Planetesimal Migration in the Early Days or Taking the Solar System by StörmerMuch of our understanding of the dynamical evolution of the Solar System stems from long-term computational simulations of planet and planetesimal evolution. Though these simulations routinely model orbital evolution over millions, even billions, of years, planetesimal evolution is driven primarily by the comparatively brief periods when they have close encounters ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Technology Future Shock: Society, Policy and Innovation in the Digital WorldPopulation growth and shifting demographics, rising global energy demand and climate change, personalized medicine and exploding health care costs, global communications and digital empowerment, workforce shifts and global economics – these and other societal factors are reshaping our world. These trends are both influenced and driven by the rise of ...
In 1992 San Francisco enacted a recycled-water ordinance, establishing the framework for developing recycled water as a source of water supply for the city. The San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) is in the midst of a community planning process to help develop a recycled-water project to serve customers in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free members
History of the U.S. Army Corps of EngineersJoin Ranger Bill to learn about the "When/Where/Why/What/How," the diverse, complex, many faceted missions, goals and objectives of the USACE's "Birth" in 1775 under General George Washington.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Chinese Environmental Policy and International CooperationIn much of the news about China, China has been painted as an adversary, an economics competitor, a rising superpower to be reckoned with. Yet few sepak about the collaborations between China and the world, especially in regards to environmental policy. At this event, experts on campus and from the Bay ...
How we've scaled Dropbox You may have a sense of what large-scale systems look like, but how do you get there from having two engineers and zero lines of code? In this talk, I'll go over the evolution of the Dropbox backend, explaining how we went from having nothing to supporting 50 million users ...
Jonathan Pritchard's research group tackles the following questions: What is the nature and extent of genetic variation within and between human populations? What are the biological and evolutionary processes that have produced the observed patterns of variation? How do genotypes contribute to phenotypes for complex traits (and how can we ...
On weekend walks through the natural landscapes of the Bay Area, Alan Good and his team at the California Academy of Sciences find inspiration from the efficient design of the botanical world that surrounds us. This inspiration leads to a dynamic, native living exhibit on the roof and grounds surrounding ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Accepting the Absurd: How Skepticism is Revealing the Nature of the UniverseAccepting the Absurd: How Skepticism is Revealing the Nature of the UniverseOur current understanding of the universe incorporates ideas that seem absurd: Space is expanding and accelerating. Most of the "stuff" of the universe isn't the protons and neutrons that a generation was taught to believe.Why does science take these ...
Where: MillbraeCost:
Heirlooms: Saving Humanity's 10,000 Year Legacy of FoodAgricultural biodiversity is as much in need of defending as the world's wildlife. Countless varieties of plants and animals were bred by the world's peoples for talents specific to every soil, climate, and human culture. Most of them have been lost---their hard-won genetic sophistication extinguished. But many have survived, thanks ...
