Abiotic Nitrogen on Earth Like Planets: Habitability and the Origin of Life Biology currently dominates nitrogen cycling on the Earth. However, the non-biological chemistry of nitrogen is important to understanding the Early Earth and other terrestrial planets, such as Mars. Nitrogen is necessary for compounds proteins, DNA, RNA, and for life as we know it. To understand the origin of life we ...
Dr. Jan English-Lueck is an anthropologist, associate dean of the College of Social Sciences at SJSU, and a distinguished fellow at the Institute for the Future. She has authored several books on Silicon Valley that explore how working in Silicon Valley shapes our communities, families and bodies. Most recently, she ...
I will present in this talk our recent results on human-like motion planning and interaction for training and rehabilitation applications. Our approach for human-like motion planning is based on a multi-modal framework that coordinates locomotion, body positioning, and upper-body action execution. Blending spaces defined from example motions are then introduced ...
Cloud Computing's Impact on Network DesignTraditional network design no longer supports what people want to do with their data networks. This is not only a matter of scale; companies such as Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple are transforming how the Internet is being used. What does that mean, and what are the implications for the ...
We all learn at least one language as children. But what does it take to learn six languages, twenty . . . seventy? Such feats of linguistic prowess provide a glimpse into what the human brain is capable of-and hold up a mirror to our desire to live without language ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
EARTHQUAKE: EVIDENCE OF A RESTLESS PLANET Join us for a behind the scenes look at the making of the Academy's newest planetarium show. You will go on a journey that takes you through the whole process from inception to production. A sweeping geological journey, Earthquake explores the forces that transform the surface of our planet. After ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Campaign 2012: Energy MattersFrom climate change and natural gas exploration and fracking to renewables, biofuels, and carbon capture and storage, experts from the Stanford School of Earth Sciences will discuss the science behind the most critical energy issues facing the U.S. over the next decade. Earth Sciences professors will discuss the scientific foundation ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Confessions of a Religious Paleontologist... A special presentation with Bay Area Skeptics in the Pub, West BayA Bay Area Skeptics in the Pub, West Bay Special Presentation Confessions of a Religious Paleontologist Robert Asher, Ph.D.Can a scientist believe in God? Does the ongoing debate between some evolutionists and evangelicals show that the two sides are irreconcilable? As a paleontologist and a religious believer, Robert Asher constantly confronts the perceived ...
