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 ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Monday, 11/28/22
Insects of the Night - LivestreamSpeaker:Â Kevin Munroe, The Nature ConservancyClick here to register and receive connection information.
Infant research faces all the same issues that negatively affect replicability and reproducibility in psychology at large. In addition, it deals with a vulnerable population that is challenging to recruit and not terribly compliant once in the lab. These factors potentially increase noise and pose challenges for obtaining adequate sample ...
Clock for quantum and fundamental physicsPrecise control of quantum states of matter and innovative laser technology are revolutionizing the performance of atomic clocks and metrology, providing opportunities to observe emerging phenomena and explore fundamental physics. Recent advances include measurement of the gravitation time dilation over sub-millimeter distances and incorporating spin entanglement in clock operations.Speaker: Jun ...
Commissioner Darcie L. Houck was appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) by Governor Gavin Newsom on Feb. 9, 2021. She formerly served as Chief Counsel for the California Energy Commission since 2019.Commissioner Houck was an Administrative Law Judge at the CPUC from 2016 to 2019, a Partner at ...
Cosmic Explorer - a next-gen gravitational-wave observatoryWith almost 100 gravitational-wave sources detected to-date, and the first-generation facilities now over 20-years old, there is growing momentum towards the next-generation of gravitational-wave observatories. Projects are underway in Europe, Australia, Japan, India and the US to bring new ground-based observatories online. These audio-band observatories will be complemented by a ...
Speaker: Yuxin Zhou, UC Santa BarbaraThis event has been rescheduled for January 24, 2023
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Wonderfest: The Mathematics of LanguageIf your native language (Irish, Igbo, Ilocano, . . .) is threatened by competition from another language (likely English!), and if preserving that language is important, what options do you have? Which approach to language preservation is most likely to be effective? Or... How much time do you have before ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Wednesday, 11/30/22
The Science of Communicating Climate Change - LivestreamAs important as knowing the climate science, social science provides evidence-based practices that allow us to communicate climate science more effectively. In this session, you will be introduced to the work of the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation (NNOCCI), a collective of over 500 climate communicators. Learn ...
Where: Cost: Free
Chromatin Club Bay Area - In Person SymposiumThe Chromatin Club Bay Area was founded to foster a scientific community between Stanford, Berkeley, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, UC Merced and others. We organize monthly online seminars during which three scientists from our institutions present their work, and semi-annual in person meetings each quarter to ...
Response of the Delta and Estuary to a major change in wastewater nutrient loading - LivestreamApril of last year, the largest wastewater treatment plant discharging waste into the Northern Sacramento San Joaquin Delta completed a >$2B upgrade to its treatment processes. This resulted in a large reduction of total nitrogen loading to the Delta and a change in the chemical form of that nitrogen from ...
The early images from the James Webb Space Telescope have been applauded by scientists, the media, and the public. But there is far more to our expectations from this remarkable space instrument than just pretty pictures. In this introductory talk, astronomer and educator Andrew Fraknoi explains what makes the Webb ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 live/$10 online General
Hardcore Natural History: Nature’s Extreme Events!Join us for a panel discussion on the science behind nature’s most extreme moments. Climate change, tectonic movement, weather events and more will be discussed. Be sure to come with lots of questions and enjoy a spread of small bites and drinks beforehand.
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $15 General, $10 Members, $5 Students
Our Lonely Sun: How Multiple Star Systems Form (or don’t)Most stars are born with one or more stellar companions. Observational advances over the last decade have enabled high-resolution, interferometric studies of forming multiple systems and statistical surveys of multiplicity in star-forming regions. These have yielded new insights into how such systems form and how multiplicity affects disk evolution and ...
Phytoplankton are key primary producers performing half of Earth’s carbon fixation, forming the base of aquatic food webs, and driving major biogeochemical cycles. The global analysis of phytoplankton thermal traits shows that warming may change phytoplankton biodiversity, with tropical regions being especially vulnerable, and that the interactions of temperature with ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
POP Movement: Spearheading Youth-Led Innovation and Action to Protect Our PlanetThe session will provide an overview of the work, vision, and values of the POP (Protect Our Planet) Movement and will showcase projects led by youth spearheading action to tackle climate change through unique, innovative, and technology-based solutions. These projects have been nurtured by the POP Movement under its mentorship program to ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
After Dark: Light ScienceLight is all around us, bringing energy and color to our world in a whole spectrum of ways. Tonight, learn about the science of what makes things glow, and experience demos from artists and makers who harness light to transformative effect. Wander our galleries and discover a collection of luminous ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Whether you’ve been naughty or nice this year, everyone’s invited to shop the halls at our annual eclectic holiday market curated by SF Bazaar. Looking for original artwork? We got you. Handmade jewelry or gourmet chocolate? Yep, got that too. With nearly 40 local makers and merchants in attendance, there’s ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $18.75
NightSchool: World's Most Endangered - LivestreamCycads are older than dinosaurs and more endangered than any other group of organisms on Earth, but for something with those impressive superlatives, their plight is woefully obscure. If you’ve ever looked at dinosaur art, you know what cycads look like: They’re the flora in the background, palm-like but with ...
