For every human being on the planet, there are roughly 1.4 billion individual insects. But aside from the odd pesky mosquito or charming bumble bee, how often do we humans really consider them? According to entomologist Barrett Klein, it ought to be more often! Throughout history, insects have markedly shaped ...
Where: Cost: 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.
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
Hammer Presents National Geographic Live: CHASING MONARCHSFifty years after the startling discovery that monarch butterflies spend winters in the forests of Mexico, photographer and National Geographic Explorer Jaime Rojo reveals this winged wonder of the insect world in new ways with never-before-seen visuals. Tag along with conservationists and citizen scientists who are helping this species avoid ...
Birding at Cypress Grove PreserveCypress Grove Preserve encompasses approximately 100 acres and serves as a center for scientific research, long-term ecological monitoring, education, and stewardship. Surrounded by towering Monterey cypress trees and wind-swept hedges, the preserve is situated on the eastern shore of Tomales Bay with eelgrass beds, native grasslands, and coastal marshes that ...
Where: MarshallCost: Free
Family Nature Adventures: SpidersThis Months Theme: Spidey Spectacular - Adventures with Arachnids!Spin your way into the fascinating world of spiders and arachnids! This month’s adventure is packed with discovery and excitement:Interactive Workshop: Learn all about native spiders, their incredible adaptations, and even how they behave in space.Spider Safari: Grab a magnifying glass and ...
Where: OaklandCost: $25 Adult, $35 Age 3 - 8, Members $15 discount
Shared Sky Festival - Day 1Join us October 10th and 11th as artists fill the Center with photography, music, paintings, and cosmic creativity to celebrate the grand opening of the Shared Sky: Photos of the Universe exhibition and the 2026 Astrophotography Prize awardees! Get creative with hands-on activities for all ages and explore how space ...
Where: OaklandCost: $24 Adults, $19 Youth/Sr/Students, Free members
Sunday, 10/11/26
Shared Sky Festival - Day 2Join us October 10th and 11th as artists fill the Center with photography, music, paintings, and cosmic creativity to celebrate the grand opening of the Shared Sky: Photos of the Universe exhibition and the 2026 Astrophotography Prize awardees! Get creative with hands-on activities for all ages and explore how space ...
Where: OaklandCost: $24 Adults, $19 Youth/Sr/Students, Free members
My research lab focuses on answering applied ecological questions that promote improved marine management and conservation by focusing on species and ecosystems confronting anthropogenic stressors such as urbanization, climate change, and fishing pressure. To address questions of applied ecology, I use and apply a wide variety of tools ranging from ...
Best-selling author Michael Pollan has spent decades exploring what it means to be human, from the politics of food to the science of psychedelics. In his most recent book, A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness, he examines the mystery of consciousness through scientific, philosophical, literary, spiritual, and psychedelic perspectives. ...
Antibiotics can acutely and persistently compromise microbiome stability and resilience, enabling enhanced colonization of pathogenic microbes, and loss of host-beneficial functions from depleted commensals. We interrogate resistome, taxonomic, and functional dynamics of microbiota of humans, animals, soils, and built-environments via high-throughput functional metagenomic selections, whole metagenome and transcriptome sequencing, and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Science Scoop: Holly IngrahamThe SpeakerHolly A. Ingraham, PhD, is the Herzstein Professor of Molecular Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research focuses on hormone-responsive nodes in the brain and peripheral tissues that impact metabolic, skeletal, and gut physiology and women’s health. Through question-driven basic science, Ingraham has uncovered how hormonal ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
AI and the Future of Academic LaborJournalist Kari Lydersen in conversation with Robert Ovetz and Lindsay Weinberg, authors of the forthcoming book AI and the Future of Academic Labor.Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are increasingly being integrated into higher education, putting the very mission and work of learning, research and teaching at risk of automation. Higher education ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free (donations welcome)
