Health behaviors account for the most significant influence on overall health outcomes and healthcare costs, far outpacing genetic effects or the influence of access to medical care. As we move from an era of “reactive†medicine that is hospital and clinic-based toward more holistic and proactive care focused on 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 ...
Where: Cost: Free
Post-aquaculture estuarine restoration and eelgrass recovery in Drakes Estero, California - LivestreamBetween August 2016 and May 2017 the National Park Service (NPS) removed 95 wooden oyster racks and associated mariculture debris from Drakes Estero, a shallow estuary within Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California. A total of 3.8 million lbs. of debris was removed from the estero, with the majority ...
This Old Zero-Emission House: Climate Retrofits on a Limited Budget - LivestreamIs your old home running up your utility bills? By making small, affordable changes you can transform your old home into a healthy and efficient home. Join Sean Armstrong as he provides attendees with best practices for improving old homes. He will explain product and price options for replacing stoves, ...
The presentation describes how the biology and physiology of this mammal superbly adapts it to its way of life. It explains their ecological and habitat requirements and how this fits in with the changing face of the British countryside. Finally, it explores the extensive superstition and mythology which has surrounded ...
Where: Cost: Free
The physics of timekeeping: from Stonehenge to atomic clocks - LivestreamThe need to tell the time connects you to over five thousand years of human history. From the first solstice markers at Newgrange to quartz crystal oscillating in your watch today.Join Chad Orzel as he discusses time from orbital motion and axial tilt to the quantum mechanics and relativity theory ...
We are in the midst of a revolution in computing and data. In the past 50 years we have moved from electrical analog models to massively parallel computer systems. The fastest computers in the world when landmark papers such as Freeze and Harlan were written are much slower than the ...
Earth-based radar observations in 2006 - 2020 enabled the first measurement of the spin precession rate and moment of inertia of Venus. The observations also showed that the spin period of the solid planet changes by tens of minutes. The length-of-day variations are due to variations in atmospheric angular momentum ...
Cloud computing while mostly a research topic only a few years, now is part of every company’s strategy. Cloud computing touches a wide range of scientific and technical topics like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Cyber Security. In this talk, I will give an overview of the Cloud ...
Where: Cost: Free
Herding Cats: Organizing Skepticism Online - LivestreamHerding Cats: In conversation with Susan Gerbic - A romp through the last 24 months - Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia, the grief vampire investigations: Operation Lemon Meringue and Operation Onion Ring. Gerbic’s mission is to keep the community active and growing with SkeptiCamps, interviews, and a social trivia group that ...
Earth’s magnetic field does more than just help us to navigate. It is also used by animals for orientation and migration, and it protects life on Earth from charged particles that stream in from the sun and from deep space. This field is believed to be powered by a gigantic ...
Where: Cost: Free
Space Fest 2022 - 'Operation Moonglow' - LivestreamOn July 20th, 1969, over half the world’s population witnessed Neil Armstrong’s first step on the Moon. While often remembered as a scientific and technological feat, the ambitions of the Apollo program aimed far beyond the Moon. Through spaceflight, America sought to win hearts and minds, foster alliances, and shape ...
Ring in the Year of the Tiger with a NightLife Lunar New Year celebration to remember! Live drumming and breathtaking martial arts will get your blood pumping as the evening kicks off with a stunning traditional lion dance performance by Chinatown’s own Jing Mo Athletic Association. Join Kristina Cho, author ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.75 - $15.25
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. Be ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Beneath the soil is a vast underground network of mycorrhizal fungi that’s unseen by humans, but crucial to thriving forests. From nutrient exchanges and complex warning systems, learn more about the fascinating relationship between trees and the fungi that support them.See weblink for links to YouTube and Facebook to attend.
This talk will cover research being conducted in the Schimpf Lab, which focuses on solution-phase syntheses of inorganic solid-state materials. The talk will contain two parts: colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals and cluster-based coordination assemblies. In the first part, I will discuss the use of colloidal synthesis to access metastable phases of ...
