Natalie Zeituny was an accomplished software engineer in the Bay Area in the field of customer relations software, and she led her own technology consulting firm. Today she lives in Israel and is a therapist, futurist, studier of cosmology, and a writer on soul-based consciousness. She'll join us to talk ...
Our lives today are filled with technologies that our grandparents, our parents and possibly even many of us could not have imagined growing up. Today, seamless communication on the go is taken for granted, and autonomous transportation is on the immediate horizon. The next revolution that will truly transform how ...
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The importance of place; Fish diversity observed using DNA metabarcodingThe importance of place cannot be overstated in biology, as place often drives the principal partition in genetic variance, is correlated with abundance, and underlies biodiversity. This project describes fish biodiversity observed using DNA metabarcoding within an evolving tidal wetland engineered as a living laboratory for habitat restoration (Dutch Slough ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Can Removing Development Subsidies Promote Adaptation? Evidence from the Coastal Barrier Resources ActAs natural disasters grow in frequency and intensity under climate change, limiting populations and properties in harm's way will be one important facet of adaptation. This study focuses on one approach to discouraging development in risky areas --- eliminating public incentives for development, such as infrastructure investments, disaster assistance, and ...
In recent years, the importance of electrochemical systems has grown. This expansion is in part due to efforts to decarbonize our energy systems. The concurrent reliance on renewable energy has both heightened the importance of electrochemical energy storage but is also expected to drive down the cost of electricity.Speaker: Dr. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Where’s the love? The secrets of chimpanzee relationships - LivestreamAre humans the only animals that experience love? Primatologist Rachna Reddy and psychologist Jan Engelmann discuss possible evidence of love among chimpanzees and bonobos and share observations from new research aimed at understanding this complex emotion.This program features a 30-minute discussion on Zoom with Dr. Rachna Reddy and Dr. Jan ...
 For centuries, humans have gazed at the night sky and wondered what is out there.  Over time, we have come to know many of the answers; how our own planet Earth and Sun came to be, how they dance in a sea of other stars hosting their own planetary systems, ...
