman suggested quantum-based computers in the '80s, he wasn't primarily thinking of the general-purpose quantum computers intensely pursued today at Berkeley and worldwide. Rather he imagined using quantum mechanical objects to simulate aspects of our quantum world. Effective model Hamiltonians are central to condensed matter physics, as they can capture ...
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 10/19/21
Tech for Humanity ChangemakersMeet the first-ever CHM Patrick J. McGovern Tech For Humanity Prize Changemakers and learn about what they’re doing to make the world a better place.Growing up in Ghana, Mercy Nyamewaa Asiedu became increasingly aware of gaps in the health system due to limited technology for early diagnosis and treatment, and ...
The hardest part about breaking into the data science industry is landing your first gig. This session is an opportunity to hear from someone on the other side about what attracts them to prospective hires, how to market yourself before and during the hiring process, and how to make the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Delafossite oxides: natural, ultra-pure metal-insulator heterostructures - LivestreamDelafossite oxides are layered compounds, which can be thought of as natural heterostructures oftriangularly coordinated metallic sheetsand transition metal oxide blocks. A fascinating range of electronic statescan be found both in theirbulk andon their surfaces, includingextremely high conductivity1,2in PtCoO2and PdCoO2, maximal Rashba-like spin-splitting3on the transition metal terminated surfaces of PtCoO2, ...
Speaker: Andrea Dutton, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Two Talks: Popping the Science Bubble - LivestreamCSI: Supernova, the Death of a StarStars live for millions upon millions of years in a (for the most part) calm and steady fashion. Yet, when a star’s life ends, it escalates to outshining its entire galaxy (a collection of trillions of stars) by many thousands of times in a ...
Chef Zachary Mazi presents an organic, foraged, local, & imaginative experience in both global cuisine & dining. Igniting others with his contagious zest for life, he creates lasting inspiration with delicious recipes and lectures. Zachary is classically trained in the art of French cuisine, with ventures into the ...
In this seminar, Heather Ludemann and Mark Michelin (director at CEA Consulting) will lead a discussion with MBARI scientists, staff at Monterey Bay Aquarium, and other participants about the potential for ocean-climate solutions, including offshore wind, blue carbon, improved fisheries and aquaculture management, and others, as well as strategies for ...
Where: Cost: Free
October LASER event - LivestreamHeather Barnett (University of the Arts London) on "Many-headed: Co-creating with the Collective"Clare Stanton (Harvard Law School) on "Linkrot and Content Drift: The Irreversible Decay of Internet Content"Register at weblink to receive connection information.
Silent speech that converts lip movements into text can mitigate many challenges of speech and traditional input methods. Yet, existing silent speech recognition models are error-prone or use impractical extremal devices or implants. In this talk, I will present the findings of three projects involving silent speech input. First, a ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Cost of Convenience: Quest for Solutions to the Plastic Pollution Crisis - LivestreamDuring the October webinar, we will be focusing on the connection between the plastic pollution crisis and environmental injustice around the world, where economically disadvantaged nations take in a larger share of the world’s trash, and manufacturing chemicals threaten predominantly Black and low-income communities.We will be joined by journalist Erica ...
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 ...
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Ocean Conservation, Fisheries, and Poverty Alleviation - LivestreamSmall-scale nearshore fisheries provide an important source of protein and sustainable livelihoods in developing countries. Yet, for a number of reasons, small-scale fisheries pose particular challenges for marine conservation efforts. Past and current efforts at reforming fishery management have focused narrowly on the fishing sector and on fishing households. However, ...
Reshma Saujani is the founder of Girls Who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms, as well as the author of the forthcoming book Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It’s Different Than You Think). Saujani has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for ...
Fantastical though they may seem, black holes are real, not just science fiction or ideas from the imaginations of theorists. Scientists are now able to study black holes, in detail, throughout our Universe.Researchers are gaining different, complementary views of black holes using multiple techniques, but we are still a long ...
As humanity expands its presence on the Moon and Mars, we venture outside of our Earth’s protective magnetic bubble and into the dynamic space weather system driven by the sun. On Earth, we feel the effects of space weather during extreme solar storms, which can produce intense x-ray flares and ...
