Grand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science EducationGrand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science Education June 30 - July 8, 2011Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Seats are now available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon - as featured in The New York Times (October 6, 2005).From June 30 - July 8, 2011, ...
Where: Cost: $2545.00
Fighting Cancer: A Nontoxic Approach to TreatmentThe Gorter Model, an integrative, nontoxic approach to cancer treatment that focuses on the body's intrinsic capacity for healing. Developed by Robert Gorter, M.D., Ph.D., who in 1976 recovered from Stage IV testicular cancer using nontoxic treatment and no chemotherapy or radiation, and based on self-experience, extensive research, and decades ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10 General, Free for Osher members
For six weeks this spring, dozens of Academy scientists have been hiking, sweating, and diving their way through the Philippines in order to explore and document the animal and plant life in this biodiversity hotspot. This week, NightLife celebrates this landmark research expedition – the Academy's largest to date, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Bone Cleaning with Ron CaubleThe Bone Room's own Ron Cauble will again teach a class on the basics of bone and skeleton cleaning. Class fee is $10, and space is again limited so please call in advance to sign up.
California Seafloor Mapping Program California's Ocean faces unprecedented challenges from climate change, ecosystem degradation, coastal development, and geologic hazardsThe collaborative California Seafloor Mapping Program is providing the resources and scientific expertise for an exciting new phase of multidisciplinary research and a comprehensive high-resolution,bathymetric, geologic, and habitat base map for all ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Public Seminar: Are We Alone?See and hear from three pivotal planet-hunters of the NASA Kepler Mission to find planets around Sun-like stars---especially Earth-size planets that could be inhabited.Once you realize that every star is a whole sun unto itself, the question naturally arises: "Do stars have planets that could be homes to more or less intelligent ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Using Fiberoptics and Genes from Algae to Solve Problems in PsychiatryOptogenetics is a technology that allows targeted, fast control of precisely defined events in biological systems as complex as freely moving mammals. Karl, Deisseroth, Associate Professor of Bioenginnering and Psychiatry will discuss how Optogenetic approaches have opened new landscapes for the study of biology, both in health and disease and provided a ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free to the public.
Golden State Star PartyGolden State StarParty 2011 The Golden State Star Party is a 4 night dark sky event held each summer at Frosty Acres Ranch in North-Eastern California, near Mount Lassen, alongside rural Adin, California. GSSP has dark skies from horizon to horizon, and room for 100s of astronomers.Wednesday June 29 through Sunday, July ...
