Hacking the ClimateCould the world get so hot that humanity is tempted to break the glass and spray heat-deflecting gases into the sky? The National Academy of Sciences recently issued a report cautiously endorsing research into such techniques known as geo-engineering. Join us for a discussion of hacking the climate to cool ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Student
Rat Poison Kills More Than RatsThe Green Friday presenter will be Lisa Owens Viani, the co-founder and director of Raptors Are The Solution (R.A.T.S), a project of Earth Island Institute. Lisa is a long time environmental activist and writer. R.A.T.S. educates people about the ecological role of raptors and the enormous danger to raptors and all ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $3 donation requested
Near Earth Asteroids and Space MissionsThe near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are a population of objects on orbits around the Sun that cross or come near that of Earth. They represent remnants of material from the early solar system that never accreted into planets. In addition to scientific motivations, NEAs are important because of the Earth impact ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 Parking)
The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype, and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer AgeRobert Wachter in conversation with Abraham VergheseJoin us for a very special evening with Drs. Robert Wachter and Abraham Verghese as they discuss Wachter's new book, The Digital Doctor, a tempered view of where the field of medicine is headed, what medicine is going to look like in an increasingly ...
