The Apollo missions showed scientists that the craters on the Moon were from impacts rather than volcanoes, overturning previously held hypotheses. Now, new research using data collected by China's Chinese Chang’E 1 and 2 orbiters has discovered a hot spot under the surface. Using an instrument that made observations at ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: College NightAs back to school season is in full effect, tonight we invite anyone with a college ID to join us for free for a night of cinema and science. Don’t miss a special conversation between soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause and director Vincent Tricon, whose film Bernie Krause: A Life with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
 Geologic settings required for a viable geothermal resource depend on a variety of specific conditions to be present and active, hence goldilocks.Geothermal energy has a big role to play in the move to renewable energy, possibly supplying as much as 8% of U.S. electrical needs by 2050.New technology that expands ...
In honor of Steinhart Aquarium’s 100th anniversary, let's party like it’s 1923 and celebrate a century of aquatic wonder and innovation.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Science is a Piece of Cake: A Geology Bake-OffDo you know your Bay Area geology? Learn about all the bizarre, gorgeous and really freaking old formations via ... cake! KQED's Check, Please! Bay Area Producer Cecilia Phillips, in partnership with the California Academy of Sciences and local bakeries, will host a cake bake-off where rocks serve as visual ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: In Person: $20 / Livestream: Free.
Friday, 09/29/23
Cyber Defending Taiwan: Lessons from UkraineDeepening Taiwan’s defense and resilience in the cyber domain is key to advancing diplomatic solutions to the rising geopolitical tensions with China in the region.This one-day conference engaging private, public, and academic leaders will focus on increasing the resilience of Taiwan to threats and vulnerabilities in the cyber domain and ...
Oceans Seminar Series - Two TalksExploring the Resilience of Tunicates: Oceans survivors of 550 Million Years of EvolutionWhile climate change is a major threat to marine life, it is impossible to know exactly how quickly species will adapt to warmer and more acidic seawater, or which species will survive into the future. In this seminar, we will ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
StorageX Tech Talk - Two TalksImpact of fixed-resistance thin films on improved lithium-metal battery performanceSpeaker: Kenzie Marie Sanroman Gutierrez, Ph.D. Student, Stanford UniversityEnabling In-the-Field Operation of Second-Life Battery Energy Storage: Analysis and AlgorithmsSpeaker: Aadil Khan, Ph.D. Student and Xiaofan Cui, Postdoc, Stanford UniversityAttend in person or online
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Nanomaterials in 3D Functional Mesosystems: From Neural Interfaces to Environmental MonitorsComplex, three dimensional (3D) micro/nanostructures in biology provide sophisticated, essential functions in even the most basic forms of life. Compelling opportunities exist for analogous 3D structures in man-made devices, but existing design options are highly constrained by comparatively primitive capabilities in fabrication and growth.Recent advances in mechanical engineering and materials ...
Join the Young Birders Club to bird the babbling Stevens Creek and mature riparian habitat of McClellan Ranch. We will visit the feeders to observe birds such as the Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Oak Titmouse and Downy Woodpecker, and stroll along the Stevens Creek Trail for the Anna’s Hummingbird, California Scrub-Jay, California ...
Where: CupertinoCost: Free
Stewardship Saturday: Studying Marine Mammals in Elkhorn SloughTraverse Moss Landing’s Elkhorn Slough with The Marine Mammal Center, Kayak Connection, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sea Otter Rehabilitation Team! Through this event you will learn more about The Marine Mammal Center and Monterey Bay Aquarium’s work along the California coast, the different types of marine mammals present in ...
Did you know that California has a holiday just to celebrate biodiversity? Let’s celebrate by having a month long BioBlitz through iNaturalist to help scientists document our local pollinators. Come learn about local pollinator species and how you and your family can contribute to scientific research and conservation!
Los Cenzontles Mexican American Music Performance at the Lawrence Hall of ScienceJoin us to celebrate Mexican music and culture featuring Los Cenzontles, a Bay Area-based arts academy and band that amplifies Mexican American culture through education, performance, and production. Los Cenzontles will perform music, teach visitors about various musical instruments, and discuss how music relates to immigrant traditions, cultural identity, and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with museum admission ($20 for guests 3+)
 CSM's Family Science & Astronomy Festival + Makerspace (formerly Family Science Day) brings the wonders of science to our community! Future scientists-in-the-making are welcomed to campus to participate in fun makerspace activities, watch Chef Ed make comets, visit fascinating biology, chemistry, geology, and math stations for hands-on demos hosted by ...
Where: San MateoCost: check website
How to Photograph an EclipseThis talk will focus on how to take pictures of the eclipse while still allowing you to enjoy the experience. It is based on a series of talks I gave in 2016-17 prior to the last US eclipse and has been updated for the latest information. Taking photos of eclipses ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
The Peril and Profit of Near-Earth Objects; Is Asteroid Mining Possible and Practical?Near-Earth objects present both an existential threat to human civilization and an extraordinary opportunity to propel our exploration and expansion across the solar system. While the risk of a sudden, civilization-altering collision with an asteroid or comet has markedly diminished in recent decades due to diligent astronomical surveys, a significant ...
Charla is the inaugural Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Officer at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) in New York, and the elected President of SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science). At CSHL, she is an academic administrator who guides DEI-motivated institutional change initiatives; on the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Imaging the Brain at High Spatiotemporal ResolutionThe brain enables physicists and astronomers to explore the universe. Dr. Na Ji will describe how concepts in physics and astronomy help us understand the brain by imaging neurons at sub-micron spatial and millisecond temporal resolution.Speaker: Dr. Na Ji, UC Berkeley
In 1977, the physicist Freeman Dyson1 proposed the burial of biomass, as a scalable, economical solution to the CO2 problem. Today we know2 that the harvested vegetation should be buried in an engineered dry Environmental Chamber. Plant biomass can be preserved for thousands of years by burial in a dry ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Alzheimer's Disease: recent advances and practical tips for prevention - LivestreamA third of dementia cases worldwide are estimated to be at least partly attributable to seven modifiable factors. At this virtual event, hear Dr. Irina Skylar-Scott discuss practical strategies you can put into place in your daily life to improve and maintain cognitive function. Also hear about current treatments, and opportunities to ...
