Global AI: Reframing the Conversation - LivestreamThis event will showcase diverse perspectives on human-centered AI with a focus on decolonial values, AI innovation that centers underrepresented languages in technology development, and the use of AI tools in tackling misinformation in global contexts.See weblink for presentation topics and speakers, and to register
Where: Cost: Free
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 ...
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is a major contributor to global sea level rise, with concerns about the possibility of the ice sheet becoming unstable and causing irreversible retreat on decadal to centennial timescales. While the timing of self-sustaining retreat is challenging to estimate, it is largely controlled by ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Behind-the-Scenes Look at Pupping Season - LivestreamIt’s pupping season at The Marine Mammal Center: a time when our pens are filled with starving, young animals in need of care that Center staff and volunteers work to provide.Please join Veterinarian Dr. Mattison Peters as she describes a typical day at The Marine Mammal Center during our busiest ...
Where: Cost: Free
Virulent: The Vaccine War - LivestreamRecent years have seen the dialogue around vaccines devolve into a highly contentious, emotionally fraught firestorm, an ongoing collision between scientists and charlatans, truth and lies. Virulent: The Vaccine War is an invitation to think again, exposing the myths and laying bare the facts about vaccine science, its history, and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Technology and Diplomacy: The Rise of Multilateralism in the Bay AreaWe will explore the practice of tech diplomacy and the impacts of geopolitics, the opportunities and challenges it represents both for diplomatic representations and tech companies, and their mutual interactions.In 2018, Diplo, in cooperation with Swissnex in San Francisco, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, and the Geneva ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
After Dark: See for YourselfThe Exploratorium is your playground after dark! Wander the galleries, sip a cocktail, and choose your own adventure with 600+ interactive exhibits. Can a garden transport you to another place? What memories are stirred by the scents of different plants? And how do sunflowers fit so many seeds in their ...
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 ...
The modern “paleo†diet movement makes many assumptions about what our ancient human ancestors ate. But are these assumptions based on actual evidence? Presenting a variety of lines of evidence for prehistoric human diets including early human, animal, and plant fossils, ancient stone tools, DNA, and living human and chimpanzee ...
Where: Cost: Free
International Ocean Film FestivalThe 20th annual Internation Ocean Film Festival is dedicated to using film as a medium to increase public awareness of the environmental, social, and cultural importance of marine ecosystems and foster a spirit of ocean stewardship, IOFF is now the premier venue in North America for ocean-related films.Every year, IOFF ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies by day
Friday, 04/14/23
Alcatraz City Cruises' Community Day by the Bay!Alcatraz City Cruises hosts their first "Community Day by the Bay" on Friday, April 14 at the Pier 33 Landing in San Francisco. This free, day-long event will include prizes and a range of family-friendly activities that combine hands-on fun with informative education stations suitable for all ages!Education stations provided by:The Parks ...
Known worldwide as a legendary financier, philanthropist, medical research innovator and public health advocate, Michael Milken will detail his inspiring crusade to accelerate cures and treatments so more people around the world can live longer, healthier and more meaningful lives.Milken believes a multitude of health advancements are within reach, including ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members in person, $10/Free web
Deception Detection and Social Engineering Attacks - LivestreamHumans are naturally concerned about being deceived, so having assistance in identifying malicious verbal or nonverbal behaviors that may indicate deception would be extremely beneficial. With its emergence in courtrooms, detecting lies and deception has attracted the attention of psychologists, law enforcement professionals, and cognitive scientists. Despite extensive research in ...
Where: Cost: Free
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.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
International Ocean Film FestivalThe 20th annual Internation Ocean Film Festival is dedicated to using film as a medium to increase public awareness of the environmental, social, and cultural importance of marine ecosystems and foster a spirit of ocean stewardship, IOFF is now the premier venue in North America for ocean-related films.Every year, IOFF ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies by day
Saturday, 04/15/23
Spring Baylands Bioblitz with Environmental VolunteersJoin the BioBlitz.club and Environmental Volunteers for a Spring BioBlitz in the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve and Byxbee Park.Spring is a wonderful time for flowers, pollinators, as well as courting or nesting birds. Join us to learn about some of our native and non-native species, become a community scientist ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Bringing Back the Natives Virtual Garden TourThis delightful collection of native plant gardens ranges from Al Kyte’s 45-year-old wildlife oasis to brand new installations, from large lots in the hills to small front-yard gardens, from local native plants to natives from throughout California, and from gardens designed and installed by owners to those designed and installed ...
Where: Cost: Donation requested
Tri-Valley Innovation FairThe Tri-Valley Innovation Fair is a fun and amazing event that connects everyone to the excitement of science, engineering, and technology. Over 80 exhibitors will showcase the region’s diverse accomplishments and rich learning opportunities. Meet people who make innovation happen in local companies, schools, and community organizations. Interactive hands-on activities ...
