The interconnected crises of climate, biodiversity, and equity drive an imperative for conservation practices to be reimagined and reconfigured. Conservation organizations, among others, are starting to adopt new practices and seeing different possibilities to answer a key question: what are the conditions that create a more connected, less exploitative view ...
Sustainability and sustainable development concepts have been applied in the Galapagos Islands for decades, particularly after specific changes to the Constitution of Ecuador took place in 1998, allowing for the approval of the Special Law for Galapagos due to its recognized fragile and unique socio-ecosystem. However, the application and implementation ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Night Sky for 2023, plus 'Voyager - The Never-Ending Journey'For this special evening in the CSM Planetarium, Professor Stanford will use the Planetarium’s state of the art GOTO Chronos II opto-mechanical space simulator to show us how the night sky changes over the coming year, and highlight the best observational candidates for us for each month. In addition, he ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 02/04/23
Family Nature Walks - Baylands 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: Palo AltoCost: Free
Afternoon 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
Fire Ecology - 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.Have you ever wondered about how fire affects California’s plants and animals? Join us for some fun and learn something new about Fire Ecology! Learn ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Sunday, 02/05/23
Birding Drop-in at the Charleston Slough Observation DeckDrop-in anytime between 9 am and 11 am to bird with us! SCVAS volunteers will be stationed at the Charleston Slough observation deck with binoculars to help you identify the huge variety of shorebirds and ducks that call the Bay Area home. No RSVP required.Â
On the Effect of Gaps on the Dynamics of Canopy Flows: From Seagrass to WildfiresSubmerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) canopies are found prevalently in coastal, fluvial, lake and other natural aquatic systems. By exerting drag on the flow, such vegetative structures lead to the formation of “canopy flows,†characterized by hydrodynamics analogs to the canonical mixing layer By altering the flow around them, canopies such ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Atomic Engineering - Tailoring Atoms in Solids at Room TemperatureAtomic Engineering (AE), controlling materials atom-by-atom at room temperature, is an ultimate form of materials engineering. A major thrust behind the development of AE is Quantum Information Sciences which requires atom-level features (e.g. color centers) in solid-state materials to be created for quantum applications (qubits, sensors, repeaters, etc.). The birth ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Distributional and Equity Consequences of Environmental PoliciesLow-income and minority communities experience the highest burden of environmental damages and pollution exposure in many settings around the world. By targeting polluting processes and altering the spatial distribution of pollution, environmental policies may have environmental justice consequences. This talk explores some of the sources of environmental injustice and the ...
I was born and grew up in Córdoba, Argentina, as part of a big family that would gather often to share food and laughter. We’d spend several months on a ranch where we had neither running water nor electricity. The remote setting offered dark skies full of stars, and I ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Imaging the brain at high spatiotemporal resolutionPhysics aims to understand the universe. Neuroscience aims to understand the brain, an organ that distinguishes humans as a species, defines us as individuals, and provides the intellectual power with which we explore the universe. Composed of electrically excitable cells called neurons, the brain continuously receives and analyzes information, makes ...
The Stanford Energy Innovation EcosystemYi Cui (Precourt Institute for Energy) and Brian Bartholomeusz (TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy) will discuss the history and future of energy innovation at Stanford.
Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is just around the corner and you’re invited to join SCVAS Executive Director, Matthew Dodder for a fun introduction to the fascinating world of birding. Matthew will present our local birds and answer your questions about where to look for them and how to identify ...
The Universe is dominated by a mysterious, unseen substance known as dark matter, which makes up more than eighty percent of the cosmos. In recent decades, much has been learned about dark matter, including its density and spatial distribution, but its fundamental nature - for example, what kind of particle ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 02/07/23
IXPE: Our First Look Around the X-ray Polarized SkyFor 50 years, the only astronomical source with measured soft X-ray polarization was the Crab nebula, initially detected with sounding rockets. Now we finally have the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer mission on orbit, which has already measured complex X-ray polarization signals from dozens of neutron star and black hole sources, ...
First Results from the Webb Space Telescope - LivestreamProfessor of Astronomy Alex Filippenko explores the first images and studies from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The 21-foot-diameter, infrared-sensitive telescope launched in December 2021 and is now at its destination one million miles from Earth. Alex Filippenko is a Distinguished Professor of Astronomy at UC, Berkeley.
Where: Cost: Free
Connectivity Standards Alliance & Matter Introduction - RescheduledOn October 4, 2022, the Alliance released Matter 1.0, a global, open-source standard that removes barriers to IoT device interoperability & sustainability by enabling smart home products to work together seamlessly, to help to improve efficiency and reduce energy use and cost. This industry-unifying standard is the foundation for connected things ...
Natalie Zeituny was an accomplished software engineer in the Bay Area in the field of customer relations software, and she led her own technology consulting firm. Today she lives in Israel and is a therapist, futurist, studier of cosmology, and a writer on soul-based consciousness. She'll join us to talk ...
Our lives today are filled with technologies that our grandparents, our parents and possibly even many of us could not have imagined growing up. Today, seamless communication on the go is taken for granted, and autonomous transportation is on the immediate horizon. The next revolution that will truly transform how ...