The Universe is magnetic. From stars to galaxies to intergalactic space, magnetic fields thread the cosmos. Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, hosts a magnetic field that helps to sculpt the interstellar medium: the “stuff between the stars†out of which new stars are born, and into which some old ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 10/03/23
IEEE Day Panel Discussion on Ethical AI: Shaping the Future Responsibly - LivestreamWith a focus on “Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for a better tomorrow†to align with the theme of the IEEE day.Panelists:Dr. Ruchi Dass, Managing Director, HealthCursor, UKhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/drruchidass/Dr. Katharina Koerner, Tech Diplomacy Network, USAhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/katharina-koerner-privacyengineering/Chinmay Nerurkar, Principal Engineer, Microsofthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nchinmay/Dr. Vishnu S. Pendyala, SJSU, San Jose, CA, USAhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/pendyala/Moderator: Meenakshi Jindal, Netflix, Los Gatos, USAhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/meenakshijindal/Register ...
Where: Cost: Free
Live Taping - The Future of Everything w/Russ Altman with Special Guest, Karl DeisserothJoin us for an electrifying live taping of "The Future of Everything" podcast with host Dr. Russ Altman, Kenneth Fong Professor of Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine, Biomedical Data Science, and Computer Science (by courtesy), and special guest Dr. Karl Deisseroth, D.H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Singapore's Multi-Stakeholder Approach to AI GovernanceOur flagship autumn Seminar Series on International Technology Management in 2023 will examine ways in which new digital technologies, business models, and data governance frameworks are addressing problems and opportunities at the interface between the digital economy and the external world, with special attention to new patterns of competition and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Clearview AI, Facial Recognition Technology, and Threats to Our PrivacyAre you one in a million? One in a billion? What if an app could pick you out of a crowd based on your face alone?New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview AI that claimed it could, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members in person, $10/Free web
we are piloting a three-part Human-Centered AI Vodcast. A sort of hybrid podcast, live audience and seminar series. Through this series, we hope to better understand what all of you want from AI. So, welcome to Stanford Human-Centered AI Vodcast, where we don't sweep anything under the rug; where we ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Innovating Solutions at the Ocean-Climate Nexus - LivestreamThis talk will provide an introduction to Ocean Visions, a relatively new organization working through a collaborative partnership to advance a new agenda for solutions at the ocean-climate nexus.With a range of partners including MBARI, Ocean Visions works on a “Four R†agenda to abate the ocean-climate crisis:Reduce: Developing ocean-based ...
Researchers used to define objectives for artificial intelligence (AI) agents by hand, but with progress in optimization and reinforcement learning, it became obvious that it’s too difficult to think of everything ahead of time and write it down. Instead, these days the objective is viewed as a hidden part of ...
Climate change has been deemed the greatest threat to global public health. And yet, there is a yawning research gap surrounding the impact that this anthropogenic phenomenon may have on health-relevant infrastructure and decision-making. In this talk, I present my dissertation work structured around a theoretical framework and four lead ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Radical Founders AI: Geoffrey Hinton in Conversation with Fei-Fei LiIn this Radical AI Founders Masterclass, Geoffrey Hinton and Fei-Fei Li will share their experiences building tech-first startups and scaleups, offering up their guidance, advice, and personal viewpoints. This discussion is delivered in partnership with the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.Stanford ...
Cody Coleman is a co-founder of Coactive AI, an analytics platform for visual content, and serves as the CEO. Coactive leverages AI to make it easy for enterprises to search, filter, and analyze large amounts of image and video data by bringing structure to unstructured data. Coleman is also a founding ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Special Screening of 'Collision'A worldwide increase in shipping traffic is threatening our oceans, its inhabitants and the planet. Collision is a powerful feature documentary which highlights the severely under-reported issue of fatal ship strikes on whales, a threat which is endangering their very existence. The film suggests solutions to encourage and convince governments and global ...
Where: San RafaelCost: $13.25 General, $9.75 Seniors/Youth, $7.75 Members
Zoom Lenses for Bird PhotographyThis presentation will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of zoom lenses for bird photography. Zoom lenses offer many benefits such as flexibility, excellent image stabilization, and portability. Mastering the zoom lens allows one to capture compelling, professional quality bird photographs without breaking the bank.Speaker: Shravan SundaramSee weblink for Zoom information. ...
Hear Seth Shostak, Earth’s official Alien Hunter, talking about space exploration with host Haritina Mogoșanu.Seth Shostak directs the search for extraterrestrials at the SETI Institute in California - trying to find evidence of intelligent life in space. He is also committed to getting the public, especially young people, excited about ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 10/05/23
Building for Heat Resilience in Urban Areas - LivestreamA majority of the population around the world, including nearly 80% of the U.S. population, reside in urban areas. As average temperatures rise and extreme heat events become more common due to climate change, the built environment and lack of vegetation in cities combine to make that heat even more ...
Where: Cost: Free
Volcanism on Exoplanets: New Insights from JWST and Beyond - LivestreamUp until now, the quest to find evidence of active volcanism on other worlds has been limited to our own solar system. We've definitively seen volcanoes erupting on Jupiter's moon, Io; we've possibly found evidence of geologically recent volcanism on Venus; and Mars has the largest volcano, although dormant, in ...
Is it a good idea to use machine learning (ML) predictions in education? Would machine learning models treat all students fairly? I will start this talk with our recent analysis on middle school and high school datasets that reveal potential fairness risks of applying vanilla ML on students. To improve ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Leading the Circular RevolutionJoin us and the city of Zurich for an evening exploring how cities can lead the way towards a more sustainable way of living by embracing the circular economy.While occupying only 3% of the planet's territory, cities use 75 % of global resources. The circular economy has emerged as a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
After Dark: UsersGrapple with the complicated relationship between people and technology tonight at After Dark. In the feature-length documentary Users, filmmaker Natalia Almada explores major questions confronting humanity as we develop increasingly intimate relationships with technology. Then immerse yourself in the power and harmony of the natural world with the west coast ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
CFC Birdy Hour: Burrowing Owls of the Bay Area - LivestreamLearn the latest about the life and times of our local Burrowing Owls from a researcher who has studied them for over 30 years. There's more to know about their migratory behavior and about the attachment Burrowing Owls show to their mates and to where they nest. While Burrowing Owls ...
