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 ...
Stewardship Saturday: Being Sea Otter Savvy in Morro BayThis free program for high school students features rotating themes exploring the science of the Center.Take to the water with The Marine Mammal Center, Sea Otter Savvy, and Central Coast Outdoors! Through this event you will learn more about the sea otters in Morro Bay that all three organizations work ...
Where: Morro BayCost: Free
Family Nature Walks - Foothills Nature Preserve - RescheduledEnvironmental 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
A Wealth of Other Worlds: Planets through the Eyes of the James Webb Space TelescopeDr. Sarah Moran (University of Arizona) will discuss the chemistry, clouds, and climates of worlds within and beyond the Solar System. With the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), we are seeing the worlds of our Solar System in a whole new light, seeing better into the infrared than ever before. ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Exploring the Sky Through Astrophotography: From Cities to the Darkest SkiesThis presentation will take you on a journey through the cosmos, showcasing astro-images captured with everything from a DSLR on a tripod to a 500mm telescopes. Glenn will share his work from local urban skies, as well as the best observatory locations in Australia, Chile, and Spain. You'll see images ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunday, 10/29/23
Morning Hike at Rancho Cañada del OroJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for an excursion where you’ll explore the Mayfair Ranch - Longwall Canyon trails of Rancho Cañada del Oro! You will be guided by POST Ambassadors who will share with you the history of the preserve, the region, and the importance of conservation in the area.The ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Animal DayJoin us at this celebration of animals at the UC Botanical with drop-in experiences including interactive booths and displays, crafts, tours, live animals to see and touch, and more! Non-scary costumes are welcome! 1-3pm Visit with live animals with the Lindsay Wildlife Experience educators! Learn all about busy bees and watch them ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
Happy HallowgreenA Zero Waste and Sustainability Costume Party @ Chabot Space & Science CenterJoin us in costume on Sunday, October 29th from 11am-2pm for a fun and family-centered afternoon of “Spooktacular†Greeness. Get your face painted, explore the eerie but beautiful life of compost worms, create your own trick-or-treat bag from ...
This colloquium will present and discuss some of the key findings from the recent Hoover Institution-Asia Society report on how to secure the global trade in semiconductors. It will address the current strategic environment surrounding the global trade in semiconductors, and how it interacts with the trends of deepening tension ...
Amy Shyer earned her B.S. in Psychobiology from UCLA where she began her research career studying synaptic transmission in Drosophila. For her Ph.D. at Harvard, she bridged experimental developmental biology with biophysics through work with developmental geneticist Cliff Tabin and applied mathematician L. Mahadevan. As a Miller Research Fellow at ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
N ~ 1: Alone In The Milky WayPlanetary scientist Dr. Pascal Lee will reviews our present knowledge about each term of the Drake Equation, which is at the heart of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). He will examine in turn star and planet formation, geological and biological evolution, the emergence of intelligence and technology, and possible ...
 Transportation accounts for 29% of greenhouse gas emissions in the US today. In the State of California, this figure is closer to 38%, with over 140 million metric tons of GHG emissions in 2020 alone. Electrifying the transportation sector can reduce more than 75% of its GHG emissions nationwide. Recognizing ...
Come learn about our CA native bats with Director of NorCal Bats Corky Quirk. In her presentation, you will learn about the nature of bats and the importance of bats in our environment. We’ll also discuss the harmful myths that surround these animals. Live bats will be presented for viewing ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 General, $18 Member, $8/$6 Age 5-17
Experimental proof that nonlocal quantum entanglement is realI describe experiments and theory that provide the first experimental proof that nonlocal quantum entanglement is real. Sadly, the experimental results also undermine Albert Einstein’s basic platform for providing a mathematical description of nature in a space-time framework, and make quantum mechanics very difficult to understand. Quantum entanglement now provides ...
 Take a walk on the warped side with this in-person program featuring stars in their respective fields.The new book The Warped Side of Our Universe is the result of the collaboration of Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne and award-winning artist Lia Halloran. It brings to vivid life the wonders and wildness ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members (before discount)
AI + HumanityIs AI a threat to humanity or a partner with the power to unlock our full potential? Explore a vision of the future with Reid Hoffman, cofounder of Inflection AI and former board member of OpenAI. Reid Hoffman will expand on key issues from his new book, Impromptu: Amplifying Our Humanity ...
