SETI Live: How to Tell if a Star Ate Its PlanetsWhat happens when a star swallows its own planets - and how can astronomers tell?A new study has identified beryllium as a promising chemical fingerprint of planetary engulfment. Researchers examined the binary stars HD 129171 and HD 129209, two Sun-like stars that formed together and should have started with nearly ...
Many applications in computational geophysics require modeling seismic wave propagation across a set of closely related subsurface models. In such cases, it is often preferable to recompute wavefields locally, only in regions of change, rather than across the full model. Immersive boundary conditions make this possible: they capture the full ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Chases, clusters, and surfin’ birds: Effects of group flight on locomotor biomechanics and energeticsContext matters in locomotion biomechanics, through direct effects such as differences in terrain or the environment altering the physics of locomotion, and indirectly when different contexts alter the underlying trade-offs between different approaches to movement. Group or collective movement represents one such context and here I use field recordings and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Black holes, disks and jets: understanding the multi wavelength world of tidal disruption eventsWhen unfortunate stars are scattered sufficiently close to a massive black hole they can be ripped apart, in their entirety, by tidal forces. These so-called tidal disruption events (TDEs) power multi wavelength flares which promise to offer insight into a wide range of questions in contemporary astrophysics, including the evolution, ...
Speaker: Ian Furniss is a Senior Payload Systems Engineer at Astranis, a San Francisco based company that designs, builds, and operates communications satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO). In this presentation, he'll introduce the fundamentals of GEO and explain what a Payload Systems Engineer does, covering topics such as orbital mechanics, ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Beyond LLMs - How AI is reshaping scientific discoveryFor decades, scientific progress has been shaped by a fundamental process: hypothesis, experiment, iteration. AI is changing that, compressing the space between insight and discovery. The World Economic Forum’s 2026 Top 10 Emerging Technologies report finds this shift already reshaping fields as distinct as cancer treatments, energy storage, and environmental ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
After Dark: EchoesDo you hear that? Uncover surprising acoustic phenomena and immerse yourself in experimental music by saxophonist Cole Pulice and the TANK Center for Sonic Arts.Ages 18 +
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95 General, Free for members
AI Transition Week: Is it Too Late to Stop the AI Revolution?How far reaching is AI’s grip on humanity?Is pausing the frontier of AI development necessary, and indeed possible?What are governments doing “right” and “wrong” for safeguarding AI as a tool and not an enemy to humanity?This conversation will center on the policy choices that could shape a safe and effective ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $9
Astronomy on Tap: DavisWe will have two speakers, Brenna Mockler will give a talk titled “Lighting up Black Holes”, and Ryan Foley will give a talk titled “A Day in the Life of a Telescope Operator”.
Where: DavisCost: Free
Fall Burning Seasonal Outlook WebinarJoin burn planners of the Good Fire Alliance as we look ahead at community burning in Sonoma and Marin Counties this fall.Local burn planners and land stewards will speak to the weather forecast, seasonality for our local ecology, and share the burns being planned for the coming months. We will ...
Where: Cost: Free
Water and AIThe Water and AI panel brings together four speakers with different answers to a simple question: What is water?For Tiah Ross-Butner, a UC Berkeley student and enrolled member of the Yurok Tribe, water is family. For Sheena Conforti, a Stanford researcher who studies wastewater and public health, water carries information ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
A Different Way to Learn Bird SongThe GGBA Travel Program is excited to announce our next Travel Program Speaker Series talk featuring Sue Riffe, owner and lead guide of Colorado-based “She Flew Birding Tours”. GGBA participants in Sue’s previous tours for the GGBA Travel Program have uniformly marveled at her birding-by-ear skills. Sue launched her bird tour business after more than 20 years ...