A bird that mimicked a black hole. The astronomer that discovered microwave ovens. A telescope that got shot. The science of astronomy is filled with true stories (and tall tales) of the adventures and misadventures that accompany our exploration of the universe. Dr. Levesque will take us on a behind-the-scenes tour of life as a professional astronomer. We'll learn about some of the most powerful telescopes in the world and their cutting-edge discoveries, meet the people behind the science, and explore the crucial role ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #121: Jazz, Psychological Mythbusting, & a Rotten City Join us as we think and drink together for our last show of 2021. Thanks to all who have come out and supported us through this especially weird time in event planning. Special thanks to the SF Public Library for supplementing each of our shows this year with library swag ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 Advance, $15 at door
Thursday, 10/21/21
When and How Will Nature Provide Urban Solutions? - LivestreamCities must manage multiple, interacting challenges such as climate change, air and water pollution, flooding, heatwaves, affordable housing, public health, and socio-economic and environmental inequities. Nature-based solutions can help cities address many of these challenges. By reducing the risk of flooding, attenuating water, noise, and air pollution, mitigating the urban ...
Where: Cost: Free
Youth Rising: The Next Generation of Climate Leaders and How We Can Help - LivestreamJoin Josephine Becker, climate justice activist and organizer; Kevin J. Patel, Founder and Executive Director of OneUpAction; and Leslie Davenport, climate psychology consultant and psychotherapist for a conversation about how young activists are stepping up to tackle the climate emergency, what would-be activists can meaningfully do in their own lives, ...
Where: Cost: Donations encouraged
Changing climates, changing landscapes: What does this mean for the future? - LivestreamIn this month’s Midday Science Cafe, we’ll speak to scientists who ask one of the most pressing questions in climate change: How does climate change alter landscapes and what are the downstream effects of these changes? First, we’ll hear from Dr. Erica Siirila-Woodburn, a Research Scientist at Berkeley Lab who ...
Where: Cost: Free
Water for a Growing Bay Area - LivestreamThe Bay Area is projected to add 2.1 million people, 1.1 million jobs and 660,000 homes by the year 2040. Subsequently, the region’s water use could increase 50% by 2070, which would be catastrophic for the environment and the affordability of water bills. A new study, jointly produced by SPUR ...
The COVID pandemic has necessitated unprecedented change and thus stress at all levels - individual, societal, and global. Themes of grief have never been as relevant as they are now. With the COVID pandemic and resultant innumerable profound losses, our world is grieving collectively. Healthcare systems are the stage upon ...
Unearth the expired ideas, outdated facts, and incorrect assumptions that litter the canon of scientific knowledge. Inspired by our annual Cemetery of Dead Science, tonight's program will dig deeper into scientific theories that have been overturned by new discoveries and correction of bias, some of which still haunt us today!Â
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
From Wayback to Way Forward: The Internet Archive turns 25 - LivestreamThis year, the Internet Archive is turning 25.On October 21, come on a virtual journey with us through time. First, we'll go way back with Brewster Kahle to the early days of the Internet, when computers promised to put the published works of humankind at our fingertips.Then author Cory Doctorow ...
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: $19 - $16.50 depending on entrance time
Drawing on my over 50 years in the woods hunting mushrooms and over 40 years on the North American Mycological Association (NAMA) Toxicology committee, I describe the common identification mistakes that people have made when out mushrooming. This talk features the most dangerous mushrooms and what happens when you eat ...
Where: Cost: Free
Avenging the Dinosaurs: Radar Observations for Planetary Defense - LivestreamOn a nearly daily basis, Earth is impacted by dust, meteoroids, and even small asteroids, which typically burn up in the atmosphere producing what we call “shooting starsâ€. We also know that Earth has been hit by much larger and more devastating objects. In fact, a large impact is thought ...
Once thriving in the East Bay, the Burrowing Owl has been forced to move inland and the consequences for many have been fatal. Conducting long-term research on these colonies, Shawn Smallwood and Doug Bell have observed the rate of mortality for Burrowing Owls living within the Altamont Pass Wind Resource ...
Where: Cost: Free
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 ...
In its 11th year, SkeptiCal 2021 brings stimulating and entertaining speakers to a nation-wide audience of science fans, critical thinkers, and, in the words of Carl Sagan, questioners of “extraordinary claimsâ€. Join us for two stimulating days of speakers, interviews, and discussions. And - test your wits on a round ...
