Coastal Walk at Cowell-Purisima TrailJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful 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 winter ...
As climate volatility becomes more extreme, so too will its destabilizing impact on politics. Yet we know relatively little about its effects on voting behavior, particularly in the developing world, and even less about downstream effects on the reputation of candidates and political institutions. Exploring the mechanisms behind these effects ...
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, is the only dwarf planet to have been orbited by spacecraft. Â If Ceres is icy, it is an especially useful cornerstone to learn about the more distant moons and ocean worlds of the outer solar system. Â However, most current literature concludes that ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Christian Nationalist Threat to American Democracy - LivestreamChristian nationalism is more than faith combined with patriotism. It’s a movement designed to impose one vision of Christianity on all others - a religious mission of conquest and domination. As the 2024 elections approach, the dangers of this movement are becoming more apparent.While it’s long been a presence in ...
Dr. Sahas Barve is an ornithologist who will answer your burning questions about birds in this "ask-me-anything" format! Please send in your question when you register and we will pool the questions ahead of time to decide which ones were asked by most of the participants so Sahas can prioritize ...
Where: Cost: Free
Women Energy Associates: Climate Adocacy in ActionClimate action advocates world-wide have been instrumental in spurring organizations and institutions to adopt climate and sustainability goals. How have these goals translated into action? How can advocates and implementers support one another as we move forward with urgency to address climate and equity challenges.Join WEA for a conversation with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $30 General, $15 Students
2024 Drake AwardsWe’re excited to celebrate all things SETI and astrobiology! The SETI Institute’s annual event has a new venue (the Computer History Museum) and a new format (a seated dinner)!Join us as we honor groundbreaking achievements in the search for life beyond Earth.  Three awards will be presented - Carl Sagan ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $100 General, $20 Youth in person, $15 online
After Dark: LASERsCome celebrate the amazing technology that is LASERs at the Exploratorium! May 16 is the International Day of Light, a holiday that commemorates the first time a LASER was successfully fired in 1960. Visit us this Thursday night to play with LASER demonstrations, learn about refraction through different materials, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
NightLife x Carnaval SFCarnaval SF is taking over NightLife! Join our colorful celebration of music, dance, and artistry from Latin American, Caribbean, and Afrodiasporic cultures. Experience the joy of Carnaval throughout the museum with live dance performances, a pop-up mercado (marketplace), and more!See weblink for events and schedules
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Astronomy on Tap Santa Cruz: Thriving in Space: Biology and Human HealthHuman spaceflight missions promise a new chapter towards long-term Moon habitation and Mars transit & surface missions.Come learn about ongoing fundamental biological research, space hazards to humans (& our ecosystems), and global collaborations in space biomedical sciences. We will present on the benefits to life and biomedicine on Earth, and ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Healthy Air, Healthy HomeLearn from a doctor about air quality and how it impacts health, especially in kids & seniors.• Enjoy a live demo of cooking on a powerful induction stove & enjoy a tasty dessert!• Discover practical solutions for improving air quality in your home & neighborhood such as using air purifiers and replacing polluting gas appliances & vehicles ...
Where: PacificaCost: Free
NOVA Secrets in your DataWhether you’re on social media or surfing the web, you’re probably sharing more personal data than you realize. That can pose a risk to your privacy - even your safety. At the same time, big datasets could lead to huge advances in fields like medicine. In NOVA's Secrets in Your ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Friday, 05/17/24
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 ...
The nature of water ice on Mars has important implications for understanding the Martian climate system, which undergoes climate cycles analogous to Earth’s Milankovitch cycles. The distribution and properties of ice on Mars therefore provides us a window into these extraterrestrial “Ice Ages.†I will present the results of spacecraft ...
The PARC Forum IEEE Milestone CelebrationSRI is proud to host our next PARC Forum IEEE Milestone celebration to celebrate the creation of three world-changing technologies: the Alto personal computer, Ethernet, and the Laser Printer invented and developed at PARC.The Forum, to be hosted by SRI’s Chief Executive Officer David Parekh, will include conversations with Vint ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Saturday, 05/18/24
EV Ride and DriveCurious about Electric Vehicles (EVs)?Experience electric vehicles and take one for a test drive or ride. At this event, you’ll have the opportunity to sit in, ride, or drive electric vehicles to experience the joy of switching to electric firsthand. Have all your questions answered about the vehicles, charging, and ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Teaching Astronomy in Italy and the Lessons I LearnedAndy Kreyche fell in love with the night sky when first saw stars in the deep, dark desert skies of Southern Arizona after moving there at the age of 7. He has been involved with informal astronomy education since the 1990's, after which he started a career working in planetariums. ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
City Public Star PartyCome join the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers for free public stargazing of the Moon, planets, globular clusters and more!The event will take place in Tunnel Tops National Park, parking is located adjacent to Picnic Place (210 Lincoln Blvd for GPS) with the telescopes setup in the East Meadow.Dress warmly as conditions ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Sunday, 05/19/24
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
InsectPaloozaJoin us for this free family-friendly event to get up close and hands-on with live animals from SaveNature.Org’s Insect Discovery Lab! Meet a variety of arthropods from around the world, like the Australian Walking Stick, the Giant African Millipede, and many more!In addition, local guest artists Zoe Farmer, Lauren Hartman, ...
