Exploratorium Lab and Lunch: Seeing the Blue Serengeti"Seeing the Blue Serengeti: Understanding Life in the Open Ocean" with Randy Kochevar of Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP), a project of the Census of Marine Life, managed in collaboration between NOAA's Pacific Fisheries Ecosystems Lab, Stanford's Hopkins Marine Lab, and University of California, Santa Cruz's Long Marine Laboratory. TOPP ...
San Francisco is well known as the headquarters for global environmental and conservation organizations, but the city is also tending to biodiversity at home. Join a conversation about the issues and opportunities for restoring nature in our cities and better connecting it to our communities.Panel:+ Peter Brastow / San Francisco ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for members
The FBI claims it is going dark. Encryption technologies have finally been deployed by software companies, and critically, enabled by default, such that emails are flowing over HTTPS, and disk encryption is now frequently used. Friendly telcos, who were once a one-stop-shop for surveillance can no longer meet the needs ...
After Dark: The Art of TinkeringExplore your inventive side and celebrate the Tinkering Studio's new book, The Art of Tinkering, featuring 150 artists and makers. Tinkered attire is strongly encouraged.Experience life After Dark, an evening series exclusively for adults that mixes cocktails, conversation, and playful, innovative science and art events.Not a theater, cabaret, or gallery, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San FranciscoCafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ between Kepler's Books and the British Banker's Club! Look for the black balloon.For more information or if you have questions please ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Electrifying Mobility in Metropolitan Regions Electric driving (or e-mobility) is emerging in importance as a cleaner and more efficient form of alternative transportation. But a reliable and safe network of charging points for electric vehicles is essential. Hence e-mobility must be aligned with regional planning, as well as transportation policies, road maintenance and asset management. ...
Where: San JoseCost: $6.50 in advance or $10 at the door
Planetarium Show See "Earth's Wild Ride" at the Deer Valley High School planetarium. This engaging program shows stages of the Earth's evolution in animated form. Produced by Loch Ness Productions. No charge. Sky viewing after if clear.
Where: AntiochCost: Free
River Otters Back in the Bay Area - Charismatic, Elusive & Secretive Mammals After a hiatus of nearly three decades...the river otter is back! Otters were once found in almost every creek and lake in Northern California, but their numbers seriously dwindled until the 1970s because of hunting, habitat loss and pollution. Particularly harmful was mercury which seeped into the crayfish, clams, mussels ...
