Join Chabot astronomers for a live watch party of the magnificent Total Lunar Eclipse from Chabot’s Observation Deck. Bring your friends & family and a lawn chair to enjoy Eclipse-themed crafts and demonstrations, then get bundled up with a cup of hot cocoa to watch this stunning celestial show. During ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $7 Kids, free for members
Precisely Controlled Macromolecular Architecture by ATRPVarious well-defined polymers with precisely controlled macromolecular architecture were prepared under environmentally benign conditions, with ppm of catalysts, in an aqueous environment, and in open-air with temporal control by light, electrical current, mechanical forces, or benign chemicals such as ascorbic acid. The dynamic exchange between active radicals and dormant species ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
AI, Cyber & Systemic Risk: Securing the Digital FrontlineNicole Perlroth, former NYT journalist and cyber investor, explores how AI is amplifying threats and reshaping defense - implications for risk, resilience, and governance.Attend in person or on Zoom (see weblink)
Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) hold promise to advance mental health equity by addressing provider shortages, reaching individuals who might not seek services in traditional healthcare settings, and making evidence-based treatments available 24/7. However, DMHI science to date has rarely involved members of historically marginalized groups in the development, testing, ...
The proliferation of marine algae in the Neoproterozoic Era is thought to have stimulated the ecology of predatory microbial eukaryotes (protists) and the evolution of more modern marine food webs. Paleontologists and geochemists have predicted that these algae-eating microbial predators would have been restricted to well-oxygenated marine waters, and would have been near-absent in anoxic ...
In this talk, several recent developments in the study of fractionalized states of matter will be reviewed. The focus will primarily be on the condensed matter physics perspective, presenting a theoretical approach to the Fractional Chern Insulator (the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect without a magnetic field), its unique properties, and ...
Polaritons are hybrid light-matter states that arise from strong interactions between the confined electromagnetic field of an optical cavity and an ensemble of intracavity molecules. Molecules under such strong cavity coupling appear to demonstrate distinct reactivity and photochemistry from molecules in free space, but the mechanisms and scope of these ...
Advancements in quantum computing have enabled the development of small-scale quantum computers and simulators that adhere to the principles of quantum physics. Despite its rapid progress, those devices are not yet flawless and errors accumulate, posing serious challenges to their application to interesting problems. In this talk I will first ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Amazing Nature of Animal SensesJoin POST for a special evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Ed Yong, author of the New York Times bestseller An Immense World. In this captivating lecture, Ed explores the extraordinary sensory worlds of animals - from the echolocation of bats to the magnetic navigation of sea turtles - revealing ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $45 General $25 Seniors, Students, Youth
The asteroid (16) Psyche may be the metal-rich remnant of a differentiated planetesimal, or it may be a highly reduced, metal-rich asteroidal material that never differentiated. The NASA Psyche mission aims to determine Psyche’s provenance. How did we choose the science instruments we’d need, when there was not even a ...
Seasonal snowpacks are a critical component of the global water cycle, governing river discharge, groundwater recharge, and freshwater availability for billions of people worldwide. Yet current satellite-based methods for estimating snow water equivalent (SWE) suffer from fundamental limitations, including coarse spatial resolution, limited coverage, and reliance on uncertain a priori ...
Over the course of the Pleistocene, the Bering Sea has alternated many times between a marine gateway connecting the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and a land bridge connecting North America to Asia. However, very few sediment cores for paleoceanographic or paleoenvironmental reconstructions of this region have been collected. Some have ...
Because there’s been a lot of talk about 3I/Atlas, we are excited to hear from Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Tracy Becker for an extended talk: “What we Know About the 3rd Ever Interstellar Object 3I/Atlas” AND to host a discussion panel with our resident AoTSATX scientists on these unique visitors ...
This seminar will present an innovative approach to co-design fundamental biogeochemical science that aligns with policy and community priorities. The framework will be explored through case studies on ocean-climate stressors, mitigation, and solutions. This presentation will focus on the fundamental research of reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide and ...
Glaciology is driven by two fundamental goals: to understand how ice sheets will evolve in a warming climate and contribute to future sea-level rise, and to understand how ice sheets behaved in the past, providing insight into Earth’s possible climate states. Both goals require observing how ice flows and deforms??"ideally ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Book Talk: 'Rebooting Tech Culture'Join us to hear Telle Whitney speak about her book, Rebooting Tech Culture, in conversation with John Wawrzynek and the Berkeley Society of Women Engineers. Reception and book signing will follow.Telle Whitney is a senior executive leader, an entrepreneur, an author, and a recognized advocate and expert on women and ...