The event will be held in the meadow at Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserve and will feature a live bat presentation by Northern California Bats and a live owl and opossum presentation by the Wildlife Education & Rehabilitation Center.Join Saved By Nature for a family-friendly evening outdoors with ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: $5 - $20 advance, $30 at gate
Exotic Solar Systems on the Path to Earth-Like Planets - LivestreamHumans have long wondered about other planetary systems and if potentially Earth-like worlds exist around other stars. NASA's Kepler mission was designed to answer these questions. The Kepler telescope operated from[masked] and discovered over 3,000 confirmed exoplanets and several thousand additional candidates. We now know that while most planetary systems ...
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, 10/24/21
SkeptiCal 2021 - LivestreamIn its 11th year, SkeptiCal 2021 brings stimulating and entertaining speakers to a nation-wide audience of science fans, critical thinkers, and, in the words of Carl Sagan, questioners of “extraordinary claimsâ€. Join us for two stimulating days of speakers, interviews, and discussions. Test your wits on a round of Skeptical ...
Where: Cost: $20
Morning Hike at La Honda Open Space Preserve - CanceledExperience the sweeping views and gorgeous rolling grasslands of Lower La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve. This moderately strenuous 6-mile hike takes you through POST-protected land, featuring a still-active cattle operation! The meandering trail provides nice views of the surrounding ridgelines and in January, after some rain, the hills will ...
The widespread use of machine learning techniques in social settings remains controversial, with a variety of recent examples in education, healthcare, and criminal justice. In response, the machine learning community has produced a wide range of fairness measures that theoretically address different forms of algorithmic bias, but applying these measures ...
Unconventional oil and gas (UOG) reservoirs are known to be multiscale in nature, with pores ranging from ~2 nm up to millimeters in propped hydraulic fractures. This wide pore-size distribution poses a challenge because the continuum fluid assumptions are not applicable below ~10 nm. Although molecular simulations are appropriate at ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Hubble Tension: Is There Evidence for New Physics? - LivestreamAn important and unresolved question in cosmology today is whether there is new physics that is missing from our current standard Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) model. Recent measurements of the Hubble constant, Ho -- based on Cepheids and Type Ia supernovae (SNe) -- are discrepant at the 4-5-sigma level with ...
The Higgs boson was discovered in 2012 by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland. This particle plays a unique role in fundamental physics. It gives all of the known elementary particles, including itself, their masses. While ...
Where: Cost: Free
A tale of tails: the genetic basis of morphological and behavioral adaptation - LivestreamHopi E. Hoekstra is the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Departments of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology and the Molecular & Cellular Biology at Harvard University. She is the Curator of Mammals in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and an Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Her research ...
As drivers of climate action enter the fourth decade of what has become a multi-stage race, Net Zero has emerged as the dominant organizing principle. Hundreds of corporations and investors worldwide, together responsible for assets in the tens of trillions of dollars, are lining-up for the UN Race to Zero. ...
Where: Cost: Free
Testing Einstein with Lasers and the Moon - LivestreamLunar Laser Ranging has enabled comprehensive, precision tests of gravity for over 50 years. I will discuss my work on the Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO), which achieves millimeter-precision measurements of the lunar orbit. Such high-precision measurements provide exquisite constraints on gravitational physics including the strong equivalence principle, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Many-body physics with arrays of individual atoms and optical dipoles - LivestreamThis talk will present our effort to control and use the dipole-dipole interactions between cold atoms in order to implement spin Hamiltonians useful for quantum simulation of condensed matter or quantum optics situations. We trap individual atoms in arrays of optical tweezers separated by a few micrometers. We create almost ...
Where: Cost: Free
Lightning-fast SQL Queries + Transactions directly on the Data Lake - LivestreamData Lakes have been built with a desire to democratize data - to allow more and more people, tools, and applications to make use of more and more data. A key capability needed to enable more users is the ability to hide the complexity of underlying data structures and physical ...
Humans have grown food for over 10,000 years. As Earth's climate changes and the global population seeks fresh and healthy nutrition, advances in robotics gradually transform agriculture: robots assist in precise irrigation, drones fine-tune fertilizer delivery, and mobile robots optimize plant breeding. Robots even help combine research and art. In ...