Where: Cost: Free
NightLife: The Art of NatureAt this NightLife, Mother Nature takes center stage as our ultimate muse. See what happens when art and nature collide as we celebrate 10 years of our BigPicture: Natural World Photography exhibit.Featured events:Dive into the enchanting world of underwater kelp forest ecosystems with a talk and photography showcase from 2023 ...
First Friday: Light & DarkSince the creation of our planet, light has been crucial to the survival of all living things on Earth. Equally important is the absence of that light where shadows play an important role in understanding the world around us. At October’s First Friday event, try your hand at creating an ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $10 Kids/Seniors, $5 Members
Getting Started with Astronomical Spectroscopy - RescheduledAstronomical spectroscopy is the study of the electromagnetic spectrum of stars and other celestial objects through a spectroscope. Spectroscopy is one of the best tools we have for deciphering the chemical and physical properties of the universe, and is the backbone of modern astrophysical research. In fact, about 75% of ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Studying Exoplanets with The James Webb Space TelescopeThe James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful and complex astronomical space observatory ever built. It launched in December 2021 into orbit in the Sun - Earth system. The large 6.5-m diameter JWST primary mirror and its infrared instruments allow it to see some of the very first luminous ...
Join the Young Birders Club to bird the lush green grass and towering Oak and Redwood trees of Cuesta Park! We'll look for resident birds, including Red-tailed Hawks, White-breasted and Pygmy Nuthatches, Western Bluebirds, and American Robins, and keep an eye out for incoming wintering sparrows.This trip is designed for ...
A remarkably rich chemistry is at play in the regions of space where solar systems are born. In this talk, Professor Bergner, the College of Chemistry’s first-ever astrochemist, will describe how powerful telescopes combined with lab experiments are revealing the chemical outcomes in these exotic physical environments. Professor Bergner will ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Critter Search at SanbornSome of the most interesting critters are hard to find. Join us as we look for some of the smaller residents of Sanborn Park. Look for Salamanders under rocks, Millipedes under logs, and newts in the ponds! Let’s see who we can find!Register at weblink
Bioethics (or Medical Ethics) has emerged and developed rapidly as an independent (but interdependent) discipline from standard ethics since WWII. While the Nazi doctors trial and atrocities brought to light many previously unthinkable transgressions, a developing discipline actually pre-dated the Nazi regime with respect to protections of human subjects in ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 10/08/23
Five Dollar Day at The Lawrence Hall of ScienceVisit The Lawrence and enjoy all the hands-on science we offer for just $5 per person. $5 Days are part of our efforts to increase access to our programs for all.
Where: BerkeleyCost: $5
Solar ObservingIt’s there for us year round, lighting our days and providing energy for our lives, so maybe it’s time to give it a closer look. Join SJAA for amazing and detailed views of the Sun, and be assured that we’ll be using special telescopes that will keep your eyeballs perfectly ...
Quantum Limited Thermal and Thermoelectric Transport in GrapheneIn low-dimensional systems, a growing number of many-body quantum phenomena have emerged from the combination of reduced dimensionality, strong interactions, and topology. Thermal and thermoelectric transport, which is sensitive to energy- and entropy-carrying degrees of freedom, provides a discriminating probe of emergent excitations in quantum materials. In this talk, I ...
In this talk, I will cover a few recent papers and projects that focus on the measurement of emissions and the costs, benefits, and opportunities associated with a transition to sustainable, deeply decarbonized, and equitable energy systems is needed in the United States. For example, in [1], we show that ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
The Motions of Stars and Gas in Disk GalaxiesStudies of disk galaxies, like our own Milky Way, are foundational to our current understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. Studies of their rotational motions provided one of the first pieces of evidence for the existence of dark matter. I will discuss similar kinematic measurements we use to understand their ...
The past has left its traces on the world, and we only have to know how to read themAnimals arose over five hundred million years ago, and by the end of the Cambrian had diversified into today’s phylum-level forms. This early history is obscured by the fact that the first animals were soft-bodied and left only enigmatic fossils. Here we take a comparative genomic approach to inferring the ...
US Tribes are developing their energy visions, but there are challenges. Strategic Energy Planning assists to meet many of the challenges.Speaker: Sandra Begay, Sandia National Labs
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tuesday, 10/10/23
Cybersecurity Futures 2030: National Security Implications for Policymakers - LivestreamHow do current cybersecurity frameworks hold up to the challenges of the future? What are the potential gaps in our knowledge? What are the possible courses of action for governments, citizens, and the private sector?This session will explore these questions and other major themes that emerged from a series of ...
The interaction between fire and humans has a long history and fire has enabled the persistence of ecosystems and humans alike. Yet, as fires of large magnitudes and frequencies can (and have) destabilized the social-ecological interactions mediated by fire and the processes they support, a novel understanding is needed to ...
In most condensed matter systems we think of electrons as delocalized particles that roam about the internal landscape of a material. This is especially true when the number of electrons in a crystal is less than the number of lattice sites, in which case most materials are metallic. But what ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Resilient Societies: Silicon Valley's ReinventionOver the past decade, tech companies have become new and powerful players on the international stage. Borderless digital platforms and cutting-edge innovations in biotech, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence have not only revolutionized our way of life, but have also exponentially increased in speed, reshaping our institutions, norms, and values. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Conversational AI and the Future of the WebAfter a long break, we are back in person. We are bringing together experts in Conversational AI to discuss the latest trends and advancements. Our panelists will delve into topics like Artificial Intelligence, Language Models, and the Future of the Web. Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights from industry ...
