Legacy of Hope: Species Preservation in ActionThis event features Brenda Melton, Director of Animal Care and Wellbeing for Steinhart Aquarium, and Allen Fish, Director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory. Through programs such as the Academy’s African Penguin Breeding Program and the GGNPC’s Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, we will hear how both organizations are working to preserve ...
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, 12/09/23
NOAA Ship Okeanos ExplorerThe deep sea is pitch black, freezing cold, and with crushing pressures - so how does an exploration vessel go there safely? Join us for an exciting weekend at the Exploratorium, where the Okeanos Explorer - the only federal vessel dedicated to ocean exploration - will be docked from December ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Family Nature Adventures: Fantastic Fungi FunJoin us on an exciting journey into the enchanting world of fungi! Our hands-on workshop is specially designed for young children who are curious about the magical organisms that can be found all around us. Through interactive activities and captivating stories, children will discover the fascinating wonders of fungi and ...
Bioplastic Holiday Ornament WorkshopGet into the holiday spirit with a festive activity in our Hands-on Biotech exhibit! Merry makers will craft eco-friendly holiday ornaments using bioplastic - a cutting-edge material that’s as sustainable as it is fun. Let your creativity shine as you decorate your ornaments with festive flair, and when you’re done, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with general museum admission
Come join AIAA-SF for food and fun at our 2023 Annual Banquet. Help us celebrate with this year’s Section Awards winners. Your ticket includes lunch, admission to the Oakland Aviation Museum and its exhibits, and a presentation from our special guest Shannah Withrow-Maser about the Mars Helicopter.Ingenuity has shown that ...
Where: OaklandCost: $39 General, $29 Members,$19 Students
Saturday Cinema: The Art + Science of Luminous AnimationsCelebrate the Exploratorium’s winter exhibition Glow: Discover the Art of Light with radiant animations, both meditative and kinetic. Five short films capture the holiday spirit, the translucent elements of nature, the radiance of winter’s starry skies and ancestral stories, and the science of salt crystals shaped like jeweled snowflakes.These films ...
"Down the Rabbit Hole"is a fun and educational presentation covering an assortment of mycological topics and ideas based on Tradd's previous and future work. Come listen to the latest research and what may be on the horizon involving fungi and civilization. Open your mind and heart to the Kingdom Fungi!From ...
Where: SebastopolCost: $20
Starry Nights Star PartyThe 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 ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Sunday, 12/10/23
NOAA Ship Okeanos ExplorerThe deep sea is pitch black, freezing cold, and with crushing pressures - so how does an exploration vessel go there safely? Join us for an exciting weekend at the Exploratorium, where the Okeanos Explorer - the only federal vessel dedicated to ocean exploration - will be docked from December ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Bioplastic Holiday Ornament WorkshopGet into the holiday spirit with a festive activity in our Hands-on Biotech exhibit! Merry makers will craft eco-friendly holiday ornaments using bioplastic - a cutting-edge material that’s as sustainable as it is fun. Let your creativity shine as you decorate your ornaments with festive flair, and when you’re done, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with general museum admission
Afternoon Hike at Mindego HillJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful 5-mile hike from the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve to the top of the POST-protected Mindego Hill. You will be guided by POST ambassadors who will share details about how we protected this beautiful property featuring panoramic views of redwood ridges and ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
Monday, 12/11/23
Exploring the Universe with Gravitational Waves A new era in astrophysics was inaugurated with the 2015 discovery of gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes in data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Since then, LIGO and its sister project Virgo have observed several more gravitational waves from the collision of black holes ...
 Krystal Tsosie is an Assistant Professor in the School of Life Sciences and School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. Her genomics research interests are specific to Indigenous communities and people in health, biomedicine, conservation biology, and paleogenomics. She is also an expert in bioethics, data ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
AGU23 Wide. Open. Science.For more than 100 years AGU has been opening science - opening pathways to discovery, opening greater awareness to address climate change, opening greater collaborations to lead to solutions and opening the fields and professions of science to a whole new age of justice equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging.This year, ...
A broad effort is currently underway to develop quantum computers that can outperform classical counterparts for certain computational or simulation tasks. Suppressing errors is one of the central challenges for useful quantum computing, requiring quantum error correction for large-scale processing. However, the overhead in the realization of error-corrected “logical†qubits, ...
