Halloween: Spooky ScienceUncover the creepy crawlies of the night in our special Halloween science program. Learn about animals and insects that frighten us and get to see them up close. People of all ages are welcome to come in full costume, ready to trick-or-treat for a frightful collection of spiders, insects, bats, ...
Join us as we crawl and slither into the spooky world of bats, spiders, and snakes! Learn some animal tricks and make some treats as we explore these amazing animals and their importance in our ecosystem.
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
All About Bats - EcoCenter Family EventBring your family to the Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter, located on the Baylands Nature Preserve, for an afternoon of environmental education. Activities are intended for ages 6-11.Are you curious about bats? Join the Environmental Volunteers in our Community Program, All About Bats to learn about different types of bats, how they ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Halloween Hike & SipThe journey begins at sunset from the Center into the beautiful surrounding redwood forest. We’ll moderately hike 3-4.25 miles (90-120 minutes) along some of the most popular trails as you learn about the history of Oakland, local plants, and the majestic Redwood trees. We’ll stop to watch the first few ...
Where: OaklandCost: $30 General, $27 Members
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 ...
Experience hands-on science in the Fruitvale community with bilingual Cal scientists in celebration of Dia de los Muertos with Science at Cal and The Lawrence On-The-Go team!
Welcome to outer space. Life is harsh out here. We come from a beautiful, pale blue dot thriving with a wide variety of life. And now we're planning for lunar bases and heading off to Mars. These worlds - and others in our solar system - are not friendly to ...
In this talk I will discuss recent results from a collaboration between the Simon & Schuster labs, where we have developed techniques for assembling quantum matter from strongly interacting microwave photons. Beginning with a description of the platform - an array of capacitively coupled transmon qubits acting as a Hubbard-regime ...
Stars and star clusters in the distant Universe seen through Einstein’s LensGalaxy clusters are the most massive gravitational lenses Nature offers that really augment our observational capability to study celestial objects in the younger Universe using man-made telescopes. In recent years, a growing list of individual stars or clusters of stars that acquire large to extreme gravitational magnification factors have been ...
With the COP27 in Egypt and the G20 in Indonesia just weeks away, we will discuss some of the unique challenges facing developing countries pursuing energy transition. While cost declines for solar and wind technologies over the past decade have made renewable energy competitive with fossil-fuel based power, investment in ...
Market Street and Montgomery Street, parallel to the Salesforce Transit Center and Park - serve as two of San Francisco’s most significant transit arteries. Every day, cars, buses, cyclists, and pedestrians travel these streets, likely unaware of a neighbor that’s been present since the 1970s:the Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly. To ...
Long baseline clock atom interferometryAtom interferometry and atomic clocks continue to make impressive gains in sensitivity and time precision. I will discuss the potential science reach and feasibility of using such precision atomic sensors for gravitational wave detection and searches for dark matter. Excitement for these applications has driven the growth of an emerging ...
Why the Rational Believe the IrrationalLong a fringe part of the American political landscape, conspiracy theories are now mainstream: 147 members of Congress voted in favor of objections to the 2020 presidential election based on an unproven theory about a rigged electoral process promoted, in part, by followers of the mysterious QAnon community, itself a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General $10 members live, $10/$5 online
Biodiversity Trivia Night with California Academy of SciencesCal Academy scientists and KQED Science reporter Laura Klivans team up to challenge you to trivia about local flora and fauna. Featuring short videos by Deep Look, a PBS/KQED video series that zooms way in to show us what we can't see with the naked eye.GuestsSarah Jacobs, Assistant Curator of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: In Person: $10.
Computers v. Crime with NOVAIn police departments and courts across the country, artificial intelligence is being used to help decide who is policed, who gets bail, how offenders should be sentenced, and who gets parole. But is it actually making our law enforcement and court systems fairer and more just?  NOVA explores these questions with ...
In the nearly two decades of research conducted since the first diatom full genome sequence was published, several key insights into the strategies diatom use to outcompete other phytoplankton taxa have been made. This research has furthered our knowledge on the function of the diatom urea cycle, and how this ...
In Pursuit of the Organic Archaeological Record: Micromorphology Meets Lipid AnalysisIn recent years, "bioarchaeology" has become a prominent term in archaeological research worldwide. Invisible genetic, protein and lipid residues are increasingly being recovered from artifacts and sediments and have become an integral part of the empirical archaeological record. Their identification in archaeological contexts from different time periods is allowing us ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Shedding light on symbiosis: lessons from a bioluminescent coral reef fishVirtually all organisms depend on symbiotic interactions with bacteria for their success. Most bacterial symbionts are acquired horizontally from the environment, including those in highly dynamic marine environments.Despite the diverse pool of bacteria in the environment,hosts typically associate with only a select subset of symbiont species.The mechanisms that promote host-symbiont ...