Two dramatic eclipses of the Sun are coming to North America during the 2023-24 school year - an annular (“ring of fireâ€) eclipse Oct. 14, 2023 and a total eclipse Apr. 8, 2024. People in two narrow paths will have the full eclipse experience each time. Everyone else (an estimated 500 million people, including ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 10/11/23
Motivation, Representation, and Autonomous AgentsThe past decade’s series of dramatic AI successes has brought us closer to realizing the dream of the autonomous agent - an artificial system that can learn about its world, make decisions, and set and achieve goals, all with minimal human intervention. Nature has given us an incredible motif for ...
Along rivers, bedload transport causes collision and wear of sediment particles, by both surface attrition that produces sand and silt, and chipping that produces larger fragments. As a result, riverbed sediments exhibit two downstream trends: rounding and fining where particle size decreases with distance downstream. Sediments supplied by hillslopes to ...
The presentation delves into the prevalent challenges of human infertility and congenital defects exacerbated by environmental toxins. Chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates, present in plastics, cosmetics, and personal care items, disrupt hormones and pathways as endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs). Despite efforts to replace BPA with alternatives labeled “BPA-Free,†these ...
Where: EmeryvilleCost: Free
Doors Open 2023: Go Behind - the - Scenes at the Physical ArchiveWe are excited to offer a behind-the-scenes tour of the physical collections of books, music, film, and video in Richmond, California.With this special insider event we are opening the doors to an often unseen place. See the lifecycle of physical books - donation, preservation, digitization, and access. Also, samples from ...
Near-Earth objects present both an existential threat to human civilization and an extraordinary opportunity to help our exploration and expansion across the solar system. The risk of a sudden, civilization-altering collision with an asteroid or comet has markedly diminished in recent decades due to diligent astronomical surveys, but a significant ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free
What Can AI Teach Us About the Human Mind...and vice versa?Scientists often use models to study complicated and interesting phenomena (think the model of the atom, mouse models to study cancer, etc.). In particular, computational models allow us to improve our understanding of phenomena that cannot be observed directly, whether due to time (such as predicting earthquakes) or access constraints ...
Where: San RafaelCost: Free
Thursday, 10/12/23
Coastal Walk at Cowell-Purisima TrailJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful Thursday 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 ...
Listen carefully to the secret sounds of the animal world. In this collection of videos created by scientist Karen Bakker she takes you up close to five species and their fascinating sounds, and the stories of how scientists have studied them. Drawing from her book The Sounds of Life, Karen ...
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 60,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude, our alligator with albinism), the night is sure to be wild.Venture into our latest ...
When we contemplate how bird diversity has changed, we often focus on the handful of species we have lost entirely. But while we have yet to lose a single bird species to our rapidly changing climate, birds and other creatures are currently adapting and responding in myriad ways. Across the world, species are shifting their geographic ...
Join Bay Area Skeptics president Eugenie Scott in a wide-ranging conversation with science journalist and creator of the very popular skeptical YouTube channel, Potholer54. Through clips from the channel, Scott and Hadfield discuss his approach to his long-time production of science-related videos, and the importance of outreach to the public ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 10/13/23
Bair Island Walking TourJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a walking tour at Bair Island! You’ll be guided by POST ambassadors who will share the history of this beautiful protected space, information about the species that live there, and what you can do to contribute.This easy 1 mile walk with little to no ...
Deep ocean industrial and hazardous waste disposal was a pervasive global practice near coastlines in the 20th century. Uncertainty in the quantity, location, and contents of the discarded materials at historic dump sites pose ongoing risks to marine ecosystems and human health. This talk will describe observations and analytic techniques ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Public Astronomy Viewing NightsCome for public viewing of the night sky at Sonoma State University's Observatory.Check the weblink for weather conditions before going as the event is weather dependent.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
How to Survive the A.I. ApocalypseAfter two sold-out shows in NYC, Shiva and Ben of KRAZAM are coming to SF, bringing you the knowledge you need to survive in the post-AI world!Live ComedyInteractive SegmentsExclusive New KRAZAM VidsExistential DreadForbidden KnowledgeAppSec Lessons
Where: San FranciscoCost: $35
Saturday, 10/14/23
Annular Solar EclipseThis fall, here in the Bay Area, we will have one of our last chances to experience a solar eclipse in our own back yard until 2024! Chabot Space & Science Center will be open early to ensure guests have the best chance to spot the annular solar eclipse from ...
Where: OaklandCost: $30 Adult, $25 Youth/Sr/Student, under 2 free
Partial Eclipse Viewing At Houge ParkEveryone is invited to join us at Houge Park to observe a partial solar eclipse where the moon will cover most of the sun. Come between 7:30 and 8 if you want to see the full eclipse, but don't hesitate to join us after the eclipse has started, it will ...
The Sage and Drifter bar hosts an eclipse viewing party,On Saturday October 14 there will be a Total Annular Solar Eclipse of the Sun! The path of totality crosses the US from Oregon to Texas. From San Francisco 83% of the Sun will be covered.Safely View this spectacular event with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Annular Solar EclipseLearn MoreFor general eclipse information, and specifics on this eclipse, check out the NASA 2023 Solar Eclipse website!Eye safety is very important when looking at the sun! Here’s a helpful NASA guide on Eclipse Safety.To see the path of this annular eclipse, and next year’s total eclipse, check out NASA’s 2023 ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free
Eclipse Viewing PartyOn October 14, an annular solar eclipse will be visible across the United States. The Lawrence will have eclipse glasses for sale leading up to and during the eclipse. Join us for a viewing party and an exploration of how eclipses occur!
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
Partial Solar Eclipse at Stanford/KIPACPlease join us to watch the solar eclipse together! While the Bay Area is not on the path of annularity, we will still have around 80% coverage with a partial eclipse and would love to invite you to celebrate this astronomical event together! Please see below an overview of the ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Annular Eclipse LiveOn Saturday, October 14, an annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America. The SETI Institute and Unistellar are joining together for an expanded SETI Live, with teams on the ground in Oregon, Nevada, and Utah using eVscopes equipped with solar filters to observe the event. Additionally, we’re ...