Where: Cost: Free
The importance of place; Fish diversity observed using DNA metabarcodingThe importance of place cannot be overstated in biology, as place often drives the principal partition in genetic variance, is correlated with abundance, and underlies biodiversity. This project describes fish biodiversity observed using DNA metabarcoding within an evolving tidal wetland engineered as a living laboratory for habitat restoration (Dutch Slough ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Can Removing Development Subsidies Promote Adaptation? Evidence from the Coastal Barrier Resources ActAs natural disasters grow in frequency and intensity under climate change, limiting populations and properties in harm's way will be one important facet of adaptation. This study focuses on one approach to discouraging development in risky areas --- eliminating public incentives for development, such as infrastructure investments, disaster assistance, and ...
In recent years, the importance of electrochemical systems has grown. This expansion is in part due to efforts to decarbonize our energy systems. The concurrent reliance on renewable energy has both heightened the importance of electrochemical energy storage but is also expected to drive down the cost of electricity.Speaker: Dr. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Where’s the love? The secrets of chimpanzee relationships - LivestreamAre humans the only animals that experience love? Primatologist Rachna Reddy and psychologist Jan Engelmann discuss possible evidence of love among chimpanzees and bonobos and share observations from new research aimed at understanding this complex emotion.This program features a 30-minute discussion on Zoom with Dr. Rachna Reddy and Dr. Jan ...
 For centuries, humans have gazed at the night sky and wondered what is out there.  Over time, we have come to know many of the answers; how our own planet Earth and Sun came to be, how they dance in a sea of other stars hosting their own planetary systems, ...
Inter-Chiplet Synchronization of Multi-Die VLSI Systems - LivestreamIn VLSI systems, computing is projected to contain hundreds of components from heterogeneous processors, memories, and interconnect, in order to achieve performance gains and energy-efficiency in the face of increasing power-density. However, both hardware and software designers are faced with limitations in the improvement of instructions-per-cycle and clock frequency. As ...
Where: Cost: Free
A Cosmic Perspective: Searching for Aliens, Finding OurselvesAre we alone? Humans have been asking this question throughout history. We want to know where we came from, how we fit into the cosmos, and where we are going. We want to know whether there is life beyond the Earth and whether any of it is intelligent.Since the middle ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Combining spectroscopy, photometry and the CMB to unlock stage IV cosmologyThe next generation of surveys, including the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), Rubin Observatory and CMB S4, holds the potential to probe the fundamental nature of dark energy, dark matter, neutrinos and inflation. The unprecedented precision afforded by these surveys poses new and interesting challenges, and exploiting these surveys will ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
The Chemistry and Physics of Bipolar Membranes with Applications in Water, Energy, and DecarbonizationBipolar membranes are ionic analogues of semiconductor pn junctions made of laminated anion- and cation-selective ionomer layers which can convert electrical energy into pH gradients. Through fundamental study of the underlying rate-determining water dissociation reaction, we have improved them 10x (e.g. Science 2020, Nature Comm. 2022), opening tremendous new application ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Mapping 12 Billion Years of Cosmic History in the Coming Golden Era of Type Ia SupernovaeType Ia Supernovae (SN) are a central pillar of the “Standard Model of Cosmology†- Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM), but they also uniquely elucidate persistent gaps in the theory. I will detail recent monumental leaps of progress in SN cosmology culminating in the recent Dark Energy Survey, Pantheon+, and ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Serving Health: How California Can Usher in the Future of Food-based Interventions in Medi-Cal - LivestreamMedically supportive food and nutrition interventions such as produce prescriptions, food pharmacies and medically tailored meals can improve healthcare outcomes and reduce healthcare costs for people across the state. Starting in 2022, California authorized a pilot program to cover these interventions under Medi-Cal. However, they are currently optional pilot services, ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: SexplorationsLooking for a hot night out on the town? Slip into something comfortable and take an intimate look at sex - you know, the transfer of genetic information through sperm and eggs, which has resulted in evolution and specialization among species over time. From the lengths we’ll go to for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Walter Kitundu will discuss his history as an instrument builder and performer and share how birds impacted his artistic trajectory. This photo-rich presentation will span his early days as a DJ making instruments powered by wind, fire, and pigeons, his unique relationship with a wild Red-tailed Hawk, and his work ...
Where: Cost: Free
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, our alligator with albinism), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.75
Science of Cocktails @ After Dark - SOLD OUTCalling 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
Golden Eagles of the Northern Diablo Range, California - LivestreamThe northern Diablo Range of west-central California supports one of the largest and densest known breeding populations of golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) in the world. This region includes the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area (APWRA) where collisions with wind turbines constitute a substantial source of mortality for golden eagles and ...
Healthcare decisions are deeply personal. Yet infectious disease reveals how our personal choices inevitably affect others. Drawing on more than a decade of research on why parents reject vaccines for their children, this talk examines perceptions of vaccines and how parents come to see vaccines as unnecessary or risky. Rather ...
Speaker: Anton Ermakov, UC BerkeleyThis talk was originally scheduled for December 2, 2022
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Two talks at Hopkins Marine StationAssessing shark populations, species distributions and fisheries through the four letter code!Marine ecosystems worldwide are experiencing shifting baselines due to a combination of anthropogenic and environmental stressors. Unprecedented fishing pressures, are decimating species populations, while climate change, disease, and invasive species occurrences are contributing to shifts in species distributions.While all ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Water Equity, Affordability and Climate Change - LivestreamAs California’s drought continues to worsen, residents across the state are facing a water affordability crisis. Water rate increases for Californians are expected to accelerate as the climate continues to change and the state’s infrastructure continues to age, further burdening low-income communities. But that outcome isn’t inevitable. Join us for ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 02/11/23
Chip Design Tool Workshop on RTL In this free, half-day workshop covering the fundamentals of power optimization - a critical component in today's chip design - you will expand your job prospects in the competitive and growing chip design industry.We’ll discuss how to analyze, debug and optimize at RTL level - the principle abstraction used for ...
