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 ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 12/02/22
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 ...
Dr. Watson-Zink is driven to understand the ecological, evolutionary, and physiological contexts under which ancestrally marine animals colonized land across the history of life on Earth beginning over 300 millions years ago, and how these transitions produced the biodiversity patterns we currently observe in terrestrial environments. Her research focuses on ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Autonomous Big Data Collection and Analysis in Electron MicroscopyThe promise of incorporating "big data" into the advancement of science is that it will accelerate our ability to discover new materials and phenomena; however, significant hurdles to this exciting future still exist. Electron microscopy (EM) is known for its ability to study materials at the sub-nanometer scale down to ...
Statistical data tells the sordid story of Black women’s reproductive experiences in the United States: they are 51% more likely to give birth prematurely than other women, are 3 to 4 times more likely t0 die from a pregnancy-related cause, and 31 percent more likely to experience Cesarean-sections. The grip ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
First Friday - Moving to MarsThis year, in early December, it will be the best time to view Mars and it is a great time to look forward to NASA’s Mission to Mars. Join NASA and SETI scientist Pascal Lee as they explore the beauty of the Martian landscape and discuss how art has influenced ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $10 Youth/Seniors, $5 Members
Introduction to AstrophotographyHave you ever wondered how astronomers take a picture of another galaxy or celestial object? In this presentation, you will hear how amateur astronomers produce these images. This includes the required equipment, what an imaging session looks like, and finally, an overview of processing data into a final image. Whether ...
The area of quantum machine learning (QML) is a young one and is expanding quickly. QML builds artificial intelligence that utilises quantum technology to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of learning algorithms. In order to overcome the difficulties of merging quantum computation and machine learning and to advance our understanding ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 12/03/22
North Coyote Valley December BioBlitzExplore the North Coyote Valley Conservation Area with SCVAS! Join us for a BioBlitz to explore the plants and animals that call this part of the Coyote Valley home! Gates will be open to the public from 9AM to 12PM.We will be using iNaturalist to catalog organisms big and small ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Glow FestWatch science come to light at Glow Fest! Dig into the art and science of light at this all-ages celebration. Enjoy hands-on activities that illuminate the how of light. Catch a glimpse of bioluminescent creatures and learn why they glow. Experience demos from artists and makers who harness light to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
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 ...
Each Air Rocket Blastoff features an introduction to rocketry and Newton’s Third Law of Motion, including an exploration of a real JPL rocket on display at the Hiller Aviation Museum. Following a demonstration, participants construct a high-performance straw rocket, then launch it across the museum with a calibrated burst of ...
Wonderfest joins St. Helena's Cameo Cinema to present a heavenly double feature: first, the remarkable true story of NASA's Opportunity rover (which ventured to Mars for a 90-day mission, but survived - and explored - for 15 years!), followed by Q&A with legendary astrophysicist Dr. Alex Filippenko (discussing both the ...
Where: St. HelenaCost: $10
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, 12/05/22
Low mass galaxies beyond the Milky Way with LSSTThe number densities, structures, internal dynamics, and stellar populations of low mass galaxies can be extremely insightful for studying dark matter and galaxy formation on small scales. Access to these low mass galaxies beyond the Local Group has been limited due to their low surface brightness. I will present recent ...
The Talking College Project is a Black student and Black studies-centered way to learn more about the particular linguistic choices of Black students while empowering them to be proud of their cultural and linguistic heritage. Students examine the role of language in the Black college experience and collect information from ...
Where: Cost: Free
Educator Workshop: Mindful Modeling (K - 1) Are you a K - 1 educator? Register for this free online workshop exploring mindful modeling.What is mindful modeling? And how does classroom discussion support K - 1 students’ engagement in modeling? See how K - 1 students use scientific modeling to communicate and revise their ideas as they make ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Marine Mammal Monday: Seal and Sea Lion Superstars of 2022 - LivestreamThis month we reminisce about our patient superstars! Dozens of marine mammals, ranging from California Sea Lions to endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals, were rescued in 2022. Learn about how our team of dedicated volunteers and veterinarians are able to heal these sick, injured and orphaned patients so that they can ...