China looms large in US conversations about AI policy. But often the stories that spread about Chinese AI are oversimplified - “China is poised to overtake the US in the AI race,” “DeepSeek proved that chip export controls have failed,” “AI is one area where the US and China should ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
After Dark: Wondrous FungusCalling all fungi fans! Join us for an evening of spores, stalks, and species galore.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95
NightLifeThursdays hit different at NightLife. The museum comes alive after hours - wilder, more curious, and full of exciting creatures. Grab your friends, grab a hand-crafted drink, and let yourself wander into whatever weird or wonderful corner calls you. You never know what you’ll stumble into next, and that’s the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Friday, 03/06/26
Computer Vision for Sustainability ResearchThis session will cover:Core computer vision methods and emerging approaches (e.g., image segmentation, object detection, foundation models)Applications across climate adaptation, energy systems, agriculture, urban resilience, conservation, and moreOpportunities for cross-disciplinary collaborationMany sustainability challenges depend on extracting insights from visual data at scale??"from monitoring ecosystem change to assessing climate risk. This ...
Design mediates the relationship between humans and nature. In the built environment, engineering decisions about form, structure, and material shape how people inhabit space and how natural systems are engaged, preserved, or transformed. Today, the environmental impact of construction is one of the defining challenges of our time. Buildings account ...
Thermal radiation plays a central role in energy conversion, yet it is rarely treated as a designable resource in solid-state systems. In this talk, I will discuss how controlling radiative energy exchange with materials and optical structures enables new routes for power generation beyond conventional photovoltaics. I will first describe ...
The El Niño??"Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a major source of interannual climate variability, shaping rainfall, drought, and weather extremes. Yet even state-of-the-art climate models show substantial biases in reproducing ENSO amplitude, spectral behavior, and the frequency of extreme events. Pinpointing which processes are misrepresented is difficult in comprehensive models because ...
Macrocyclic arene compounds have played a fundamental role in the development of supramolecular chemistry. Research on these systems have laid the foundations to explore and establish non-covalent interactions, e.g., hydrogen bonding, pi···pi stacking, C-H···pi interactions. My research group has taken the basic principles of macrocyclic arenes to design architectures enforcing ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
First Friday Nights at CuriOdysseySwing into the weekend with science, animals, music, food trucks, and fun! On the first Friday of every month, parents and kids celebrate together at CuriOdyssey.Dance to some of your favorite hits, while enjoying animal presentations and science activities. Activities and programs are different each time, so make it a ...
Tucker Jones will talk about early galaxies observed with the James Webb Space Telescope,andEmily Silich will speak about what happens when clusters of galaxies collide.
Where: DavisCost: Free
Climate-Resilient Bay Area - LivestreamWe welcome Charlie Onorati of SaveSFBay giving us a status update on the Bay Area’s climate resilience, with a focus on sea level rise.Charlie will share key resources to help attendees understand the Bay’s preparedness for sea level rise, explore regional biodiversity, and examine nature-based infrastructure projects that reduce flooding ...
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a high mountaintop in Chile, is equipped with an 8.4-meter primary mirror and the largest digital camera in the world, the LSST Camera. Rubin Observatory will soon begin an unprecedented 10-year survey that will repeatedly scan the entire Southern sky every three to ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 03/07/26
Life’s Six Great Ways of BeingUnderstanding how all of life is organized and interrelated remains fundamental to biology and evolution. Advances and applications of molecular phylogenetics and other tools continue to fascinate, inspire questions about common ancestry, and invite reexamination of traditional classification systems and the Kingdoms of life. Please join us to hear from ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free, donations encouraged
Butterfly Garden Volunteer Workday at the EECJoin us in this volunteer opportunity to help the educational native plant gardens and trails at the EEC!Help us with maintain and improve the habitat and trails at the Environmental Education Center at the Don Edwards SF Bay NWR! Activities may include removing invasive plants, picking up litter, or maintaining ...
Coastal Walk at Pillar Point BluffJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful walk at Pillar Point Bluff just north of Half Moon Bay! You will be guided by POST ambassadors who will share details about the area’s interesting natural history, from the coastal scrub habitat to the Fitzgerald Marine Preserve which hosts tide pools ...
