End Childhood Hunger: What You Can Do to Help - CANCELEDChildhood hunger is a problem that threatens an entire generation of future leaders, innovators and problem-solvers. Share Our Strength's primary mission is "to end hunger and poverty in the United States and abroad by mobilizing industries and individuals, and creating community wealth to promote lasting change.Educators, parents, and anyone involved ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Member, $7 Student
QUEST! The Search for Life Beyond Earth and Science of the SETI InstituteThe SETI Institute is a 32 year-old non-profit research institute whose mission is to explore, understand and explain the nature of life in the universe. Most famous for its use of radio astronomy for the search for extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) the Institute is actually a multidisciplinary research organization where more ...
What is the secret of Mona Lisa's smile? Why do Claude Monet's fields of flowers seem to wave in the breeze? Join neurobiologist Margaret Livingstone for "Being Human: Your Brain on Art" and learn about the inner workings of human vision.For centuries artists have understood visual perception and learned how to ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General, IEEE members $5, CE members free
Astronomy Observing Basics@Presidio Observation PostCome and learn about telescopes, binoculars and astronomy observing basics!This short session starting at 7:00 PM until the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (SFAA) club member meeting and lecture begins at 7:45 PM is targeted primarily to those new to astronomy and who want to start observing the evening sky.Different types ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE
Mary Roach, author of Packing for Mars & Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at WarMillions of people serve in our armed forces, but what does it take get them prepared and keep them alive? Roach tackles the science behind some of a soldier's most challenging adversaries – panic, exhaustion, heat and noise. She shares some of her bizarre experiences dodging hostile fire as part ...
The 160 spherical oceans of stars we call globular clusters (GCs) need aperture, good seeing and dark skies to resolve detail. But once observed to their core CG's can reveal an exquisitely rich sea of red giant and fuel spent stars that do not take us back to the big ...