Where: Cost: Free
Fall Baylands BioblitzJoin the BioBlitz.club and Environmental Volunteers for a Fall BioBlitz in the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve and Byxbee Park.Fall is a wonderful time for migrating birds. Join us to learn about some of our native and non-native species, become a community scientist and help us collect scientific data.Please bring ...
Start your morning with a solar eclipse at the Exploratorium!Join us for an outdoor solar eclipse viewing in front of Pier 15. Exploratorium educators will be present to demonstrate safe viewing techniques and engage families in hands-on activities. We have a limited supply of free eclipse glasses available to hand ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Friends and family birding day at Bouverie PreserveJoin us for a fun-filled day of birding at Bouverie Preserve! Whether you’re an experienced birder or just starting out, this event is perfect for nature enthusiasts of all ages. Spend the day exploring the beautiful preserve and spotting a variety of bird species in their natural habitat.Bring your friends ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: Free
Family Nature Day at Huddart ParkJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), Friends of Huddart & Wunderlich Parks, and San Mateo County Parks for a family-friendly morning filled with hikes for all ages, hands-on learning experiences and arts activities. Register now to reserve a free ticket for you and your friends and family!$6 parking fee, cash ...
Where: WoodsideCost: Free
Fire Ecology HikeJoin us to learn about the importance of getting ‘good fire’ back onto coastal landscapes and our ongoing work to steward the preserve using prescribed burning. A guided 4-mile hike will reveal the progress and preparations we’re making within two unique burn projects in coastal prairie and coastal redwood habitats.The ...
Where: Stinson BeachCost: Free
TechFestCHM’s all-day TechFest events offer special family-oriented experiences included in the price of Museum admission. We’ll be bringing you tech-themed demos, performances, hands-on activities, and more. Explore CHM exhibits, shop in the Museum store, enjoy a tasty treat from the Cloud Bistro or a visiting food truck, and have fun ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Sunday, 10/15/23
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 ...
The Nature Sounds Society's lecture-demonstration with surround sound.LEARNhow wildlife is disturbed by human noisehow the national parks are conserving their natural soundscapesTUNE UP YOUR EARShear the difference between mono, stereo, and surround soundhear the environment that we usually try to ignorehear the individual voices in a chaotic jungle soundscapeLISTENtake your ...
Humans have sought "signs from above†for millennia. The scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) began circa 1960, and, today, grows ever deeper and more technologically diverse. The scope of modern research is breathtaking. Methods include targeted searches for electromagnetic (EM) signals near known Earth-like exoplanets, continuous EM scans over ...
At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco, catching most of the city asleep. For approximately one minute, shockwaves buckled streets, shattered water mains, collapsed buildings, crushed hundreds of residents to death and trapped many alive. For the next three days, fires ignited and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members
Phonon thermal conductivity in ferroelectric materials: the case for “polarization caloritronicsâ€What is the nature of the thermal fluctuations of polarization in ferroelectric materials, the equivalent of magnons in ferromagnetic materials? In displacement ferroelectrics they are phonons involving the atoms that carry Born effective charges; these describe the electrical polarization induced by the displacement of individual atomic sublattices. These phonons are ...
Synthetic biology is one of the most promising fields of research for the 21st century. It offers powerful ways to build the global economy, manufacture sustainable materials, and address climate change. However, current access to biotechnology breakthroughs is unequal, largely due to bottlenecks in infrastructure and education. Here, I describe ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Scalable Quantum Nanophotonics: From Nanofabrication to Quantum Circuit MappingDr. Radulaski explores light and matter interaction at the nanoscale for applications in quantum and classical informationprocessing hardware. Photonic systems are the leading candidates for creating reliable sources of quantum information and other important tools for quantum computing. Recent advances in photonic technology have important applications in building quantum networks, ...
Dr. Karine Gibbs studies the social behaviors of tiny organisms. Her team asks how bacteria recognize one another, engage in collective behaviors such as territory formation, and cause disease. They use molecular biology, biochemistry, and live-cell imaging to examine shapeshifting, fast-moving residents of humans and animals. Dr. Gibbs (A.B., Harvard ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Scouting for light new physicsThe two most common ways particle physicists are searching for the existence of new forces or new degrees of freedom are either by producing heavy new particles directly, using collisions at the highest achievable energies, or by measuring precisely processes that are very rare. In the colloquium I will review ...
The US State Department's Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) develops and executes US international energy policy through diplomatic and programmatic engagement that promotes a low-emissions future, energy security for the United States and our allies and partners, and economic prosperity through sustainable, affordable, and reliable energy access. In a conversation ...
It's a challenge to make the best decisions in a world that is unpredictable and full of contradictions. Help is now available in the form of advice from quantum physicist Jim Al-Khalili, who shares 8 lessons from the heart of science that he says can help people get the most ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for Members
Tuesday, 10/17/23
Understanding Food Loss and WasteFood that is lost or wasted on its journey from farm to fork creates the potent greenhouse gas methane and results in lost environmental resources, energy, and economic productivity. Reducing food loss and waste (in the U.S., the goal is to cut food waste by 50% by 2030) represents a ...
Extreme wildfire has become a global crisis - affecting lives, property, air quality, economies and ecosystems. What role can technology and startups play in helping address it? Bill Clerico is the founder and managing partner at Convective Capital, a wildfire-focused venture capital firm and will share his perspectives on the ...
Quantum error correction was invented as a graceful answer to how quantum computing would be feasible despite continuous noises from environment. It was soon realized that gauge theories had been a quantum error correcting code in disguise. This perspective has influenced designs of quantum fault-tolerant protocols. On the other hand, ...
