Makerspaces are places of possibility and a reflection of the community they benefit. They bring together people of all ages, skill levels, tools, and potential. They are environments that foster not just creations, but also mentorship, community, and memories. On the most basic level, makerspaces are places, real or virtual, ...
Climate change, prolonged drought periods, the lack of cultural awareness and funding for physical conservation pose severe threats to the preservation of California’s natural and cultural heritage. Digital technologies of data capture and data curation provide viable solutions for the documentation, interpretation, and preservation of heritage sites. Nonetheless, more work ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Understanding Others: Robot Learning in InteractionsWe are motivated by the problem of building autonomous robots that are able to work collaboratively with other agents, such as human co-workers. One key attribute of such an autonomous system is the ability to make predictions about the actions and intentions of other agents in a dynamic environment - ...
The Golden Shore: California’s Love Affair with the SeaAcclaimed author and ocean activist David Helvarg, founder and Executive Director of Blue Frontier (www.bluefront.org) will share the history, culture, and changing nature of California’s coasts and ocean in a public talk on December 10. In discussing his book, ‘The Golden Shore �" California’s Love Affair with the Sea,’ just ...
The structure of global tropical rainfall has sharply defined features, and it is also susceptible to change. Professor Chiang will outline an argument for how this structure may have changed in the past, and with implications for the future.  Several lines of evidence â€" paleoclimate observations, model simulations, and theory ...
America's best-known outdoors man and the SF Chronicle outdoors editor (lucky us), Stienstra will share dramatic photos, videos and stories from his expedition to climb the Lyell Glacier in Yosemite National Park, where he traces the melting drops of water to the Tuolumne River en route to San Francisco and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Processes of Exfoliation-Induced Rock Falls: Recent Studies from California’s Sierra NevadaGranitic rocks in the Sierra Nevada are known for their dramatic displays of exfoliation, " the “peeling off†of the outer layer of rock that often manifests itself in massive arches and domes such as found in Yosemite and Kings Canyon National Parks, among many other high and low peaks ...
Where: OrindaCost: $5, $1 for students and K-12 teachers
Holding global warming below 2°C with minimum investment cost, negligible land-use area, and acceptable riskWell-intentioned as they are and representing excellent progress along the required path, the INDC commitments on CO2 emission reduction made by 196 nations of the world at the Paris climate talks in December 2015 will not hold global warming below the environmentally critical value of 2°C by 2100.  To accomplish this vital objective, ...
If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the flim-flam man, join us, your friends.  Skeptics in the Pub is a group of like-minded people informally discussing the latest in science or pseudoscience over good eats & ale.7PM  4th Wednesday each month (except November and December)
