Checking on the Neighbors: Searching for Planets around Alpha Centauri - TIME CHANGEThe alpha Centauri system - our next door neighbor in space - represents a very attractive target for exoplanet searches. Owing to its proximity, a planet found around any of the three stars in the system would be an ideal target for detailed follow-up studies with next generation ground- and ...
Come and enjoy a unique evening with Tanya Atwater, one of the pioneering scientists whose explorations and analysis in the 1960s and 70s led to the plate tectonics revolution in earth science. Plate tectonics is a new and beautiful way of understanding our earth which is often hard for us ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The Most Famous Grizzly Bear: How Will She and Other Grizzlies Survive U.S. Trophy Shootings?Since 1975, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the grizzly bear as "threatened," with the goal of recovering the animal's range and helping populations recover. Today, the federal government may soon remove grizzly bears' protection under the Endangered Species Act, allowing people again to trophy hunt grizzly bears ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
The science of genetics has developed rapidly over the last century, bringing with it a number of astounding new technologies. These biological technologies can improve human health, provide energy, and protect our environment. However, every new technology also poses significant social, legal, and ethical questions - sometimes even causing new ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
DTV Trend and Technologies for DRAMTV has had continuous evolution toward best picture quality and bigger display size. TV industry keeps on developing new technologies to improve better picture quality, but these new technologies have impacted on DRAM increase in terms of bandwidth and density.It will be good chance to review and talk aboutDTV market ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General, Members price varies
For the last 15 years, Cetos Research Organization has used underwater videography with a variety of recording set-ups that allow us to capture both video and sounds in our studies of Hawaiian humpback whales. While collecting data on sounds and behaviors, we also, when possible, obtain photo identification of humpbacks, ...