The Point San Pedro - Devil’s Slide area of the San Mateo coast preserves a rich 100 m.y. history of plate tectonic interactions that affected the California margin. The coastal area is well-preserved, accessible, and a featured hike in GeolSci 5 - Living on the Edge. The ca. 105 Ma ...
First Results - and afterthoughts - from the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment - LivestreamThe 2004 Brookhaven measurement of the muon’s anomalous magnetic anomaly was more than 3 standard deviations greater than the recently updated Standard Model theory. Is this a sign of new physics? To answer this, we built an even more sensitive experiment at Fermilab and have completed four data-taking campaigns. I ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Marine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification - LivestreamMarine Mammals of the World: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification by T. A. Jefferson, M. A. Webber, and R. L. Pitman, with illustrations by Uko Gorter, is a complete guide to all of the marine mammals. It was first published in 2008 with a second edition in 2015, and ...
The cement & concrete industries provide a material fundamental to civilization. Cement is ubiquitous, extremely low-cost, robust, easy to use, and embedded in regulations worldwide which are meant to protect public safety. At the same time, the production of cement is responsible for around 7% of global CO2 emissions and ...
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 ...
Creepy, Crawly Night with 'Deep Look'"Deep Look" is a PBS and KQED YouTube wildlife and nature series that explores big scientific mysteries by going incredibly small. They've captured the inside of a Mexican jumping bean in motion, a bee lining her nest with leaves, a flower releasing pollen, and much more. But we aren't going ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 - In Person, Free - Livestream.
James Webb Space Telescope - LivestreamCelebrate the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope with a virtual talk by Dr. Thomas Greene, an astrophysicist in the Space Science and Astrobiology Division at NASA's Ames Research Center. The Webb Space Telescope will be the largest, most powerful and most complex space telescope ever built and ...
Face your fears and set your spirit free at tonight’s celebratory spectacle. Learn about what triggers our fear response and explore familiar superstitions that leave us with an eerie feeling. This evening will feature a specialty spooky cocktail and DJ set to send shivers down your spine. And don’t forget ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Hardcore Natural History: Maritime habitat at Fort OrdThe museum will host ecologist Thor Anderson of Burleson Consulting, an expert in habitat restoration, wildlife, and landscape ecology, for a lecture entitled, “A Monumental Task: Restoring Maritime Chaparral Habitat on Fort Ord National Monument.â€Anderson’s presentation will cover the challenges of restoring more than 60 acres of rare Central Coast ...
Get into costume and come ready to enjoy creepy science specimens, a costume contest, and Halloween drag show with the Rice Rockettes, hosted by drag queen extraordinaire Heklina!
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19 - $16.50 depending on entrance time
Dangerous DemosDon’t flinch! Exploratorium educator Zeke Kossover performs a trio of demonstrations with real science and real danger. Will you volunteer to put your face in the path of a gigantic, spiked mace? Nap on a bed of nails? Stand in a shower of sparks reaching 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit? With fearlessness ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 in person, free online
The National Climate Adaptation Science Center works on research to help avoid some scary scenarios for fish and wildlife.Learn how warming weather and shorter winters trap moose in a never-ending creepy crawly season.For fish, higher water temperatures can make long distance migrations even more of a haunted maze.While there is ...
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 ...
Join Lindsay Wildlife staff online as we introduce you to several animals that go bump in the night! Get a close-up look at some often misunderstood California native creatures and learn why we can't live without them, not to mention what makes them so unique and cool. This program will ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Botanical Garden Members.
In this talk, Nicholas Coles will discuss the “Multiverse Problemâ€: the idea that the many decision points that researchers reach in the pursuit of knowledge have multiplicative consequences for the conclusions that they make. Nicholas will discuss how this Multiverse Problem can constrain the generalizability of some research endeavors - ...
Where: Cost: Free
The COVID Labyrinth: Where Are We In It and How Do We Escape?Join us for a medical panel discussion about where we are in the COVID pandemic. What progress has been made? What failures have contributed most to making recovery so complicated? How do we, and should we, accelerate the vaccination programs in other countries? Do we have a realistic exit strategy? ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 General, Free for Members,
The interstellar medium is the "stuff between the stars" in galaxies: the dynamic, turbulent environment out of which new stars are born. Understanding the processes that govern star formation and galactic evolution are areas of active research, and open questions abound. Particularly mysterious is the role of the interstellar magnetic ...
