Free First WednesdayFree museum admission all day, to anyone from anywhere, at Bay Area Discovery Museum
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Waterfowl Walk at Lake Merritt (California Center for Natural History)>Winter is coming and waterfowl are returning to Lake Merritt! The close-up views that can be had here make it a great place to learn duck identification. If you want to learn to tell a Canvasback from a Redhead and Scaup from Ring-necks, join the California Center for Natural History ...
Technology Tools for Data Mapping, Analysis, Visualization and CollaborationTyler Norris serves as Vice President, Total Health Partnerships at Kaiser Permanente. As a long time social entrepreneur, Tyler's mission is improving the health of people and the sustained vitality of built, natural, food, and social environments.Among his roles over the years: Tyler was founding President and CEO of Community ...
Ground-Penetrating Radar is a nondestructive geophysical surveying technique used increasingly in archaeological site assessment throughout the world. The technique has been very effective for characterizing features and strata at several sites in California and Oregon. These range from shell mounds and lithic sites to mission adobes and gold rush camps. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Three talks at the Romberg Tiburon CenterCharles Wingert (Cochlan) The Effects of Ocean Acidification on Growth, Photosynthesis, and Domoic Acid Production by the Toxigenic Diatom, Pseudo-nitzschia australis Lindsay Faye (Stillman) Physiological effects of salinity and temperature increases in the San Francisco estuary on Phyllaplysia taylori Jennifer Souther (Stillman) As climate ...
Building the future with biology: A conversation about synthetic biologyThe emerging field of synthetic biology builds biotechnologies to meet societal challenges in areas like healthcare, energy, agriculture and the environment. By making biology easier to engineer, the field also connects to human values around science and technology. This Conversations about Synthetic Biology event will bring diverse community members together with synthetic ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Mushroom MadnessCome and learn what all the fuss is about mushrooms! Where do they hide out? What's their role in our local ecology? We'll focus on common fungal families and genera and learning to identify the larger mushroom species of the area. Our mushroom guru will be Christian Schwarz, co-author of ...
