The Surprising State of the Earth after the Moon-Forming Giant ImpactIn the giant impact hypothesis, the Moon accretes from a disk around the proto-Earth. In the canonical model, the impact also sets the present-day angular momentum (AM). Alternatively, the Moon may form via a high AM giant impact and the present-day AM was established by a lunar orbital resonance. I ...
Reservoirs are at historic lows and the state is in the midst of a drought. In response, farmers and ranchers have changed their practices and what they're growing, while elected officials have enacted new laws and a water bond. If the drought persists, more changes are likely. Join us for a discussion ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for members
Adventure Tuesday Club: Counting With CrittersA four-week class, for ages 4 to 5. Adult attendance is not required. Numbers are everywhere, especially in nature. "Count" on meeting some animal ambassadors.Register online with the link listed below.Class ID: CC-390
Some of the largest baleen whales-such as blue whales, fin whales and humpbacks-fall into a family called rorquals that use an unusual method of feeding. These whales feed on aggregations of zooplankton and fish by lunging with their mouths open wide to tremendous gape angles to force huge volumes of ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $5 Donation
Astronomy Lecture With Speaker – Dr. Henry P. Stapp, BerkeleyThis month's speaker is Dr. Henry Stapp. The topic will be the implications of Bell's theorem of nonlocality in quantum physics : faster-than-light spooky entanglements and how the mind and consciousness integrate with the cosmos around us.
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
Starting From the Bottom: The Hunt for New Physics at the Large Hadron ColliderThe Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the giant particle accelerator at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, will restart operations in 2015, at higher energies and intensities than ever before. In its first run, the LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS discovered the long-sought Higgs boson. Now, researchers are gearing up to ...
