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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Nutrient-sensitive transcripts as biomarkers of in situ physiological state in marine phytoplankton - LivestreamPhytoplankton impact ocean food webs, nutrient cycles, and global carbon biogeochemistry, yet traditional bulk methods to study them are often inadequate to measure relevant rates and dynamics that influence ecosystem function. Current methods lack taxonomic resolution and/or use sampling schemes with limited spatial or temporal resolution and therefore, the mechanisms ...
Science on Tap - Why was the weather forecast wrong? And what does that mean for climate change?The biggest challenge in weather forecasting is predicting whether it’s going to rain, and if so, how much. One reason for this difficulty is that the clouds that produce the rain are not well understood. This same challenge is important for predicting climate. Clouds affect climate in a variety of ...
Biomolecular NMR is widely applied to basic research in protein structure and dynamics, and can be exploited in a multitude of ways for drug discovery and manufacturing, including characterization of ligand binding for small-molecule drug development, and identification of structural changes in protein therapeutics during storage.Correspondingly, there are hundreds of ...
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So You Want to Decarbonize a Building? - LivestreamIn the United States, approximately 35% of the nation’s 2019 carbon footprint was a result of energy use in buildings (and almost 50% when including embodied carbon). This number is even higher in densely populated public transportation-reliant regions like the Bay Area. Therefore, decarbonizing buildings themselves can play a massive ...
Panos Moutis will discuss how machine learning and artificial intelligence are fitting tools for operational control of hybrid renewable energy systems.Speaker: Panos Moutis, Carnegie Mellon UniversityRegister at weblink to receive Zoom information
Without phytoplankton, single-celled organisms that live in the water, life as we know it would not exist. Join our speakers to explore the histories of these fascinating organisms that cause beautiful, blue luminescent oceans or deadly red tides. Learn about the current state of phytoplankton in Monterey Bay and around ...
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After Dark: Conversations About LandscapeSpark 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. Tonight we feature practitioners from the fields of geography, ecology, environmental sciences, policy, design, and the arts who ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Do Droughts Affect Groundwater Quality? A California Story - LivestreamSpeaker: Zeno Levy, USGS Research Geologist Groundwater is an important source of drinking water for millions of Californians, and billions worldwide.Conventional wisdom is groundwater quality is "slow" to respond to drought. New study links rapid increases of agricultural contaminants in drinking-water wells to intensive pumping of California aquifers during drought. Results highlight vulnerabilities ...
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NightLifeCalling 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 ...
Many of us have heard stories of people who got lost or injured in the wild and were able to survive for days. Have you ever wondered how they did it, and what you would do if you found yourself in a similar situation?Our local open spaces are designed to ...
Ericka Johnson, PhD, professor of gender and society, Linköping University, Sweden, has a new book on the prostate entitled, "A Cultural Biography of the Prostate." She examines the gland from a societal and historic point of view; the mistreatment and manhandling of men and their prostates throughout history, how the ...
Join us for this introductory session for a new weekly hands-on workshop series around Kombucha Science! Today we will be giving an overview of kombucha science and the upcoming workshops. We will also brew a big batch of kombucha, and perhaps start some trays for vegan leather. Bring a jar ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10
After Dark: Wondrous FungusThe fascinating qualities of fungi are manifold and sometimes mind-blowing. Tonight at After Dark, discover some fun facts about the beautiful, diverse, and curious fungus kingdom, including mushrooms, yeasts, and molds. Get up-close views of majestic microscopic fungi, see the surprising ways fungi can be used as art materials, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Pieter is the CEO and co-founder of SkyGeo. He leads the overall company strategy and direction. Pieter is an entrepreneur who has held executive roles in early stage technology companies, developing new products for enterprise customers in the last 2 decades. He started his career as a geologist at Shell, ...
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Mechanically Imaging the Chemical Bond - LivestreamAbout a half century ago, Richard Feynman noted that characterizing the microscopic structure of materials would be a lot easier if one could just look and see where the atoms were. In some ways, “seeing atoms in a molecule†is now feasible fulfilling Feynman’s suggestion.  In particular, recent advances in atomic ...
