In habitats all over the planet, biodiversity is being threatened by climate change and local stressors. The increase in species distribution and genetic data in recent years can help us study the mechanisms that promote and maintain species diversity at regional and global scales.In this seminar, Paula Pappalardo will discuss ...
Speaker:Â Raphael Ritson-Williams is a postdoctoral fellow with the Hope for Reefs Initiative, California Academy of Sciences
Where: Bodega BayCost: Free
Wonderfest: Neuroscience of MagicFrom ancient conjurers to quick-handed con artists to Las Vegas illusionists, magicians throughout the ages have manipulated human attention and perception to dazzle and delight us. Both sensory and cognitive illusions are responsible for the “magic†of a magic trick. But how and why do these illusions work? Magician Robert Strong and neuroscientist ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $25 General, $15 Member, $5 Student
Astronomy on Tap South Bay: Portraits of the StarsNew technologies that can take actual photographs of stars tell us tales of the past that we didn't know a mere decade ago, from stories of planets born around Sun-like stars, to the violent relationship between white dwarfs and Sun-like stars. So twinkle, twinkle no more, little star, as we ...
Where: San JoseCost:
The Dead Do Tell TalesWith Southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) being a federal and state-listed threatened species, it is vital to apply expanding knowledge, testing, and analytical techniques to help clarify the dynamic processes influencing their survival. Fifteen years of systematic necropsy, including 560 animals, extensive systematic diagnostic testing, and comprehensive epidemiological analyses ...