PG&E’s Evolving Approach to Wildfire Mitigation - LivestreamHow has PG&E approach to Wildfire Mitigation changed and adapted since 2019, and in lock step what are the underlying capabilities needed to operate a large electric grid in fire prone areas.See weblink for access if you don't have a SUNET ID.Speaker: Andy Abranches
Condensed-matter systems provide alternative “vacua†exhibiting emergent low-energy properties dramatically different from those of the standard model. A case in point is the emergent quantum electrodynamics (QED) in the family of magnetic materials known as quantum spin ice. The emergent QED possesses many features familiar from our universe, such as ...
In this lecture, we will together embark on an adventure to uncover the enigmatic and awe-inspiring secrets of the Sun through the lens of solar astrophysics. Specifically, I will be discussing how cutting-edge research and innovative technology allow us to peer deep into the Sun’s interior to gaze at the ...
Asia-Pacific Energy Challenges and the Role of APECEnergy is essential for economic development, but energy use is a major contributor to global warming. Most can agree that transition from fossil fuels to sustainable (green) energy is imperative for long-term sustainability, but how to make that transition while maintaining and increasing growth and prosperity is not self-evident. This ...
Antony Jose (University of Maryland) on "Heredity constrains the nature of living systems" Curtis Suttle (Univ of British Columbia) on "Viruses and their Role in the Environment"TBARegister at weblink to attend
Climate change is the defining global environmental justice, human rights and public health issue of the twenty-first century. The most vulnerable populations in the United States and around the world will suffer the earliest and most damaging setbacks because of where they live, their limited income and economic means, and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
We Need New Antibiotics - Why Do We Have So Few?Dr. Julia Schaletzky is the Executive Director of the Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases and the Drug Discovery Center at UC Berkeley. After studying biochemistry in her native Germany, she moved to Harvard Medical School for graduate school. Interested in applied science, Dr. Schaletzky joined a biotechnology company, Cytokinetics, ...
Where: San RafaelCost: Free
Thursday, 11/02/23
Easy Walk at WavecrestJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a very easy 2-mile walk at Wavecrest Open Space in Half Moon Bay! We’ll walk through groves of trees and fields where we’ll have a great chance to spot a variety of birds, especially raptors! We’ll also walk along the coastal bluffs where we ...
Where: Half Moon BayCost: Free
Generative AI: Race, Art, and PowerFrom ChatGPT, DALL-E, Bard, and Midjourney, the use of AI as a creative tool has increased dramatically both from technological breakthroughs and a flood of new users. Users and researchers have offered both praise and criticism - about the veracity of AI-generated art, race and gender bias engrained in these ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Quality of Groundwater Used for Public Supply in the Continental United StatesWhat is the quality of groundwater used as a source of public supply in the continental United States (CONUS)? Â More specifically: Which constituents are most prevalent at elevated concentrations? How many people are potentially affected? What are the hydrogeologic and geochemical characteristics of the aquifers where elevated concentrations are observed? ...
As people around the world face undeniable climate impacts and sobering risks to their future health and livelihoods, California’s policy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 can be a model for other states and nations. However, success requires unprecedented innovation and coordination across planning, policy and technology. Significant electrification - ...
I've been thinking about how robots and AI agents more broadly can optimize for what we actually want as end users for a while now. I'll take the opportunity to reflect on what we've been able to accomplish in this area, as well as what's missing.Speaker: Anca Dragan, UC Berkeley ...
Cancel culture - the term and the practice - has left its mark on American culture, business, academia and society at all levels over the past few years. Was it inevitable? Is it permanent? Or is it, as authors Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott argue, a dysfunctional part of how ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members in person, $10/Free web
Once a year the living and dead reunite in celebration of DÃa de los Muertos. Join us in honoring departed souls in a night of tradition and connection, featuring ballet folklorico, mariachi, and more.At 5:45pm, Xiuhcoatl Danza Azteca kicks off the celebration with a traditional Aztec blessing right outside the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
After Dark: See for YourselfAt After Dark, we’ve got date night down to a science. Stop by the infrared camera to see the heat between you on a big screen, mess around and find out at the Music Bench, and steal a moment to yourselves in the Shadow Box. Caught feelings? We have an ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
The Future of Medicine: How AI Will Effect the Medical FieldIn recent years, AI has taken the world by storm especially with things like ChatGPTFrom poetry to resumes, AI is being used for all different purposes. While this technology has been mostly used for written work, AI has recently been making its way into the medical field.How will AI be ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
Goodbye Gas, Hello EVs! - LivestreamEveryone’s talking about electric vehicles: they cost less to fuel and maintain, and they fight climate change. Come to this webinar to learn why EVs are all the rage and how to go electric. Join a breakout room after the main presentation to ask about a specific model you're eyeing. ...