 Sometimes, bigger is better. The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) will collect 9 times more light than the largest currently existing telescope and, with adaptive optics, make images 9 times sharper. Overall, that’s 81 times better! The TMT International Observatory (with members from the US, Japan, China, India, & Canada), together ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 11/03/22
The Milky Way's Dynamic AtmosphereThe Galactic atmosphere is as essential to setting the global conditions in the Milky Way as our planet's atmosphere is for sustaining life on Earth. Dramatic, multiphase gas flows course through the disk-halo interface and into the more extended circumgalactic medium (CGM), redistributing the materials generated over billions of years ...
The search for extrasolar planets has yielded a bounty of results, with over 5,000 confirmed planets catalogued so far. Among those planets are a strange and as-yet-not-well-understood type of low density gas giant often referred to as 'cotton candy' planets or 'Super-Puffs'. While that's not a breakfast cereal coming to ...
In human-robot interaction or more generally multi-agent systems, we often have decentralized agents that need to perform a task together. In such settings, it is crucial to have the ability to anticipate the actions of other agents. Without this ability, the agents are often doomed to perform very poorly. Humans ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: Poetic MachinesWith inspiration and ingenuity, even the most functional machines can be used to express creativity. Tonight, unlock the aesthetic potential of pre-digital machines. Explore a collection of analog exhibits that are more than the sum of their parts. Let artist PNosa translate your words into imaginative imagery using a sewing ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Lil’ NightLife, big vibes. Join us for an evening devoted to all the little (but important) things.Tiny & Shiny Science Today8:00 PMCatch a live talk from Dr. Alison Gould to hear how bioluminescent bacteria team up with other animals to help them shine bright.Humble Abode East Garden6 - 10 PMBigger ...
For some environments, “here today, gone tomorrow†is the MO. From flooded flyways to the bottom of the sea, temporary ecosystems pop up (or sink down) all over the world, supplying numerous species with abundant, although momentary, habitats. We’re looking at the organisms that rely on these ephemeral ecosystems, and ...
Alexa Zytnick, a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley, will be giving a CLEAR PubScience talk about using microbes to recycle metals! Â
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
The Milky Way in X-rays: Searching for extreme objects in our own backyardAstronomers estimate that there are nearly 100 million black holes in our galaxy, the Milky Way. So where are they? And what other extreme objects exist within our stellar metropolis? We typically see black holes when they're eating material from a partner star, and that infalling material heats up to ...
Interdisciplinary artist Alicia Eggert and Long Now's Executive Director Alexander Rose will be in conversation for this special evening discussion of time, art and long-term thinking.Eggert's sign work uses sculpture to bring time to the foreground, embodying its passage through carefully chosen quotes. These words, rendered in neon and steel, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General
Friday, 11/04/22
Bay Area Robotics Symposium 2022The 2022 Bay Area Robotics Symposium aims to bring together roboticists from the Bay Area. The program will consist of a mix of faculty, student and industry presentations. For more details, see the event schedule.
Where: BerkeleyCost: $80 General, $40 Faculty, $20 Students
Speaker: Sophie Coulson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Is JWST Already Probing Fundamental Physics With Ancient Galaxies?There has been heated debate in the astronomical community about whether some ancient galaxies observed by JWST are far too large to have formed in our standard cosmology. This seminar --- aimed at an audience with no prior astronomy or cosmology experience --- will outline this debate, focusing on (1) why these ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
How We Can Live with Fire: Lessons Learned from California’s Investments in Wildfire ResilienceCalifornia is investing $2.8 Billion in wildfire resilience over three years - one of the largest investments to prevent catastrophic wildfire ever. Deputy Secretary More will discuss the current State of California’s wildfire crisis and how this novel investment in wildfire resilience is helping both communities and ecosystems better withstand ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
First Friday - NocturnalHave you ever wondered how bats catch food without using their sight, why fireflies glow or if mountain lions run into things in the dark? Join us at Chabot Space and Science Center for First Fridays, and this month discover all the ways nocturnal animals are adapted to life at ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $10 Youth/Seniors, $5 Members
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 a POST Ambassador on ...
Where: La HondaCost: Free
Planetary Defense from Asteroids and CometsCome join AIAA-SF for food and fun. Your ticket includes lunch, admission to the Chabot Science Center and all of its exhibits, and a presentation from our special guest Dr. Nahum Melamed about planetary defense. (Advance registration required! https://aiaa-sf.org/event/aiaa-banquet-2022/)Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids and comets that pose a local, regional ...
