Lab and Lunch: The Fight for a Healthy Bay and OceanFrom expanding sea otter habitat to protecting whales from sonar to regulating sardine fisheries, environmental laws have the power to help us protect ocean ecosystems from habitat fragmentation, pollution, and overfishing.Join us for a lunchtime presentation by two lawyers from the public interest legal organization Earthjustice. We’ll explore significant legal ...
Toxins are everywhere. They're in our personal care and cleaning products, sofas, carpets, and clothes. Before some women leave the house, they may put on over a hundred toxic products. Most of these toxins have not been studied for their safety and cause harm at doses lower than previously thought. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Water Wars: Policies and Politics of Water Resource Management in CaliforniaNewsha K. Ajami, Ph.D., is the director of Urban Water Policy with Stanford University’s Water in the West and NSF-ReNUWIt initiatives. She is a hydrologist specializing in sustainable water resource management, water policy, the water-energy-food nexus, and advancing uncertainty assessment techniques impacting hydrological predictions. Her research throughout the years has ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Power Electronics, Electric Motor Drives, MACAUTOThis talk will mainly focus on challenges and enabling solutions of electric motor drives in electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Switched reluctance machine has recently emerged as a possible cost-effective propulsion solution in EVs, HEVs and PHEVs due to its simple and ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
New Options for Lung Cancer TherapiesAs part of the Stanford Cancer Institute's Cancer Clinical Trials Awareness Month in April, the Future of Cancer Care Talk Series will have Stanford experts present the latest cancer research in genomics, immunology and other targeted approaches for cancer treatment.Reserved seating
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
An Evening with Lord Martin Rees, UK's Astronomer RoyalThe UK's Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees, is one of the most respected cosmologists and space scientists of our time. He is based in Cambridge, where he has been Director of the Institute of Astronomy, a Research Professor, Co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risks, and Master ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Churchill Club Member $35 | Nonmember $65.
Technology has made our lives incomparably better, but it is also one of the greatest threats facing humankind. All of the marvelous gadgets we’ve invented are not only thoroughly reinventing us, but they are also doing it in ways in which we have no idea of their full impact. In ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Elkhorn Slough: window on the land/sea linkThis lecture is part of "Sea Below the Surface," celebrating 25 years of protecting our estuarine, nearshore, offshore, and seamount environment. Silberstein's lecture is part one of a four-part series brought to you by the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration and the National Marine Sanctuaries - Monterey Bay.Speaker: Mark Silberstein, ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $5 General, Free for members
After Dark Presents:Cinema Arts: Eye DropsThe Best of Punto y Raya Film FestivalUsing purely visual language, this global selection of short animations offers a dose of eye-catching abstraction using simple forms. Comprising the best selections from the 2016 Punto y Raya Film Festival, eighteen short films highlight diverse techniques. From synesthetic representations to computer-generated hallucinations, each ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
Natural Selection of Round ThingsWhat lies at the intersections of Art and Science? Learning to think of ourselves as designers! Come join us as we build larger than life fall-down-machines turned treacherous ecosystems! Help model natural systems (and human intervention) as we take on the challenge of weeding out the "invasive" round species with ...
Get your late night science fix with a celebration of the best of the Academy and sip cocktails in the company of 38,000 live animals. Enjoy nighttime dive shows in our Philippine Coral Reef tank and set a collision course for Earth in the planetarium with two screenings of Incoming!, narrated ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Young Blood for Old BrainsTony Wyss-Coray studies the impact of aging on the human body and brain. In this eye-opening talk, he shares new research from his Stanford lab and other teams which shows that a solution for some of the less great aspects of old age might actually lie within us all.Â
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Owl on the Prowl: Critters at Night (6 - Adult)California Nursery Historical Park has many old trees that are ideal for Owls and other Raptors to roost, nest and hunt in search of food. Bring your flashlight and walk through the grounds at dusk, this is a good time to spot an owl in the trees or hunting for ...
Where: FremontCost: $15
How Chemistry May Extend Meaningful LifespanLife is a complex biochemical process, composed of multiple chemical reactions. The components may be regenerated by the human body itself and/or by incorporation of various additives, both natural and synthetic. The parts of the reactor i.e. various components of the human body may be kept from wearing out in ...
The last decade has seen a remarkably rapid expansion of nesting Ospreys along the San Francisco Bay shoreline. The first record of an Osprey nest was on the Mare Island Strait in Vallejo in 1990. Beginning in 2003, the number of nests began a steady climb and expansion southward. In ...
Hard Earth Talk: Steam Engine - Making Geothermal Work EconomicallyUnlike wind and solar projects, which produce electricity only at certain times, geothermal wells can produce power all the time. Today, geothermal is a negligible energy source, representing a tiny fraction of 1% of U.S. electricity generation. A big problem is cost: Geothermal is too expensive. Tim Latimer’s startup, Fervo ...
A transition metal found mixed among rare earth elements, scandium is thinly scattered across the globe, and is considered expensive and difficult to obtain. Alloyed with aluminum, scandium strengthens jet planes and high-end bicycle frames but is too costly for widespread applications. And although pure scandium is seldom seen, its ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with After Dark Admission
Kitaro Live in Concert: Kojiki and The UniversePresenting a totally unique visual experience, the LIVE in CONCERT presentation of "Kojiki and The Universe" merges Kitaro's Grammy nominated music from the album "Kojiki" with space-age photographic scenes of the Universe. "Kojiki and The Universe LIVE" features time-lapse images, expertly intertwined with real-time films provided by and in cooperation ...