In the 21st century humanity faces three formidable and intertwined challenges: (i) climate change, (ii) geopolitical instability, and (iii) economic and social inequality. There is one tool that is key to the resolution of all three challenges: energy! The availability of plentiful, clean, reliable and affordable energy will power climate ...
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From Impossible to Inevitable: Chile's Path to Net Zero - LivestreamChile has undergone an energy revolution that has changed the country's climate and energy policy. In 2013 large coal and hydro projects were in line, which were ultimately shelved and replaced with plentiful and economic renewable energy. In 2021, 24% of all energy in the country came from solar and ...
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How to survive wavy waters when you're a microalgae? - LivestreamAdrien Burlacot is an algal physiologist specialized in the study of photosynthesis and bioenergetics of algal cell. Adrien is a physicist by training, he received a BS and MSc in Engineering from the Ecole polytechnique (France). He has a PhD in Plant Science from the Aix-Marseille University (France) and did ...
Cultivating Equity-Focused Change in University Physics Departments - LivestreamDiscipline-based education research has made great strides in understanding how to foster more equitable and effective education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). However, there still has yet to be widespread adoption of reforms in university STEM departments. Our project seeks to understand how departments can implement sustainable, large-scale ...
WeightWatcher (WW): is an open-source, diagnostic tool for analyzing Deep Neural Networks (DNN), without needing access to training or even test data. It can be used to:* analyze pre/trained PyTorch, Keras, DNN models (Conv2D and Dense layers)* monitor models, and the model layers, to see if they are over-trained or ...
 Many of us are captivated by the behavior of wild animals: a pride of lions fighting off a clan of hyenas, a honeybee dancing to communicate the location of food, the crazy acrobatic courtship displays of male lance-tailed manakins. What is it like to be a biologist who studies the ...
Be our virtual guest for the launch of GOES-T, the third satellite in NOAA’s advanced GOES-R series, the Western Hemisphere’s most advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring system.The GOES-R program is a collaboration between NOAA and NASA. NASA manufactures and launches the satellites and NOAA funds and operates them and ...
This talk exposes a profound and growing injustice that major technology companies have propagated through every level of the judiciary under the guise of protecting data privacy. The Supreme Court has repeatedly proclaimed: “In our judicial system, the public has a right to every [person’s] evidence.†Yet, for over a ...
Video clips recently released from the military, and the observation of an object with a potentially strange trajectory around the Sun, have reignited interest in the question of UFOs and the existence of intelligent alien life. This talk will explore the current state of knowledge about the probability of life and ...
Long Now continues our dialogue with the acclaimed writer Kim Stanley Robinson around COP26 and his most recent book The Ministry for the Future. Clean energy advocate & author Ramez Naam will join Robinson on stage after the talk for a further discussion.Tackling topics from carbon quantitative easing, to political ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: TBA General, Free for members and online
Dr. Friedemann Freund, world-renowned scientist with the SETI Institute and the NASA Ames Research Center, discusses the future of earthquake forecasting at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3, via Zoom. This event is presented free of charge by Valdosta State University’s College of Science and Mathematics and is open to the ...
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Data-driven Control of Distributed Energy Resources - LivestreamAlejandro Dominguez-Garcia (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) will discuss how to ensure proper voltage regulation across a power network with distributed energy resources (DER) and how to use DERs for secondary control.Register at weblink to receive Zoom information
DevOps combines software development and IT operations principles to accelerate software release cycles. Derived from the agile methodology, DevOps can complement your software development practices with a continuous feedback loop to gain new efficiencies as you plan, develop, deploy, and operate your modern applications. CI/CT/CD utilizes these agile DevOps principles ...
The last decade has seen a dramatic capture of digital material for machine learning production. This data is the basis for sense-making in AI, not as classical representations of the world with individual meaning, but as mass collections: ground truth for machine abstractions and operations. OpenAI’s GPT-3 language model is ...
