Science at Cal - Detecting Disinformation and Deep FakesWe are awash in disinformation consisting of lies, conspiracies, and general nonsense, all with real-world implications ranging from human-rights violations to threats to our democracy and global public health. Adding to this disinformation landscape is a new form of manipulated media - so-called “deep fakes.†Although varied in their form ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Dirt: The Bio-Design Work of Mary LempresPlease join us for an exhibition of the work of Designer-In-Residence Mary Lempres on Saturday August 13 from 1-4 pm in the Petrichor Gallery at Marinship Studios in Sausalito.By growing bacteria that already exists in natural clays and sands, Mary's work asks: How can synthetic biology be leveraged in traditional ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s History of Robotic Space Exploration - LivestreamIn this lecture, we’ll trace the history of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from the time it was started by amateur and academic rocket enthusiasts to becoming a research center for the US Army’s missile development program, to helping launch the United States’ first satellite and becoming NASA’s key center for ...
Where: Cost: Free
Black Hole Formation & How Sagittarius A* Black Hole ImgagedBlack Holes are fascinating objects resulting from the death of larger stars. I will present an outline of black hole structure, behavior and detection. We will also focus recent headlines of how an image of the 4 million solar mass black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, ...