 Next Scientist is a new Wonderfest series of online presentations. Every Next Scientist Zoom consists of two 30-minute presentations (including 10 minutes of Q&A), each featuring a young researcher describing next-level science:Earthquake Science Using Crowdsourced Data from SmartphonesMyShake is a free citizen-science smartphone app that delivers earthquake early warnings(!) to ...
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
First Friday: Science ObscuraDid you know there are scientists that study glowing organisms, a whole agency looking for alien life, and people that are designated asteroid hunters? This First Friday we will explore the surprising world of the unknown side of science. Spend the evening learning about some of the lesser-known interesting fields ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $10 Kids/Seniors, $5 Members
In Town Star Party - CANCELEDCome join San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) for an evening of stargazing.Event details:Events are held at the parking lot of our headquarters, Houge Park San Jose. Event duration is 2hrs. SJAA volunteers will share night sky views from their personal telescopes.Please refrain from bringing your own telescopes (Binoculars are welcome). ...
Where: San JoseCost: 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
The Vera Rubin Observatory and LSST CameraResearchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory with the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera, the world’s largest digital camera ever built for astronomy (Hannah Pollek second from right). The LSST Camera is roughly the size of a small car and weighs three tons. It features a five-foot wide ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 11/04/23
Raptor Fest at Rancho San Vicente!Join POST and Santa Clara County Parks for an educational experience like no other: Raptor Fest! This incredible event will highlight very important species of raptors who play an integral role in the health of our ecosystems!This free educational event will feature presentations and a chance to visit local wildlife ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Crawlies Aren't CreepyCome learn about the wonderful world of Arthropods! Learn about what makes them so unique and how they play such an important role in the world. Time to debunk the phrase “Creepy Crawlies!â€
Addressing climate change requires transitioning to renewables such as photovoltaic solar panels, but one key barrier to this transition is that we need better materials. In this talk, we’ll start at the sun and then zoom into a solar panel all the way down to the nanoscale, highlighting materials challenges ...
Dr. Sarah Strand will discuss the neurobiological basis of out-of-body experiences (OBEs). The presentation begins with a description of what is an out-of-body experience, including testimony given by those who have had an OBE. Next, Sarah provides a brief tour of the brain and the neuroanatomy responsible for OBEs and ...
Where: Cost: Donation requested
Starry Nights Star Party - CANCELEDThe San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA), working with the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (OSA), is glad to co-host a public star party at Rancho Canada del Oro (RCDO) Open Space Preserve. This site, just 30 minutes south of downtown San Jose, features dark skies. It's dark enough to ...
It’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 ...
From quantum hard drive to foliated manifoldOne major open problem in quantum information theory is how to build a quantum hard drive, i.e. a quantum system that can store quantum information reliably for a long time without active error correction. No completely satisfying solution to this problem has been found, but in the search a whole ...
I fell in love with foundation models because they radically improved data systems that I had been trying to build for a decade. Motivated by this experience, the bulk of the talk focuses on efficient building blocks for foundation models. The first line of work describes fundamental trends in hardware ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
From Astronomical Research to Communicating AstronomyAstronomy, sometimes considered a gateway science, can stir great curiosity and inspire students to pursue a STEM-related career. I was trained as an astronomer specialized in spectroscopy of distant galaxies, before deciding to change my focus from galaxies to people. In this talk, I’ll share what is intriguing about those ...
Mercedes Burns is an evolutionary biologist and arachnologist. She is currently an assistant professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, since 2017. Her research primarily focuses on the evolution of sexual reproduction and attendant sexual conflict, which occurs between males and females due to their differing ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Testing relativity on a tabletop with a miniature network of optical lattice atomic clocksThe remarkable precision of optical atomic clocks offers sensitivity to new and exotic physics through tests of relativity, searches for dark matter, gravitational wave detection, and probes for beyond Standard Model particles. While much of optical clock research has focused on improving their absolute accuracy, many searches for new physics ...