Where: Cost: Free
A Tale of Three CitiesOver the last three decades, under the stewardship of Mayor Jim Brainard, the City of Carmel, Indiana and its citizens engaged in an experiment to reverse the trends of urban sprawl that have contributed greatly to a reduction in quality of life in the US.In this talk, Mayor Jim Brainard will give ...
Since its inception, NASA has promoted a vision of space exploration that involves missions and outposts within the inner solar system with supplies delivered from Earth's surface, the Moon, or Mars. Recent research suggests an additional scenario in which humans live in space supported by resources extracted from asteroids, beginning ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Science of Cocktails @ After DarkCalling all craft cocktail lovers, kitchen chemists, and science fans! Grab your friends or a date, and join us for Science of Cocktails @ After Dark, a tasty fundraiser focused on mixology science. Whether you’re already a Science of Cocktails fan, or you’re ready to level up your After Dark ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $100
Tuesday, 12/06/22
Hot and cold hummingbirds: The ecology, physiology, and genes of cold endothermsAnusha Shankar studies hummingbirds as a Rose Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. She is fascinated by the idea that many endotherms are in fact heterotherms that can allow their body temperature to drop and save energy. For the past decade, she has studied hummingbirds’ various daily energy ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Learning-Augmented Algorithms for Safety-Critical SystemsMaking use of modern black-box AI tools such as deep reinforcement learning is potentially transformational for safety-critical systems such as data centers, the electricity grid, transportation, and beyond. However, such machine-learned algorithms typically do not have formal guarantees on their worst-case performance, stability, or safety. So while their performance may ...
Dr. Mehrdad Ayati has identified eight critical challenges that currently face the aging population. Join Us at the Club for a discussion on healthy aging and Dr. Ayati’s proposed solutions to these critical challenges.Topics will include global aging trends and demographics, overmedications, inappropriate use of vitamins and supplements to stay ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General live, $10 online
Pathways to medicineDr. Mónica Osbelia Ruiz is in her first year as an attending at Brown University as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Critical Care Medicine. She was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley along the South Texas-Mexico border, as a first generation Mexican-American. It is ...
With the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), cosmologists now have a power tool in their hands to look deeper into the mysteries of our Universe than ever before. In this lecture, Dr. Birrer will lay out outstanding questions in cosmology and describe how JWST is uniquely positioned to advance our ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Astronomy Beginner's Forum - LivestreamIf you're new to astronomy and are perhaps considering getting your own telescope but are not sure where to start, maybe we can help!This event is an on-line meeting where you can chat with representatives of SJAA as well as other new astronomy enthusiasts. We'll share general tips and answer ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 12/07/22
The Words We Choose As Naturalists - LivestreamWhen we use words like “nativeâ€, “non-nativeâ€, or invasive, what heavy meanings might they have? What does it mean that some species’ names are being changed? Let’s discuss the meanings of loaded terms and how our language might evolve.Learn how to teach Nature Journaling! Join our weekly discussion and idea-sharing ...
Where: Cost: Free
Building Organizational Engagement and Advocacy - LivestreamThe fourth and final lecture in this series will focus on empowering organizations to take action for their employees, stakeholders and communities around environmental engagement. Featuring a panel discussion format, our experts will discuss how companies can advocate for climate policy with employee engagement and corporate campaigns and provide resources ...
Data-driven modeling and deep learning present powerful tools that are opening up new paradigms and opportunities in the understanding, discovery, and design of soft and biological materials.Speaker: Andrew Ferguson, University of Chicago
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
New Variant Discovery in the Era of Complete GenomesGenomic scientist Karen Miga, assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, was named one of the 100 most influential people of 2022 by TIME Magazine for her work co-leading an international team of scientists known as the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium to complete the first gapless sequence of a human genome.Please ...
On October 27th 2022 NASA captured a now-famous image of the Sun “smiling†on its solar system [see image above]. But the Sun is not always happy! It can unleash violent “space weather†-- storms that can radiate X-rays and even gamma rays into space, send giant clouds of magnetic plasma ...
These last 2 years have been really difficult regarding photography. Travel has been severely curtailed and being at home has not been very conducive to finding interesting subjects for photography. With shelter in place starting in March, 2020, I was getting pretty stir-crazy by the fall. In an attempt to ...
