SETI Live: What's Coming in 2023 - LivestreamWe have to admit that 2022 was an impressive year for space science, what with JWST starting to collect science data and even releasing early results, the launch and return of the Artemis 1 mission, the DART mission, a NASA Juno flyby of Europa, and the end of the NASA ...
It’s always fun to capture bird behavior while out photographing our favorite subjects. During this evening’s presentation, we’ll take a photo tour of avian feeding habits - not only their vast menu (from seeds to sparrows to snakes to sirens), but also various feeding behaviors, including courtship feeding, interspecific feeding, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 01/07/23
Biohackers Pandemic Chat - LivestreamWondering when this Covid thing is ever going to end? Want to know what is going on in China right now? And what about that Monkey Pox? Join members from local community labs Counter Culture Labs and BioCurious, as we discuss the latest news and science on COVID-19, plus guest ...
Where: Cost: Free
Morning Hike at La Honda Open Space Preserve - CANCELEDJoin 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
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 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Youth
Planet Formation from a Dynamical Perspective - RescheduledRecent observational advances have allowed the discovery of thousands of exoplanets and an initial characterization of their orbital and physical parameters. As this population has grown, it is increasingly apparent that existing models of planet formation are incomplete. The Kepler/K2/TESS data have presented counterexamples to prevailing theories, including theories of ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Black Hole Monsters at the Centers of Galaxies - LivestreamIronically, black holes create the most luminous objects in the universe. The speaker studies super-massive black holes at the centers of galaxies, and is a member of a team that has imaged the “black hole shadows†in the center of the galaxy M87 and in our Galaxy. He will discuss ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 01/08/23
Point Reyes Fungus FairJoin us for the 16th annual Point Reyes National Seashore Fungus Fair! Learn about the fungi of the Point Reyes National Seashore. See a display of remarkable colors and shapes of wild mushrooms that were collected right in the park. The fair will also include a number of displays on ...
Where: Point Reyes StationCost: Free
Low Tech Oyster Mushroom Cultivation WorkshopJoin us to observe an oyster mushroom cultivation workhop and learn how to easily produce fresh oyster mushrooms at home without using sterilization.Video will be streamed on our YouTube channel. There are limited seats for the physical workshop. Register to attend in person. Â
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Monday, 01/09/23
The Future of mRNA TechnologyThe Innovation @ Penn program is honored to welcome Katalin Kariko, PhD, who co-discovered (with Penn Medicine colleague Drew Weissman) that nucleoside modifications suppress the immunogenicity of RNA, which has widened the therapeutic potential of mRNA in treating diseases. This led to the development of the two most effective vaccines ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Cephalopod Eye Development and the Evolution of Visual System ComplexityKristen Koenig went to undergrad at UC Berkeley where she majored in History and Molecular and Cell Biology. At Berkeley she studied butterfly wing patterning with Dr. Nipam Patel and after undergrad Kristen worked at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute where she studied sea urchin speciation with Dr. Harilaos Lessios. ...
This talk aims to outline salient features of renewable energy integration and coming electrification. Electric energy systems (EES) are an infrastructure that is the focus of a slowly evolving energy landscape. Reliability and resilience encapsulate the key performance criteria, while new technologies such as sensing, storage, and power electronics reshape ...
The stars beckon. Alas, interstellar distances are fantastically challenging. (A lightbeam needs 1/7th of a second to go around the world, but over 4 years to reach our Sun's nearest-neighbor star, Proxima Centauri.) Determined explorers at Breakthrough Starshot are developing miniature robot space probes - to be accelerated by laser light ...
 The hard problem of consciousness really is hard, and what makes it so hard is accounting for the contents of experience: qualia. This talk will consider several theories of mind, and briefly discuss their shortcomings when explaining qualia. It will be proposed that these theories have been looking in the ...
Dr. Nicole Arcilla has been conducting research in bird ecology and conservation for over 20 years. Her talk will explore the world of bird migration along and across the Pacific coast and ocean, including Peregrine Falcons’ annual journeys from the Arctic tundra to South American coastal deserts, Pacific Golden Plovers’ ...
After nearly three years of increased "sheltering at home," you may have noticed more six-legged critters sharing your shelter. Scientists, too, have been taking a closer look at these more numerous (and more brazen?) insect invaders. What surprising findings have the researchers uncovered?Speaker: Vernard Lewis, UC Berkeley, emeritusSee weblink for ...