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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
We’re kicking off Women’s History Month by hearing from local women in science at the helm of human health research. Ologies podcast host Alie Ward returns to lead a panel of Bay Area scientists as they discuss their latest discoveries amidst the ongoing pandemic. Among them is Izabela Mauricio Rezende, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19 - $17 depending on entrance time
The Conservation of Coyote Ridge - LivestreamJoin Dr. Stu Weiss, a champion for the unique history and conservation significance of Coyote Ridge. Explore the connections that exist between humans, butterflies, plants, and a rare soil type. This exciting hour-long presentation will be followed by 30 minutes for questions with the audience. Learn why our local wildflower ...
This week on NightSchool, we’re doing things a little bit differently. Alie Ward, host of the Ologies podcast, returns to kick off our annual celebration of Women’s History Month - and we’re streaming the science directly from the Academy floor. Join us as we hear from a panel of Bay ...
Marine scientist Dr. Stephen Palumbi answers our questions about whales (and other marine life) in this online encore presentation of Wonderfest's in-person February-6th event in St. Helena. With an easy-to-procure library card number, begin by watching 2021's The Loneliest Whale. [It's streaming via the FREE Kanopy service, associated with many ...
Science at Cal - First Fridays OaklandJoin Science at Cal and the Lawrence Hall of Science as we put the "A" in "STEAM" at the next First Fridays, a popular art and street fair in downtown Oakland! We'll be exploring the space where science meets art through a Cal student's gallery of Black physicists and a ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
First Friday: Into the RedwoodsGet up close and personal with live appearances by ladybugs, newts and banana slugs and films of them with KQED’s Deep Look program. Discover the mycelium network with the film Fantastic Fungi. Experience live insects with entomologist Ralph Washington Jr., take a guided hike in the Redwood Regional Park with ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 Adults, $10 Kids/Seniors, $5 Members
Why do Dark Matter Halos Die Together: An Intergalactic Murder Mystery - LivestreamGalaxies live their lives deep within massive invisible clumps of dark matter called "dark matter halos." The overwhelming gravity of dark matter halos cause their growth and evolution to control and dominate the long-term growth of the galaxies within them. This fact has been widely used to compare our largest ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 03/05/22
Frog Docent Program - LivestreamSpend time outdoors and become a community scientist with Marin Water’s Frog Docent Program! Help protect the foothill yellow-legged frogs, a federal and state species of special concern, by monitoring habitat conditions and educating hikers at Little Carson Falls. Learn about the frogs in the Marin watershed by joining our online ...
The content shared on social media is the largest data set on human thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in history. We use Natural Language Processing and machine learning to leverage this data for social good and psychological science. I will demonstrate how Facebook data can be used to predict depression of ...
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Women in Astronomy - LivestreamIn the field of astronomy research, women have made some of the greatest contributions, even when access to the discipline was restricted. For example, a century ago women were enlisted to organize the data collected by new telescopes. It was these women, who were often condemned to only the most ...
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The Unbearable Lightness of Dark Matter - LivestreamThe nature of dark matter remains one of the biggest mysteries in our current understanding of the universe. As ongoing experiments continue to rule out large regions of phase space for higher-mass dark matter (e.g. WIMPs), new ideas for the direct detection of low mass (sub-GeV) are needed. In this ...
Strong winds in Southern Ocean storms drive air-sea carbon and heat fluxes and these fluxes are integral to the global climate system. Evidence from a range of sources indicates that the wind speeds that drive these fluxes are increasing. We present results from an experiment using the Biogeochemical Southern Ocean ...
Examining Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry with DUNE - LivestreamFollowing the Big Bang, the universe was created in equal parts matter and antimatter. Yet, we live in a matter dominated universe today. Leptonic charge conjugation - parity (CP) violation provides a possible rationale to explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry we observe. Accelerator-based long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments are uniquely well-suited to ...
