Signatures of Neutron Star Mergers in the Era of Advanced LIGOCoalescing stellar mass compact objects (binary neutron stars and black holes) are promising sources for the direct detection of gravitational waves by Advanced LIGO in the next few years, if not this fall. Maximizing the scientific return from such a discovery will require identifying a coincident electromagnetic counterpart. One possible ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
After Dark: Let's Have a BallCelebrate the new year with a round of bubbly-and a plethora of spherical phenomena. Don goofy goggles to play your favorite schoolyard games with altered sight, and see what happens once you take them off. Peer at circular denizens of the biosphere, such as rotating colonies of Volvox, a genus ...
You're never too old to learn new tricks, so why not learn a few? Back by popular demand, NightLife is serving up a host of how-to workshops, demos, and more!
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