Where: OaklandCost: $19+
Sunday, 11/06/22
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 ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Monday, 11/07/22
Stellar streams in the deforming dark matter haloes of the Milky Way and the LMCThe ongoing merger of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is deforming the dark matter haloes of both galaxies, effectively making these galaxies a local dark matter collider. With stellar streams being sensitive to the gravitational potential, the Orphan-Chenab (OC) stream is particularly insightful as it spans ...
Autonomous Vehicles and the City 2022What are the issues and opportunities for cities as autonomous vehicles hit the road? How can we plan for and accommodate new forms of transport and smart city infrastructure that serves the public good?Join us on November 7 as a part of the 6th international Autonomous Vehicles and the City ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members in person, $5/Free web
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is mapping the sky with a 5000-fiber robotic focal plane and 10 optical spectrographs. I will describe the challenges in construction, installation, commissioning, operations, and data reduction. The 13 million galaxies mapped in the first year already promises to improve our understanding of cosmic ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Interdisciplinary approaches to reveal parasite vulnerabilitiesWithin the liver a single Plasmodium parasite transforms into tens of thousands of blood infective forms to cause malaria. The Derbyshire lab combines chemical biology, biochemistry and genomics to uncover molecular events that drive this transient developmental stage within the liver. Through an integrative approach, we utilize small molecule probes, ...
Physics Education Research or PER (pronounced P-E-R) was one of the first education research specialties. Physicists have long led the way for high-quality STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education. Where did this history come from? And more importantly, why should we care? Spoiler alert, but the one of the ...
Michael Lenox is the Tayloe Murphy Professor in Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. He helped found and served as the inaugural president of the multiple-university Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability. Prior to joining Darden in 2008, Professor Lenox was a professor at Duke ...
Where: Cost: Free
14 billion years on, what can we learn about original imperfection?The conventional wisdom is that if you want to learn more about the early universe, you build a bigger telescope, and that if you want to learn more about subatomic particles, you build a bigger accelerator. I will talk about a third and complementary way to get at both sorts ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
For a Good Night's SleepResearch indicates that all animals sleep. For humans, sleep is essential for physical and mental health - as necessary as food, water, and oxygen. Yet many of us get insufficient and/or low-quality sleep. UCSF's Dr. Aric Prather has just written The Sleep Prescription: Seven Days to Unlocking Your Best Rest. During this online presentation, Dr. Prather will share ...
Where: Cost: Free with discount code
Theoretically Speaking: PACE Tech: Physics and Algorithms Coupled to Enhance TechnologyThe digital revolution affects every aspect of human society and infrastructure - communications channels, medical imaging, and radar systems, to name just a few. This revolution is based on sensing the physical signals around us and representing the acquired signals as digital bits that can be processed by a computer. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Compress Deep Learning models 10,000x with Probabilistic Hash Functions - LivestreamNeural Scaling Law informally states that an increase in model size and data automatically improves AI. However, we have reached a point where the growth has reached a tipping end where the cost and energy associated with AI are becoming prohibitive.This talk will demonstrate the algorithmic progress that can exponentially ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the most complex and powerful astronomical space observatory ever built. It launched on Christmas Day in 2021 and has recently been commissioned in its final orbit in the Sun - Earth system. The large 6.5-m diameter JWST primary mirror and its science instruments ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Total Lunar EclipseJoin Chabot’s astronomers for a live watch party of one of the two great eclipses of 2022. The moon will pass the earth’s shadow. Once covered, the moon will appear red in color, often referred to as a Blood Moon. Arrive by 11:30pm to learn from our astronomers. Our expert ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $7 Youth, Free for members
Tuesday, 11/08/22
Total Lunar EclipseThere will be a total Lunar Eclipse, visible from all of North America, starting early in the morning November 8. The moon will be high in the sky throughout, so the eclipse should be easy to see, weather permitting.The eclipse starts at 1:09 PST, with totallity running from 2:16 AM ...
Non-covalent interactions between biomolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids coordinate all cellular processes through changes in proximity. Tools that perturb, control, or reprogram these interactions have and will continue to be highly valuable for basic and translational scientific endeavors. Evolution, nature’s design philosophy, is not only a powerful method ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Quantum Matter Out of Equilibrium - CANCELEDA central goal of condensed matter physics is to study the universal emergent properties of macroscopic quantum systems with large numbers of interacting particles. Due to a variety of conceptual and experimentally motivated reasons, the traditional approach of many-body physics is largely built around the study of low-temperature and near-equilibrium ...