Where: Cost: Free
Building Traversable Wormholes (In Theory) - LivestreamEinstein's Theory of General Relativity tells us that gravity is geometry, in the form of the curvature of spacetime. But what spacetime shapes are allowed in this theory? Traversable wormholes -- tunnels through spacetime that observers can pass through -- have long been relegated to the realm of science fiction. ...
New Energy Nexus is an international non-profit that supports clean-energy entrepreneurs with funds, accelerators, and networks. It strives towards an abundant world with a 100% clean energy economy for 100% of the population in the shortest time possible. Crucial to making this lasting change is uplifting communities around the globe who ...
Identifying anomalous observations has important business impacts across all industries. None more than in the world of fraud detection where some observations are intentionally trying to hide, which is different than most rare event problems that exist in modeling. This talk will highlight some modern approaches to anomaly detection - ...
Where: Cost: Free!
Galaxies on the Edge: Properties of Galaxies on the Edge of Distant Superclusters - LivestreamThe NASA Cosmic Origins program asks "How did we get here?" and "How did galaxies evolve from the very first systems to the types we observe". In this talk, we'll explore these questions by focusing on galaxies and their environments. We'll start by defining galaxy types and discussing where they're ...
Where: Cost: Free
New Views of our Solar System from the James Webb Space TelescopeJoin Dr Leigh Fletcher, a planetary scientist from the University of Leicester, as he reveals the incredible potential of the James Webb Space Telescope for exploring the diverse environments across our Solar System. Webb will explore worlds both near and far, using its unprecedented infrared capabilities to open the door ...
Where: Cost: Free
Low Temperature Properties of Glasses - LivestreamA wide variety of amorphous materials exhibit similar behavior in their low temperature thermal properties regardless of their chemical composition. Examples include a linear specific heat and a T2 thermal conductivity. These features have been attributed to tunneling two level systems (TLS). However, the standard TLS model has not been ...
Join us for this very special book talk with author Bernd Brunner as he takes us through his fascinating new book Taming Fruit: From Fruit Forests & Oases to Orchards. Early orchards may have been oases dotted with date trees, where desert nomads stopped to rest. In the Amazon, ...
Climate models project that changes in patterns of temperature and precipitation delivery will be ubiquitous, but how those changes cascade through watersheds is less certain. Indeed, the widespread disconnect between changes in extreme precipitation and extreme streamflow contrasts with model projections and underlies what has been referred to as a ...
Within months of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, public health systems in the United States (and around the world) were stretched to the brink of destruction. The virus infected millions, killed hundreds of thousands, and effectively made the country stand still. Nineteen months later, the pandemic continues. ...
Where: Cost: Free
Understanding the ghost particle - LivestreamProf Daniela Bortoletto - Head of Particle Physics, Oxford University, will host this lecture, and moderate the Q&A session after the talks.Speakers will be:Prof David WarkProf Steven BillerAt this event, these three senior members of our department will look at the incredible contribution to neutrino research the sub-department of Particle ...
Where: Cost: Free
Weekday Morning 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 ...
After Dark: Discover WonderSpark 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. Be ready to bring fresh eyes to old favorites and uncover phenomenal new experiences. And join Exploratorium Osher ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
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: $19 - $16.50 depending on entrance time
Humans and Alcohol: The Archaeology of a Deeply Entangled Relationship - LivestreamAttitudes about alcohol exhibit a striking degree of ambivalence. On one hand, drinking alcohol is a broadly accepted and very popular activity around the world. Yet, alcohol has also acquired a bad reputation as a dangerous substance. Some governments and religions have even tried to ban it altogether. Archaeological evidence ...
Where: Cost: Free
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 ...
Ever wondered what makes certain plants and animals glow in the dark? Join a panel of bioluminescence experts for a deep dive into the inner workings of nature’s glow, including what it can teach us about our relationship with beneficial bacteria, the surprising evolutionary clues it unlocks, and how it ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 11/05/21
Bay Area Chemistry Symposium - LivestreamThe Bay Area Chemistry Symposium provides a unique opportunity to connect local students and academics with scientists from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, covering themes of synthesis and design in medicinal, process, and computational  chemistry. The one-day symposium will feature keynote addresses given by Gilead, Genentech, and Novartis as well ...
