Family Nature Adventures: BirdsLearn about local birds and how to identify them from their looks and sounds. Afterwards, we’ll provide binoculars for a short bird watching walk in the forest.Intended for families with children, ages 3+
Where: OaklandCost: $25 Adults w/children, $15 Youth age 3+
Monday, 06/10/24
Morning Hike at Bear Creek RedwoodsJoin us for this beautiful hike! A POST volunteer will share a few words about POST’s decades of conservation success before the hiking group explores a moderately strenuous but mostly shaded 5.4 mile hike with ~900 feet of elevation gain.In one of the county’s best preserved, second-growth coastal redwood forests, ...
Program (the order of the speakers might change): Shane Denson (Stanford/ Film and Media) on "How is Human Embodiment Transformed in an Age of Algorithms?" Virginia San Fratello (San Jose State Univ) on "3D Printing the Future" Fiorenza Micheli (co-director of Stanford’s Center for Ocean Solutions) on "Harnessing ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tuesday, 06/11/24
Two talks: Blockchain Innovations: AI Integration and Security Trust - LivestreamBlockchain and AI for Industrial ApplicationsThe fusion of Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI) heralds a new era of industrial innovation with opportunities for transparency, efficiency, and autonomy. Blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger that can be significantly augmented using conventional and generative AI capabilities This lecture will delve into the ...
What can we do, today, to improve muscle strength and, accordingly, to increase healthy longevity, i.e., healthspan? It starts by understanding the science of strength and of muscle function, and then appreciating how muscle changes with aging. Ultimately, we find that healthspan increases with simple and effective evidence-based strategies for ...
This presentation will focus on the past and present issues facing Asian American people in the US, as well as how these issues intersect with Critical Race Theory or CRT (what CRT is and isn’t and why there is a moral panic over CRT when it’s really a specialized field ...
Open House at San Jose AI Simplifiers - LivestreamDo you enjoy expressing ideas simply? No jargon, just clear and effective language. Even a six-year-old will be eager to listen!Join us at the San Jose AI Simplifiers Club's Open House on June 12th, 2024, from 6:00-7:00 PM PT. Dive into the fascinating world of AI, but simplified. Don’t miss ...
The laws and policy regimes that govern how we create, train, test, and license artificial intelligence technology are changing. And these change are worldwide, varying depending on the jurisdiction and branch of government. Technologists, startups, and entrepreneurs do not need to become experts on these law and policy changes to ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Thursday, 06/13/24
SETI Live: Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos - LivestreamAre we alone? This question continues to tantalize and mystify scientists and the public alike, wondering if Earth contains not only the one known sample of life in the Universe but also the ONLY life in the Universe. In her new book, Alien Earths, astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger (founding director of Cornell ...
Where: Cost: Free
Superfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex - LivestreamIs superfood a scientific term … or a marketing one? Do supplements that claim to reduce inflammation actually reduce anything (other than your bank account)? What’s the deal with “red light therapy� Everyday life is full of interesting science - and pseudoscience - from maraschino cherries and frizzy hair to ...
Where: Cost: Free
NightLife x Make HistoryJoin us as we honor Black contributions to global dance with a special Juneteenth edition of the Make History dance battle. This commemorative competition marks the first Juneteenth jam in celebration of Black arts and liberation in the Bay Area. Plus, the party continues with a marketplace curated by In ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
After Dark: ExtraOrdinary OpeningThis summer’s most imaginative and playful exhibition opens After Dark! Be among the first to experience ExtraOrdinary! and the stunning artworks made from everyday objects. Don't forget to bring out your inner artist-scientist with our hands-on programs: tinker with cardboard and add to a collective creation, join a crochet jam, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Lately, there has been much discussion in the media and even in academic journals about the supposed rise of “anti-science†in the United States. Examples tend focus on climate change, evolution, and vaccination. But what about science in general? Are Americans truly anti-science in the sense of rejecting all of ...
Where: Cost: Free
JWST Astrochemistry: Beyond the Fabulous ImagesHave you ever wondered what is beyond those fabulous images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)? Or other telescopes like the VLT, Spitzer, SOFIA or Herschel. In this talk hosted by the Peninsula Astronomical Society, Dr. Christiaan Boersma of NASA will give a lecture on the (astro)chemistry of PAHs ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Marin's Declining Shorebirds - LivestreamNils will talk about the status and trends of our North America shorebirds, with a focus on Pacific Flyway birds, particularly those that occur in Marin County. He will first discuss how shorebirds around the world and in the USA are doing and then talk about the results of a ...
Speaker: Emmanuel Schaan is a Staff Scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. As a cosmologist, he studies the origin and evolution of the Universe, by analyzing data from large telescopes in the US, Chile and space. His work focuses on the cosmic microwave background, the earliest light visible after the ...