We are living through a transformative time in mental health research. There is overwhelming demand for new and safe ways of addressing various states of depression. Dr. Nolan Williams and Stanford University are leaders in cutting-edge research that is generating worldwide attention.Attend this fascinating program to learn what is currently ...
Providing nutritious, safe and affordable food in the face of the Earth’s changing climate is an urgent global challenge. How can we produce enough food for everyone at the same time as improving our relationship with our environment? And can what we eat contribute to a more sustainable future for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General live, $20 General online
Wednesday, 11/09/22
The Critical Role of Cybersecurity in M&A: A Framework for Mitigating and Managing Risk - LivestreamWith the ever-increasing threat landscape impacting businesses globally, understanding cybersecurity risk has become an essential component of the mergers and acquisitions process. M&A decision-makers need to understand the potential cybersecurity risks of the company they are acquiring, which, left unchecked, could result in a series of negative consequences, including delayed ...
Julia Baum holds the Faculty of Science President’s Chair at the University of Victoria where she is also Professor of Ocean Ecology and Global Change and a Provost’s Engaged Scholar. An expert in coral reef ecology, marine fisheries and climate change, Dr. Baum’s research group works to advance understanding of ...
Coastal Walk at 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
Elves, Dwarfs, and (mini) MonstersOur Local Group has been a rich testing ground for small-scale predictions of the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model, along with the impact of reionization and stellar feedback on the evolution of dwarf galaxies. However, we urgently need other samples of satellite systems around MW-mass hosts. I will present results ...
Protecting coastal environments and communities from sea level rise and storms requires engineering solutions that acknowledge the uncertainty of our climate change predictions on coastal scales. Nature-based solutions (NBS) are engineered to adapt to the environment while reducing shoreline flooding and promoting healthy coastal ecosystems. NBS implementation combines engineering, ecological, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Is That a Meteor? - LivestreamWhen the Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance project originally started in 2009, there were three locations at Fremont Peak Observatory and Lick Observatory, in California. Each platform included 24 black-and-white surveillance video cameras that were programmed to watch the sky from dusk until dawn. Thousands of potential meteor detections were ...
Where: Cost: Free
What it Will Take to Prevent the Next Big One: Pandemics, Planetary Health and Our Global Future Please join us for an evening with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and UC Santa Cruz alumna Laurie Garrett (Merrill 75). Named by the New York Times “Cassandra†for predicting the COVID-19 pandemic and other outbreaks, Garrett will discuss what it will take to prevent the next pandemic, and protect both ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
After Dark: See for YourselfThe Exploratorium is your playground after dark! Wander the galleries, sip a cocktail, and let a DJ from Hip Hop for Change set the vibe. We think you’re phenomenal, so why not head over to our Human Phenomena Gallery (Osher Gallery 1)? Experiment with thoughts, feelings, and social behavior. Here, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Spice up your Thursday night by taking your tastebuds for a ride at our hottest NightLife yet. We’re bringing the heat with a crew of local culinary experts who specialize in fiery flavors from around the world. Learn about the cultural significance of spices and sample a range of gourmet ...
Seeing wild Macaws fly across the sky is a sight that leaves few people untouched. Travel with us to Costa Rica with Dr. Sam Williams from the Macaw Recovery Network to learn about these flying rainbows and how besides being stunning, their incredible intelligence and charisma have been the downfall ...
How can science education improve young people’s ability to evaluate science-related claims? Online, young people are confronted with information of wildly varying quality made by those who would claim to have expertise. The complexity of science has made the key issue one of evaluating the credibility of the so-called “expert†...
Where: Cost: Free
2022 Bay Area Chemistry Symposium This symposium, unique in the Bay, will provide an ideal forum for students, postdocs, and industrial chemists to meet and exchange ideas covering themes in chemical biology, synthesis, and computational chemistry. The 2022 symposium will feature keynote seminars from leading local academics & industrial chemists, as well as short talks ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Saturday, 11/12/22
Community Day at Cypress GroveMeet Audubon Canyon Ranch’s science staff - Join a guided bird walk - Explore the preserveNo reservation needed - light snacks and beverages will be provided, but feel free to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy with your neighbors beside Tomales Bay!This is an outdoor event so dress accordingly - ...
Lucinda Jackson worked for decades in the male-dominated science world and faced sexism, harassment, and discouragement. But along the way Jackson learned how to empower herself by recognizing and utilizing her past, identifying her vision and core values for decision-making in the present, and intentionally planning for her future Next ...