Celebrate Charles Darwin's 214th birthday February 12, 2023 (Sunday) at the Essig Museum. It is also Alfred Russel Wallace's 200th birthday (January 8th, 1823).Along with our display of insects from around the world, we will also have exhibits of Galapagos finches, rodents, and a tortoise shell, as well as orchids, ...
This talk addresses the multiscale features of electric energy systems (EES). These infrastructural systems are inherently multilayered structures, and we propose a five - layer decomposition involving material, energy, information, capital, and policy flows. Focusing on modeling, estimation, and control tasks at different scales, we review the concept of dynamic ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
The Path to Understanding Dark Matter: Novel Observations of Low-Mass GalaxiesBeing some of the most dark matter-dominated systems discovered to date, low-mass galaxies offer crucial tests for our cosmological model and fill in the gaps in our understanding of the universe at smaller scales. With recent advancements in telescope instrumentation and image analysis techniques, we are now able to gain ...
Designing and Evaluating Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal ResilienceCoastal environments in the United States range from natural sandy beaches and marsh grass fields to developed, active ports and picturesque marinas. These diverse shorelines must contend with the effects of climate change, such as sea level rise, intensified storms, and subsequent increase in flooding and damage to the natural ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Bulk photospin effectWe know, e.g., from the bulk photovoltaic effect, that nonlinear transport is sensitive to the geometry of the electron wave function but, is this also true for other observables such as nonlinear magnetization? We partially answer this question by computing the electric spin susceptibility of Bloch electrons to second order. ...
Follow a gamma-ray photon from birth to death in a talk that is formatted for audience engagement! Attendees will be able to choose the path of physics that the gamma ray experiences as it makes its way from the depths of one of the most energetic galaxies in the universe to ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Equity Impacts of a Market for Clean AirWhile a growing body of literature documents the disproportionate shares of pollution borne by under-represented and low-income communities, less is known about how environmental regulations and markets contribute to these shares. This talk presents the results from a recent working paper that studies the equity impacts of a market-based policy ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Global Famine after Nuclear WarThe world as we know it could end any day as a result of an accidental nuclear war between the United States and Russia. The fires produced by attacks on cities and industrial areas would generate smoke that would blow around the world, persist for years, and block out sunlight, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
COP27 Summary and the History of United Nations NegotiationsWhat is the COP? What is the UNFCCC (1992)? What was the Kyoto Protocol (1997)? What is the Paris Agreement (2015)? Why do these nations meet every year? Why did it take eighteen years to go from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement? Arthur Lee will provide brief historical ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tuesday, 02/14/23
SPHEREx: An All-Sky Spectral SurveyI will present SPHEREx, a NASA mission to map the entire sky with near-infrared spectroscopy. With a targeted launch date in early 2025, SPHEREx has broad scientific reach including 1) cosmic inflation through the three-dimensional distribution of galaxies, 2) the formation of galaxies and the history of light production through ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Emergent symmetry - a new way to understand strongly interacting gapless states and quantum field theoryIt is well known that gapless states have emergent symmetry. If we greatly generalize symmetry to include anomalous non-invertible ones, and beyond, the generalized emergent symmetry may largely characterize gapless states. We may understand a gapless state via its emergent symmetry. Here, I will use a simple language of conservation ...
Coarse-grained models enable large-scale simulations of complex biomolecular systems over long timescales. We have introduced bottom-up approaches based on contrastive learning to parameterize these models using atomistic simulations, and top-down approaches based on maximum entropy optimization to parameterize them from experimental data. We performed coarse-grained simulations to study the liquid-liquid ...
In this talk, I pose a major challenge for AI researchers: to develop systems that learn in a human-like manner. I illustrate this idea with two domains -- mathematics and driving -- where people are effective learners. I review briefly the history of machine learning, noting that early work made ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Role of National Marine Sanctuaries in Protecting Whales and Benefits from that ProtectionDr. Lisa Wooninck became Superintendent of Monterey Bay National Marine in November 2021. Prior to that she was policy coordinator for the five sanctuaries on the west coast and a fishery biologist at the NOAA Fisheries Lab in Santa Cruz.Her talk will describe 30 years of whale conservation across the ...
The rise of the public cloud changed system architecture forever. In this talk, we will cover how the three pillars of the architecture allow the Snowflake system to scale analytic workloads and became foundational attributes of the Data Cloud. Scaling analytic workload on the data cloud requires an architecture separating ...
Brook Thompson from the Yurok and Karuk tribes of Northern California goes in detail how the Klamath River water quality is linked not just to a decline in salmon, but a decline in mental, physical, and cultural health of her tribes. Through personal anecdotes and using her experience as a ...
Where: Moss LandingCost:
Tech and Justice: Navigating Harms in the Digital Age - LivestreamThis virtual event will bring together formerly incarcerated students from UC Berkeley to discuss the technology-mediated harms that disproportionately affect communities impacted by the criminal legal system. Our guests, Shani Shay, Conan Minihan, and Eli Martinez, will share their personal experiences and insights on these issues. The table talk will ...
