International Polar Bear Day: Melting Ice, Mighty Bears - LivestreamStep onto the frozen Arctic seas (without leaving your classroom) to meet the largest bear on Earth, the polar bear. This session takes students through icy hunting grounds, explains how shrinking sea ice changes their way of life, and invites them to think like Arctic scientists. With real polar bear ...
Citizen Science in Astronomy - LivestreamJoin Dr. Franck Marchis, Director of Citizen Science at the SETI Institute and co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of SkyMapper, and Dr. Lauren Sgro, Outreach Manager at the SETI Institute, for a conversation on citizen science with the Unistellar network in partnership with the SETI Institute. We will discuss making ...
More than five decades ago, President Kennedy exhorted the nation to rise up and meet the biggest challenges of that period, amongst them being the Race to the Moon that led to the “Moonshot” and the establishment of the Apollo program. It is quite likely that we, as a nation ...
Metalloenzymes catalyze the challenging chemical reactions that lie at the core of vital life processes, from carbon and nitrogen fixation to photosynthesis and respiration. Native metalloenzymes use only earth-abundant transition metals and operate under mild conditions, accessing reactivity that remains largely out of reach for synthetic systems. Given the importance ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Muir Woods Night TourEver wondered what Muir Woods is like after the park closes?Join us on our free evening tour to explore what keeps the redwood forest awake when we go to sleep. Step outside your comfort zone and into the ancient, nocturnal setting of Muir Woods for this two-hour, two-mile walk.After all, we're ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
IMPACTS OF PLASTIC POLLUTIONFour exceptional speakers will present their research and experience of key impacts on human health, animal health and biodiversity.Dr Desiree Labeaud , MD, Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine ??" impacts on human healthDr Padraig Duignan, DVM, and Dr Cara Field, DVM, Directors at The Marine Mammal Center - ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 UFE & FACC Members