Not Your Average Bird: Pigeons, Geese, and GullsCome learn about the lives of these city-dwelling birds! From their evolutionary history to their relationships with urban humans, we'll talk about how these birds manage to be so successful and why they deserve a second look.
Where: OaklandCost: Free! $20 suggested donation
Basic & Translational Research Symposium on Sex Differences in NeurosciencesThe Stanford WSDM Center (Women and Sex Differences in Medicine) and the Stanford Neurosciences Institute present the Basic & Translational Research Symposium on Sex Differences in Neurosciences. Leading experts nationwide will present their latest research on sex differences in the brain.Berg Hall Room C
Computational imaging involves the joint design of imaging system hardware and software, optimizing across the entire pipeline from acquisition to reconstruction. This talk will describe new methods for computational microscopy with coded illumination, based on a simple and inexpensive hardware modification of a commercial microscope. Traditionally, one must trade field-of-view ...
Robust Decision Making and Deep DecarbonizationDeep decarbonization presents what the literature often calls a ‘wicked problem,’ that is, decision challenges that are not well-bounded, are framed differently by various stakeholders, involve deep uncertainties and non-linear dynamics, and are often not well-understood until after formulation of a solution. Robust Decision Making (RDM) is a quantitative, multi-scenario, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Mushrooms and iNaturalist TrainingAre you fascinated by mushrooms? Have you been thinking about contributing to a citizen science project? The Friends of Sausal Creek's March meeting is for you. Damon Tighe will get you excited and equipped to use iNaturalist by starting with the basics--how to contribute data, how to mine data, and how ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
The Twin Tunnels and SF Waterways- Is a Healthy Co-existence Possible?The Twin Tunnel project is a contentious and confusing one. Â If you're like most of us, you could use some accurate, updated information that answers important questions.-Will the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan save enough water for the salmon and smelt? How much is enough?Why is that so important?-Why ...
The formation and growth of black holes, the accelerating expansion of the universe, the echo of the Big Bang, the discovery of earth-like exoplanets, and the possibility of other universes - these are some of the intriguing subjects of early 21st-century astronomy and cosmology. Join Yale's Priya Natarajan in exploring the radical ideas ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $8 Students
