Golden Gate Playdate: Rainbow Rocks at Rodeo BeachSomewhere over the Golden Gate Bridge and below Hawk Hill, there is a place where you and your young adventurer can discover what makes the rocks at the Marin Headlands so unique. Join us for guided hands-on field activities designed to engage your preschooler's sense of wonder and imagination through ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $15/per child per session, 1 adult admission free
Building A Biomedical Research CommonsThe advent of massive, democratically available data about our bodies and health is going to wreak havoc on the research enterprise. Exactly what kind of havoc is yet to be determined.Many of the biggest impacts of technology have been driven by monopolies and their network effects. And when we choose ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Stanford's Annual Darwin Day Symposium and Celebration ReturnsStanford's Annual Darwin Day Symposium and Celebration ReturnsTuesday, February 19, 2013: Symposium: 3:00 - 6:00 pmDarwin's Birthday Party: 6:00 - 7:00 pmStanford Old Union, 3rd floorHear talks by Stanford faculty and graduate students on all things Darwin: 3:00 Welcome3:05 Jessica Riskin, Professor of History Darwin Between the Machines, on Darwin's ...
Skeptics in the StudioNorth Bay Skeptics are: humanists, atheists, freethinkers, agnostics and undeclared, who embrace modern skepticism. We celebrate the scientific method, and the application of logic and evidence to all claims. As in the tradition of many Skeptical groups world wide, we like to gather for lively discussion on current topics and ...
Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent GovernmentBy integrating democratic government with cutting-edge American innovation, the lieutenant governor of California charts a bright future for open-source America.Citizenville is the story of how ordinary citizens can use new digital tools to dissolve political gridlock and transform American democracy. As social networking and smart phones have changed the way ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Astronomy Program @ Pittsburg LibraryMt. Diablo Astronomical Society presents astronomy activities for the public.See stars, nebula, galaxies, clusters, the moon and Jupiter through member telescopes. Bring kids, dress warmly. Astronomy program is weather dependent.
Where: PittsburgCost: Free
How the Tides Work for YouRacers, cruisers, and recreational boaters will see and learn how the waters move on San Francisco Bay. Cash only. Reservations a must, email jimtantillo@comcast.net or phone 408-263-7877.
Where: SausalitoCost: $15
How to Catch a Moon of Pluto (and what to do with it when it's caught) Our recent discoveries of two small moons orbiting Pluto raise interesting new questions about how the dwarf planet formed. We now know that a total of four outer moons circle around a central "double-planet" comprising Pluto and its large, nearby moon Charon. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will arrive at Pluto ...
User Experience, Artificial Intelligence, and RelevanceArtificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are playing larger roles in products that we use everyday. In this talk, we'll look at key examples at how AI supports and improves user experience, highlighting how quantitative methods impact qualitative experience.Speaker: Aria Haghighi, PrismaticRoom 510
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Just For the Smell of It, Mushroom Common ScentsWalt Sturgeon presents a non-technical look at wild mushrooms from an olfactory perspective. His talk will include: 1) Using scents to clinch an identification, 2) How to properly check for a mushroom's odor, 3) Sniffing subjectivity and the power of suggestion, and 4) Scent and memory. This program should be ...
Chris Anderson's book THE LONG TAIL chronicled how the Web revolutionized and democratized distribution. His new book MAKERS shows how the same thing is happening to manufacturing, with even wider consequences, and this time the leading revolutionaries are the young of the world. Anderson himself left his job as editor ...