The most common stars in the Universe are red dwarfs. These are small, faint, cool stars that range from one-tenth to one-half the diameter of the Sun and which have extraordinarily-long lifetimes. Recent surveys have discovered Earth-size planets around several red dwarf stars, including Proxima Centauri (the nearest star to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Visualizing molecular interactions and materials interfaces, previously "invisible", fundamentally transform our ability to discover new solutions and ask new questions. I will present my group’s approach to teasing out and amplifying signals from nuclei and electrons, to use spins as reporters and to use many-spin coupled spin dynamics as filters ...
Communicating about climate change can be a rollercoaster, let’s face it. We know we need to be addressing it, and urgently, and yet the topic can be fraught, triggering and evoke strong reactions for people. As researchers, scientists, educators and concerned citizens, how can we apply best practices for engaging ...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, one truth continues to be proven time and time again: the vaccine is saving lives, and to Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla, it was the product of one of the most incredible private sector achievements in history. Mobilizing the corporation amid some of the most ...
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
Copepods through a molecular lens - LivestreamDiapause is a type of dormancy used in arthropods to enter a state of “suspended animation†that, with a delay of development, allow organisms to overcome periods of unfavorable conditions. The sub-arctic calanoid copepod Neocalanus flemingeri has been a good model for studying diapause: dormancy is obligatory and post-embryonic and ...
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March LASER Event - LivestreamSpeakers: Summer Praetorius (USGS Geologist) on "The Heliocene"Ewa Domanska (Stanford Univ & Adam Mickiewicz Univ) on "Prefigurative Art and Micro-Utopias"Lily Xiying Yang (Virtual Reality Artist) on "Land of Illusions - Creativity and Activism in the Metaverse" Register here or here
Normal stars, like our Sun, shine because they undergo nuclear fusion, turning hydrogen into helium and converting matter into radiation. But what if a star wasn't able to fuse? What would such a "dud" look like? These were purely theoretical question until the 1990s, when the first examples of non-fusing ...
The Black-headed Duck is a duck with the lifestyle of a cuckoo or a cowbird - they never raise their own offspring but depend entirely on other species to do so. This species is unique among the hundred species of professional brood parasitic birds in that their precocial chicks fend ...
Got math problems? We’ve got solutions! Mathematics, as a fundamental language to describe the world, is as integral to the engineering of buildings as it is to beauty. Discover various aesthetic expressions hidden in fractions, digits, and equations. From the transcendence of pi to the psychedelia of fractals, we’ll highlight ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
NightLifeCalling 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 alligator with albinism), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19 - $17 depending on entrance time
“Voted off the islandâ€. “Will you accept this rose?†“You’re fired!†“Sashay away!†Reality TV has permeated American culture, and spread internationally as well. But what do we know about the behind-the-scenes world of reality TV? Yau-Man Chan was a fan favorite on two rounds of Survivor, and will tell ...
 The human immune system is complex - so complex and dynamic that it can actually adapt to a changing environment; i.e., it can evolve. Accordingly, we call the immune system a complex adaptive system. Within biology, species are complex adaptive systems whose environmental fitness tends to improve over time; species ...
Information technology has fundamentally changed the daily lives of Americans - crunching years of data in seconds and automating seemingly infinitely complex tasks. Yet, as congressman Ro Khanna warns, technological progress has great power to either hurt or heal the country - creating division and furthering inequality if left unchecked, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 In Person, $10 Online
Saturday, 03/12/22
First Dive Into the World of Fungi - LivestreamMushroom enthusiast and research associate Christian Schwarz will take us on a guided tour of this vast branch of the Tree of Life, highlighting the breathtaking range of scale, ecologies, and morphologies of these mysterious organisms.Speaker: Christian Schwarz, author
Where: Cost: $15 General, $10 Members
Language Development Across Communities and CulturesIn this talk, Dr. Mahesh Srinivasan will present recent work from his lab that challenges two broad claims within the field of developmental science: First, that there are “optimal†methods for speaking to one’s child; and second, that parents from lower socioeconomic-status backgrounds sometimes lack knowledge of these methods, thus ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Saturday Cinema: Artis MathematicaeWatch a screening of John Sims’ math art video work, Artis Mathematicae (2022, 22 min.), followed by a Q&A. The work explores a visual and poetic language of fractals, pi, and the square root of love.   John Sims is a Detroit native, Sarasota-based conceptual artist, writer, and activist who creates art ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Sunday, 03/13/22
Afternoon Hike at Mindego HillJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful 5-mile hike from the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve to the top of the POST-protected Mindego Hill. You will be guided by POST ambassadors who will share details about how we protected this beautiful property featuring panoramic views of redwood ridges and ...
