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 ...
