Welcome to the 31st annual Day, the mathematical holiday founded at the Exploratorium and celebrated by number lovers around the world. To honor the never-ending number 3.14159... (and Einstein’s birthday), we’ll serve up π-themed activities, rituals, antics, and plenty of pie. Find out what's so special about this famous mathematical constant, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Pay what you wish but feel free to donate!
Non-Invasive Bladder Volume Sensing for Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction ManagementMillions of patients suffer from the consequences of spinal cord injury (SCI) and congenital spinal anomalies. Although many of these patients have obvious limitations in mobility, unbeknownst to the general public is that nearly all have neurogenic bladder dysfunction and lack control of their bladder. Since SCI patients are unable ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Kaleidocycles and MÓ§bius BandsMany of Escher's works have become mainstays of popular culture. Famous examples include his kaleidocycles, each consisting of six identical tetrahedra and being capable of undergoing a cyclic everting motion that brings different tesselations of the tetrahedra into view. Esher also provided memorable interpretations of MÓ§bius bands.Speaker: Eliot Fried, Okinawa ...
There is a growing need for information about changing climate conditions to guide planning, ranging from agriculture to water and energy systems to coastal infrastructure. However, many of the scientific data products available to decision-makers were not produced with their needs in mind and lack credibility information that could be ...
Join us and celebrate Pi-day with a taste of science!Stories of Discovery: The Universe on Large ScalesOver the past century, astronomers have made many exciting observational discoveries that have revolutionized our understanding of the history and size of the Universe.I will share stories of the humans and the science behind ...
What if YOU could hear with your ankles, squeeze seven kinds of silk from millions of tiny spigots in your abdomen, shed your skin to get smaller? What if you had to carry a hundred or so of your kids around on your back after they were born, or if ...
Where: NapaCost: Donations accepted, not required
Ask a Scientist's PI DAY Puzzle PartyTrying to decide how you're going to celebrate Pi Day (3.14) this year? Avoid the congested airports and typical math holiday madness, and join us instead for Ask a Scientist's Pi Day Puzzle Party - a boisterous math and logic puzzle competition, hosted by Juliana Gallin and Wes Carroll. You ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: Protecting our HealthCity Arts & Lectures Conversations on Science SeriesRegina McCarthy is one of the world’s most respected voices on the critical interconnection between the environment and global public health. For more than 30 years as a career public servant in both Democratic and Republican administrations, and now, at Harvard’s T.H. Chan ...
