Is Oakland Ready for the Big One?Throughout the Bay Area, some homes are more prepared to withstand a major earthquake than others. This is certainly the case in Oakland, where older homes account for much of the housing stock. Come hear from the city’s experts about what is being done to mitigate seismic hazards in residential ...
After Dark: Dangerous Ideas and Collisions“Can we plan for the unintended consequences of our actions?†World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016What happens when ideas evolve into tools we use to navigate the world? Whether fixed into ideologies or found roaming the outskirts of social order, ideas rarely seem to end where ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Climate Garden 2085Climate Garden 2085 is a public science experiment that invites visitors to experience future climate scenarios firsthand. It’s an opportunity to imagine the impact of climate change in San Francisco at a human level.For the opening of the Climate Garden 2085 exhibition at swissnex San Francisco, we present talks from artist and science communicator Juanita ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Sharktoberfest NightLifeIt’s that time of year agai - when toothy sharks and thirsty humans unite for a salute to brews with an aquatic twist.Shark Talks (African Hall)7:30pm - Learn what it takes to discover a new shark species with Vicky Vásquez, graduate student at the Pacific Shark Research Center, who named the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
7:00-7:25: Carrie Hott(Media Artist) on "Nets for the Unweighable: a Brief History of Nets"From the earliest known nets to the development of the electric grid...Read more7:25-7:50: Maya Ackerman(Santa Clara Univ/ Computational Creativity) on "An Introduction to Computational Creativity"Can computers be creative? ...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
An Evening with National Geographic Photographer Randy OlsonWe are proud to invite you to an evening lecture and screening of photographs by Randy Olson, one of the most celebrated documentary photographers working today. This is the second in our series of appearances at Stanford by internationally award-winning photographers; last Fall we hosted David Burnett, and in Winter ...