Speaker: Eugenia Bone is an internationally known food and nature writer. Her work has appeared in many anthologies, magazines, and newspapers, including The New York Times, The National Lampoon, Saveur, Gourmet, BBC Science, and The Wall Street Journal, where she is a frequent book reviewer.Attend in person or online.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Astronomy on Tap Tucson #92: Revealing the Hidden - LivestreamUnveiling the Missing Universe with Arizona’s Own Space TelescopeSpeaker: Carlos VargasThe Search for Stealth Ocean WorldsSpeaker: Adeene DentonOn tap this month, we have Steward Observatory professor Carlos Vargas and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory postdoc Adeene Denton! Carlos will tell us all about the University of Arizona’s very own view of ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 10/18/23
Addressing Embodied Carbon Issues in Building Materials and Systems - LivestreamBuildings are responsible for 40% of the US greenhouse gas emissions. Building owners and regulators are in a rapid transformation in how buildings are designed and built. Join Peter Rumsey, Founder of Point Energy Innovations, as he discusses how to lower and eliminate the carbon emissions associated with building materials ...
Amanda Hodo began her career as an animal care specialist nearly 9 years ago at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, and is currently serving in a hybrid role as Aquarium Biologist III/Diversity and Inclusion Advisor to the President & CEO.As an Aquarium Biologist III at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, ...
Researchers, community members and advocates have called upon decision-makers to address the structural causes leading to the double jeopardy of co-occurring exposures to environmental and social “stressogens†that shape the origins and persistence of health disparities. This talk will delve into the scientific evidence, as well as research translation and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
AI Orchestration: Symphony for a New WorldBack in 2015, BootstrapLabs was among the first VCs to track how AI would impact people, corporations and society, and to develop an investment thesis focused on Applied AI in verticals such as the Future of Work, Mobility, Health, Digital & Financial Infrastructure, and Climate & Energy.We have witnessed firsthand ...
Join us to hear about the journey of Snowy Owls from the Arctic to the shores of Cape Cod each winter. Stephanie will discuss their life cycle and behavior as well as local research findings that detail why they choose to spend their winters in New England. She'll touch upon ...
In an age when misinformation, alternative facts, and conspiracy theories have become mainstream, UFOs have risen to become one of the most-talked about pop culture phenomena. With all of this noise, how can we expect anyone to know how much of this is true? What is in our skies? What ...
Where: Cost: Free
Birding Under the Influence - LivestreamA North American Big Year―a continent-spanning adventure in which a birder attempts to see as many species as possible in twelve months―is a massive undertaking under any circumstances. But doing it on a bike while maintaining sobriety? That’s next level. We are privileged to have Dorian as our speaker this ...
Traveltime-based tomographic methods have been extensively explored and employed by researchers since the 80s. Such algorithms have been successfully applied to various geophysical applications, ranging from seismic exploration to global to regional seismological scales. However, given the advancements in computational architectures over the last 20 years, full-waveform methodologies are now ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Nanotechnology: Tiny Science with a Big Impact - LivestreamDid you know that October 9th was National Nano Day? To celebrate the exploration of this miniscule world that holds immense potential for our future, this month’s Midday Science Cafe delves into the fascinating realm of nanoscience, where matter is studied at the mind-boggling nanoscale, a dimension one thousand times ...
Our past 150 years of experience with communication technology holds key lessons for how electricity technology could transform in the coming decades. With communications there were many decades of relative stasis in telephone technology before the transformation of the fundamental mechanism of our communication with the introduction (and wild success) ...
Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Virtually everythingâ€"from missiles to microwaves, smartphones to the stock marketâ€"runs on chips. Until recently, America designed and built the most advanced chips and used its control over computing power to maintain its lead as the world's ...
Conventional reinforcement learning (RL) techniques face the formidable challenge of high sample complexity and intensive computation load, which hinders RL's applicability in real-world tasks.  To tackle this challenge, Warm-Start RL is emerging as a promising new paradigm, with the basic idea being to accelerate online learning  by starting with an initial policy ...
By Hon Ip, USGS Diagnostic Virologist As an introduction to how we investigate the causes of diseases in wildlife, we will use zombies to illustrate how disease is portrayed in the movies and how we would we investigate zombieism as an infectious disease. Learn about the different specialists who work at he ...
Where: Cost: Free
Astronomy on Tap Santa Cruz: Modern Alchemy and the (Stellar) Birds & BeesWe may all be made of starstuff, but what are the stars made of? Learn the answer, and discover how to turn gold into lead with cosmic alchemy at this month’s Astronomy on Tap!Speakers: Thummim Mekuria & Matthew Shetrone, UC Santa Cruz
Throughout our open spaces and urban areas, the Bay Area is home to many diverse reptiles and amphibians. From slippery serpents to charming croakers, prepare to learn about creatures that crawl, slither and hop their way through the Bay. 🦎Santa Cruz Black Salamander (Aneides niger). Photo by Brandon Kong.We’ve invited ...
Kick off spooky season with a nerdy twist at our Halloween special! Featured will be a talk on the real Gray’s Anatomy, tarot readings by Nerd Nite alum Ben Grandis, a pumpkin decorating contest (with prizes!), music by dj andjelly, and our friends in nerdom, the SF Public Library crew. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 Advance, $15 at door
Los Angeles Times journalist and Pulitzer finalist Rosanna Xia and Dr. Charles Lester, director of the Ocean and Coastal Policy Center at UC Santa Barbara, explore the inexorable challenge of sea level rise in this probing talk. Xia, author of California Against the Sea: Visions for our Vanishing Coastline (Heyday, 2023), has traveled ...
These tours are led by our wonderful crew of ocean-loving docents, and visitors will learn about ongoing marine and coastal science research at Bodega Marine Laboratory and its history on the Sonoma Coast. Plus, you'll get to meet a variety of colorful and diverse ocean creatures.The front gates will be ...
Where: Bodega BayCost: Donations suggested
Global Insights to Anticipate and Address Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity Challenges - RescheduledFrom ubiquitous software-controlled vehicles, innovations in gaming, virtual reality, and hyper-scale cloud adoption, to supply chain frictions, a proliferation of inexpensive tools available to cybercriminals, the emergence of synthetic image generators, and fractures in global internet governance, the landscape of digital security is constantly changing.Cybersecurity Futures 2030 is a foresight-focused ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Saturday, 10/21/23
Wellness WalkJoin us for an informative and reflective stroll through wetlandsWellness Walk Join Peninsula Open Space Trust, Climate Resilient Communities, and Grassroots Ecology at Cooley Landing for a fun walk along the Bay Trail! The walk will be approximately 2 miles along the flat, paved trail to the Ravenswood lookout. We ...