Join Peninsula Open Space Trust for a special free online screening of “The Falconerâ€in honor of the Fall Raptor Migration Season! The event is free but registration is required. Guests who register for the event will receive a viewing link and password to access the film anytime between 7pm Friday, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 11/06/21
Fall 2021 King Tides ProgramEach year, the King Tides come to the Palo Alto Baylands (and much of the California Coast!). Join us in a fun, interactive learning experience which will teach you about what a King Tides is, and why they are so exciting. All ages are welcome - activities will be accessible ...
Deep sea researcher Dr. Amanda Kahn of Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and San Jose State University will share her latest findings on the secret lives of sponges at. Vast reefs and gardens of sponges form the foundation of unique communities in the deep ocean. Learn how sponges move without muscles ...
Join author and anthropologist Ann Armbrecht as she speaks about her work following medicinal plants to the source, documenting the stories of the people and places behind finished herbal products. She will talk about why it is important to know where the herbs you use come from, outline responsible sourcing ...
Where: Cost: Free
Monday, 11/08/21
Understanding variability in cognitive performance - LivestreamPriya Rajasethupathy MD PhD is the Jonathan M Nelson Family Assistant Professor and head of the Laboratory of Neural Dynamics & Cognition at the Rockefeller University. She obtained her B.S. from Cornell University, and an MD / PhD in Neuroscience (2012) from Columbia University, working with Eric Kandel. During this ...
Where: Cost: Free
A new look into cuprate superconductors using high-precision photoemission spectroscopy - LivestreamOver the past three decades, angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy has contributed extensively to our understanding of the cuprate high-temperature superconductors. Nevertheless, there are key questions awaiting to be addressed through measurements with new levels of precision and control. In this talk, I will present our recent efforts in tackling the following ...
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant for Zero-Carbon Electricity, Desalination & Hydrogen Production - LivestreamExtending the life of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant could help California meet the increasing challenges of climate change by providing clean, safe and reliable electricity, water and hydrogen fuel, according to a new study.Speakers:Bruce Cain, Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in Humanities and Sciences, Stanford UniversitySteven Chu, William R. ...
What is really inside a proton? The fundamental building blocks of the proton, quarks and gluons, have been known for decades. However, we still have an incomplete understanding of how these particles and their dynamics give rise to the quantum bound state of the proton and its physical properties, such ...
San Diego Community Power is a coalition of people focused on moving towards a healthier and sustainable clean energy future. Their goal is to manage their community's electricity supply, taking advantage of the affordable, common sense options available for cleaner power, today and for future generations.Speaker: Byron Vosburg, San Diego ...
Where: Cost: Free
Exploring the Unexplored: Searching for Dark Matter in the mass range from 10meV-1GeV - LivestreamSubstantial astronomical observations have established that approximately 25% of the energy density of the universe is composed of cold non-baryonic dark matter, whose detection and characterization could be key to improving our understanding of the laws of physics. Over the past three decades, physicists have largely focused on searching for ...
Where: Cost: Free
Astronomy on Tap: Los Angeles - LivestreamJoin us for a special Astronomy on Tap celebrating the imminent launch of the James Webb Space Telescope streamed over YouTube Live. We’ll hear from Dr. Colette Salyk: “Where Does Beer Come From? JWST Will Tell Us†and from Dr. Sasha Hinkley: “Seeing Exoplanets in a Whole New Light with ...
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 11/09/21
Denialism: From Climate Change to COVID-19 - LivestreamThe preponderance of scientific evidence collected over the course of the past several decades shows that anthropogenic climate change is occurring. However, as documented by historians and journalists, the fossil fuel industry worked to obscure the science and delay action. Parallels have been drawn between these efforts and recent attempts ...
Where: Cost: Free
Temperature-Driven Disease Outbreaks Impact Oyster Aquaculture in Tomales Bay - LivestreamThe talk will focus on Priya Shukla’s PhD research which is a collaboration with the Hog Island and Tomales Bay Oyster Companies to develop strategies for improving oysters’ ability to withstand temperature-driven disease and outbreaks. The talk will also cover her work using bivalves to track ocean acidification as part ...