The North Bay Science Discovery Day is a one-day, free community science festival to spark curiosity and wonder in children and families. The festival brings together 100+ organizations and 10,000 attendees - supported by 70 sponsors and 150 volunteers - for youth to talk with scientists and engineers while exploring ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
Wolves Weekend at The Tech Interactive - March 7 & 8The wolves are back (in Yellowstone National Park), and they’re taking over The Tech. Wolf ears will be provided for the first 500 visitors by Great Wolf Lodge! Please note, no live wolves will be in attendance. We are keeping them wild, just the way they belong.Visit The Tech Interactive ...
First Saturday Tours are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to the Arboretum or to deepen your knowledge of the Arboretum’s plant collections. Each tour is a little different depending on the time of year, the interests of the tour guide, and the people who join in. For example, you ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Sunday, 03/08/26
Wolves Weekend at The Tech Interactive - March 7 & 8The wolves are back (in Yellowstone National Park), and they’re taking over The Tech. Wolf ears will be provided for the first 500 visitors by Great Wolf Lodge! Please note, no live wolves will be in attendance. We are keeping them wild, just the way they belong.Visit The Tech Interactive ...
Where: San JoseCost: $38.00
Marine Science Sunday: Amazing MigrationsWe're celebrating the animals that love to travel! Marine mammals like gray whales and northern elephant seals are famous for their epic migrations along the California coast. During this Marine Science Sunday, you'll learn about some of the ocean's best swimmers.Talks at 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM, and 2:00 PMSpace is ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free with advance registration
Cool Insect DefensesLearn about the amazing tricks insects use to protect themselves from predators.Insects are important food sources for so many animals, sustaining much of the wildlife we know and love! Join us in the Visitor Center for a presentation to learn about many of the amazing ways that insects protect themselves!This ...
I am using optogenetic tools in cells to manipulate hedgehog signaling and look at pathway dynamics in different developmental systems.Speaker: Lorenzo Del Castillo, UC San Francisco
Despite the rapid adoption of LLM chatbots, little is known about how they are used. We approach this question theoretically and empirically, modeling a user who chooses whether to complete a task herself, ask the chatbot for information that reduces decision noise, or delegate execution to the chatbot.The model-a rational ...
Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) have emerged as a key technology for harnessing high-temperature energy from hot dry rock (HDR) at depths of ~3-10 km. Rapid progress in horizontal drilling and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing has enabled creation of large stimulated reservoir volumes, yet major challenges remain - fracture-flow short-circuiting, limited ability ...
Ask anyone what matters most to them and the answer is likely to be other people: partners, parents, children, friends. We know so much about the people we are close to: how they like their coffee, if they dance well, how they look when they’re angry, whether they tend to ...
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 ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Astronomy on Tap Charlottesville: The Power of Radio AstronomyA Cosmic Broadcast: Massive Stars on Every ChannelSpeaker: Anna Dignan, University of VirginiaWhat is the Radio Spectrum and Why Does it Neet Protection?Speaker: Chris De Pree, National Radio Astronomy ObservatorySee weblink for streaming information
Neutrino rest mass and oscillations, dark matter and dark energy and, just possibly, the existence of supermassive black holes early in the history of the universe point to our standard model of particle physics being incomplete. We will discuss how the weak interaction drives stellar evolution and how neutrinos steal ...
This session will provide an overview of different ways that a climate technology startup can raise capital and obtain other support at the pre-seed and seed/series a stage of its development.Speaker: Craig Tighe, DLA Piper
Where: StanfordCost: Free
'The Problem with Plastic' - LivestreamA powerful look at plastic’s impact on human health and the environment, and how we can fight back by putting people and the planet over plasticsPlastic is everywhere - wrapped around our food, stitched into our clothes, even coursing through our veins. Once a marvel of modern science, plastic has ...
Where: Cost: Free
Conversations on AI: The Power Grid - Past, Present, and FutureFeaturing Rick Wilmer ’84, CEO of ChargePoint, and Dr. Roman Dudenhausen, CEO of Con Energy, and moderated by Dr. Napoleon Paxton, the conversation will also look ahead to emerging technologies and innovations that may transform how power is generated, distributed, and managed in the years to come.Register at weblink to ...
The Ancient Art of Voyaging: A Night with Traditional Master Navigators of MicronesiaFeaturing Sesario Sewralur, Cecilio Raiukiulipiy, Mario Benito, and Milton Coleman Jr. (aka “Jun”)Experience a glimpse into the realm of Traditional Master Navigators of Micronesia, as they humbly share stories of stars, voyages, navigation, and the enduring quest to keep their ancient knowledge, practices, and legacy alive. Witness the Planetarium transformed into an immersive ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members/youth/Seniors