Join the 35th annual celebration of our own homegrown holiday! March 14th (3/14) commemorates the irrational, transcendent, and never ending ratio that helps describe circles of all sizes. Watch math artist John Sims showcase his handmade Pi Quilt and perform spoken word poems and original music based on pi. Explore ...
Electron transfer and charge transport are most elementary processes in liquid and solid condensed matter. Both femtosecond spectroscopy and structure-resolving x-ray methods give insight in electron dynamics at atomic length and time scales. This talk focuses on many-body dynamics of free electrons in water and alcohols, and on soft-mode excitations ...
Folds, cuts and isometries: art and scienceFor millennia, origami and kirigami artists have used folds and cuts to create beautiful shapes from a simple sheet of paper. I will describe our recent scientific attempts to catch up with these remarkably imaginative arts phrased as inverse problems in physical geometry that aim to control the shape and ...
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 ...
Our group is developing methods and strategies for the rapid and controlled formation of molecular complexity. Driven by identifying innovative disconnections using natural products, several case studies from our laboratory will be presented, ranging from aminoglycosides to terpenoids. For example, we will show how an enantioselective hydroamination of benzene enables ...
Housing dynamics in the United States have historically been racialized through explicitly discriminatory laws like redlining, which created connections between neighborhood quality and racial composition. The perpetuation of racialized housing dynamics, like segregation and gentrification suggests that neighborhood race is still entwined with perceptions of neighborhood quality. This study investigates ...
Thea Chesney is a lifelong Sierra Nevada foothill resident and naturalist. She has had an interest in mushrooms (and plants, and the rest of the natural world) since early childhood, which gradually became an obsession. She holds a B.S. in forestry from UC Berkeley, with an emphasis in botany and ...
About the speaker: Caitrin Chappelle is an associate director of TNC’s California Water Program, leading the Healthy Rivers and Springs strategy. Prior to joining TNC, she managed research and operations at the Public Policy Institute Water Policy Center and conducted research on natural resource management and California water policy. She ...
Where: Cost: $10 Donation Requested
The Emissions that You Purchase: Reducing Your Carbon FootprintInterested in reducing your personal greenhouse gas emissions? Join Chris Jones, Director of the CoolClimate Network at University of California- Berkeley, to understand how our everyday choices can create or reduce carbon emissions. Individuals, families, and workplaces can all influence climate change through the purchases we make. Dr. Jones will explain ...
Where: Cost: Free
Travels into Astronomical History with the Antique Telescope Society - LivestreamAstronomy, more than most scientific disciplines, has progressed only as a result of advances in its instrumentation, particularly of the telescope and the analytical accessories that are used with it. Indeed, most of our deepest insights into the nature of the Universe would not have been possible without this remarkable ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #123: Fishing, Literary Culture, & Carnivores!Unforgettable FishingCalling all fishing enthusiasts and non-fishing enthusiasts alike! Climb aboard and get your vitamin sea with Captain Virginia of Gatecrasher Fishing as she takes us on a journey through the Bay via her fishing adventures, especially those of promoting the conservation of white sturgeon (the Bay’s friendly neighborhood prehistoric ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 online, $15 at door
Thursday, 03/17/22
Walk on the Cowell-Purisima TrailJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful walk along the Cowell-Purisima trail that POST helped create by protecting adjacent farmland. While it may be foggy, we hope to catch gorgeous views of the ocean, nearby farmland, and glimpses of harbor seals, pelicans, hawks, rabbits, and whales during the winter ...
