Innovation-Driven Environment of Silicon Valley - LivestreamThis webinar in collaboration with Movetia will discuss two trending topics on the US West Coast that are shaping the future of workplace: Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship.Register at weblink to receive connection information
Unistellar Citizen Science Q&A (Part 5) - LivestreamJoin Dr. Franck Marchis, Chief Science Officer and co-founder at Unistellar and director of Citizen Science at SETI Institute, and Dr. Lauren Sgro, Outreach Manager at the SETI Institute, for a conversation on citizen science with the Unistellar network in partnership with the SETI Institute. We will review the 2024 ...
Where: Cost: Free
A Ruthless Criticism of AI and CapitalismRecently, the science fiction author Ted Chiang observed that “most of our fears or anxieties about technology are best understood as fears or anxiety about how capitalism will use technology against us.”The sudden boom of interest in artificial intelligence - driven by torrents of cash and threats to transform society ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Do look back: Glacial history of Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers in the Amundsen Sea, AntarcticaEarth’s glaciers are currently retreating to positions not yet observed by humans and thereby contributing considerably to global sea-level rise. Recent results of paleo-studies in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica, undertaken mainly by the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration (ITGC), demonstrate a possible range of ice-sheet dynamical behavior not captured by ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Human evolution in comparative perspectiveIn the early 1970s, Milford Wolpoff suggested that a trait then considered unique to hominins - ‘culture’ - likely changed how speciation occurs in hominins compared to how it does in other taxa. Although culture (socially transmitted behaviour or information), technology, and other ‘uniquely human’ traits are now known to ...
The future of our energy systems depends on cutting-edge innovations in Grid Infrastructure Technology (Grid Infra Tech), essential for integrating renewable energy and supporting a sustainable, resilient grid. This seminar will explore the evolving innovation landscape in Grid Infra Tech, with a special focus on the critical subsectors where transformative ...
Whereas incremental innovation in RF and microwave instrumentation is continuously happening and even accelerating, radical innovation remains a rare event. I will highlight 2 radical innovation examples from my career: X-parameters and Vector Component Analyzers. Both innovations are dealing with the characterization of active high-frequency devices and components and are ...
What Teachers Want to Know about Climate Change - LivestreamDo teachers feel knowledgeable when it comes to teaching about climate change? How many hours a week (or year?!) are devoted to climate science in our nation’s schools? Is climate change even part of the national science curriculum? CFI Education Director Bertha Vazquez knows, and the answers will surprise you. In ...
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Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted AmericaHow Americans think about work changed profoundly over the course of the twentieth century. Thrift and persistence came to seem old-fashioned. Successful workers were increasingly expected to show initiative and enthusiasm for change??"not just to do their jobs reliably but to create new opportunities for themselves and for others. Our ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
NightLife: Black ThursdayCelebrate Black joy with a vibrant night of creativity, community, and experience.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
After Dark: Wondrous FungusExplore the fungi kingdom and get to know mushrooms, yeasts, and other incredible organisms.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95, free for members
Distant Early Warning: The Arctic Under Siege exhibit openingIn 2007, a Russian submarine planted a flag under the North Pole, beginning what has become known as a New Cold War. Part of the security narrative is driven by the idea that once the ice melts, natural resources like oil and new shipping routes will become part of a ...
