AI Literacy Weekend at The Tech InteractiveCurious about artificial intelligence? You are not alone. AI is shaping the world around us, and during AI Literacy Weekend at The Tech Interactive, visitors can explore how it works through playful challenges, surprising experiments, and hands on activities for all ages.From spotting AI generated images to seeing how machines ...
Where: San JoseCost: $38.00
Family-friendly and Bilingual Bird Walk at the UCSC ArboretumJoin the Bird School Project as they help kick-off the celebrations for Hummingbird Month in the beautiful gardens of the UCSC Arboretum & Botanic Garden. This bird walk is beginner and family-friendly. Bring binoculars if you have them, if not, binoculars or a monocular will be provided for you during ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $10 General, $8 Seniors, $5 Age 4 -17
Bair Island Sunset StrollJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a walking tour at the Bair Island Unit of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge! You’ll be guided by POST ambassadors who will share the history of this beautiful protected space, information about the species that live there, and what you ...
Dr. David Ensminger is an alumnus of the SSU Biology Graduate program, specifically the Crocker Lab. From Dr. Ensminger's Bio: "...I am a broadly trained biologist and my interests are in how challenges in the environment can alter the traits, phenotypes, and behaviors of organisms across vertebrate taxa. My goal ...
Adam is an economist at UC Berkeley who studies consumer behavior in health insurance, retirement saving, and other social insurance programs. His research focuses on generating policy insights that improve economic security and welfare.
Probing vibrations at single-molecule level is essential for achieving bond-specific chemical control in realistic heterogeneous environments. Here, we introduce a new measurement scheme integrating frequency-tunable infrared excitation with scanning tunneling microscopy to characterize vibration-mediated nuclear motions of single molecules. We first validated the technique by monitoring the infrared-induced rotation of ...
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded in part to climate scientist Syukuro Manabe, largely due to his early and accurate estimate of Earth’s climate sensitivity to increasing CO2. This estimate relied on a proper coupling of radiation and convection - the two avenues by which energy flows through ...
Europe’s energy system is changing fast - but in a very different way than in the U.S. While the U.S. is expanding nuclear capacity as a cornerstone of its future energy mix, several European countries have chosen a different route and rely more strongly on renewables, system innovation, and sector ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Plastics Proliferation - Impacts of Plastics PollutionContinued plastics proliferation generates more pollution impacts of macroplastics and microplastics on human&animal health and biodiversityDuring this conference organized by UFE San Francisco Bay Area in collaboration with FACC California Sustainability Committee, four exceptional speakers will share an update on impacts of plastics pollution (macroplastics, microplastics, nanoplastics) on human & ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members, Students Free
The Bahamonde group is interested in the development and mechanistic understanding of Ni-catalyzed processes that involve light-mediated steps - either to generate radicals that can be trapped enantioselectively or to promote C - heteroatom reductive eliminations at room temperature. Like other first-row transition metals, Ni participates in both one- and ...
The Great Valley forearc (GVF) basin preserves >13 km of stratigraphy deposited during latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous to Miocene time, preserving one of the most complete sedimentary archives of the North American Cordillera. This research investigates the mechanisms driving forearc basin development through integration of sedimentology, sandstone petrography, and geochronology. In turn, I compare the evolution of ...
Endless Learning and Wonder - 40 Years Observing Killer Whales - LivestreamPlease join us as we hear from marine biologist and killer whale expert Nancy Black. Nancy started Monterey Bay Whale Watch 34 years ago guaranteeing her regular on-the-seas observations and study of marine life in what is known as the "Serengeti of the Oceans". She has been photo-identifying Monterey Bay killer ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 04/01/26
In Science We Trust? Understanding Americans’ Confidence In Science, Scientists, And Scientific Institutions - LivestreamThe Hoover Institution Center for Revitalizing American Institutions webinar series features speakers who are developing innovative ideas, conducting groundbreaking research, and taking important actions to improve trust and efficacy in American institutions. Speaker expertise and topics span governmental institutions, civic organizations and practice, and the role of public opinion and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Earth on a chip: AI-based autoregressive models of the Earth systemRecent advances in machine learning offer transformative potential for Earth system modeling, yet purely data-driven climate and weather emulators face critical challenges of instability and unphysical behavior when integrated over long timescales. This talk presents a unified framework for AI-based autoregressive Earth-system models that are stable, physically consistent, and computationally ...
Planetary-scale outflow channels were carved by catastrophic floods flowing into Mars’ northern lowlands, inspiring the hypothesis that they may have fed oceans. However, the sizes and durations of these catastrophic events remain highly debated. To estimate flood discharge, previous studies have typically assumed that canyons were filled to the brim ...