Where: Cost: $15 General, $10 Members
Weekday Morning Hike at Rancho Cañada del OroJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for an excursion where you’ll explore the Mayfair Ranch - Longwall Canyon trails of Rancho Cañada del Oro! You will be guided by POST Ambassadors who will share with you the history of the preserve, the region, and the importance of conservation in the area. The ...
Professor Luca Caricchi will be introducing the fundamentals of the machine learning approach he used to estimate pressure and temperature of crystallisation, and melt in equilibrium with clinopyroxene and amphibole. He will also present an application of this approach to St. Kitts (Lesser Antilles), Mt. Etna and Colli Albani (Italy) ...
Where: Cost: Free
Flat Bands in Flatlands - LivestreamIn a flat band system, the charge carriers’ energy-momentum relation is very weakly dispersive. The resultant large density of states and the dominance of Coulomb potential energy relative to the kinetic energy often favor the formation of strongly correlated electron states, such as ferromagnetism, nematicity, antiferromagnetism, superconductivity, and charge density ...
Recent increases in homelessness in the United States have been described as a nationwide emergency. The negative impacts of homelessness on communities and individuals are well-established, including significant impacts to health, safety, and social and economic equality. To address the effects of increasing homeless populations, particularly in cities on the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Ask Me Anything (AMA): on Machine Learning - LivestreamHave a question on Machine Learning and related areas that has been unanswered for long? Here’s your opportunity to get insights into cutting edge research that is driving innovation. Professor, book author, and SIGKDD Innovation Award winner, Pedro Domingos will be hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session with the ...
Where: Cost: Free
NOVA Universe RevealedAn exclusive preview screening of the widely acclaimed science documentary series "NOVA Universe Revealed".The wobble method. The transit method. These may sound like strategies for getting home after from the bar, but they're actually two different ways that powerful telescopes detect planets hundreds and thousands of light-years away. These exoplanets, ...
The map of humanity isn’t settled -- not now, not ever.In the 60,000 years since people began spreading across the continents, a recurring feature of human civilization has been mobility - the ever-constant search for resources, stability and opportunity. Driven by global events from conflicts, famine, repression and changing climates ...
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 ...
Kameale Terry is the Co-Founder and CEO of ChargerHelp, Inc. an app that enables on-demand repair of electric vehicle charging stations. As the former Director of Programs at EV Connect, Kameale structured and led teams to execute electric vehicle infrastructure projects and programs in the U.S., Australia, and Canada for ...
November LASER Event - LivestreamAlbert Russell Ascoli (UC Berkeley/ Literature) on "Dante and the Invention of Italian, Italians, and Italy" (on the 700th anniversary of his death) Kat Mustatea (Playwright & Technologist) on "Augmented Reality and the Decaying Book" Neil Shubin (University of Chicago) on "Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 11/11/21
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. Be ready to bring fresh eyes to old favorites and uncover phenomenal new experiences. Â
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Expand your notion of neon beyond commercial signage with a night dedicated to neon: a glowing medium that has inspired adventurous artistry and represents fascinating science.Learn all about the history and science behind neon, plus the medium’s bright, artistic applications, in a talk with Meryl Pataky and Kelsey Issel, co-founders ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19 - $16.50 depending on entrance time
Well-informed skepticism is crucial, especially in an era of Internet-amplified mis/disinformation often employed to create doubts about well-established science. That was famously the case with Big Tobacco’s use of PR agencies, front groups and think tanks, but climate doubt creation turns out to use the same tactics and often the ...
Barchan dunes are crescentic windblown features that emerge when the sand supply is limited and the wind is approximately unidirectional. The complex morphology of barchan dunes is influenced by of the environmental conditions in which they form. For that reason, barchans are routinely used to investigate arid climates on both ...
Dr. Alicia Taylor, California Department of Toxic Substances Control, will cover her early education, what drew her to environmental chemistry, and in particular, environmental toxicology. She will share some tips for early career scientists on how to network, specifically on how to prepare for conference networking and the importance of ...
Where: Cost: Free
Raptor FestJoin POST and Santa Clara County Parks for an educational experience like no other: Raptor Fest! This incredible event will highlight very important species of raptors, who play an integral role in the health of our ecosystems!This free educational event will feature presentations and a chance to visit local wildlife ...