Regulating Thermal Radiation With Metal-Insulator Phase TransitionAs a textbook example of strongly correlated electron material, vanadium dioxide (VO2) features a metal-insulator transition (MIT) when temperature drops below 67oC. The physics of the MIT has challenged physicists for decades, while the potential of the MIT has inspired researchers for a wide range of applications. We ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Virtual Star Party - Space Fest - LivestreamThe future of space is as bright as the stars! From the JWST to LUCY to DART to VERITAS, there are more missions than ever before working to study our universe. Join the Bell Museum planetarium team as we explore the future of astronomy and share live views of the ...
Where: Cost: Free
First Friday: Winter SkiesHave a stellar night of after-hours fun as we relaunch our fan-favorite First Friday series. Get the inside scoop on everyone’s favorite dwarf planet, Pluto and winter’s constellations. Then, gaze into the depths of the cosmos with a virtual reality installation, live Sky Tonight Zeiss Planetarium Show, Telescope Viewing! For ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $10 kids/seniors, $5 members
Space Fest 2022 - Spectacular Spacecraft, Extraordinary Missions - LivestreamCruise through the solar system with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. We’ll explore groundbreaking space missions to destinations such as Saturn’s exotic moon Titan, our neighboring planet Venus, and the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the source of NASA’s first asteroid sample, which is aboard a spacecraft making its way back to ...
The EV is joined by guest Speaker Nat Goodby for an informative and exciting look at the Bats of North America. Learn about the diversity of bats (in California and globally), why bats are amazing and important, threats to bats and conservation needs, and an overview of the North American ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 02/06/22
Space Fest 2022 - Moon, Mars, and Beyond! - LivestreamCome along with our crew of regional NASA Solar System Ambassadors on an exciting tour of current and future NASA space exploration missions, including Artemis and Mars Perseverance. Our journey will include a hands-on activity that the whole family will enjoy as well as plenty of time for Q&A. Register ...
Two Condensed Matter Physics Talks - LivestreamSuperexchange-induced valley splitting in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenidesBreaking time-reversal symmetry via an external magnetic field or supporting magnetic substrate has been demonstrated to lift the degeneracy of the band gaps at the inequivalent K and K’ valleys in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), a phenomenon known as valley splitting. However, ...
Astrophysical shock waves are among the most powerful particle accelerators in the Universe. Generated by violent interactions of supersonic plasma flows with the interstellar or intergalactic medium, shocks are inferred to amplify magnetic fields and accelerate electrons and protons to highly relativistic speeds. However, the exact mechanisms that allow these ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Revolution Underway in United States Industrial Policy - LivestreamUnited States industrial policy is undergoing a revolutionary change, with important implications for innovation. The historic understanding of the purpose of federal industrial policy is to support the federal government responsibility to maintain employment, stability, and growth. But today federal industrial policy is being defined by a new set of ...
Recreational mathematics involves mathematical puzzles and games, often appealing to children and untrained adults, inspiring their further study of the subject. Can a similar analogy be drawn in biology? Without making any claims of usefulness, we will explore a wide range of puzzles in living systems including: Can single cells be ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Tequiologies: Indigenous Solutions Against Climate Catastrophe - LivestreamIt is a myth of the West’s choosing: perpetual economic growth, advancing through a digestive system of sorts, one that uses technology as one of its core components. In its churn, ecosystems became goods; people, mere consumers. The myth turned the world into a place increasingly inhospitable to human life. ...
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 02/08/22
February Bird WalkWhile winter birds are still abundant in the Garden, this month we will be looking for the earliest of our spring migrants with our guide, Chris Carmichael, PhD. Masks are required during this walk. We suggest bringing binoculars if you have them, and layers in case it ...
The fast growth of portable power sources for transportation and grid-scale stationary storage presents great opportunities for new battery chemistries. 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 ...
Bat diversity around the world includes remarkable adaptations, including species that are highly specialized to drink nectar and pollinate flowers. Worldwide, bats pollinate about 500 different plant species, some of which are commercially important, such as durian in southeast Asia, columnar cacti that produce pitaya fruits in Mexico, and, of course, ...