This presentation will introduce the concept of virtual power plants (VPPs), describe their potential for facilitating affordable decarbonization of the power sector, and address barriers to deploying VPPs at scale.Speaker: Ryan Hledik, BrattleAttend in person or online
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Fukushima nuclear waste release: Is it safe? Hear from scientists &. healthThe public will hear from scientists, environmental experts, and health professionals as the world faces, for the first time ever, the planned release of 31,000 tons of contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean by March, 2025, and then more releases over the next 40 years. This is an in-person event. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Tuesday, 11/07/23
Future Cities TrendsFuture Cities Trends is the opening session of our program and will provide a comprehensive outlook on the evolving landscape of urban development in Switzerland and the US, focusing on three sectors: construction, energy, and digital transformation. The 15 selected Swiss project will present their work followed by keynotes from ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20
AI, Medicine, and the Limits of the Human Mind - Livestream“Will we still have doctors in 20 years?†is a common question. The answer is yes. But medicine, along with both the doctor and patient roles, will be fundamentally transformed by AI. Rather than simply automating tasks that doctors already do, AI will open up transformative new possibilities - along ...
Where: Cost: Free
Roundtable: Sustainable Urban Future in San FranciscoJoin us for a roundtable discussion on Urban Policy in collaboration with SPUR, the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association, a nonprofit public policy organization.This panel will delve into the future of sustainable urban development in San Francisco, with a focus on infill projects, green buildings and ...
Quantum information science seeks to exploit the collective behavior of a large quantum system to enable tasks that are impossible (or less possible!) with classical resources alone. This burgeoning field encompasses a variety of directions, ranging from metrology to computing. While distinguished in objective, all of these directions rely on ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Open House: Guided Tour of Metropolis Exhibitions + Utopian Cities: From Current Solutions to Future RealitiesAs part of our 20th anniversary programming Metropolis, we are featuring several exhibitions on display in our space at Pier 17.Discover the U.F.O.G.O. Exhibition from ECAL (Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne), Urban Futures Stories with Your 2040, and our Swiss projects selected for the anniversary program.All exhibitions will let you ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Ask me Anything (AMA) on Big Data Technologies and Applications - LivestreamRaghavendra K. Chunduri submitted his PhD Dissertation in Scalable Machine learning in School of Information Technology and Engineering, at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. He received his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in computer science and engineering from JNTU University, India. Currently Raghavendra is working as a Senior Engineer, Software Engineering ...
Where: Cost: Free
Unmasking the Future of AITo many of us, it might seem like recent developments in artificial intelligence emerged out of nowhere to pose unprecedented threats to humanity. But to Dr. Joy Buolamwini, a trailblazer in AI research, this moment has been a long time in the making. Dr. Buolamwini has spent decades pondering the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $30 General, $20 Mbrs in person, $10/Free online
 Next Scientist is a new Wonderfest series of online presentations. Every Next Scientist Zoom consists of two 30-minute presentations (including 10 minutes of Q&A), each featuring a young researcher describing next-level science:Creepy or Captivating: A Spider Scientist's PerspectiveHow have recent discoveries about spiders changed beliefs that have been passed down ...
Special LASER: Russia's Media Art Scene - LivestreamSpeakers:Nina Czegledy, Ontario College of Art University, TorontoAnna Frants, Cyland, St. PetersburgElena Gubanova, Media Artist, St. PetersburgNatalia Kolodzei, Russian Academy of ArtsOlga Sishko, Pushkin State Museum of Art History, MoscowRegister at weblinkÂ
The Digital is a Ruin: Digital Space, Geography and the End of the WorldUsing the case study of urban and ruin imaginaries in the virtual worlds of digital spatial media, this presentation examines the potentiality of digital space as both a conceptual term and increasingly prevalent shorthand for the perceived hybridity of digital and material experience. The focus on urban ruin engenders questions ...
Join us for this engaging discussion which will offer participants specific advocacy lessons learned from a newly released study of “the Golden Era†of environmental policymaking 1962-1975, lessons from California battles won in Congress that are directly applicable to the challenges of the 21stcentury. The environmental policy challenges ahead - ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Automating Illusions: Behind the Hype of Generative AIImage and text-generating tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT have created both anxiety and hope in the world of design and creativity. Join us for a thought-provoking talk that aims to untangle the hype surrounding generative AI tools. By critically reviewing their history, analyzing media portrayals, and exploring ethical dimensions, we ...