The ocean floor of our "water planet" is vast - rich in biodiversity and dense in mineral wealth. A single organization, the International Seabed Authority, governs roughly half of this undersea territory, and that governance is scientifically and economically challenging, to say the least. Wonderfest joins Cameo Cinema for a ...
The invention of attosecond light sources using high-harmonic generation has inspired a new field of research. Attosecond science is concerned with the study of electronic dynamics in quantum systems, and it has influenced a variety of scientific disciplines: from atomic and solid state physics to biology. The success of this technology ...
Erika Edwards is a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and currently also serves as Curator of Botany and Paleobotany in the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and as Director of Marsh Botanical Garden. Edwards earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford University (1998) and her Ph.D. from ...
How can we address climate change and boost equity? In this highly interactive session, we’ll use the En-ROADS global climate simulator, built by Climate Interactive and MIT, to test a wide range of climate solutions, from clean energy to nature-based solutions, electrification, and carbon removal. Andrew Jones and his team ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Flora of San Francisco's Serpentine Grassland, Starr King Open SpaceJoin us in San Francisco's Potrero Hill districe to learn about the flora of Starr King Open Space. Home to the last remaining population of the county's Yellow Mariposa Lily, this talk, a part of our annual meeting, will focus on other plant species a part of the serpentine beltway ...
Magmas and the gases they release link Earth’s interior to surface climate and environments. Examples range in scale from brief sulfur-driven cooling in the wake of explosive eruptions to major mass extinctions in the case of some of the voluminous magmatic episodes known as Large Igneous Provinces. However, the size ...
The Higgs boson was discovered in 2012 by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland. This particle plays a unique role in fundamental physics. It gives all of the known elementary particles, including itself, their masses. While ...
Whether we like it or not, the AI revolution is coming to education. The founder of Khan Academy returns to Commonwealth Club World Affairs for a first look at how the artificial intelligence revolution will affect education, its implications for parenting, and how we can best harness its power for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members in person, $10/Free web
Astronomy on Tap Tucson #98: Dark Energy + Colliding Worlds - LivestreamThis month, we’ll be joined by NSF NOIRLab astronomer Dr. Yuanyuan Zhang talking about dark energy and the expanding universe and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory grad student Arin Avsar telling us about colliding worlds. And Steward postdocs Jackie Champagne and Danny Krolikowski will be telling us all about the latest ...
There has been a lot of discussion recently on the pluses and minuses of the explosion in the mushroom world of folks charging to take others on forays. I will address that. I've done over 200 of them. I teach my forayers how to identify mushrooms. I teach about ...
Global warming and marine heatwaves present two distinctly different challenges for marine ecosystems and coastal communities. While global warming is occurring quite rapidly, it represents a persistent change or press perturbation allowing some, albeit limited, reaction time for marine organisms and people. In contrast, marine heatwaves are abrupt, pulse perturbations ...
Join us for an enlightening discussion with Professor Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate and Former U.S. Secretary of Energy. Professor Chu will share his unparalleled insights on scaling sustainability innovation as well as key learnings from his experiences at the Department of Energy (DOE) and beyond. His expertise deeply aligns with ...
Desalination for a Circular Water Economy - LivestreamHow does the role of desalination apply in resilient water resource portfolios? Professor Mauter will describe technological innovations required to support a circular water economy in which non-traditional water is treated to fit-for-purpose standards and reused locally. With Professor Mauter, alumni will:1. Critically review the efficacy of state-of-the-art desalination technologies ...
Jupiter's moon Europa may be a habitable world, containing the “ingredients†necessary for life within its ocean. Data from NASA’s earlier Galileo mission suggest that a global salty ocean exists beneath the icy surface. Tides have broken that floating ice shell to create ridges, bands, and chaotic terrains that may ...
“If you take care of birds, you take care of most of the environmental problems in the world,†according to conservationist Thomas Lovejoy. FEATHER TRAILS - A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY AMONG ENDANGERED BIRDS is the compelling story of a young woman’s attempts to “take care of birds†by working to ...
“Chasing Shadows â€" Tales of the Greatest(?) Eclipse Chasers†From ancient civilizations to modern day American presidents, solar eclipses have fascinated us all. This talk is about those people who dared to go beyond the ordinary, running across the surface of the Earth in epic quests to chase our Moon’s ...
Baleen whales are some of the largest animals that have ever existed on our planet. They have enormous energetic needs that can only be satisfied by feeding on large schools of dense prey that are patchily distributed in the oceans. Using a suite of emerging technologies we have developed new ...