 Climate One is delighted to present the 2023 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication to atmospheric scientist Ben Santer.Santer has spent decades researching and identifying the human fingerprints on the climate system changes we’re now all seeing. He was lead author on the historic 1995 conclusion of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members in person, $5/free online
AGU23 Wide. Open. Science.For more than 100 years AGU has been opening science - opening pathways to discovery, opening greater awareness to address climate change, opening greater collaborations to lead to solutions and opening the fields and professions of science to a whole new age of justice equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging.This year, ...
Due to growing concerns over the presence and persistence of microfiber pollution in the environment as well as their potential ecological and human health impacts, scientists from the textile industry, marine conservation, government, and academia are working together to address this critical issue. With interest initially stemming from plastic pollution ...
Where: Cost: Free
Putting Science to Work for Communities Facing Climate ThreatsPeople’s lives and livelihoods depend on science. But when those lives and livelihoods are threatened by impacts of a changing climate, how many of us know a scientist we can turn to who can help us protect our communities?Community science happens when lay people and scientists do science together to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members in person, $5/free online
Where is the “ChatGPT for the Earth�Despite the recent rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI), its potential to address critical environmental issues has yet to be realized. In this talk, Dr. Ben Strong, Lead Scientist at the nonprofit Earth Genome, discusses the untapped potential of AI in tackling pressing environmental ...
In the last few years, we have witnessed an unprecedented amount of data being generated, processed, and stored for creating new values in our daily lives in the digital transformation (DX) era, opening a significantly high growth opportunity in the semiconductor industry. In order to satisfy such demanding market requirements ...
Due to the ongoing expansion of large language models (LLMs), leading to performance degradation, heightened memory requirements, and increased computational demands, there is a growing urgency for efficient quantization to compress LLMs into a more compact form. (https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/08/23/fitting-ai-models-in-your-pocket-with-quantization/). Additionally, optimization across platforms is pivotal for enhancing the accessibility of LLMs. ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
NASA X Nerd Nite!Dr. Kirk David Knobelspiesse of the PACE MissionPACE stands for Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem and its data will help us better understand how the ocean and atmosphere exchange carbon dioxide. In addition, it will reveal how aerosols might fuel phytoplankton growth in the surface ocean. Novel uses of PACE ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 online, $15 at door
Geminids Meteor Shower Viewing - CANCELEDJoin us on our Observation Deck and be dazzled as we make our annual trip through the Geminids Meteor Shower. The Geminids, named for the constellation where the shower appears to originate, is one of the best meteor showers to catch this year. The source of the shower is Asteroid ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 Adult, $7 Youth, Free for members
AGU23 Wide. Open. Science.For more than 100 years AGU has been opening science - opening pathways to discovery, opening greater awareness to address climate change, opening greater collaborations to lead to solutions and opening the fields and professions of science to a whole new age of justice equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging.This year, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Thursday, 12/14/23
Say “Good Night†to InsomniaIf you have trouble sleeping, you’re not alone: 50 - 70 million people in the United States struggle with ongoing sleep disorders. What many of us don’t realize is that poor sleep can impact your health in many ways.Insomnia is defined as a lack of sleep and includes common symptoms ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members in person, $5/free online
'The Geek Way' - A Handbook for a New CultureWhat if the most important innovation in tech isn't what companies make but how they make them? New York Times bestselling author Andrew McAfee will share the elements of what he calls "the Geek Way," a new corporate culture that's fast-moving, egalitarian, evidence-driven, and more. Humans have an extraordinary ability to ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
After Dark: Art x Climate @ the ExploratoriumHow would you depict the impacts of climate change? Join the Exploratorium for a conversation with artists, scientists, educators, and poets on responding to and capturing the effects of climate change around the country. Find inspiration with artists who were part of the Art x Climate Project at the US ...
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.Step inside the iconic ...
In my Skeptical Inquirer column, The Time Warp, I review early SI issues to examine skepticism with the knowledge provided by the passage of time. From one perspective, all skepticism does is win, win, win. From another perspective, all skepticism does is lose, lose, lose. How can today’s skeptics use ...
Where: Cost: Free
AGU23 Wide. Open. Science.For more than 100 years AGU has been opening science - opening pathways to discovery, opening greater awareness to address climate change, opening greater collaborations to lead to solutions and opening the fields and professions of science to a whole new age of justice equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging.This year, ...