The penetration of anthropogenic transient tracers, such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and sulfur-hexafluoride (SF6), into the oceans represents an opportunity to trace intermediate-to-abyssal water masses as they leave the surface mixed layer and estimate the ventilation rate of the global ocean since 1940. I will present analyses based on four decades ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Generative AI: Race, Art, and PowerFrom ChatGPT, DALL-E, Bard, and Midjourney, the use of AI as a creative tool has increased dramatically both from technological breakthroughs and a flood of new users. Users and researchers have offered both praise and criticism - about the veracity of AI-generated art, race and gender bias engrained in these ...
 SThe importance of groundwater as a resilient water supply has increased in recent years, and efforts are underway to achieve groundwater sustainability and reduce overdrafts in aquifers. However, understanding climate-groundwater feedbacks in coupled natural-human systems are complex given the groundwater response time to environmental drivers and challenges in quantifying recharge. ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Future of Food: A Benefit Event for Hungry MindsJoin us at The Lawrence for an immersive evening for hungry minds exploring the future of food. This celebratory benefit event will include tastings inspired by food innovators, interactive experiences, a seated dinner, and a thought-provoking talk from our featured speaker, Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with museum admission
Science on Tap: Brews and EthnobotanyScience 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: SeasideCost: $15 General, $10 members, Free for Students
After Dark: Tinker, Touch, PlayUncap your markers and unleash your creativity at tonight’s After Dark with the Drawing Board. Choose your own design and use a giant pendulum to create mesmerizing artworks that you get to take home with you - available at every After Dark. Want to create more art? Conjure unexpected figures ...
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 ...
The Milky Way’s hot stars generally form in open clusters within the thin disk. However, there are a small number of early-type stars that are observed at high altitudes above the disk and were likely ejected from their birth clusters within the past few million years. My student Brandon Schweers ...
This talk introduces a collection of studies recently published in Science and Nature about the effects of algorithms and virality on political attitudes and behavior in the 2020 US election campaign. The findings are among the first published studies stemming from the most comprehensive research project to date examining the role ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 11/10/23
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 ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
Dive Into The Marine Mammal Center - LivestreamAre you new to The Marine Mammal Center? Do you want to learn more about how we care for seals, sea lions and otters? Are you intrigued by our work on climate change, ocean trash and whale conservation? If you want to know more about The Marine Mammal Center and ...
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
Saturday, 11/11/23
Building Enterprise Large Language Model ApplicationsThis workshop provides a comprehensive introduction to building AI applications with large language models. Attendees will learn the foundations of models like GPT-3.5/GPT4 and LLaMa2, including how they work, how to access them, and best practices for fine-tuning and prompting. A key part of the day will involve hands-on work ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Family Nature Adventures: The Amazing World of Insects and Helpful PollinatorsThrough engaging activities, experiments, and stories, children will discover the diverse and extraordinary characteristics of these tiny creatures. Our knowledgeable and enthusiastic instructors will guide the participants on a memorable hands-on exploration, encouraging their curiosity and nurturing a deeper appreciation for the natural world.
Lunar Landing Sites, Past and Future - PostponedAs we look back on the discoveries of the Apollo program, now more than fifty years ago, and stand on the verge of a new generation of lunar exploration through the Artemis Program, it is appropriate to reflect upon the sites chosen for lunar exploration. In this talk, we will ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Free National Parks DayAdmission to most US National Parks is free today, in honor of Veterans Day
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
The Smell of Money: Film Screening and Discussion"Who pays the price for what we want?" A century after her grandfather claimed his freedom from slavery and the family land, Elsie Herring and her North Carolina community fight the world's largest pork corporation for their freedom to enjoy fresh air, clean water, and a life without the stench ...
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Pierre Agostini, Anne l’Huillier, and Ferenc Krausz, for discoveries that launched attosecond science and technology at the turn of the century, before SLAC ever had an x-ray free electron laser or hosted any ultrafast research. Subsequent advances at LCLS and PULSE ...
Chiara Cirelli received her medical degree and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Pisa, Italy, where she started investigating the molecular correlates of sleep and wake and the role of the noradrenergic system in sleep regulation. She continued this work as Fellow in experimental neuroscience at the Neuroscience ...
In order to limit global warming and avoid the most disastrous effects of climate change, we need to (1) drastically reduce emissions and (2) remove large amounts of legacy greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. There are many approaches to CDR (carbon dioxide removal), the process to remove carbon dioxide from ...
