Morning 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 ...
In May we are celebrating native California plants, their cool qualities, and the important roles they play in local ecosystems which benefit us and the wildlife with which we share the world! Come to learn about what native plants you can cultivate in your own garden and explore our Native ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Stewardship Saturday: Experiencing Fish KitchenJoin us for this exclusive behind-the-scenes opportunity to visit The Marine Mammal Center, observe patients being fed, and support our hard-working volunteer crews with some extra help during our peak patient season. During these busier months, our patients can consume up to 1,000 pounds of fish per day! That’s a ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
City Star Party - Presidio - CANCELEDCome join the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers for free public stargazing of the Moon, planets, globular clusters and more!SFAA members with telescopes are encouraged to attend and share their views of the stars with the general public.Dress warmly. Due to the pandemic, social-distancing and masks are encouraged, but not required.Rain, ...
Our understanding of the structure of matter, encapsulated in the Standard Model of particle physics, is that protons, neutrons, and nuclei emerge dynamically from the interactions of underlying quark and gluon degrees of freedom. I will describe how first-principles theory calculations have given us new insights into this structure, including recent predictions ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
An 'Electric' Dinner Party: Induction Cooking - LivestreamChef Rachelle Boucher will take you on an electrifying cooking adventure. Find out her favorite tips and techniques for induction cooking. Learn how to transform your culinary creations, all while listening to her charming cooking stories.Register to attend at weblink.
By some measures, modern geology has pushed our knowledge of Earth's birthdate backward in time by a factor of a million: from 4,000 BCE to 4,000,000,000 BCE! Detrital zircon geochronology is a geological dating technique that affords insights into the structure and origin of planet Earth’s diverse components. Even locally, ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Wednesday, 05/31/23
A Sign in Space - Signs in SpaceA Sign in Space is a multidisciplinary art project conceived by artist Daniela De Paulis. De Paulis is leading a global team to send an encoded message from the European Space Agency (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) back to Earth, simulating a signal an advanced extraterrestrial civilization could eventually ...
Pteropods are pelagic snails that have garnered considerable research on ocean acidification due to the susceptibility of dissolution in shell-bearing species. They can constitute an important food source for marine predators, including whales, seabirds, and some commercially important fishes. Due to their small size and planktonic lifestyle, however, their diversity ...
We are thrilled to announce an upcoming panel discussion that will take you on a journey to discover the secrets of our solar system and the search for life beyond our planet. Two scientists from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland - Dr. Stefanie Milam, astrophysicist and astrochemist, ...
Join us for a Global Health Conversation with Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH, director of the Duke Global Health Institute and an internationally recognized epidemiologist who has worked on the front lines of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 treatment and research. Dr. Beyrer is also a renowned humanitarian human rights physician who has worked globally ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Science on Tap: It's an RNA WorldRibonucleic acids (RNAs) are one of nature’s most versatile biomolecules and possess a 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 ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Thursday, 06/01/23
The Eastern Edge of the Indian Plate and Mantle Flow Across Southeast AsiaOne of the unique aspects of the Tibet plateau evolution is the apparent coherence of deformation in the mantle and crust across most of the eastern part of the plateau and around the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis (EHS). This changes at abruptly 26°N where crustal and mantle deformation diverge. Measurements of ...
What can Don Quixote teach us about skepticism and shock?In her talk, Delehanty draws from her recent book, Disenchantment, Skepticism, and the Early Modern Novel in Spain and France. She argues that early modern novels encourage readers to take a critical stance toward accepted beliefs, through content that stages multiple ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
NightLife: Says Who? Vol. 2 ExperienceEach person has a unique lived experience shaped by their upbringing, beliefs, and cultural background. While some experiences may be more visible or valued in society, it is important to recognize that all lived experiences have value, and each person's perspective is a piece of a larger story. In the ...
Moving toward the future doesn’t mean we need to leave the past behind. Yesterday’s technologies, culture, and relationships are today’s foundations and can be tomorrow’s assets. But what do we want to carry forward? Tonight, we centerpiece filmmaker H.P. Mendoza’s Attack, Decay, Release, a retro, sci-fi, electrified musical. Mendoza’s film serves ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
The climate crisis we are experiencing has been exacerbated by a crisis of representation. Artists from different disciplines have been trying to come up with images and narratives that could capture the core issues of this crisis, with varying success. Instead of staging fictional narratives, some theaters started inviting climate ...
Saturn possesses a dynamically rich system containing numerous moons and impressive rings. Whether the rings of Saturn are much younger than the planet itself has been a long-open question; more recently a young age has been proposed for some moons. Recent detection of the fast orbital evolution of Rhea and ...
Evidence for the extreme weather conditions we are experiencing in North America is becoming more frequent and highlighting the real effects of climate change. Throughout the Bay Area and California, we have experienced extreme heat, atmospheric rivers, sea level rise, low water reservoirs, massive lighting strikes, high winds, severe air ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $10 Kids/Seniors, $5 Members