Where: PleasantonCost: Free
20th Anniversary KIPAC Community DayJoin us to celebrate KIPAC's 20th anniversary! This event will take the form of an astronomy festival, featuring numerous stations of live demonstrations, experiments, and hands-on activities. A series of mini science lectures will also be running in parallel, introducing the latest discoveries made by KIPAC in the field of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Sunset 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: Redwood CityCost: Free
International Ocean Film FestivalThe 20th annual Internation Ocean Film Festival is dedicated to using film as a medium to increase public awareness of the environmental, social, and cultural importance of marine ecosystems and foster a spirit of ocean stewardship, IOFF is now the premier venue in North America for ocean-related films.Every year, IOFF ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies by day
Sunday, 04/16/23
Bringing Back the Natives Virtual Garden TourThis delightful collection of native plant gardens ranges from Al Kyte’s 45-year-old wildlife oasis to brand new installations, from large lots in the hills to small front-yard gardens, from local native plants to natives from throughout California, and from gardens designed and installed by owners to those designed and installed ...
Where: Cost: Donation requested
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
5th Annual Data Science Forum 2023: Tech for Social GoodThe Data Science Forum is the largest data science-related event at UC Berkeley. It is an annual all-day career-driven event hosted by the Data Science Society at Berkeley, SAAS, and Big Data at Berkeley. The forum invites prominent speakers to share and discuss with students current revolutions in the Data ...
Join us along with our community partners Peninsula Open Space Trust and Bat Conservation International for a special presentation about the basics of bats, San Jose bats, and what you can do in your own yard to help! Bats are vital to healthy ecosystems and human economies worldwide. Yet these ...
Where: Cost: Free
International Ocean Film FestivalThe 20th annual Internation Ocean Film Festival is dedicated to using film as a medium to increase public awareness of the environmental, social, and cultural importance of marine ecosystems and foster a spirit of ocean stewardship, IOFF is now the premier venue in North America for ocean-related films.Every year, IOFF ...
Wildfire Modeling: Challenges, Progress, and OpportunitiesWildfires are a significant part of the global fire safety problem. Each year they burn millions of acres of land, lead to loss of life, and cause billions of dollars in damages. Just in the U.S. the adjusted impacts of wildfires exceeded $100 Billion over the past 22 years. A ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Response of Weyl fermions - topological protection, fragility and cooperationTopological electronic materials host exotic boundary modes, that cannot be realized as standalone states, but only at the boundaries of a topologically classified bulk. Topological semimetals, whose bulk electrons exhibit chiral Dirac-like dispersion, host Fermi-arc states on their boundaries. These surface bands disperse along open momentum contours terminating at the ...
Design of the first fusion laboratory experiment to achieve target gain > 1The inertial fusion community have been working towards ignition for decades, since the idea of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) was first proposed by Nuckolls, et al., in 1972. On August 8, 2021 and Dec 5th 2022, the Lawson criterion for ignition was met and more fusion energy was created than ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Resilient and Renewable Power for California High-Speed RailCalifornia High-Speed Rail will serve as the backbone for a modern, integrated statewide passenger rail network that will connect California’s urban, suburban and rural communities with fast, frequent service. It will be the first rail system in the world to run on 100% renewable energy and is setting up a ...
When a professional astronomer looks through a small telescope, they see the same things amateur astronomers do. In this talk, astronomer Matthew Shetrone will discuss some of the wonderful things we all might see through backyard telescopes like the library's own 4.5 inch reflector telescope, and the connections between the ...
Biologic and Resource Analog Investigations in Low Light Environments (BRAILLE) is a multi-year, NASA-funded Mars analog project centered around fieldwork in volcanic caves at Lava Beds National Monument in Northern California. We are motivated to search for evidence of life on Mars beneath its surface - and one way to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
 Stanford marine biologist Ceyenna Tillman on A Unique Case Study in Fish Behavior - We don't often think of fish as individuals with independent minds, making their own decisions about how to react to the world around them. We often study them through important and informative large-scale lenses such as ...
The world today is facing unprecedented economic, social, and environmental dynamics. As the global community continues to navigate these changes and challenges, political leaders seek to articulate fresh visions on how countries may steer a clear course. President Petro will provide a perspective from Latin America on the critical issues ...
In this talk, I will discuss the development of new methods for controlling and cooling atoms based a one-way wall that utilizes photon entropy. This construction realizes the historic thought experiment of Maxwell’s demon for large ensembles, exactly as predicted by Maxwell. It is now being applied to atoms as ...