The source of about half of the heaviest elements in the Universe has been a mystery for a long time. Although the general picture of element formation is well understood, many questions about the astrophysical details remain to be answered. The key may lie in the collision of neutron stars ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
The ocean's midwaters below 200 m and above the seafloor, formerly thought to be entirely devoid of life, are now thought to be home to a biomass of animals larger than in the rest of the ocean combined. These organisms, many of which vertically migrate between the twilight or midnight ...
Join the Silicon Valley Archies in welcoming Henry Lowood, the Harold C. Hohbach Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections, as he discusses his most recent book, Replayed.Since the early 2000s, Henry Lowood has had a key role in initiatives devoted to the preservation and documentation of virtual worlds, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Understanding Generative AI and Language: Humans, Animals, and Machines - Livestream“Understanding how AI models learn is the new frontier in machine learning research. In this talk, I argue that we can use human language to better understand how AI learns and, vice versa, use AI to better understand how humans acquire the defining human property: language. I will present an ...
US-China relations constitute the most consequential bilateral relationship in the world today, and science and technology are at the heart of these troubled ties. Yet, the prevalent discourse routinely falls into false binaries: China versus the US, authoritarianism versus democracy, open science versus national security. This reductionist frame bolsters techno-nationalism ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Adapting Food Systems to Climate ChangeGlobal food insecurity is rising, due in part to the impact of climate change on weather patterns. In South Asia, where 25% of the world’s hungry and 40% of the world’s malnourished children and women live, increasing climatic risks such as floods, droughts, cyclones, and heat waves pose a tremendous ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
An Overview of Shark Research in Hawaii - LivestreamPlease join us for “An Overview of Shark Research in Hawaiiâ€. We are honored to have as our guide Dr. Kim Holland of the University of Hawaii’s Institute of Marine Biology. Dr. Holland will present a broad-strokes overview of past and current research at Hawaii’s Institute of Marine Biology and ...
Where: Cost: $10 suggested donation
Chronodiversity: Thinking about Time with TreesBig trees, old trees, and especially big old trees have always been objects of reverence. From Athena’s sacred olive on the Acropolis to the unmistakable ginkgo leaf prevalent in Japanese art and fashion during the Edo period, our profound admiration for slow plants spans time and place as well as ...
In 1940 John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts climbed aboard the Western Flyer and embarked on an epic journey of science, discovery and friendship to the Sea of Cortez. The boat itself, sometimes called "the most famous fishing vessel ever " sank in Puget Sound 70 years later, but has recently ...
One of the defining features of all mammals is, surprisingly, the set of bones that form the hearing system. Those bones evolved from jaw components in our mammalian ancestors. In the evolutionary process of repurposing them for hearing, mammals came to possess a jaw configuration different from all other jawed ...
The Merlin Bird ID app integrates Merlin Sound ID, a sophisticated system designed for real-time classification of bird vocalizations on mobile devices. With a global user base numbering in the millions, we’re not only achieving our initial goal of connecting people with their neighborhood birds but also extending the utility ...
Besides biological essentials, humans thrive on materials and derive comfort from objects. This entangles people, materials, and things. At dividual and individual levels, making, mending, and consuming things creates and lubricates social relationships and obligations. Peering into the deep past, humans and their ancestors initially worked materials such as stone ...
Youth Talk: The Influence of Environmental Activism on Gen Z Voting“The Impact of Environmental Activism on Gen Z Voting†unites four environmental leaders from a variety of backgrounds for a thought-provoking discussion about environmental activism and civic engagement. Representing the voices of student activists as well as professional environmentalists, our speakers will explore the movement’s impact on voting and youth ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
After APEC: What's China's Role in California's Green Transition?As government officials, diplomats and business leaders from across the Asia-Pacific converge in San Francisco for APEC 2023 Leaders Week, the question on everyone’s lips is: What next for the U.S.-China relationship? Amid the climate crisis, which necessitates urgent energy transition, how do the two largest economies work together against ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $15 Members
Home2Headwaters: Where Does Your Water Come From?In July 2022, Nina Gordon-Kirsch walked more than 240 miles, tracing the Mokelumne River - the river that provides tap water to the East Bay.She left her home on Lisjan Ohlone land (so called Oakland) and 33 days later she arrived on Washoe land, at the headwaters of the Mokelumne ...
An evolutionary biologist tells the story of nature’s toxins and why we are attracted - and addicted - to them, in this “magisterial, fascinating, and gripping tour de force†(Neil Shubin).A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard gardens, and private stashes. Scratch beneath the surface ...
