Tule elk once roamed in the thousands across the hills and grasslands of Marin County and the Point Reyes peninsula. Through photos and personal stories from historic archives, Frank Binney explores the past abundance, near-extinction, and recent revival of the only elk subspecies native exclusively to California. A first-person account ...
The Future of Fossil Fuels: A Discussion on Keystone XL, Fracking, and Offshore DrillingJoin UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty at 101 Moffitt for a panel on the fate of fossil fuel consumption in America. Recent projects increasing the American production of fossil fuels have been met with strong public backlash, sparking a debate on the sustainability and ethics of these projects. Despite ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
LIGHTS, NANO, ACTION! NEW OPTICAL MATERIALS AND TOOLS TO VISUALIZE NANOSCALE PHENOMENAIn 1833, Faraday combined silver and sulfur and discovered the first material with a negative temperature coefficient of resistance, silver sulfide. At the time, the word semiconductor did not even exist. Yet we now know that this first semiconducting material laid the foundation for an entirely new and extremely important ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Cosmic NightlifeTo infinity and beyond! To honor the 53rd anniversary of the first man in space Yuri Gagarin, NightLife opens its doors and minds to the next frontier in planetary exploration.Meet and mingle with the asteroid hunters from the B612 Foundation and otherworldly researchers from the Mars Society, Kavli Institute for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
explOratorium exhibit investigation with Paul DohertyJoin us as we explore an exhibit with Exploratorium senior scientist, Dr. Paul Doherty. Paul has been the long-time teacher of countless Exploratorium staff about the science behind the exhibits. We thought it would be great to invite you to join us to participate in our learning process. During each ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Resonance: Original Soundtrack #5 and StarfieldJoin artist, musician, and composer Jem Finer as he performs "Original Soundtracks #5," which inverts the usual supporting role of the soundtrack, and "Starfield," which is based on the unique spectrum of light frequencies found in every star.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15.
iNaturalist.org: A Naturalist Lifestyle and the Root of ConservationKen-ichi Ueda is an avid naturalist with a background in both biology and software development. Ken-ichi developed iNaturalist while persuing a Masters degree at the UC Berkeley School of Information in 2008 and continued to work on it in his spare time. Since 2011, Ken-ichi has been working full time ...
Promoting critical thinking is challenging everywhere. But it is even harder when there are deeply rooted superstitions, widespread denial of science, and political pressures on freedom of speech. Tonight, we will hear about some interesting superstitions and pseudoscience from Turkey. We will also explore the growing skeptical movement and challenges ...