Offering a snapshot of Andrea Pollio’s recent book, Silicon Elsewhere, this talk explores the concept of arbitrage as a central logic shaping Digital China’s presence in Kenya’s Silicon Savannah.Beyond geopolitical and geoeconomic narratives, Pollio demonstrate how discourses of arbitrage identify and capitalize on perceived temporal and developmental lags between these ...
This talk will review recent work adapting tools from causal inference, including tools for estimating decompositions, average treatment effects, and heterogeneous treatment effects, to problems involving sequence data, such as sequences of words in text, sequences of jobs in worker careers, and sequences of measured behaviors and actions in customer ...
Across oceans, rivers, and murky streams, many fish have evolved the remarkable ability to generate and detect electricity. While the famous electric eel often steals the spotlight, it’s far from the only aquatic electrician. From stealthy sharks detecting faint signals from hidden prey to lesser-known species quietly scanning dark waters ...
Mark Chung is the co-founder and CEO of Verdigris, a Silicon Valley based technology company empowering carbon-intensive enterprises with high-precision, AI-driven scalable electrical intelligence. Verdigris delivers real-time global monitoring with granular diagnostics and analysis, focusing on reducing stranded electrical capacity, CO2 emissions, and ensuring regulatory compliance for Mission-critical buildings.
Modern electrical infrastructure was built around industrial and building loads that are fundamentally different from the high-density silicon and IT environments now driving AI. As compute power density rises, facilities face new challenges in capacity visibility, fault detection, event diagnosis, and reliability. This talk explores the mismatch between legacy electrical ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
SETI Live: Evidence of Planet Collision - LivestreamAstronomers may have just witnessed the aftermath of a massive planetary collision in another star system - offering a rare glimpse into how worlds are destroyed… and possibly reborn. Join host Dr. Moiya McTier and guest Anastasios Tzanidakis (University of Washington) as they break down new evidence suggesting that two ...
Superconducting circuits support quantum degrees of freedom that can be used to encode quantum bits. These superconducting qubits are a leading quantum information technology, but they are plagued by errors when performing multi-qubit conditional operations. One alternative is to make multi-mode circuits where multi-qubit operations are natural. I will introduce ...
This talk is focused on new techniques for the inverse design of large-scale structures in engineering that incorporate many design parameters based on combining mathematically rigorous gradient-based approaches like topological optimization with artificial-intelligence (AI) techniques for reducing the dimensionality of the design problem by several orders of magnitude. Despite the ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
What Science Says about Astrology - LivestreamToday, astrology is a multibillion-dollar business, encompassing newspaper and magazine horoscopes, digital apps with millions of subscribers, and a growing number of professionals offering services ranging from financial advice to psychotherapy. Yet its tenets are demonstrably false.Join us for a Skeptical Inquirer Presents livestream with science journalist Carlos Orsi. Astrology is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95, Free for members
Astronomy on Tap Davis - Cosmic Rays and Dark MatterDaniel Cebra (UC Davis) will talk about “Galactic Cosmic Rays and Their Impact on Space Exploration”andSukanya Chakrabarti (University of Alabama) will speak about “Dark matter - in real time”
Where: DavisCost: Free
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 ...
Architecture isn’t just about style or aesthetics - it’s about navigating a complex web of constraints, from budgets and regulations to human needs and lived experience. So how do architects turn all of that into something real?In this lecture, Howard Blecher, principal of Blecher Building + Urban Design in San ...
Join us for an inspiring afternoon as we welcome Jose Hernandez, the visionary CEO of Tierra Luna Engineering, to our campus! His journey from a migrant farmworker to a NASA astronaut is a remarkable story of perseverance and technical excellence, brought to life in the movie “A Million Miles Away.” ...
Understanding actinide-ligand covalency is at the center of efforts to design new separations schemes for spent nuclear fuel, and thus features considerable practical importance. NMR spectroscopy is a widely available means of measuring 5f covalency that is complementary to more established methods, such optical spectroscopy and XANES. However, its use ...
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 ...
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
Micro FestJoin us for a celebration of seeing small through a variety of tools, from simple hand lenses to powerful microscopes. Uncover textures, patterns, and ecosystems that are normally invisible to the naked eye. Meet drifting plankton, explore immune cells, identify parasites, and dive into hands-on activities that invite you to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Are There Gray Foxes in Your Backyard?Learn all about our local gray foxes and how to identify evidence of their presence!On a walk/talk from the Visitor’s Center out into the refuge, Bill "The Fox Guy" Leikam will show you how to identify indications of the presence of foxes, and tell stories about gray foxes that he’s ...