Where: Cost: Free
What if the Moon Didn’t Exist? - LivestreamAssuming that the Moon formed as the result of a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized asteroid, Neil will explore how the Earth would be different today if that event had never occurred. As you will see, the consequences extend from geology to meteorology to oceanography to ecology to botany ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 11/13/22
Family Friendly Tour - California Native People and PlantsPlease join us at the East Bay Regional Parks Botanic Garden for a Special Family Friendly Tour, California Native People and Plants. On this tour, you’ll play the traditional Miwok game of staves, grind acorns, and even wash your hands with soap plant root. You will see California Native artifacts ...
Quantum computing is a rapidly advancing field that is poised to take on complex problems that elude even the most powerful supercomputers. In this talk, I will discuss the following:    •   What is quantum computing and how can it be applied?    •   My journey from Symbolic Systems into ...
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Dec. 25, 2021, and commissioning was completed in early July 2022. With its 6.5 m golden eye, and cameras and spectrometers covering 0.6 to 28 µm, Webb is already producing magnificent images of galaxies, active galactic nuclei, star-forming regions, and planets. Scientists ...
Globular clusters are beautiful and ancient structures that have been providing insight into the structure of our galaxy and the evolution of stars for more than 100 years. I will describe the role that binary stars play in their fascinating internal dynamics and examples of how binaries are revealed in ...
Jeffrey Gordon received his A.B. from Oberlin College and his M.D. from the University of Chicago. He completed his clinical training in internal medicine and gastroenterology at Washington University and was a post-doctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Biochemistry at NIH’s National Cancer Institute. He has spent his entire career ...
Overturning the Paradigm: What systems approaches tell us about glycosylation and non-coding RNA - CANCELEDGlycans offer cells a rich coding space, integrating information from the genome, transcriptome and proteome that reflects both cell status and the function of cells within an organism. Their position at the outer edge of cellular space makes them ideal partners for immune cell recognition and targets for pathogens including ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Narrowing the search for axion dark matterThe quantum chromodynamics axion and axion-like particles are some of the most sought-after beyond the Standard Model particles at present because of their possible connections with the strong-CP problem, dark matter, and ultraviolet physics such as Grand Unification and String Theory. Laboratory searches are underway around the world to search ...
Jay Apt is a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business and in the CMU Department of Engineering and Public Policy. He is the Co-Director (with Granger Morgan) of the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center and Director of the RenewElec (renewable electricity) project. He has authored over 80 ...
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 11/15/22
Lessons from scale for large language models and quantitative reasoningLarge language models trained on diverse training data have shown impressive results on many tasks involving natural language -- in many cases matching or exceeding human performance. Some measures of progress exhibit remarkably robust power-law improvement over many orders of magnitude in dataset, model and compute scale, while other capabilities remain difficult to extrapolate. ...
With funding from the National Science Foundation the IceCube project at the South Pole melted eighty-six holes over 1.5 miles deep in the Antarctic icecap to construct an enormous astronomical observatory. The experiment discovered a flux of neutrinos reaching us from the cosmos, with energies more than a million times ...
Dimitar Bojantchev will share his path from amateur to informed collector, and onward to professional contributor to science. He is a leading taxonomist of macrofungi in California and the Western United States with an emphasis on the largest genera of Cortinarius and Russula.Dimitar has regularly served as a lead identifier ...
Where: Cost: Free
ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter 2021 Grant Recipients Present their Cetacean Research - LivestreamIn December 2021, through the generous support of individual donors like you, the American Cetacean Society San Francisco Bay Chapter was thrilled to award cetacean research grants to three emerging marine biologists doing critical research in support of our mission: to protect whales, dolphins, porpoises, and their habitats through public ...
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 a POST Ambassador on ...
An uneducated seamstress with boundless curiosity. A mother octopus with a baffling shell. When the lady and the octopus met, they reshaped marine biology, proving that females of both species were far more capable than they’d been given credit for. Nineteenth-century inventor and explorer Jeanne Villepreux-Power charted her own course ...
Where: Cost: Free
Dive Into The Marine Mammal Center - LivestreamAre you new to The Marine Mammal Center? Do you want to learn more about how we care for seals, sea lions and otters? Are you intrigued by our work on climate change, ocean trash and whale conservation? If you want to know more about The Marine Mammal Center and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Silicon Valley Talks: Technology and JournalismWhen Samuel Morse sent the first official telegram from the Supreme Court Chamber, he demonstrated this new media technology with the message, "What hath God wrought?" Journalists today, nearly 180 years later, might well ask the same question about technology's impact on their profession, and on the news business generally. ...
Light at Night: A Glowing Hazard - LivestreamThe Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, and the Sierra Club Bay Alive Campaign invite you to our symposium on dark sky and bird-friendly building and lighting design.The use of LED lighting technology is causing an unintended, yet pervasive and harmful effect: the over-lighting of ...
