Cellphone and nature? Yes! Map plants with app!On fourth Thursdays, join a small group mapping invasives and some natives in Tilden Regional Park in the East Bay. Easy, leisurely walks -- learn about and enjoy nature while you contribute to a statewide database and stewardship, using CalFlora's cellphone-mapping apps! Info. RSVP, and instructions (let us know whether ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: 0
Rethinking Galactic Architecture: Clues from Satellites and Destroyed Dwarfs The cannibalistic nature of the Milky Way galaxy leads to the continuous capture and destruction of lower-mass, dwarf galaxies. The remains of destroyed dwarfs are splayed out in a diffuse stellar halo, while the "survivors" comprise the satellite population that orbits the Milky Way. These halo populations provide a unique ...
Educational Neuroscience: Your Child's Brain and Early LiteracyImaging the brain in action is starting to change the way we view education. How does brain activity change as children learn new cognitive skills, like reading? How does this challenge differ from one brain to the next, and how can interventions help those who are struggling?Speaker: Bruce McCandless, StanfordBechtel ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
FREE Bird Sleuth Teacher WorkshopWant to connect your students to the outdoors? Find out how bird watching connects students to learning abouat nature. Lindsay Wildlife Experience in Walnut Creek in conjunction with the Cornell Lab or Ornithology is offering the BirdSleuth K-12 Program free to classroom teachers. This Pennington Ambassador workshop is available to ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
CLIMATE CHANGE / GLOBAL WARMING – NATURAL VERSUS HUMAN CAUSESA relatively simple calculation indicates that the human contribution (mostly from emission of carbon dioxide) to the increase in the global surface temperature of about 0.65 °C over the last 100 years is about 0.05 °C, i.e., about 8%. Geological historical climate data support the premise that nature (mostly cyclical ...
Expand your mind as NightLife hosts an out-of-this-world lineup of "cosmo talks" presented by Wonderfest.First up, discover the "Challenges and Mysteries of Planetary Exploration" with planetary scientist Chris McKay of NASA Ames Research Center, followed by "If We're Not Alone, When Will Earthlings Find ET?" with SETI@Home Chief Scientist Dan ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Update on MigraineMigraines are an intense and often debilitating type of headache which affect nearly 24 million Americans every year. This talk will focus on the causes of migraines, how they are diagnosed, and how they are differentiated from other kinds of headaches, as well as current treatments for this condition.Speaker: Dr. ...
The Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses (BAH!) is a celebration of well-argued and thoroughly researched but completely incorrect evolutionary theory. Six brave speakers will present their bad theories in front of a live audience and a panel of judges with real science credentials, who together will determine which speaker takes home ...
Hansen is among the finest bird artists in the western United States who actually celebrated a "Carbon Free Year" of birding. The wildlife artist has dedicated his life to the "inspirational and accurate portrayal of birds," and recently finished illustrating his 13th book on birds. "I'm into the migration; the ...
Historical variation in annual re activity is tied to climate only in the montane forests.Fires are largely insensitive to winter temperatures but significantly affected by spring and summer temperatures.Future impacts of global warming on re activity are largely dependent on the seasonal patterns of warming.Lower elevation foothill shrublands and savannahs ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Science FictionScience fiction has predicted many things. Some have come true (think touch screens, submarines, bionic limbs), others, not so much-or at least, not yet. If you've ever wondered where your flying car or rocket belt is, or why you don't yet have a robot servant, find out at Full-Spectrum Science.Adults ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Included with museum admission.
Join DNews, the internet's favorite daily science show, for an exciting exploration into the dark & edgy side of life and the universe.Hosts Trace Dominguez, Julia Wilde and Julian Huguet have curated their favorite science presenters to cover anything from glowing brains to the far side of the moon:• Dr. Carin ...
