A key discovery from the past six decades of solar system exploration is that liquid water oceans may be a common planetary phenomenon. At least six ice-covered moons of the outer solar system present compelling evidence for subsurface oceans, and thus provide highly compelling targets in our search for life ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Soda Taxes in California - Public Health Impacts and the Policy Landscape - LivestreamThe recent passage of Measure Z in Santa Cruz marks an important milestone for local soda tax in California. Berkeley, the first city in the nation to implement a sugary drink tax, has demonstrated how these measures can reduce consumption, increase access to healthier options, and fund vital community programs. ...
Solid State Physics is a field which continuously renews itself through the discovery of new materials and new phenomena. This has been particularly true for the subfield of superconductivity. One of the leading figures in this field for more than six decades was Stanford's Ted Geballe. We will review the ...
Solvent-mediated chemical reactions are challenging systems for theory because the exchange of thermal energy between solvent molecules and reactants leads to a large available phase space in which only a small fraction leads to reaction. Cryogenic radiofrequency ion traps provide a powerful platform upon which to study the mechanics of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Jonathan Mingle on Climate Policy under Trump - LivestreamThe Trump campaign has signaled its plans to undo key federal environmental regulations and roll back Biden-era clean energy and climate policies. Journalist Jonathan Mingle will discuss his reporting on the first Trump administration's dramatic impacts on environmental policy, and on the fossil fuel industry and conservative groups that are ...
Where: Cost: Free
Popping the Science Bubble - Two TalksThe Marvelous Chemistry of Everyday LifeSpeaker: Jeremy Nicolai, UC BerkeleyFrom Pledges to Progress: City and Regional Climate ActionSpeaker: Kaihui Song, UC BerkeleyAttend in person or online (click here)
The advent of artificial intelligence has spawned numerous nightmare scenarios of a runaway technology negatively affecting everything from jobs to national security to individual rights. Now Reid Hoffman shares his unique insider’s perspective on an AI-powered future, making the case for its potential to unlock a world of possibilities. Imagine ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $35 General in person, $10 online
Radio Interferometry: Whose Baseline is it Anyway?Speaker:Jackie Champagne100 (Standard) Candles: A Century of Extragalactic AstronomySpeaker: Meredith Stone Click here to watch
Recent research highlights how our shifting climate triggers increasingly extreme conditions. In the North Pacific, this involves regime shifts, El Niño-driven events, and marine heatwaves - all spurring bottom-up changes in ecosystem productivity and structure. As long-lived, highly visible top predators, seabirds provide clear indicators of these shifts. Citizen science ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of three Pinus species on the California North Coast This master's thesis project will inventory the different species of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi associated with three pine species occurring in coastal Humboldt County: Bishop pine, shore pine, and Monterey pine. Additionally, disjunct Bishop pine in Mendocino County will be sampled for associated ECM fungi. If successful, the project will reveal influences ...
