As climate change intensifies, there is an increasing exposure of electricity distribution grids to the threat of climate-induced extreme events, such as wildfires. What factors shape the grid vulnerability to wildfires and how to adapt grids to the increasing wildfire threat in an affordable and equitable manner remain unknown. To answer ...
 Scientists have known for decades that climate change is an existential crisis. For just as long, critics say there has been a complete failure of our institutions to rise to the challenge. Governments have struggled to meet even modest goals. Fossil fuel interests maintain a stranglehold on political and economic ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members
We are lucky to be a community museum in an area that is rich in natural and cultural histories. An extension of Science on Tap, History on Tap will delve into the always interesting and often complex stories of the people and communities who have shaped our region. The inaugural ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $20 General adv. , $15 Members, Free for Students
​​Step into the world of illusions at After Dark! Join us for a throwback to the Victorian era with artist Melissa Ferrari. Using a magic lantern projector and hand-painted slides, Melissa will take us on a journey with creatures that may - or may not - be real. Then keep ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Join us for an in-person evening talk with Buck Institute Fellow Sidharth Madhavan to hear about his research on the biology of aging and Buck’s efforts to end the threat of age-related disease. As a Ph.D. Fellow in the Newman Lab Sidharth Madhavan investigates the propensity for small energetic metabolites to modulate proteostasis in Alzheimer’s ...
This topic dives into the core of consciousness through the lens of anesthesia and neuroscience, focusing on the biochemical interactions and neural circuits that shape our awareness, cognition, and perception. By examining how various neurochemicals, receptors, medications interact, we will aim to understand phenomena such as alertness, awareness, and perception. ...
Coding is the last step in writing a program. The first step is deciding what we want to achieve and how. The best methods for working through subsequent steps consist in using simple mathematics. Few programmers know how to do this or where to learn it. This lecture will use ...
WHAT: The Birth of the Science CommunicatorWhat is a science communicator? The era of once-a-decade outliers like Carl Sagan is long gone. In this current era of internet-borne disinformation and science denial pandemonium, science communication has emerged as a vibrant and painfully necessary field, with an army of science scholars focusing ...
