Coastal Walk at Pillar Point BluffJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful walk at Pillar Point Bluff just north of Half Moon Bay! You will be guided by POST ambassadors who will share details about the area’s interesting natural history, from the coastal scrub habitat to the Fitzgerald Marine Preserve which hosts tide pools ...
The Library of the Great Silence: A conversation with Jonathon Keats - LivestreamWe follow up with SETI Artist in Residence Jonathon Keats about his project The Library of the Great Silence, an installation art project that addresses one of the implications of the Fermi Paradox. If the cosmos is only sparsely populated by intelligent beings that implies that at some point in ...
The goal of this presentation is to educate students on several topics around production of consumer electronics as it relates to engineering. We’ll discuss tradeoffs between product and test stations design. From early stages of the product design process known as design for manufacturing (DFM) to best practices around test ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Science on Tap: Marine Heat WavesScience on Tap is our new series that mixes the best parts of learning about science with some of the best brews on the central coast! Each event will feature a happy half-hour highlighting beverages from our partners at local breweries followed by a panel discussion from experts about the ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $15 General, $10 members, Free for Students
Immerse yourself in an unpredictable improvisational performance that considers sound and visuals in relation to each other. In their ongoing collaboration Drawing Sound, sound artist Fred Frith generates soundscapes while visual artist Heike Liss draws her Klangbilder "sonic images" directly on windows. Presenting their work in two sets, Fred and Heike will move through ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
NightLife: California LoveCalifornia knows how to party. Join us to celebrate the vibrant biodiversity that makes the Golden State so special.
Join Alex Filippenko, UC Berkeley Richard & Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences, for a wide-ranging conversation with California magazine’s editor-in-chief, Pat Joseph, as they explore such topics as the startling new images from the James Webb Space Telescope, the Great North American Eclipse of 2024, and the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $40 General, $35 Cal Alumni & BAMPFA members
Living with Bears in Marin - LivestreamJoin us for a virtual foray into the world of black bears in Marin and beyond! Tune into this webinar to:Learn about bears in Marin’s public lands and the ongoing conservation initiatives aimed at documenting the black bear population in the North BayDiscover practical tips and techniques for coexistence with ...
Where: Cost: Free
Fear and Loathing in the Heavens: The 1910 Return of Halley’s CometIn 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from the belief that comets were portents of doom. Yet, two centuries later, in 1910, as Halley’s Comet returned to perihelion, newspapers and magazines, religious leaders, misguided theorists, and shameless grifters managed to rekindle that fear. When astronomers announced that the earth would pass ...