Muir WoodsListen to stories and a short history of Muir Woods as a National Monument. Learn about Coast Redwoods and fire practices of the Coast Miwok. For ages 5 and older.Ranger Jackson Lam is part of the Community Programs & Outreach team with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area of the National ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Innovation in Space and Beyond: Meet former NASA Science Chief Thomas ZurbuchenJoin us on April 18, 2023, as we welcome Swiss-American astrophysicist Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, the former Science Chief at NASA, for a special talk about the role that teamwork plays in innovation and pushing scientific boundaries in the field of space research.Having led the team for the development of the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Two Talks: Popping the Science Bubble - LivestreamAntibiotic Resistance and Intracelular Adaptation of PseudomonasSpeaker: Naren G Kumar, Optometry & Vision Science, UC BerkeleyShades of Risk: How Safe are Artificial Food Colors for Kids?Speaker:Ruwan Thilkaratne, Epidemiology, UC BerkeleyZoom: http://bit.ly/PtSBBerkeleyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/berkeleypubliclibrary
Where: Cost: Free
Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century - LivestreamApplying mathematical tools In sustainability with Eugene Fiorini, Founder and Director of Fiorini & Associates. See weblink for Zoom information.Part of 2023 Earth Stewardship Symposium
More than 80% consumer Internet traffic is for videos and most of them are recorded videos. Meanwhile, many organizations (such as national parks, vacation resorts, departments of transportation) provide real-time visual data (images or videos). These videos allow Internet users to observe events remotely. This speech explains how to discover ...
With hundreds of bird species found throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, we are fortunate to have several birding organizations dedicated to appreciating and conserving the birds here. In the second part of SFBBO's Birding the Bay Area series, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society and Sequoia Audubon Society will share ...
Wendy will talk about the hunting and eating traditions in two mushroom loving regions: Southwest China, and south central Africa, and contrast those traditions with ours here in North America.She is currently a resident of Mendocino County. Wendy was a newsletter editor and speaker coordinator for the MSSF. She has ...
Where: Cost: Free
Long Now: Resisting DystopiaJoin us for a thought-provoking conversation between two Hugo award-winning science fiction authors, Becky Chambers and Annalee Newitz. Known for challenging classic science fiction tropes such as war, violence, and colonialism, both authors create vivid and immersive worlds that are filled with non-human persons, peace, and a subtle sense of ...
A chance encounter with an undiscovered coral reef system became Antal Borcsok’s life mission. With perseverance and lots of help this reef system went from unknown in 2010, to being a Marine Protected Area recognized by the Honduran Congress in 2018. Today Antal and his wife Alejandra co-own the first ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Commercial Kitchens in an Electric Era - LivestreamWith California's ambitious climate goals in the balance, scaling up electrification beyond new residential construction is an important priority for many businesses. As businesses are bringing employees back to the office, it’s the right time to consider electrifying break rooms, cafeterias and other dining areas. Hear from pioneers in the ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has focused on a paradigm in which intelligence inheres in a single agent, and in which agents should be autonomous so they can exhibit intelligence independent of human intelligence. Thus, when AI systems are deployed in social contexts, the overall design is often naive. Such a paradigm ...
International Dark Sky Week eventWhat is light polution? How you can help. Why it matters.Featuring Don Jolley: "The Ground Overhead and the Stars Underfoot"
Where: Point Reyes StationCost: Free
SETI Talks - Do ETs Watch Us? What Do They See?Let’s assume that extra-terrestrial civilizations exist in our galaxy. Like us, they are conducting their own SETI research to find us, see us and study us. What would they see? What methods could they use to learn about us? What technologies have they invented to see and listen to us. ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
'Field Guide to North American Flycatchers' - LivestreamMeet the author and illustrator behind the brand new in-depth field guide on the two challenging genera of North American Flycatchers. Lee and Birch will discuss their many projects over the years, why they work so well together. They will give us a tour of their new publication and show ...
Virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) wearable displays strive to provide perceptually realistic user experiences, while constrained by limited compute budgets, hardware, and transmission bandwidths of wearable computing systems. This presentation describes two different ways in which a greater understanding of the human visual system may assist in achieving this goal. ...
The modern “paleo†diet movement makes many assumptions about what our ancient human ancestors ate. But are these assumptions based on actual evidence? Presenting a variety of lines of evidence for prehistoric human diets including early human, animal, and plant fossils, ancient stone tools, DNA, and living human and chimpanzee ...
Peter is a long-time Bay Area mycologist and microscopist, and has studied mycology at University of Washington and SFSU. He has been very active in microscopy outreach and education around the SF Bay Area, and is an emiritus president of the San Francisco Microscopical Society and a former instructor in ...
Cannabis Toxicology: The Good, The Bad, and The Risky by Dr. Echo Rufer(Legal) cannabis is more popular (and available) than ever, but how do you make decisions about healthy use? Is natural safer than synthetic? Does a super high THC concentration actually matter? What was the deal with the “Vapegate†...
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