North Bay Climate Adaptation SummitLearn about the latest climate projections for Sonoma County and discuss the implications of these changes to our lives. Attendees can register for either day of this FREE event or for both days together. Lunch is provided and a afternoon reception will also take place each afternoon. Friday evening will ...
Stanford's Genetics department leads hands-on activities every day of the festival. Try your hand at DNA spooling from animal cells and look at your own DNA from cheek cells under a microscope. Figure out what 1000 letters of your DNA look like. Solve a mystery by looking at "DNA" patterns ...
Ms. Hansen has been responsible for interdisciplinary building and research projects based on defining, testing and communicating Active House, a vision of buildings that 'give more than they take'. The basis of the project involves eight national and international buildings, together with the companies VELUX, VELFAC and Sonnenkraft. The aim ...
Join acclaimed science writer Carl Zimmer in conversation with two of UCSF's leading researchers as they explore how we have evolved to coexist with – and sometimes depend upon – the microbes that inhabit our world. The discussion will take us on a tour of human's most minute friends and ...
How many colors make black? Be amazed as black magically turns into vibrant purples, blues, greens, magenta, and more with just a drop of water! This hands-on science activity for children 5 and older introduces the concept of chromatography. Chromatography comes from the Greek word chroma meaning "color" and graphia meaning ...
Some of television's most popular medical, crime, science and science fiction shows today ask scientists to lend a hand in helping TV accurately portray science. How do films affect public awareness and acceptance of science? Producers, directors, and science advisors from Eureka, Battlestar Galactica, and a number of films will discuss whether science on the ...
See 4 IMAX favorites, displaying the great power of nature! Experience what it's like when the ground shakes, mountains explode, and sky turns dark and violent. Go inside a tornado, and through the eye of a hurricane. Travel across creaking icefalls and gaping chasms, up towering cliffs, and into the ...
View awesome and intriguing images captured during the process of scientific research, at this unique event presented at First Love Gallery during Oakland's First Friday Art Murmur on November 4. Hosted by gallery owner/artist/astronomer Nia Imara, the Art in Science show will feature a looped screening of these images, created ...
Al Worden flew to the moon on the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. He piloted the Command Module alone for three days orbiting the moon, while his fellow astronauts collected samples and conducted experiments on the lunar surface. Nine months after his return from the moon, Worden received a phone ...
Hike the hills under the glowing light of the moon. Join us for a moderately strenuous yet serene 3-4 mile hike in our backyard, the Redwoods. Guided by an experienced hiker participants will begin and end the hike at Chabot. Hike guide will meet participants in the main lobby.
The Bay Area Science Festival is proud to present the first ever Sci-Crawl, a coordinated takeover of venues throughout San Francisco's Mission District, showcasing the science inherent in the neighborhood. We'll have events including Beer Science, Science of Tattoos, Speed Dating for Nerds, and even sample Speakeasy's special science festival ...
Astronaut McArthur shares her stories from Space Shuttle Atlantis and the last Hubble mission. Enjoy dinner and a private screening of our IMAX movie Hubble introduced by Astronaut McArthur. Afterward, join our Astronaut on the rooftop terrace under the stars for space-themed treats, Q & A, and photo opportunitiesTickets
Where: San JoseCost: $39.99 Adult, $19.99 Children, discount for member
During winter months the Sun is below the horizon more than 12 hours in Sonoma County. On these longer cool clear nights we have ample opportunity to observe our beautiful winter nighttime sky. We'll tour our traditional winter sky and more definitively discover winter's beautiful deep space nebulae and clusters. ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
Pepperwood Hosts Brock Dolman Lecture on Watersheds and Climate ResilienceBrock Dolman, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center biologist, will offer a lively presentation on ecological resiliency for salmonids and society. This free talk is the closing event of the North Bay Climate Adaptation Initiative's annual summit and will be hosted at the Dwight Center for Conservation Science located on the Preserve. ...
Join Stanford faculty Curtis W. Frank, Professor of Chemical Engineering and (by courtesy) of Materials Science and Engineering and of Chemistry and Michael F. Marmor, Professor of Ophthalmology as they discuss how science and art intersect. Professor Frank will discuss the painting as a physical object in which the longevity ...
Join Radiolab's Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich as they take the stage to explore what it's like to be In the Dark-from a peek inside two very different realities described by two blind men, to the dawn of sight and the evolution of the eye, to what children feel when ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Planetary Exploration Rebooted: New Ways of Exploring the Moon, Mars and BeyondDuring the past 50 years, we have learned to explore and work in space, visiting the Moon, Mars, and other destinations. Much of what we know about the Solar System we owe to robotic spacecraft, landers, planetary rovers, and human explorers. As we look to the future, however, there is ...
Find out what happens when artists spend nine months in a science lab. This exhibition features eight works developed during the Swiss artists-in-labs residency, which places artists in scientific settings.