Where: Cost: Free
Pinniped Personalities: Ask an Expert - LivestreamCurious about what it’s like working with marine mammals like elephant seals, Hawaiian monk seals and California sea lions? Want to know which species are the loudest, the smartest or the most challenging to handle?Bring your questions to our interactive Q&A with an animal care expert from The Marine Mammal ...
The modern concept of seismic base isolation revolutionized seismic protection of structures and their functions. From the time of the earliest U.S. applications of seismic isolation in the mid-1980’s, structural engineers have continued to innovate and invent effective ways to apply this promising concept to both new and existing buildings, ...
Connectivity Standards Alliance & Matter IntroductionOn October 4, 2022, the Alliance released Matter 1.0, a global, open-source standard that removes barriers to IoT device interoperability & sustainability by enabling smart home products to work together seamlessly, to help to improve efficiency and reduce energy use and cost. This industry-unifying standard is the foundation for connected things ...
Where: Cost: Free
Designing Ecosystems for Education, Work, and Community Engagement Join UC Santa Cruz as we explore the design of ecosystems to support individuals and communities in navigating a whitewater world of change. We will discuss learning environments modeled after the workplace that expand opportunities for students to learn through real-world, experiential, and community-engaged projects. We share the journey of ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
1.5 C - Sustainable Batteries Panel EventClimate Tech Action Network (CTAN) presents 1.5°C, an ongoing climate technology panel event that will focus on the engineering and scientific challenges facing different verticals of the climate crisis. We are bringing together some of the hottest startups in the field to explore the complex trade-offs in cost, feasibility, scalability, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 suggested donation
Entra-Verified ID: A cheaper, faster & more trustworthy ID for remote employees - LivestreamFor the past few years, Microsoft has been working with Decentralized Identity Foundation and World Wide Web Consortium communities on building systems with decentralized identifiers and verifiable Credentials. Entra Verified ID is our standard based decentralized identity system implementation. In this session, you will learn how Verifiable Credentials can support ...
Alice Yuan Zhang(Media Artist) on "The Need for Intergenerational Tech"Toward a cyclical framework of sowing code as seed, maintenance as recipe, and just relations as networked infrastructure...Read more Jennifer Dionne(Stanford Univ) on "Life-speed reads of biological bits with Silicon photonics"In-situ, highly miniaturized sensors based on silicon photonic chips...Read ...
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to commemorate the union of Nerd Nite SF and the Rickshaw Stop once again! We really thought our October event would be our last at the Rickshaw, but thanks to the great turnout from nerds like you, dear reader, the venue is giving ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 online, $12 at door
Satellite Constellations: An Existential Threat for Astronomy? - LivestreamA growing number of swarms of satellites are outshining the stars, and scientists fear no one will do anything to stop it. Activities in near-Earth space are becoming increasingly privatized, with the number of satellites in low-Earth orbit predicted to grow dramatically from about 2,000 to over 100,000 in the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Path to the Stars: Exploring BioAstronautics - LivestreamRight now, we’re at the dawn of a new space age. As humanity prepares to return to the moon and beyond, one might ask: how can I be a part of this? Join Ben Foehr, MS in Aerospace Engineering and Grad Student studying Human Spaceflight at CU Boulder, for a ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 02/16/23
Current challenges and future opportunities at the Cosmic FrontierI will start by discussing some recent measurements of low redshift matter fluctuations, showing interesting discrepancies with predictions from the early Universe. I will highlight challenges and potential solutions that serve as cautionary tales and preparatory work for the analysis of Rubin Observatory's data and its joint modeling with CMB ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Guided nature walk at Bouverie PreserveExperience the beauty and rich natural history of Bouverie Preserve by signing up for a Guided Nature Walk Participants are paired with a trained volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest, flower-carpeted oak woodland and rugged chaparral.Visitors of all ages are welcome. Minors MUST be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian. Reservations ...
Last 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 ...
Where: Cost: Free
Silicon Valley Leaders SymposiumSince Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Register ...
The integration of digital connectivity with physical processes in IoT environments has enabled sensors and actuators to interact with each other over the physical space. However, IoT environments have complex physical interactions between actuators and sensors that create new classes of vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, traditional IoT security measures ignore such complex ...
Three-dimensional (3D) imaging through a compact device could enable many applications in mobile consumer electronics and biomedical endoscopy. Conventional 3D cameras are bulky and require taking multiple photos to synthesize a 3D scene. Here, I will introduce a new type of 3D camera. It replaces all the bulk optics by ...
Where: Cost: Free
Medical Myths and Superstitions: How Our Instincts Can Lead Us Astray - LivestreamWhat grosses you out? Pretty much everyone is disgusted by open wounds, vomit, and or other things that could transmit germs and make us sick. Our sense of disgust can protect us - but it can also lead us astray. Many medical myths, misconceptions, and irrational health fears relate back ...
Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, are a frontier in human health. Phages are some of the best studied organisms on earth with critical roles in biotechnology. They are also highly abundant in our bodies, outnumbering both our own cells and the bacteria that produce them. However, we are just beginning ...
Scientists continue to make astounding discoveries about the navigational and physiological feats that enable migratory birds to cross immense oceans or fly above the highest mountains, go weeks without sleep or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch. Scott Weidensaul, author of A World on the Wing(2021), takes ...
