Free Entrance Days in National ParksHere's an opportunity for a free visit to one of our country's 100 national parks which usually charge entrance fees! You can visit Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Pinnacles, Muir Woods, or another favorite national park at no charge on June 9 (Get Outdoors Day).
University of California, Berkeley BioResearch Product Faire™ EventThis event is one of Biotechnology-Calendar Inc.'s on-campus, life science research tradeshows. They plan and promote each event to bring the best products and services to the best research campuses across the United States.Our vendor shows offer an excellent opportunity for academic researchers to network with featured exhibitors while exploring ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: FREE
Iron Science Teacher Live WebcastsThis summer, you can come to the Exploratorium to cheer on the competitors, or tune into the Iron Science Teacher Live Webcast online (http://www.exploratorium.edu/tv/index.php?project=11) - for this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live Exploratorium audience for the sought-after "Iron Science Teacher" title. Parodying the cult Japanese TV ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Machine Learning for Exploring Data Streams: Lessons from the Very Long Baseline Array Next-generation science instruments such as the SKA, LSST, and terrestrial sensor networks will dramatically increase the volume of collected data. This enables detection of very rare transient anomalies, but also creates new challenges since comprehensive storage is impossible and analysis must occur in real time.Dr. Thompson will discuss machine learning ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Health Information Systems TechnologiesThe United States faces a severe health crises. Healthcare costs more and is less effective here than in many other nations. A large influx of baby boomers is entering Medicare that will place enormous stress on the system. In the population as a whole, inappropriate health life styles are engendering ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Food Shift Film Screening For Dive! 50% of food that is readily harvested never makes it to a person's stomach. Join Food Shift for a movie screening of Dive! with food, drinks, and discussion on June 6th at Humanist Hall. Dive! is a film that exposes the problem of food waste in America. This film is ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Glow-in-the-Dark Dinos!Bioluminescent dinoflagellates, that is! Come learn about these cool single-celled algae that give off flashes of light when disturbed. We'll show you some amazing videos of the bioluminescent waves they cause, talk about the science behind them, and what we're doing with them in the bioluminescence community project at BioCurious.Bring ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $20
June LASER EventSchedule:6:45pm-7pm: Socializing/networking.7pm - 7:25pm: Renetta Sitoy (artist) on "The Internet as Media"Employing a range of strategies for acquiring, organizing, and re-contextualizing information found on the World Wide Web; exploring themes such as online communities (in which participants communicate through mediated, self-defined personas), "cyber-stalking," as well as using the Internet as ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Exploring The Valley of Ten Thousand SmokesA centennial perspective of the Novarupta-Katmai eruption, the largest of the 20th century A free public lecture by USGS geologist Judy Fierstein100 years ago on June 6, 1912, Novarupta and Katmai volcanoes erupted explosively to create Katmai caldera and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, called the eighth wonder of the ...
For hundreds of years, scientists have examined fossil bones to learn about the life of the past. Recently, a wealth of new information about the lives of dinosaurs and other extinct animals has come from an unexpected source - fossilized bone tissues. By cutting into fossils to examine the tissues ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Seabirds in Our Marine Sanctuaries: Point Arena to Point SurThe waters off the California coast are rich with nutrients, which support diverse populations of invertebrates, fish, marine mammals, and seabirds. Every year from February to August, hundreds of thousands of birds flock to our coastal islands to feed and breed. Tonight, Karen Carlson of the Seabird Protection Network will ...
