Ocean acidification impacts on krill and krill predators in the Southern OceanThe Western Antarctic Peninsula region of the Southern Ocean, a National Science Foundation Long-Term Experimental Research Site, has exhibited a subtle but steady increase in surface water temperature and a rapid decline of sea ice during recent decades, posing an eventual threat to the physiological and biochemical adaptations of krill, ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Stability and Flexibility in Motor NetworksFor us to interact with the outside world, our brains must plan and dictate our actions and behaviors. In many cases, we learn to reproducibly execute a well-defined series of muscle movements to perform impressive feats, such as hitting a golf ball or playing the violin. In other cases, however, ...
Where: OrindaCost: $5 General, $1 Teachers/Students
Peninsula Gem & Geology Society monthly meetingHans Thern will show a short video and discuss the Moore Creek Mine (Garnet Hill area). He will cover collecting molybdenite, epidote, garnet, quartz and tungsten ore. There will also be a door prize drawing and many rocks and related items available by silent auction.
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Science on TapSpeaker: Regina Spranger, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Dept., UC Santa Cruz
If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the flim-flam man, join us, your friends. We are a group who informally discuss the latest in science or pseudoscience over good eats & ale. Sponsored by Bay Area Skeptics.WHY: Because we’re curious creatures.
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
taste of science: The STEMinistsWomen and their microbesJust like our guts, vaginas have their own microbiome too. In this presentation, I will talk about which microbes live "down there", how they are associated with a woman's reproductive and general health, and how mothers transfer their microbes to their babies.Speaker: Dr. Elisabeth Bik, uBiomeA blind ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $5
Name that Bloodsucker!Marin Science SeminarSpeaker: Eric Engh, Marin-Sonoma Mosquito Vector
Where: San RafaelCost: Free
Saving the Bay from “the Futureâ€!From the weird madness of the Reber Plan to dam both ends of the Bay into freshwater lakes in the 1950s to the Save the Bay movement of the early 1960s that helped create the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, we’ve come a long way in a half century. Today’s ...