From the man behind the modern traffic light to the minds who helped land the first man on the moon, Black inventors have transformed the fabric of our world. Presented in partnership with the San Francisco Public Library in celebration of their exhibition Black Excellence, Black Invention, tonight’s After Dark ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
NightLife: Noise PopGet ready to make some NOISE at the official NightLife Noise Pop Music Fest pre-party! With a headlining DJ set by Neon Indian, there’s no better way to celebrate Noise Pop’s 30th anniversary than with live music, live art, and of course, live science.SCHEDULE OF EVENTSThe Show Piazza6:00 - 7:15 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25.50
Sonoma County Mycological Association: Scholarship Winners Presentations - LivestreamOur scholarship recipients share their amazing research!2022 Scholarships: Clara Qin, Martha "Fabiola" Pulido-Chavez, Jose David Castro Zabarain, Brandon Stairs, Felipe Esteban Saez Corte, Birch Maxwell Lazo-Murphy, Carolyn Delevich, Gabe Runte, Davy DeKrey, Prasanth Prakash PrabhuSee weblink for Zoom connection
Where: Cost: Free
Technology on Tap: Networking & Talks on Quantum in Finance and NanotechIs Quantum the Future of Banking?Find out how quantum is being applied to the world of finance and how innovation is driven within a Fortune 50 company.Come for exciting networking and conversations with other industry professionals, scientists, and investors.Featuring a talk on emerging applications of quantum in finance by Mekena ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 advance, $20 in person
Fire and Wine: How Wildfire Affects Your CabernetHow is fire changing wine and wine production in Northern California?Join KQED climate reporter Danielle Venton and Check, Please! Bay Area host and wine expert Leslie Sbrocco for a science and tasting event to compare wines from smoke-tainted and unaffected grapes.Then, North Bay Jobs with Justice will share how the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: In Person: $15 / Livestream: Free.
Lunar Landing Sites -- Past and FutureAs we reach the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landings, we look back at the locations we visited with Apollo, review why those sites were selected, and reflect on what we learned there. We then look ahead to new locations on the Moon for the Artemis program, and what ...
The eye is the most accessible part of the central nervous system. Noninvasive technologies using nonvisible light sources can now routinely image the structure and vasculature of the retina and the optic nerve at at an amazing 200,000 scans per second. Yaping Joyce Liao, MD, PhD, talks about state-of-the-art ophthalmic ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 02/17/23
Judging The Internet: The Supreme Court's Upcoming Cases On Platform RegulationThis term, the Supreme Court will consider two groundbreaking cases about platform regulation. The outcome of those cases, Gonzalez and Taamneh, will likely re-set the rules telling platforms when to remove content posted by their users.  Two more cases, likely to be heard next term, pose the opposite question. The NetChoice cases, about social media laws enacted in Texas ...
At its height in the late 1980s, the Soviet science system was the largest national infrastructure of science and technology in the world. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, the science systems of Russia and the other post-Soviet successor states â€" as well as former and ...
The oxidation state of a rocky planet’s mantle has a strong influence on the composition of secondary atmospheres formed through outgassing. Understanding how mantle oxidation state depends on planetary bulk composition and how it changes with time due to planetary differentiation, atmospheric outgassing, and interactions with a planet’s volatile envelope ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: 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
Comets: what are they, why do we care, and how do we visit them?Comets are well-preserved leftovers from the formation of the solar system and represent windows into the physical conditions and chemical composition of the regions where they formed. To investigate the inner most regions of the coma, an unbound atmosphere of gas and dust, and the comet’s nucleus usually requires dedicated ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Saturday, 02/18/23
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 ...
Join us quarterly on the third Saturday of the month for Investigating Space as we explore and discuss the big topics in space exploration with some of the leading scientists and researchers in the Bay Area. In this new series, Chabot Space & Science Center highlights the latest discoveries, science research, and space ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with museum admission
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
Sunday, 02/19/23
Presidio: Changes Through TimeJoin the National Park Service and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the GGNRA!This half-mile, level walk shows the historical changes to the Presidio, from the Spanish fort all the way to the new Tunnel Tops. Who benefitted from these changes, and who did not?Learn about the people who lived here, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Everything About Agar: How to Capture and Propagate MushroomsFor the second Bay Area Applied Mycology and Counter Culture Labs Joint Mycology workshop of 2023, we will focus on a technique that is central to the field of mycology:Â culturing fungi on agar.This workshop will also be livestreamed on YouTubeWe will cover everything from the preparation of agar using simple ...
I will describe some recent results for solving certain quantum mechanical systems within the "Bootstrap" approach. The two main ideas are that integrals of positive functions are positive and that in many 1-D quantum systems there are recursion relations that let one evaluate a lot of such integrals from very little extra ...
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
Tuesday, 02/21/23
Leveraging quantum sensors to shine new light on searches for low-mass dark matterWhile dark matter accounts for approximately 85% of the mass in the universe, its physical nature remains one of the most pressing open questions in the field of physics. Three decades of experiments have been searching for dark matter interactions over a wide range of candidate dark matter masses and all ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
From Ketogenic to Low-Fat Vegan Diets - LivestreamTwo popular diets that would appear to be polar opposites are the low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet vs. a low-fat vegan diet. Yet, if you examine the evidence-based research underlying these dietary recommendations, you may be surprised to find less controversy and more consensus than you might expect.Join us for a ...
