Impacts of Fire on Reptiles and Amphibians in Sonoma County - LivestreamHow are amphibians and reptiles, known collectively as herpetofauna, impacted by fire? Some species may be particularly vulnerable to negative impacts from fire due to their relatively low dispersal abilities compared with other groups of animals. In order to effectively plan prescribed burns and prioritize mitigation for potential wildfires, ecologists ...
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 ...
Physicists do their best to discover the deepest rules of reality. Renowned physicist and author Sean Carroll - formerly at Caltech, now at Johns Hopkins - has just published the first of three books on The Biggest Ideas in the Universe for the physicist in each of us. In this Commonwealth ...
When a material absorbs the energy of a photon, individual electrons within itsstructure can change in a myriad of ways, resulting in macroscopic changes to the material’s properties and generating new out-of-equilibrium phases. Many emerging phenomena in quantum materials stem from competing ground states in different, often coupled, degrees of ...
In this talk, Michael will provide an introduction to his latest book, What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make, which was just published by Princeton University Press. For this fungi-versed and fungi-loving audience of the San Francisco Mycological Society, he will explore how we might think ...
Transparency reforms instituting sunshine laws and open public meetings have been actively promoted in recent decades as means of keeping elected officials and bureaucrats more accountable to the public. Advances in communication technologies have enabled a new generation of such transparency-enhancing reforms and practices - including open data portals, posting ...
TBA(affiliation) on "TBA"Abstract forthcoming...Read more Suyash Joshi(Engineer and Magician) on "S.T.E.A.M. Magic for Education & Entertainment"Magic tricks and illusions using science and emerging technologies...Read moreBREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art and science will have 30 seconds to share ...
The population of black holes left over from dead stars in the Milky Way is almost entirely unexplored. Only two dozen black holes are confidently known in our galaxy - all in binaries. As a result, many basic properties of black holes remain uncertain at the order of magnitude level, ...
Social Media and the Havoc on Our Minds - LivestreamDo we really understand the reach and impact that social media has on our lives? We all have a vague sense that social media can be bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies. Yet that doesn't stop us from constantly using it.New York Times investigative reporter ...
Where: Cost: $10 General
Making Science Count: Lessons from an Accidental Marine Scientist - LivestreamThe Coral Triangle is the most diverse marine ecosystem on the planet, and among the most threatened. Through application of genetics, genomics, geology and oceanographic modeling, we explore the origins of this biodiversity hotspot, providing important data to support conservation efforts in this region. Importantly, we collect this data through ...
Is seeing believing? Data and observation begin to tell scientific stories, but it takes a keen interpreter to make sense of the evidence at hand. Tonight, get curious about how we know what we know. Join us for the opening of the temporary exhibition Einstein Was Right, which explores how ...
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 albino alligator), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic Shake ...
 Did you know 50 million+ people in Washington, Oregon, and California now have access to ShakeAlert - powered earthquake early warning alerts? The ShakeAlert System is a people-focused earthquake early warning system - optimizing how humans interact with it helps people live more safely and thrive in earthquake country.Learn about this ...
Where: Cost: Free
Birds and Ohlone’s Past, Present, and Future - LivestreamGregg Castro and Beverly R. Ortiz will share with you the significance of birds in the cultural, material, and spiritual lives of Ohlones past, present, and future. They’ll also describe how Ohlone land management practices increased the numbers and health of the birds on which Ohlones relied.See weblink for Zoom ...
Metalloproteins catalyze some of Nature’s most amazing and difficult chemical transformations. One such transformation, of interest to our laboratory, is the use of a high valent Fe-based oxidant to facilitate the functionalization of a traditionally inert Câ€"H bond. Since this chemistry is vital to a variety of biochemical pathways, metalloproteins ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
First Results From NASA's James Webb Space TelescopeThe 21-foot-diameter James Webb Space Telescope was launched in December 2021 after 14 years of delays. The telescope has reached its final destination, one million miles from Earth. This past July, NASA released its first full-color images. Check out these stunning images in detail and learn about future studies with ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Sunset Science: Mysteries of Deep SpaceEnjoy an autumn night with a festive gathering for the whole family that will explore the deepest regions of our universe in our family friendly program followed by telescope viewing on our observation deck. Engage in hands on activities that explore nebulas, galaxies, star formations and black holes and learn ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $5 Youth, Members Free
Astro 101: Sights of the Cosmos, Intro to AstronomyThis event provides a different introduction to astronomy than our Intro to the Night Sky talks. During this hour, you'll gain an appreciation for the size and scale of the cosmos and our place within it. You'll see many examples of the beautiful objects visible in the night sky, learn ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
In Town Star PartyCome join San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) for an evening of stargazing.Events are held at the parking lot of our headquarters, Houge Park San Jose. Event duration is 2hrs. SJAA volunteers will share night sky views from their personal telescopes.Please refrain from bringing your own telescopes (Binoculars are welcome).
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Saturday, 09/24/22
Family Nature Walks - Foothills Nature PreserveEnvironmental 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 ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Family Science Day at College of San MateoEvent Schedule:12:00 - 6:00 PM: Science Workshops and planetarium shows in Science Building 36. Science demonstrations by CSM faculty; astronomy workshops by SMCAS, SLAC, and KIPAC; planetarium shows, telescopic observation of celestial bodies, and much more!1:00 - 4:00 PM: Makerspace. The CSM Makerspace welcomes you to our free, drop-in crafting ...
Learn about the latest shark research and visit outdoor booths of shark experts, artists, and conservationists. Enjoy beverages, popcorn, a food truck and live music. Bring a low-back chair for the outdoor screening of shark films that will start promptly at 7:30 pm. Don't forget layered clothing, weather can be ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Jazz Under the StarsJazz Under the Stars is amonthly public stargazing event! Join us on the 4th floor planetarium for a night of smooth jazz, bright stars, and a lot of fun! We play our jazz from CSM's own KCSM 91.1. Founded in 1964, KCSM has grown to become one of the top 35 ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Monday, 09/26/22
Probes of galaxy interactions: from the Magellanic Stream to lensed supernovaeWe have been working on a variety of projects, which are generally connected by trying to understand the distributions of dark matter. First, we used hydrodynamic simulations of the Magellanic Stream to estimate the mass of the MW potential. The simulated streams are sensitive to the MW potential because the ...
DART: Can We Change an Asteroid’s Course and Save Planet Earth?NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. True to its name, DART is a focused mission to prove whether a spacecraft can autonomously navigate to a target asteroid, intentionally collide with it and protect Earth ...
A new neural network for optimal time series processing - LivestreamWe have recently discovered a new kind of neural network, called a Legendre Memory Unit (LMU) that is provably optimal for compressing streaming time series data. In this talk, I describe this network, and a variety of state-of-the-art results that have been set using the LMU. I will include recent ...