Join us as psychologist Brian A. Sharpless discusses unusual psychological conditions described in his new book, Monsters on the Couch: The Real Psychological Disorders Behind Your Favorite Horror Movies. We’ll delve into Clinical Lycanthropy, a psychiatric syndrome within which the patient has the delusional belief of turning into a wolf, ...
Where: Cost: Free
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
Bat Fest 2023It's our biggest and most exciting event of the year - Bat Fest! Join Saved By Nature for an evening festival celebrating local animals of the night, with live bats, owls, and other creatures. It's a fun time under the stars! With a special guest speaker, food trucks, live music, ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: $25 General, $10 Age 6 - 15, under 4 Free
City Public Star PartyCome join the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers for an evening of stargazing at Land’s End! We meet at the USS San Francisco Memorial at El Camino del Mar parking lotTelescopes will be set up to show you the craters and mountains of the Moon, planets, bright and colorful double stars, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 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 ...
Visit our birding station at the Charleston Slough observation deck, where our volunteers will help you identify ducks, shorebirds, and more. No need to sign up - come by anytime we’re there! This event is wheelchair accessible.
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Hike at Windy HillJoin POST on a guided hike on one of the first open spaces we protected as an organization! A POST Representative will share a few words about POST’s decades of conservation success before hiking groups leave to explore a strenuous but rewarding 7 mile hike with 1,500 feet of elevation ...
Where: Portola ValleyCost: Free
Resilient Forest SeriesJoin Forestree Collective, Regenerative Forest Solutions and Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Fire Forward program for this series highlighting forest health practices, ecological stewardship, regional milling infrastructure, prescribed burning, and more.Each series date will engage participants in stewardship strategies employed at Green Valley Farm + Mill for improving the forest and watershed, ...
Where: SebastopolCost: $25
Above and Beyond: How Women Astronomers and Astronauts Brought Space Down to EarthJoin author Dale DeBakcsy on a tour through two thousand years of women's contributions to the study and exploration of space, from the first Babylonian astronomers to the women directing planetary surveys and working in space.Dale is the author of A History of Women in Astronomy and Space Exploration and ...
Direct Observation of Anyonic Braiding StatisticsA basic tenet of quantum theory is that all elementary particles are either bosons or fermions. Ensembles of bosons or fermions behave differently due to differences in their underlying quantum statistics. Starting in the early 1980’s it was theoretically conjectured that excitations that are neither bosons nor fermions may exist ...
In this talk, I will cover a few recent papers and projects that focus on the measurement of emissions and the costs, benefits, and opportunities associated with a transition to sustainable, deeply decarbonized, and equitable energy systems is needed in the United States. For example, in [1], we show that ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
A New Lick Observatory - Bay Area Public College ConsortiumDr. Metevier will describe a new effort to significantly expand Lick Observatory's education programs in the Bay Area. At the college level, this includes the development of a consortium of Bay Area public colleges (community colleges and Cal State campuses, including Sonoma State) that will have access to Lick Observatory's ...
Ana V. Longo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Before starting this tenure-track position, Ana was a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Maryland and Smithsonian Institution from 2015 to 2018. She received her PhD in 2015 from ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
A vector spin glass made of atoms and photonsSpin glasses are canonical examples of complex matter. Although much about their structure remains uncertain, they inform the description of a wide array of complex phenomena, ranging from magnetic ordering in metals with impurities to aspects of evolution, protein folding, climate models, combinatorial optimization, and artificial intelligence. Advancing experimental insight ...
Climatetech refers to companies trying to reverse climate change using technology. We explore the key factors that drive long term success for companies that wish to make a positive impact on climate change and how startups can incorporate these learnings into their strategic plans. By using the physics of business, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
How to Build Personalization into LLM RecommendationsWe enable Large Language Models (LLM) with personalization capability. This is not specific to the LLM (Open AI's ChatGPT, Athropic's Claude, Meta's Llama 2, Googles,...)Today, LLMs are not good at personalization and providing recommendations. They may advise physicians and financial advisors to "ask professionals" in their respective fields for help, ...
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 to experimentally distinguish local hidden ...
Antarctica and South Georgia: Birds, Beasts and Bold Adventure - LivestreamJoin ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter for another exciting evening with wildlife photographer, Jodi Frediani. For this talk, Jodi takes us on her fourth trip to the Antarctic Peninsula and her first voyage to South Georgia in October 2022. Her love of polar regions began with her first voyage to ...
 How did society enable the distribution of drugs and supplements - principally in the form of pills - to billions of people? How, in particular, did "anti-aging treatments" come about? Can vitamins be efficacious against aging? Finally, what is the promise of recent supplements - developed based on our understanding ...
The innate immune system is ancient and shared across kingdoms. Most organisms utilize innate immunity in the absence of an adaptive immunity to recognize rapidly evolving pathogens and elicit disease resistance response. Our laboratory works with plant, bacterial and fungal host-pathogen systems to understand biodiversity of the innate immune receptors ...
The Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR) was launched in December 2021 by Timnit Gebru as a space for independent, community-rooted AI research, free from Big Tech’s pervasive influence. Unlike the current trend of centralizing power and claiming to build one giant model that serves the needs of everyone while ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
nano@stanford Open HouseAll are welcome to visit us for the nano@stanford Open House, which will be held in the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center (Foyer & Amphitheater)!! This event will feature a Research Showcase (poster session), a Vendor Expo, and the opportunity to interact with industry professionals and representatives from other NNCI sites.  The nano@stanford Lab Member Collaborative and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Silicon Valley Talks: Chris Clay, 'Unstoppable'Unstoppable explores the life of Roy L. Clay Sr. from his time as a teenager using his uncanny math skills to run back-room craps game in segregated, rural Missouri, to his rise as a Silicon Valley technology pioneer. Unstoppable has been featured by Stephen Curry's Underrated Book Club, USA Today, NBC Bay Area ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Community-Engaged Climate Adaptation Research in Yucatán, MexicoIn Yucatán, as in many regions around the world, a history exists of Indigenous land and heritage dispossession, which continue today. This presentation introduces a case in which archaeologists, in partnership with town leaders and residents, strive to counteract those tendencies. The current initiative of PACOY (the Proyecto Arqueológico Colaborativo ...