Where: Cost: $35
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope at 15: Observing the Vibrant UniverseThe Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope’s Large Area Telescope (LAT), initially conceived of in the 1990’s here at Stanford and SLAC, was designed, built and is operated by an international scientific collaboration. Launched on June 8, 2008, Fermi has brought new insights into pulsars and neutron stars, supernova remnants, cosmic rays, ...
Building Stories with TropesStories are the pillars of human cultures. They shape our imagination, forge our understanding of the world, and empower people to share their ideas. Although great stories rarely fit into any particular box, stories can be highly structured at their core. Viewed as a timeline, stories are made up of ...
One hundred years ago, naturalists from the American Museum of Natural History visited Colombia, the world's birdiest country, to collect and study birds. A century later, Colombian ornithologists and local communities resurvey the same sites, walking the same paths and exploring what is left of the forests that foreign naturalists ...
Follow along as an eco artist / plumber / greywater & rainwater reuse activist marvels at how her life led to helping design embellishments for a cutting edge “green†sewage treatment plant in Tecate, Baja CA.What makes this gentle, passive, biological “water healing plant†unique? How does it work? Celebrate ...
Upon opening a new deck of cards, have you ever attempted a so-called perfect shuffle? A perfect shuffle splits a deck into two equal stacks, and then perfectly interlaces the cards from the two stacks. (Eight successive perfect shuffles puts the cards back into their original, fresh-out-of-the-pack order!) Only experienced ...
I have had an interest in fungi since the early 1980's. I came across MSSF around 2001. I joined soon after and have had many great experiences. Along the way, I also became a member Bay Area Applied Mycology (BAAM).By going to meetings, forays, volunteering and immersing myself in all ...
Visual input is considered unreliable underwater and therefore its current use in automatic analysis and decisions is limited. This influences the design of autonomous underwater vehicles which are usually equipped with multiple sensors which make them expensive and cumbersome. On the other hand, human divers often manage to complete complicated ...
Tremendous progress has been made in computing systems recently, providing us with a unique opportunity to leverage information about the computing architecture and hardware in real time. Much of our technological solutions - such as those enabling autonomous operations - demand fast and accurate computation. This talk focuses on the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Active Listening: Using Sound to Study Marine Mammals and the California Current EcosystemAcoustic recordings provide an opportunity to monitor marine ecosystems that otherwise may be prohibitively expensive or impossible to observe visually. I will introduce various methods to collect acoustic data and investigate how top predators in the California Current Ecosystem respond to the warming ocean, fishing activity, and ocean noise. I ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Biometrics Regulation: Global State-of-Play Symposium (Day 1) - LivestreamAs part of BCLT’s newly launched project on biometrics, we will be hosting a virtual symposium on February 22 and 23, 2023 titled ‘Biometrics Regulation: Global State-of-Play’. Join us to hear leading global experts in the fields of law, public policy, social science, and computer science discuss existing data protection ...
Ribonucleic acids (RNAs) are one of nature’s most versatile biomolecules and possessa rich variety of functions, but why should we care about them? Because RNA has so much to teach us about our past, present, and future.In this talk, I will highlight how RNA has influenced our lives across time. ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Thursday, 02/23/23
Biometrics Regulation: Global State-of-Play Symposium (Day 2) - LivestreamAs part of BCLT’s newly launched project on biometrics, we will be hosting a virtual symposium on February 22 and 23, 2023 titled ‘Biometrics Regulation: Global State-of-Play’. Join us to hear leading global experts in the fields of law, public policy, social science, and computer science discuss existing data protection ...
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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
Easy Morning Walk at WavecrestEnjoy a refreshing morning hike along the bluffs of the Wavecrest Trail! This family-friendly hike is an easy 2-mile walk and great for all ages and levels of hikers.This serene space is surrounded by POST-protected agricultural land and open space. Many people enjoy this scenic hike because of the great ...
Muir Woods marks the Southern front in a battle for survival between two competing owl species. On this strenuous 5-mile dusk hike we will look and listen for the owls that call Muir Woods home. Learn more about their history and ecology and receive the latest research updates on our ...
A renowned scientist and environmental advocate looks back on a life that has straddled the worlds of science and politics.Acclaimed as a public scientist and as a spokesperson on pressing environmental and equity issues, Paul R. Ehrlich reflects on his life, from his love affair with his wife Anne, to ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members
NightLife of TomorrowDo androids dream of electric penguins? Expand your mind with a night of futuristic art and science from Afrofuturist fashion to sci-fi inspired art.Featured events:Oakland-based Fashion Designer James Head is serving lewks in an Afrofuturistic fashion show that merges African traditions and culture with science and technology. Â We see it ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20.25
After Dark: Point of ViewWhat you see depends on where you are looking from. Sometimes you need to shift your perspective, use tools to take a closer look, or step into another person’s shoes to see the whole picture. Tonight, experience the world through a new lens with our perceptual illusion and small-scale phenomena ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Behind the Headlines of a Wildlife Disease Die-Off - LivestreamThe how and why of wildlife disease investigationSpeaker: Kimberli Miller, USGS National Wildlife Health CenterWhat is the USGS National Wildlife Health Center?How do we figure out why wildlife die?Can we do something about it?Why care about wildlife?See weblink for connection instructions
Where: Cost: Free
Exoplanet Watch: Inviting Citizen Scientists to Observe Transiting Exoplanets - LivestreamJoin the Night Sky Network and Robert Zellem to learn how to participate in the discovery of exoplanets.On January 10, 2023, Exoplanet Watch was announced as NASA’s newest citizen science project studying exoplanets, or planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system. The project is growing daily, and we’re encouraging ...