Where: Half Moon BayCost: Free
Science at Cal - The science of Meat and Dairy Alternatives - LivestreamAt this month’s Midday Science Cafe, we’ll learn about two new meat alternatives made from foods we already know and love: seaweed and mushrooms! First course: seaweed. Dr. Amanda Stiles from Berkeley Lab is researching ways to extract the protein from seaweeds and incorporate it into delicious new foods. The ...
The Internet is used daily for many online services: to communicate, find information, do transactions, and be entertained; and this is possible independent of location due to its openness and distributed nature. But this very openness has posed vulnerabilities, allowing attacks such as ID theft, denial of service, industrial espionage, ...
Computers and smartphones are generally considered to be tools that enhance productivity. But while they have put the world’s knowledge at our fingertips, people need additional skills in order to be successful and realize their goals. This talk will explore how future personal digital devices may help us with issues ...
California is home to a wide range of ecosystems, each with their own unique array of flora and fauna. The richness of California’s biodiversity can be found in all corners of our state, from the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada to the underwater kelp forests of the Pacific, and ...
The fascinating qualities of fungi are manifold and sometimes mind-blowing. Tonight at After Dark, discover some fun facts about the beautiful, diverse, and curious fungus kingdom, including mushrooms, yeasts, and molds. Get up-close views of majestic microscopic fungi, see the surprising ways fungi can be used as art materials, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Conservation of the world’s bird and wildlife diversity has become a topic of enormous importance in the 21st century. Ecotourism is among the many approaches for channeling resources into conservation efforts. Some of the benefits of ecotourism are direct, local, and based on economics. Others are more indirect and cultural. This ...
From tarantulas, moths, and rattlesnakes to ground squirrels, coyotes, and hawks, oak woodlands are positively humming with life! Join Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) as we dive into the rich ecology of our local oak woodlands with Kate Marianchild, author of the widely popular book Secrets of the Oak Woodlands: ...
Wonderfest Science Envoys are early-career researchers with special communication skills and aspirations. Following short talks on provocative modern science topics, these two Science Envoys will answer questions with insight and enthusiasm:What Childhood Teaches Us About Human Uniqueness - Why are humans the only species that flies into space and invents ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 03/18/22
Data & Life in the MetaverseThe unknown potentials of the metaverse are both exciting and terrifying. Technologists and the media have been exploring the implications of a potential shift to user-centered 3D experiences, which could eclipse our familiar two-dimensional ways of interfacing with our screens. Here, urgent questions emerge about who owns the data of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Polymerizations in Pickering Emulsions as a Route to Hybrid MaterialsPickering emulsions, or those stabilized by solid particles, provide a distinct template for the production of composite structures which combine the properties of the particles, the droplets, and any additional components such as polymer. This presentation will cover the use of Pickering emulsions stabilized by 2D particles (i.e., nanosheets) ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Artificial Gamer: Film Screening and Panel on the Battle of AI vs. Humans in EsportsA passionate team of Silicon Valley engineers at OpenAI is in a race to develop an artificial intelligence bot capable of defeating the world champions of one of the most lucrative esports - Dota 2. And they’ve got one year to do it. The outcome could alter the way we think ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Tuning into Dark Matter with the ADMX Experiment - LivestreamThe nature of dark matter is one of the great mysteries of modern physics and could be sourced from new particles beyond the standard model. The Axion, a particle postulated to solve other mysteries in nuclear physics, is one especially well-motivated candidate. These particles, which act more like radio waves, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 03/19/22
#NoToPlastic Community Clean-UpsBe part of the solution! Join other wildlife enthusiasts to help our local wildlife by cleaning up important habitats in Oakland.Meet at the Lower Entrance to Oakland Zoo (in front of the Zimmer Auditorium) at 9:45am; shuttle departs at 10:00am sharp for cleanup site.Location of cleanup will be a different ...
