Dr. Mary Bowerman Science & Research ColloquiumDr. Mary Leolin Bowerman co-founded Save Mount Diablo in 1971. Mary was a botanist and a student of the flora of Mount Diablo for over 70 years. In her honor, Save Mount Diablo established the Mary Bowerman Science and Research Program in 2013.In addition to facilitating research on and around ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Coastal Walk at Cowell-Purisima TrailJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful walk along the Cowell-Purisima trail that POST helped create by protecting adjacent farmland. While it may be foggy, we hope to catch gorgeous views of the ocean, nearby farmland, and glimpses of harbor seals, pelicans, hawks, rabbits, and whales during the winter ...
Join Cyversity and the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity for this special end-of-year event! We’ll celebrate the cybersecurity research and professional communities of both organizations and highlight what’s to come in 2023. Guests will hear from experts in transformative leadership and cybersecurity on issues related to under-representation in cyber ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
After Dark: Fire of Love, Presented by National Geographic Documentary FilmsJoin us for a night fueled by fire and marked by molten rock. Enjoy a special screening of the National Geographic Documentary Film Fire of Love, which follows two bold explorers as they venture into the volcanic unknown - and hear directly from some of the film’s creators. Learn about ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Learn about your microbiome and how it can be modulated with foods, including fermented foods, to improve your health and treat disease. Presented by Dr. Sean Spencer, a gastroenterologist and physician scientist at Stanford University. This virtual program is coordinated by the San Mateo Public Library's Biotechnology Learning Center.Registation is required. See event ...
Where: Cost: Free
NightLifeCalling all creatures of the night: explore the nocturnal side of the Academy at NightLife and see what's revealed. With live DJs, outdoor bars, ambiance lighting, and nearly 40,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude, our alligator with albinism), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic ...
Heermann’s Gulls are beautiful seabirds that were thought to breed exclusively on small islands in the Gulf of California and off the Mexican coast, where their numbers are declining due to warming seas and overfishing. In 1999, a few Heermann’s gulls nested on a man-made island on Roberts Lake in ...
Who first imagined robots and Artificial Intelligence? Long before medieval automatons, even before self-moving machines were invented in antiquity, the concepts of replicating life were explored in Greek myths about Talos, Jason, Medea, Daedalus, Prometheus, Hephaestus, and Pandora. Drawing on her book, “Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wonderfest: Understanding Human Populations - LivestreamHow long will the people in a particular population live? How do we know if a cancer treatment works, or whether parents pass their socioeconomic status to their children? How often do formerly incarcerated people return to prison, and how long (on average) will current marriages last? All these questions ...
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