Peter joined the Peay Lab at Stanford in 2020 after completing his PhD at the University of Michigan with Dr. Don Zak. He also completed a MS in Post-Secondary Science Education while at Michigan. He is broadly interested in the functional biogeography of fungal communities, determinants of fungal community assembly ...
Sonoma State University Astronomy Public Viewing NightsJoin members of the Sonoma State Physics - Astronomy department for public astronomy viewing. See weblink for map to the site.Event is weather dependent. Check the weblink prior to attending for last minute cancelations.
The amount of data that is being generated, stored, communicated, and analyzed is increasing at an exponential rate. Securing this data while in storage (or)Â in communication (or) in the analysis is challenging. Emerging technologies make this task much more challenging. Quantum computing is such an emerging technology having large-scale ...
Celebrate animal families of all shapes and sizes (and learn a bit about taxonomy)!Bring your own fantastic family to the museum & learn all about some genuinely astonishing animal families. We will look at the wonderful variety of family structures and parenting techniques displayed by wildlife right here on the ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
America’s Few - Marine Aces of the South PacificThey were America’s Few, this handful of US Marine Corps aviators.The term “Few†is, of course, borrowed from Winston Churchill’s iconic characterization of the outnumbered fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force who saved Britain from the Germans in 1940. Like Britain’s Few, America’s Few were in the right place ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free with admission
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
Guided nature walk at Bouverie PreserveExperience the beauty and rich natural history of Bouverie Preserve by signing up for a Guided Nature Walk Participants are paired with a trained volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest, flower-carpeted oak woodland and rugged chaparral.Visitors of all ages are welcome. Minors MUST be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian. Reservations ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: Free
Stewardship Saturday: Posting for PinnipedsGet ready to use the power of social media to create change for our ocean! During this event you will learn from our own Digital Media Manager about the behind the scenes of creating a successful post and what it takes to inspire others through various platforms. You will then ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Jazz Under the StarsJazz Under the Stars is a FREE monthly public stargazing event! Occurring on the Saturday nearest the 1st quarter moon (check our Events Page), join us on the 4th floor observatory for a night of smooth jazz, bright stars, and a lot of fun! We play our jazz from CSM's own ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
What if the Moon Didn’t Exist? - LivestreamThe Moon is responsible for many phenomena on Earth, including the tides, the seasons, the length of the day, much of the early volcanic activity on Earth, and the weather patterns we experience today. Without the Moon, all these things would be different. Is it possible that our Moon would ...
Drop-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 to help you identify the huge variety of shorebirds and ducks that call the Bay Area home. No RSVP ...
Cybersecurity in private enterprise is as much about relationships as technology. In this session, Hakeem Oseni will share strategies for using diplomacy and personality to achieve good security outcomes. We will discuss tips and tricks for leveraging interpersonal and emotional skills and stories to win people over and make them feel part of ...
A Century of Better Sampling: Ocean Data Collection from Boundary Layer to Basin ScalesOceanographer Walter Munk famously declared the first century of oceanography “A century of under sampling.†And while ocean data collection is still a real pain, I hope, in this talk, to inspire some optimism for the century to come. I will begin by discussing my doctoral work, which relied on ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Electronic order and unconventional phase behavior in new classes of kagome metalsKagome networks have long been predicted to host an interesting combination of features within their electronic band structures, ranging from localized flat bands to protected Dirac points to saddle points and their corresponding Van Hove singularities. Tuning band filling near these features is predicted to stabilize a wide array of ...
As the most recently discovered fundamental particle, the Higgs Boson offers a promising window into the nature of our universe. One special avenue of study is in measuring how the Higgs Boson interacts with itself. The Higgs bosons’ self-interactions carry important implications about both the microscopic and macroscopic behavior of our ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Tracking the motion of electrons, atoms, and molecules in strong laser fieldsExcitation of atoms and molecules by intense ultrafast lasers produces quantum tunneling of several electrons on femtosecond timescales, which can lead to attosecond electron bursts and coulomb explosions. I’ll describe our recent experiments that detect and film this motion to reveal the underlying physics.Speaker: Philip Bucksbaum, Stanford University
China’s development institutions have played a role in financing over 39GW of currently operating overseas coal power plants, largely in South and Southeast Asia and commissioned within the past two decades. Early retirement of these plants will likely require concessional financing to reduce the cost to investors and address the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Energy Seminar: Holmes Hummel & Anthony KinslowDr. Holmes Hummel is an interdisciplinary solutionary focused at the intersections of energy policy, technology, and finance. At Stanford, Dr. Hummel is drawing on two decades of experience that includes work in academia, private sector, public policy, and civil society organizations in order to accelerate just transitions by integrating concepts ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Nanobody Optimization via Machine LearningNanobodies are antibody fragments that mimic human’s natural immune response to diseases; unlike traditional small-molecule drugs, nanobodies rarely induce toxic side effects. Moreover, because nanobodies are smaller than antibodies, nanobodies can cross the blood-brain barrier and have shown promise in treating diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s. However, the ...
Quantum mechanics has not one but two mysteries: the double-slit experiment and quantum correlations (entanglement) between two or more particles. Criticized by Einstein as “spooky action at a distanceâ€, entanglement is now seen as an essential part of the physical world. The Bell inequalities, introduced in 1964 to experimentally distinguish ...