Market-based climate policies decentralize abatement decisions by establishing a CO2 price, either via taxes or via a pollution permit market. Since CO2 emissions are often released jointly with conventional air pollutants, CO2 permit trades give rise to implicit trades of such co-pollutants. In contrast to CO2 emissions, co-pollution emissions are ...
Customers are adopting new energy technologies, incentivized by state and federal electrification programs. At the same time, utilities and regulators are exploring new pricing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs. Will the electrical distribution system be able to support these innovations without expensive system upgrades? In this ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
AI's Impact on Society: How Do We Do This the Right Way?Ready for a night out? We got views, food, and drinks - and an important panel discussion:"AI's Impact on Society: How Do We Do This the Right Way?"Delve into the world of AI's development and its hidden complexitiesLearn about the tools and strategies used to tackle risksExplore responsible AI practices ...
What can zombie movies teach us about biology, behavior, evolution, and survival?Join Dr. Jason Lewis for a crash course in Zombiology based on his popular Stony Brook University class. Dr. Lewis and The Leakey Foundation’s Brandon Upchurch will discuss contagion, conflict, cannibalism, and what a zombie apocalypse can reveal about ...
The geometry of the ancient Greeks took place on an ideal, infinite, flat plane. In the millenia since then, mathematicians have opened our minds to the more general and flexible geometries of curved spaces - from the fabric that makes up our clothing, to the spacetime around a black hole. ...
Where: Castro ValleyCost: Free
Archaeology and Ecological Crisis: Lessons in Sustainability from the PastThe world today is facing a variety of ecological crises and to combat these crises, policymakers are working hard to promote sustainability. While rarely included in policy discussions, archaeology has a part to play in contributing to a sustainable future. Archaeology uniquely provides us with thousands of years of information ...
Quantitative measurements of physical, chemical, and biological variables that retain the local environmental context are critical for applications spanning disease diagnosis to water security and ecosystem resilience. However, many current analytical methods face tradeoffs in sensitivity, portability, and scalability. This talk will describe two examples from her research tackling these ...
Where: StanfordCost:
Connecting Subsurface Stress and Geomorphic FeaturesThe lithospheric stress field controls the development of topography, faulting, and non-brittle deformation. At long wavelengths, the sources of stress can be found in variations in the thickness and density of the lithosphere and mantle flow acting on the base of the lithosphere. How these sources of stress manifest themselves ...
Speaker: Dr. George Obaido, UC BerkeleyAttend in person or online (see weblink)
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Virtual Halloween Event: Learning Through Death - LivestreamAt The Marine Mammal Center, our experts perform fairly unique work on every patient who dies at our hospital and on whales that wash ashore. Pathologists, who are like scientific detectives, search for underlying causes of why an animal died and identify patterns for different diseases through a necropsy, or ...
Look at a Moon atlas, and you’ll see a land populated with the names of philosophers, mathematicians, and astronomers. Great men like Plato, Aristarchus, Kepler, Galileo, Newton, and Planck have been immortalized by naming Moon craters after them, cementing their names in the firmament. But - what about the women? ...
What better place to celebrate spooky season than at the Exploratorium? Observe human heart cells beat on their own, discover how many blood cells you have, and watch your body turn transparent - skeleton, organs, and all! Your adventures will be scored by Oakland’s own Awesöme Orchestra as they perform ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Life as a Space Weather Analyst - LivestreamEver wondered what Space Weather is? Curious to know what it’s like to analyze Space Weather real-time? Carina Alden will take us through a day in the life of what it’s like being a Space Weather Analyst, monitoring Space Weather real-time, and what it could take to get a job ...
Where: Cost: Free
NightLife on Elm StreetOne, two, NightLife’s comin’ for you. This Halloween, don’t sleep on NightLife because we're summoning all the creatures of the night for one of our favorite times of the year. Brace yourself for spine-chilling drag performances by Oaklash, scary stories, costumes, and more.Get in the spirit and come dressed to ...
Natural medicines and pharmaceuticals have gone hand in hand together for thousands of years, with up to 60% of the modern pharmaceutical market consisting of drugs derived from nature. Such examples include the fungal antibiotic penicillin, morphine from the poppy, or the anti-cancer drug taxol originating from the Pacific yew ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
NeurocryptographyHow can we make it harder to misuse powerful AI systems, such as GPT-4, for propaganda, fraud, academic cheating, copyright violation, and so on? In this talk, I’ll survey one class of approaches, which I’ve called “neurocryptographyâ€: namely, putting cryptographic functionalities inside or on top of AI models. I’ll detail ...
Planetary health recognizes the inextricable link between human health and the health of our planet. Our planet’s growing crises include biodiversity loss, with animal population sizes declining by an average of 70% since 1970, and maternal mortality, with 1 in 49 girls in low-income countries dying from complications in pregnancy ...
These tours are led by our wonderful crew of ocean-loving docents, and visitors will learn about ongoing marine and coastal science research at Bodega Marine Laboratory and its history on the Sonoma Coast. Plus, you'll get to meet a variety of colorful and diverse ocean creatures.The front gates will be ...
Where: Bodega BayCost: Donations suggested
Global Insights to Anticipate and Address Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity ChallengesFrom ubiquitous software-controlled vehicles, innovations in gaming, virtual reality, and hyper-scale cloud adoption, to supply chain frictions, a proliferation of inexpensive tools available to cybercriminals, the emergence of synthetic image generators, and fractures in global internet governance, the landscape of digital security is constantly changing.Cybersecurity Futures 2030 is a foresight-focused ...
