A Royal Walk with the King Tide Join Exploratorium staff for a stroll along the waterfront to observe, photograph, and discuss the king tides the highest tides of the year. Today’s high tide is predicted to be 7.14 feet at 10:53 a.m. (NOAA’s prediction for Pier 41.)We'll talk about what causes ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free and open to the public. RSVP required.
The California King Tides Project Lab and LunchMarina Psaros, founder of the California King Tides Project, will talk about how citizen observations of king tides are helping us understand the future impacts of sea level rise in the Bay Area. Using a combination of art, science, photography, and community mapping, the Project has trained thousands of observers ...
Where: San FraniciscoCost: Free, RSVP required
National Security and Diplomacy: What’s Entrepreneurship Have To Do With It...Terrorists today live on the Internet and they are all early adopters. They do not need an office in Silicon Valley to figure out what’s out there. They are experts in leveraging Web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies and are able to collaborate on various platforms. Targeting, assessments, technology, recipes, and ...
Put down the button mushrooms and discover fungi’s true potential.Hear a fascinating talks by TED speaker Jae Rhim Lee of Coeio, inventor of the innovative mushroom infinity burial suit and Noah Siegel, author of popular myco-guide Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast.Under the expert guidance of Bay Area Applied Mycology, assemble your ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
The NGC/IC Historical ProjectThe NGC/IC Project is a joint amateur/professional effort to re-examine the 100 to 200 year-old source material used by John Dreyer to compile the NGC catalogue in 1888. A staggering 15-20% of all NGC entries have problems due to poor positions, misidentifications, duplicate entries and incorrect classifications. Some of these ...
After World War I, as grieving widows and mothers wanted to contact their dead husbands and sons, thenumber of professional psychics and occult mediums exploded. Harry Houdini traveled across American exposing these people as the frauds they were. Being the world’s most famous magician, he knew all their tricks.Mark Tarses ...
Join park staff and docents for a tour down the Point Bonita Trail, through the hand carved tunnel and out to the Lighthouse. We will walk along a half-mile trail which is steep in places. Arrive early as parking is limited. Meet at the Point Bonita Lighthouse trailhead. Dress warmly ...
Dr. Michael Castellano was born in Brooklyn and grew up in the Los Angeles area and on Long Island.  He received an A.A.S. in Forestry from Paul Smith's College, a B.S. in Forest Management from Oregon State University, an M.S. in Tree Physiology from OSU, and a Ph.D. in Forest Ecology ...