The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) monitors herons throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Learn how to draw these magnificent birds in a live demonstration/workshop with John Muir Laws! John will explore that anatomy and structure of the birds highlighting details that will help you draw them accurately and quickly. ...
Where: Cost: Free
Journey to Mars: Fireside Chat with Roberto CarlinoThe Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) mission is a ground-based astronaut analog simulation run by the NASA Human Research Program to study and evaluate impacts on the crew due to isolation, remoteness, and confined habitation. This last Campaign Six (C6) simulation was a 45-day trip to Mars’s moon Phobos and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $35 General, $25 Members, $15 Students
Bring 'em Home! The Reintroduction of Salmon in the Central Valley - LivestreamSalmon is a keystone species, iconic for its importance as nourishing food, inextricable connection to human culture from native peoples to current times, an economic driver, and a critical food source for the marine species including some of the cetaceans we aim to protect and conserve. Please join us to ...
Where: Cost: $10 suggested donation
Wednesday, 03/01/23
Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge Join us in solving water challenges to expand water access and resilience for all. By competing in this virtual hackathon, you will have the opportunity to:Over 8 weeks, solve one of the following challenge statements in teams of up to 5 students:Â Compete from a USD $20,000 prize pool awarded for ...
Have you heard what community scientists are documenting about the struggling monarch butterfly? What could the numbers mean? Join Mia Monroe, Marin Community Liaison with the National Park Service and longtime Xerces Society volunteer, to hear how monarchs are doing this year, efforts to support them, and how you can ...
Gas-powered building appliances cause hundreds of deaths each year in the Bay Area and account for a quarter of the region’s carbon emissions. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District plans to vote this spring on rules to eliminate toxic nitrogen oxide emissions from building heating systems, spurring the transition ...
Where: Cost: Free
Reproducible is reusable: promoting research and education through open scienceMarine megafauna include some of California’s most iconic species, from gigantic blue whales to ocean-traversing albatrosses and sea turtles. An indispensable component of the modern marine biologist’s toolkit for studying these large vertebrates is the bio-logger: animal-attached sensor packages that track an organism’s location, behavior, physiology, and local environment. The ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Managing forests for wood, wildfire, and carbon in California and beyondNatural carbon sinks can help mitigate climate change, but climate risks - like increased wildfire - threaten forests' capacity to store carbon. California has recently set ambitious forest management goals to reduce these risks. However, management can incur carbon losses because wood residues are often burnt or left to decay. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Rising Seas: Bridging Three Perspectives for ActionBe prepared to feel inspired and empowered to make a meaningful impact: Hear from an artist, a scientist, and an architect about the impact of rising sea levels in the Bay Area and explore strategies for a more resilient future.As the Bay Area experiences more frequent weather extremes, from devastating ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Wellness in Tech: Improving Culture and Mental HealthIt’s no secret that two out of five workers in tech consider themselves at high risk of burnout, with 42% of them considering a career change in the next six months. Poor representation, hustle culture, and a lack of equitable working conditions all contribute to the lack of psychological safety ...
Colombia is the most diverse country on the planet, boasting 1860+ bird species. The Colombian habitats are extremely diverse and the great Andes split into three parallel mountain ranges (Cordillera Occidental, Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental) in southern Colombia. Luis Villablanca, Harjeet Singh and I visited the Cauca valley (Valle ...
2023 EDGE in Tech Symposium: Smarter Tech for a Resilient Future - LivestreamHow can we engage diverse talent to transform the future of infrastructure to address inequality and promote smarter environments?Join EDGE in Tech, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, and Berkeley Engineering for a virtual symposium highlighting the experiences of experts using emerging technologies to advance innovation for more sustainable infrastructure.The event ...
Where: Cost: $50 General, $25 Academic/Nonprofit, Free students
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 ...
Over the last four years, NASA’s InSight mission has enabled unprecedented investigations of Mars’ structure and dynamics. Its final year of operations saw a series of huge meteorite impacts detected both seismically and from orbit. In this talk, I will present some of my latest work studying both natural and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium - Tony VegaSince Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Register ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
How a Scottish academic in 1873 set the stage for today’s global communications - LivestreamHard as it is to believe today, the connection between electricity and magnetism was not made until early in the 19th Century. James Clerk Maxwell brought together field theories from Gauss, Ampere and Faraday into a unified set of equations. At the publication of his “Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism†...
Where: Cost: Free
From Pupils to Space Telescopes: What Your Eyes Can Teach You About How Telescopes Work - LivestreamIn this 1-hour workshop for middle school teachers, we'll explore how your eyes form images, and how your pupil and iris are key to understanding how all optical tools work, even the largest space-based telescopes.While most people have a general idea of how their eyes work, they haven’t made the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Quack Quack: The Threat of Pseudoscience - LivestreamWe are in a crisis. A tsunami of misinformation and disinformation is threatening to engulf evidence-based science. While quackery ― loosely defined as the spread of false “knowledge,†often accompanied by various versions of “snake oil†― is not a novel phenomenon, it has never posed as great a threat ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: Extended CinemasThe warm glow of the projected image invites us to in-between worlds. During this cinematic celebration the passive act of watching turns to listening, peering, touching, and interacting as Exploratorium Cinema Arts takes over museum spaces to provide experiences - both on and off the screen - created by artists ...
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, our alligator with albinism), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic ...