Where: San JoseCost:
Sunday, 11/14/21
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 ...
Where: Cost: Free
Monday, 11/15/21
Taking Stock of COP26 - LivestreamIn 2015, delegates from 196 nations entered into the legally binding treaty on climate change known as the Paris Agreement, which set a goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2 and preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.†Yet in August of this year, the United ...
The fast growth of portable power sources for transportation and grid-scale stationary storage presents great opportunities for battery development. The invention of lithium ion batteries has been recognized with Nobel Prize in 2019. How to increase energy density, reduce cost, speed up charging, extend life, enhance safety and reuse/recycle are ...
Where: Cost: Free
Exploring the Cosmos with Superconducting Detectors - LivestreamOur group at JPL has recently deployed a state of the art SNSPD camera at the Palomar 200-in telescope for NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communication project. This camera will act as the downlink receiver for the Psyche spacecraft (launches in 2022) to demonstrate the viability of laser communication links for ...
Where: Cost: Free
Making the cells that make the face: Neural crest cell development across species - LivestreamDr. Crystal Rogers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology at UC Davis. Dr. Rogers received her PhD from Georgetown University with Dr. Elena Silva Casey and did her postdoctoral work with Dr. Marianne Bronner at Caltech. The Rogers’ Lab studies the molecular mechanisms ...
Form Energy is a battery technology company founded in 2017 focused on developing a new class of multi-day energy storage systems that enable a reliable, secure, and fully-renewable electric grid year-round. At its founding, Form sought to understand the dynamics of deeply decarbonized grids to inform our battery requirements. Form ...
Where: Cost: Free
What must change for things not to stay the same? - LivestreamHave you ever felt that the more things change, the more they stay the same in relation to diversifying the scientific community? Indeed, over the past fifty years, while the demographics of the higher education science community have changed, those changes have far from kept pace with national demographic shifts, and the ...
Dr. Jens Madrian will outline NEOM Energy's strategy to develop the world's first 100% renewable energy system. The key focus areas will be system design goals, intermittency challenges, and key enablers for system stabilization and optimization.Register at weblink to attend.
Where: Cost: Free
Weekday Morning Hike at Rancho Cañada del OroJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for an excursion where you’ll explore the Mayfair Ranch - Longwall Canyon trails of Rancho Cañada del Oro! You will be guided by POST Ambassadors who will share with you the history of the preserve, the region, and the importance of conservation in the area. The ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
CITRIS Day 2021: Celebrating 20 Years of Impact and Innovation - LivestreamCITRIS Day is an annual public showcase of emerging research, leading-edge applications, collaboration opportunities, and societal impact of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS).CITRIS will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a virtual public showcase of emerging research, leading-edge applications and ...
Rainfall-intensity thresholds for post-wildfire debris-flow initiation are the primary criteria for issuing debris-flow hazard warnings in burned landscapes. Yet, with the expansion of frequent wildfires into a wide range of hydroclimates, there is a growing need for accurate thresholds in landscapes with few to no observations of post-fire debris-flow activity ...
Technologies for electrochemical energy conversion, storage and hydrogen production, such as fuel cells, batteries and electrolyzers have evolved as a prevailing option in achieving environmentally neutral energy and transportation sectors. Global deployment of these technologies dictates perpetual demand for improved functionality and performance of employed materials that are mainly based ...
Weird morphologies, behaviors, and physiologies have long fascinated both the scientific community and the general public. For example, just try to get off the couch after turning on Planet Earth and seeing the male birds of paradise turn themselves into ultra-black dancing discs to attract mates. Yet, how such novel ...
Where: Cost: Free
All the Humpback Whales of the Pacific Ocean - LivestreamOver the past six years, Ted Cheeseman has led a team building the research collaboration and citizen science Happywhale project, gathering ID images of individual humpback whales worldwide. In the North Pacific, they have achieved a milestone: the project now has identified the majority of living humpback whales in the ...
In creating Mushrooms of Cascadia: An Illustrated Key. I wanted a book small enough to carry and use in the woods yet with a broad coverage of species, something far more reliable than existing apps, and something not dependent on cell phone coverage.    This talk will feature the mushrooms that ...
