Galaxies in the Reionization Ear: New Insiht from Early JWST and Ground-Based TelescopesOver the past few months, deep infrared images and spectra from JWST have pushed the cosmic frontier back to just 300 million years after the Big Bang, delivering the first large sample of galaxies at redshifts 7 < z < 15. Sometime in this redshift window the hydrogen in the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Who makes the Earth habitable? From a metaphysics of production to a metaphysics of allianceAmong the founding myths of modern Western cosmology, there is one that would almost go unnoticed, so much has it shaped our ways of thinking and acting. It is the dominant philosophical belief that we humans produce our own sustenance and make the Earth habitable. We have invented a civilization ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
“R.U.R.†ROSSUM’S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS Come explore the very nature of life with the play written by Karel Capek that invented the word "robot." What makes us human? What is consciousness? And what will it look like when artificial intelligence turns against its creators?  A secretive robot factory creates a global supply of humanoid robots to ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $10 General, Free for UCSC Students
Exploration of Mars for Habitable Environments and LifeRecent Mars missions have discovered fascinating landscapes as well as chemicals and minerals formed by the action of liquid water. Mars could have been habitable sometime in the past, and liquid water might persist in some subsurface environments today. Dr. Des Marais will discuss recent missions and discoveries that are ...