Environmental Volunteers’ Family Nature Walks program is designed to help students and their families get to know our local open space areas. Small family groups will be guided by a knowledgeable environmental educator during an exploration of a local open space. These small groups will be introduced to fun nature-based ...
The Tri-valley Innovation Fair connects everyone to the excitement of science, engineering, and technology. Over 50 exhibitors will showcase the region’s rich and diverse accomplishments, and learning opportunities. Meet the people who make innovation happen in local companies, schools, and community organizations. Interactive and hands-on activities will be featured indoors ...
Whalefest Monterey, an "edutaining" family friendly event, will be held at and around Old Fisherman’s Wharf and the Custom House Plaza - Monterey State Historic Park. It includes fun activities for all ages, musicians, boat displays and dozens of fascinating marine-related interactive exhibits by numerous local organizations.Whalefest Monterey benefits many local and ...
Where: MontereyCost:
Investigating Space: Stellar ScientistsScientific Adventures for Girls is teaming up with Chabot Space & Science Center for an out-of-this-world day that brings together hands-on activities and interactive conversations to highlight female scientists and experiences. Engage with big questions in science while meeting women in space exploration, building rockets, dreaming up planets and more!
NASA is sending a mobile robot to the surface of the South Pole of the Moon to get a close-up view of the location and concentration of ice and other resources. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is the first resource-mapping mission on another celestial body. VIPER will ...
Where: Cost: Free
Analyzing the Transit of HD 189733b - LivestreamAn analysis of transit observations of exoplanet HD 189733B across its star using Las Cumbres Observatory's 0.4m telescopes and aperture photometry.Speaker: Ria Jain, Irvington High School, FremontRegister at weblink to receive connection information
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 03/20/22
Morning Hike at La Honda Open Space PreserveJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful hike at Lower La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve where you’ll experience the area’s sweeping views and gorgeous rolling grasslands! The preserve is over 6,100 acres, of which POST has contributed 5,200 acres. You will be guided by POST ambassadors on the ...
Whalefest Monterey, an "edutaining" family friendly event, will be held at and around Old Fisherman’s Wharf and the Custom House Plaza - Monterey State Historic Park. It includes fun activities for all ages, musicians, boat displays and dozens of fascinating marine-related interactive exhibits by numerous local organizations.Whalefest Monterey benefits many local and ...
Where: MontereyCost:
Tuesday, 03/22/22
Ask Me Anything (AMA): A session with Bjoern Schuller - LivestreamProf. Björn W. Schuller, World Economic Forum honoree, will be answering the questions on Artificial Emotional Intelligence (AEI), Affective Computing, Digital Health and more.Register at weblink to receive connection information
Where: Cost: Free
Wonderfest: CODA + AudiologyWonderfest joins St. Helena's Cameo Cinema to present Q&A with Dr. Melanie Gilbert immediately following a special screening of 2021's CODA (95% "Fresh" at Rotten Tomatoes). Peter Travers of ABC News calls CODA (children of deaf adults) "an emotional powerhouse ... one of the year's best." This Science on Screen event  promises to be a lively journey deep into sound ...
Where: St. HelenaCost: $10
Beneath the Surface: The Impact of Captivity on Cetaceans - LivestreamJoin ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter for an enlightening talk by Naomi Rose, Ph. D, Marine Mammal Scientist at the Animal Welfare Institute. Dr. Rose is an expert on the impact of cetaceans in captivity. She is co-author of The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity, now in its 5th ...
Where: Cost: $10 Donation Requested
Floating Upstream: The Many Lives of Stewart BrandJoin us for an illuminating evening with journalist John Markoff in conversation with Long Now's Co-founder Stewart Brand and Executive Director Alexander Rose around Markoff's new biography of Brand.Journalist John Markoff writes about technology, society and the key figures who shaped Silicon Valley and the personal computer revolution. Along the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, Free for members, Free online