Nonfungible Tokens (NFTs): Transformative Potential and Risk ManagementNonfungible Tokens (NFTs): Transformative Potential and Risk Management - Emergence, tokens, blockchain technology, applications, workflows, challenges, strategies. - By Dr. Andrew Park, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have recently drawn considerable attention. The foundations of NFT technology date back to advances in computer science in the late ...
Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they’re practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as alien forces of death and disruption. More than a million animals are killed by ...
Water is everywhere. Its atoms, hydrogen and oxygen, are the first and fifth most abundant elements in the universe. Water is found in abundance in many environments; it finds its way into planets of all shapes and sizes, where it modifies the properties of everything it touches. Water is crucial ...
North Ridge Trail Hike at Purisima Creek RedwoodsJoin POST for a beautiful and strenuous but rewarding 4.5-mile hike through the redwoods at Purisima Creek Redwoods!This out-and-back hike is moderately strenuous, with several inclines and declines. The hike itself will be roughly 4.5 + miles in totality, with about 1400 ft. elevation gain throughout the hike. We will enjoy the ...
Indoor air quality - the air quality within and around homes, buildings, and other structures - affects our health and comfort just as outdoor air quality does. In this month’s Midday Science Cafe, we bring you two experts who are studying the impacts of indoor air pollution from two different ...
Join us for an open dialogue and Q&A with Professor of Energy Resources Engineering, Emerita, Margot Gerritsen. Her talk will center on Sustainable Energy Systems with the theme of Energy Equity incorporated throughout. Leading with case studies, join us to explore the unintended consequences of certain policy decisions, political pressures ...
Speaker: Kelsey Jack, UC Santa BarbaraRoom 325Editor's Note: This talk is no longer listed on UC Berkeley's website, so we assume it has been canceled.
Distributed amplifiers (DA) are critical components in various applications such as electronic measurement instruments, high-speed wireless systems, RADAR, and optical networks. In this lecture an introduction to distributed amplifiers and their applications will be presented. After this a feedforward intermodulation design technique to improve linearization will be discussed. Finally, a ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Storytelling with Cafe OhloneHave you ever wondered about the indigenous traditions of Berkeley and the East Bay? Join us to hear Ohlone storytellers sharing their culture! Bring a blanket and a snack to our Outdoor Nature Lab and hear Cafe Ohlone co-founders Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino tell Ohlone stories while taking in ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with museum admission ($20 for guests 3+)
Besides biological essentials, humans thrive on materials and derive comfort from objects. This entangles people, materials, and things. At dividual and individual levels, making, mending, and consuming things creates and lubricates social relationships and obligations. Peering into the deep past, humans and their ancestors initially worked materials such as stone ...
Bay Area birders often visit the Australian Garden in the UCSC Arboretum to see the hummingbirds. A glance at the plants, however, quickly reveals that Australian plants the hummingbirds visit are distinct and, in some cases, even bizarre compared to what we are used to in our own flora. What ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: Glow OpeningBe the first to find your bliss at the Exploratorium this winter! Join us tonight for the opening of Glow, our luminous seasonal exhibition exploring the beauty and science of light. Get cozy and curious among radiant artworks, some of them being shown in the US for the first time.Come ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Attention bookworms: Cue the nostalgia, because we’re bringing a good old-fashioned book fair to NightLife!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Astronomy on Tap Santa Cruz: The United States of… WaterOn Earth, water naturally occurs in 3 states: liquid, solid, and vapor; all of which you can find in your kitchen.But have you ever wondered what would happen if your microwave could heat a cup of water to temperatures greater than the surface of the Sun? What would happen if ...
Tiana Williams-Claussen, Director of the Yurok Tribe Wildlife Department, will join us and provide an update on the newly released population of California condor in Yurok country in far northern California, after conclusion of the first year of initial releases. She will also discuss biology of the birds, their cultural ...
Where: Cost: Free
Equalizing EquityIs it possible to create wealth AND foster social justice? Can investing in startups that close opportunity gaps for communities of color and low-income groups also be good business? Is it possible for venture capital to truly focus on a double bottom line? Renowned venture capitalists and social activists Freada Kapor ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Fungal and Animal InteractionsTodd Elliott grew up in the Southern Appalachians, and his passion for the natural world has led him to work as a naturalist, biologist, and photographer on six continents. His collaborations and publications from this research include the naming of more than 100 fungal species and five genera, and he ...