Where: Cost: Free
Corporations and Climate Risk in the Real World: The Case of PG&E - LivestreamEvery year, much of the western United States is ravaged by ever more severe wildfires, caused in part by local decisions and in part by the local impacts of global climate change. Many of the most destructive wildfires in recent years have been caused by electric utilities, showing the urgency ...
All multicellular life hosts diverse microbial communities that are integral to biological function; these microorganisms drive metabolism, stress resistance, and acclimatization at organismal and ecosystem scales. For modern reef-building corals, their success hinges upon interactions with associated photosynthetic endosymbiotic algae. However, increasing sea surface temperatures cause a breakdown in the ...
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Using satellites to monitor environmental change with National Geographic eEvery ten days, a constellation of satellites works together to take a high-resolution picture of each location on earth. Most of this data is and will be used for defense and intelligence purposes, but we can also use this data for environmental purposes.In this talk with Caleb Kruse, he will ...
Kim Anno(California College of the Arts) on "Spectacle of Nature and Iconic Western texts: Oedius Rex and Dante’s Purgatorio"Rearranging iconic Western texts to reconfigure new meaning...Read more Kokichi Sugihara(Meiji University, Japan) on "How to Make Impossible Objects"The “impossible object†initially meant an imaginary 3D structure which occurs in our ...
The guest speaker will be Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian addressing 13 ways that environmentalists can advocate effectively for good policy.“13 Tips†is a lively, interactive presentation that Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian has presented to leadership groups, nonprofits, and community activists for many years. “Having served as an ...
Black holes are undoubtedly some of the most mysterious objects in the known universe. This mystery seems to sit poorly with some, often earning them descriptions in the media such as “gargantuan monstersâ€, “gravitational terrorsâ€, and even “one-way passages to doomâ€! In this talk, I aim to shed some light ...
It is now clear that most normal galaxies have a big black hole, with between a million and ten billion suns in mass, in their nucleus. However, in addition to being the monstrous cosmic maws of popular characterization, these black holes can interact strongly and subtly with their environment. They ...
On which worlds and under what conditions can life begin? The new “urability†framework (places and conditions under which life can originate) is a new addition to Astrobiology, joining the term “habitability†(worlds where life as we know it can survive). Applying urability to exoplanet models will inform a key ...
Our November speaker will be Dr. Klara Scharnagl, Tucker Curator of Lichenology at the UC Berkeley Herbarium. She's going to talk about symbiosis and ecology of these specialized fungi.
Coastal Walk at Pillar Point BluffJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for an afternoon walk at Pillar Point Bluff just north of Half Moon Bay! You will be guided by a POST representative who will share details about the area’s interesting natural history, from the coastal scrub habitat to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve that hosts tide ...
Where: Moss BeachCost: Free
Machine Learning for Policymakers: Decoding AI Technology Development, Responsibility, and Policy - LivestreamCountries around the world are establishing strategies, initiatives, and policies to guide the development and use of machine learning, which is the foundation for modern artificial intelligence (AI). What is essential to understand about machine learning technology and how can it be developed and used responsibly?  CHM and Google AI ...
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Searching for Earth-like exoplanets among stellar noise: advancing EPRV instrument capabilitiesThe study and characterization of nearby terrestrial worlds continues to be a key research area within astronomy. Extremely precise radial velocity (EPRV) measurements are critical for this work providing mass, density, and orbital information that are crucial to characterize rocky worlds. However, the path to reaching the radial velocity precision ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
2022 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize Ceremony - LivestreamGladstone Institutes will honor the 2022 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize winner, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte.He will be presented with the award and will give a scientific lecture based on his recent work. Izpisua Belmonte is a celebrated scientist known for his regenerative medicine and aging research, as well as his work ...
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Science at Cal - The Road to Vehicle Electrification - LivestreamThis August, California announced groundbreaking plans to phase out the production of traditional gas-powered cars by 2035. Reports show that, with the right policies, it is technically and economically feasible. But state and local leaders have just over a decade to transition how Californians drive and fuel their vehicles. At ...
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Two talks at Hopkins Marine StationEconomic Impacts of Environmental Shocks in Small-Scale FisheriesDr. Villaseñor-Derbez studies coupled human-ocean systems. He draws from his training in oceanography, ecology, and environmental economics and combines geo-spatial, econometric, and machine learning methods to study how humans and the marine environment respond to policy and environmental change.Innovative, Interdisciplinary Tools to Study ...
