South San Francisco Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project Science Symposium Dear friend of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, Please mark your calendars.The next South San Francisco Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project Science Symposium will be Thursday, February 3, 2011 at the USGS facility in Menlo Park. More information on the symposium will be distributed and posted to the website as we get closer to ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Crucible in the Courtroom: The Scopes Monkey Trial and Clarence DarrowThe 1925 trial in State of Tennessee vs. John Scopes was a litigation test of First Amendment freedoms that became a national symbol of the tension between supporters of religious fundamentalism and advocates of evolutionary science. This lecture will explore the social background of the case, and highlight the trial ...
Where: LafayetteCost: $10
Younger Lagoon Reserve Tour Experience the wildlife and natural beauty that make Younger Lagoon an exceptional local treasure on this docent-led tour to the lagoon and its beach habitat. Learn about the ongoing research and habitat restoration work that help this vital habitat thrive. Tour includes a short hike and is best suited for ...
The Invention of the Integrated Circuit2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the world's first silicon monolithic integrated circuit product. This was Fairchild's MicroLogic Type F flip-flop announced in March 1961. We take this opportunity to review the events leading to the integrated circuit invention with a special emphasis on the crucial work of ...
Richard Feynman in his famous lecture from 1959, "There's plenty of room at the bottom," presented a wild idea of swallowable surgeons where tiny surgical robots are put inside the blood vessel, travel into the heart, look around, and send the information back to an external controller. These robots can ...
The 2011 Conradin Von Gugelberg (CVG) Memorial Lecture on the Environment features keynote speaker Dr. Marcia McNutt, Director of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Science Adviser to the United States Secretary of the Interior. Dr. McNutt will speak on crises management during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.A ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco. Beers and Books is a social event co-hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet at Cafe Borrone http://www.cafeboronne.com/ between Kepler's Books and the British Banker's Club! Look for the black balloon.
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Clean Local Energy Opportunities for CaliforniaGovernor Brown's Clean Energy Jobs Plan calls for 60 percent of new clean energy generation to come from energy systems located in our communities. Learn how a Clean Local Energy Accessible Now (CLEAN) contracts program for California can create three times more jobs than our current policies, create new revenue ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $14
Exploratorium After Dark: Get SurrealExperience life After Dark, an evening series exclusively for adults that mixes cocktails, conversation, and playful, innovative science and art events. Not a theater, cabaret, or gallery, After Dark contains aspects of all three. Each evening showcases a different topic-from music to sex to electricity-but all include a cash bar ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, Free Members
Wendy Northcutt, author of the Darwin Awards books, comes to NightLife to share some of the tales which have made her books a runaway success, "honoring those who improve the species...by accidentally removing themselves from it!" The Darwin Awards commemorate individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Nature has wired us to worry, Dr. Rossman explains in The Worry Solution, so it's futile to try to stop. The good news is that worry itself is a neutral function of our imagination - a reflection of the brain's ability to look at a problem from many different angles ...
Sophie Webb: Artist Reception & Book SigningThere will be an artist reception for Sophie Webb with mammal and bird plates from her new book: "Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast". Sophie and her co-author Sarah Allen will sign books after a short talk before the reception.
