Building Equity into Home Electrification Programs: Promises and Pitfalls in Implementation - LivestreamMeeting California’s ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals requires decarbonizing its existing housing stock - replacing gas furnaces, water heaters, and stoves with electric equipment such as heat pumps, alongside improvements to insulation, wiring, and addressing health and safety problems in the home.A growing number of state and local policies and ...
A century after quantum mechanics was first written down, it is becoming an engineering discipline. Quantum sensors, once confined to research laboratories, are now deployed on aircraft, ships, and drones across aerospace, defense, and commercial settings, providing timing and sensing data at precision that was out of reach a decade ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
After Dark: Pale Blue DotTake a step way back and see our planet in context: a tiny yet dynamic system in a vast cosmic neighborhood.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95
Alaska Native Relationships with Cetaceans - LivestreamFor centuries, Alaska Native Tribes have lived in close relationship with whales, guided by tradition, spiritual practice, and generations of ocean knowledge. These stewardship practices have sustained both communities and cetacean populations, yet culturally-permitted whaling remains widely misunderstood. ACS SF Bay welcomes Roberta Glenn (Inupiaq), Community Liaison at the International ...
Where: Cost: $10 Donation requested
Friday, 09/04/26
The First Non-Tech BuildathonNever written a line of code? Good. It’s time for non-technical people to join the hackathon - and become builders in one afternoon.Builder Pub is bringing the first-ever Non-Tech Buildathon to AWS Builder Loft in San Francisco.We’ll begin with a short, hands-on introduction showing you how to use AI to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 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 ...
Where: San MateoCost:
AI Changed the City. Who Gets to Stay?Dive into the future of cities and find out who’s keeping their spot as AI reshapes where we live and work.San Francisco is ground zero for the global generative AI boom. As billions in venture capital return to the Bay Area and AI labs aggressively lease commercial office space across ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $18 Early Bird, $32 after 8/31
One of the most accessible, fascinating, and brighter planets in the night sky for amateur astronomers to view is Saturn. And Saturn was the destination of one of NASA’s most memorable space voyages: the Cassini mission. Cassini was one of the most ambitious efforts ever mounted in planetary exploration. Cassini ...
The NSF-DOE funded Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is a 10-year survey of the southern sky at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on the El Peñon peak of Cerro Pachón in northern Chile. LSST officially began on June 30, 2026, marking the start ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 09/05/26
Baylands ExplorationsJoin expert EV docents for an exploration of the science and nature of the Palo Alto Baylands. What makes this habitat so special? How do the plants and animals survive the salty conditions? Why is it so different at different times of day or times of the year? How can ...
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
Starry Nights Star PartyJoin the San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) and Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (OSA) for an unforgettable night of exploring the night sky. Our knowledgeable docents, members of SJAA, will be your guides to providing valuable insights into the wonders of our universe. The viewing site features darker skies ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free (registration required at weblink)
Sunday, 09/06/26
Solar ObservingIt’s there for us year round, lighting our days and providing energy for our lives, so maybe it’s time to give it a closer look. Join SJAA for amazing and detailed views of the Sun, and be assured that we’ll be using special telescopes that will keep your eyeballs perfectly ...
Complex glycans are directly involved in essential life processes, but it is challenging to precisely assemble them in sufficient quantities with high homogeneity. One major hurdle is that the stereoselectivity in glycosylation often varies with substrates, thus it is difficult to develop an exquisitely selective glycosylation method that is also ...
Thermodynamics is among the most successful frameworks in the physical sciences because it explains how and why systems at or near equilibrium undergo dramatic transformations. Yet many living and active systems are sustained far from equilibrium, where the usual thermodynamic framework need not apply. In this talk, I will provide ...
Black Oystercatchers face a range of environmental and anthropogenic threats. As the coastline changes, even minor shifts to the sea level can significantly affect the rocky intertidal zone and diminish their remaining habitat.Lauren Clor (CSU Monterey Bay) will describe how remote sensing and elevation models can be used to quantify ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Skeptics in a Real PubEnjoy an evening of socializing and feasting with fellow Bay Area science-forward folk in an Irish Pub on the Peninsula with great food. < Menu >Join us! This is a free event brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics. All are welcome.
In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), author Hugh Lofting imagines a physician who enjoys two-way communication with non-human animals. In 2026, for real, neuroscientist Dr. Julie Elie, earned the Coller Dolittle Prize for Two-way Interspecies Communication, describing a breakthrough in genuine animal talk. Dr. Elie and her team were able ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Wednesday, 09/09/26
PARC Forum: Cyber resilience in space - LivestreamAs space systems become increasingly vital to national security - exemplified by initiatives such as Golden Dome - the need for resilient, secure, and dependable space capabilities has never been greater. This Forum brings together leaders from government, industry, and the technical community to examine the state of the art ...
Transkingdom transfer of DNA from Agrobacterium to plants is a stunning biological feat and the basis of the most widely used tool for introducing new DNA into plants. Yet despite decades of use, fundamental gaps remain in our understanding of Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transfer, particularly the dynamics and mechanisms of transferred ...
Harnessing Membrane-Protein Interactions to Engineer Synthetic and Cellular Lipid Membranes Membranes play a vital role in a variety of physiological processes. Recreating these processes outside of the cell will allow us to better understand them as well as design an entirely new class of materials that can sense, transport, or target important biological signals and molecules. In this talk, I ...
Everyone in San Francisco hears about AI's environmental impact daily, and the answers range from "it's basically nothing" to "it's catastrophic." The truth, as usual, is more complicated and more interesting than either extreme.Carlos Diaz-Marin, an Assistant Professor at Stanford's Doerr School of Sustainability who leads the DELTA Group studying ...