The ocean accounts for only 0.02 percent of the Earth's total mass. It has long been speculated that the Earth's interior may host a significant amount of water. Previous experimental and theoretical estimates of the water content in the Earth’s mantle span a wide range, from 1 ocean mass to ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
FACILITATING SECURITY AND TRUST AMONG MULTIPLE PARTIES THROUGH BLOCKCHAIN TECHNIQUES - LivestreamA blockchain consists of a list of blocks that are linked based on cryptography hash and maintained by distributed network nodes, so that the information recorded in these blocks is non-repudiated. After its first conceptualization by Nakamoto in 2008, blockchain has attracted broad attention and been considered as a promising ...
In electronic devices like field-effect transistors, applied electric fields, up to hundreds of gigahertz in frequency, control electron motion. Recently, it has been demonstrated that the electric fields of ultra-intense laser pulses, i.e. electric fields in the tera- to petahertz (THz to PHz) regime, can similarly control electric currents around ...
Where: Cost: Free
Two talks: chinese American Chemical Society - POSTPONEDPlease register and join us for the inaugural program of the new Northern California Chapter of the Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS) • CACS overview and awards • Talks from awardees Profs. Zhenan Bao and Peidong Yang • Great networking & light refreshmentsSkin-inspired Organic ElectronicsSpeaker: Zhenan BaoArtificial PhotosynthesisPeidong YangRegister at ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Lincoln Family Science Night Family Science Night is back - put on your N95 mask and join us for an evening of chemistry fun at Lincoln Elementary School in Richmond. Bryan Balazs will kick things off with his colorful chemistry show, to be followed by hands-on activities all around the cafeteria. You can help ...
Turn up the radiance this winter! Visible light inspires us across cultures, reveals nature’s beauty, and contains clues about the history of space and time. Tonight, join us for the opening of Glow: Discover the Art of Light, a collection of luminous sculptures big and small that invite you to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Speaker:John Mola, former USGS Research Ecologist, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University  Learn About:The basics of bumble bee biology and the history of species decline and conservation. How forests may be important, but often overlooked, places of conservation and restoration for bumble bees.How genetic data can be used to inform species recovery and ...
Wilson's and Red-necked Phalaropes are tiny but charismatic shorebirds that rely on saline lakes like Mono Lake and Owens Lake as their most critical gas stations on their epic migration to South America. Saline lakes are threatened worldwide by water diversion and climate change, and presumably phalaropes are threatened along ...
Calling 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 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $18.75
On the Cosmic Dimension of Human StoriesOne of the 10 most radical discoveries in human history is that of cosmogenesis, the narrative of how the expanding universe is evolving into stars, galaxies, life, and human consciousness. It is certain that over time this discovery will have a major impact on humanity, but it is still too ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 suggested donation
Panel of Remediaiton and Permaculture Experts: Fungi for BioremediationBioremediation refers to cost-effective and environment-friendly method for converting the toxic, recalcitrant pollutants into environmentally benign products through the action of various biological treatments. Fungi play a major role in bioremediation owing to their robust morphology and diverse metabolic capacity.Attend in person or online.
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
NightSchool: Aquarium Without Walls - LivestreamBeyond caring for our animals and maintaining exhibits, the Steinhart Aquarium’s skilled team of biologists also somehow find the time to conduct impactful conservation work worldwide. Come hang out with Academy biologists, who will share stories about the diverse field work they do outside of the four walls of the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Earthquake Science of the Bay Area and How to Prepare- LivestreamAre you prepared for the next big earthquake? We always hear “the big one’s coming†but what does that really mean? We asked Earthquake Geologist and Science Communicator Bryan Castillo to inform us about earthquake science so we can be prepared and stay calm, cool, and collected in the face ...
Join us for a talk by Hannah Polleck, Staff Engineer at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, who will describe her work with the largest camera ever constructed: the 3 Gigapixel CCD camera designed for the Vera Rubin Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST).Pollek will give an overview of the Vera Rubin Observatory as a whole, with ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Why Birds Flock - LivestreamYou may have heard the old saying that birds of a feather flock together. But have you ever stopped to wonder why? Join Jessica Griffiths for a fascinating look at bird flocks and flocking behavior. Why do some species of birds form flocks, while others do not? Why do geese ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 11/18/22
Berkeley Lab Virtual Public TourIn response to COVID-related social conditions, Berkeley Lab is offering virtual tours of its facilities to the public. These are pre-scheduled, live, interactive, one-hour long presentations by Lab staff and scientists. Participants will learn about the Lab's fascinating history, ground-breaking discoveries, and contributions to COVID-19-related research. Join a Zoom Webinar ...
Speaker:Eric Breard, University of OregonSourav Kumar, UC Berkeley, the speaker originally scheduled for today, has been rescheduled for March 10, 2023.
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
A Path to Detecting Self-Interacting Dark Matter using Astrophysical Sub-StructureDark matter self interactions can leave distinctive signatures on the properties of satellite galaxies around Milky Way-like hosts. By analyzing a number of Milky Way dwarf galaxies, we were able to place new constraints on models of self-interacting dark matter which interact via a Yukawa potential. The results push the theory ...
The celebration will gather and honor this extraordinary scientist who pioneered the modern search for intelligent life in the universe, and his passion for research, education, and helping others. The program will include remarks and remembrances by members of Frank’s family, close friends, and colleagues. Without Frank’s ingenuity and talents, ...
This 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 ...
Pulling Back the Dusty Curtain on Luminous Infrared GalaxiesLuminous Infrared Galaxies are some of the brightest and most active galaxies in the Universe. The enormous amounts of infrared light given off by these systems is driven by huge bouts of star formation and by gas accretion onto supermassive black holes. In the nearby Universe, the process driving the ...
In collaboration with Dr. Gretchen LeBuhn and her lab at San Francisco State University, One Tam is continuing our efforts to monitor and understand more about Mt. Tamalpais’ wild bees and other pollinators. Building on the initial 2017 survey of Mt. Tam’s wild bees, we’ll be expanding monitoring to the Golden Gate ...
Join POST and Santa Clara County Parks for an educational experience like no other: Raptor Fest! This incredible event will highlight very important species of raptors, who play an integral role in the health of our ecosystems!This free educational event will feature presentations and a chance to visit local wildlife ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Fall Friends & Family Day at Bouverie PreserveTake a walk with your friends and family through Bouverie Preserve and stop to explore with our nature enthusiasts who will be at different locations ready to share some of the wonders of nature with you. Staff and volunteers stationed throughout will share what they know about the creek, wildlife, ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: $20 Donation recommended/$15 for members
Investigating Space: Supersonic FlightNASA’s Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) program aims to re-ignite and re-launch supersonic air travel for the 21st Century. Get all the latest news about how NASA is working to transform air travel in this century.
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
FREE Ohlone Nature Walk at Alum Rock ParkFREE Ohlone Nature Walk at Alum Rock ParkJoin YSI for a beautiful walk in the park while learning about the plants and animals that were important for the Ohlone Native Americans' survival! This event is outdoors. Masks are recommended. YSI is following all state and county COVID-19 protocols.Register at weblinkAges ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Fort Point Candlelight TourThe Candlelight Tour of Fort Point is a popular guided program that allows visitors to experience the fort in a new light. This evening tour will maze through the shadows of the historic structure by candlelight and visitors will see the glimmering lights of the Golden Gate Bridge towering up ...
The first planet outside our own solar system was discovered almost thirty years ago in an extremely unlikely place, orbiting a pulsar, and the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star was discovered nearly 26 years ago. In the time since, we’ve detected over 5000 planets and over 75% of these ...
Where: Cost: Free
Starry Nights Star PartyThe San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) is proud to work with the Open Space Authority (OSA) to co-host a public star party at Rancho Canada del Oro (RCDO). This site is just 30 minutes south of downtown San Jose and features dark skies. It's dark enough to see the band ...
“Managed recharge†is an increasingly popular strategy among water managers to replenish underground aquifers and increase the amount of water stored underground. The stored water may be available for use in dry years when surface water supplies (like rivers and lakes) may be low. If done correctly, it also offers ...
As Moore’s Law is reaching its physical limits, novel types of computing systems are necessary to meet rapidly increasing computing demands. One such approach is compute-in-memory, which utilizes memory-logic hybrid devices called resistive memory that promises orders of magnitude improvements in energy efficiency. These resistive memory devices are made of ...
Addressing HIV/AIDS, PrEP and STI After the PandemicIn what we hope is the waning months of the COVID-19 pandemic, we'll take a look at other long-running issues relating to health care, healthy living, and access to care for the LGBTQ+ community.Our expert panelists for this discussion are leaders in the efforts to reach LGBTQ+ people, informing them ...
Speaker:Emilie Dunham, UC Los AngelesThis event will now be held on January 10, 2023
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Saturday, 11/26/22
Drop-in at Palo Alto BaylandsDrop-in anytime between 9 am and 11 am to bird with us! SCVAS volunteers will be stationed at Palo Alto Baylands on the north side of the duck pond with binoculars and scopes to help you identify the huge variety of shorebirds and ducks that call the Bay Area home. ...
Let’s celebrate the return of Pacific Grove's monarch butterfly population during Science Saturday: Monarch Madness. Join us at the Museum on November 26th and listen to the Monarch-themed musical stylings of the 5M’s Band, get an up-close view of butterflies, follow their migration, and learn about other pollinators. We encourage ...
