SETI Live: Life in Titan’s Ocean?Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is a world of methane rivers and lakes, icy boulders, sandy dunes, and a vast subsurface ocean. Could this distant world harbor life? A new study led by Dr. Antonin Affholder, now a fellow at ETH Zurich, suggests that Titan’s ocean might support life - but ...
“Roger, it’s Just Test Equipment”: Lessons From Four Decades of Engineering 1985: the year introducing both Microsoft Windows and the GNU Manifesto; 2025: the year of GPT4.5 and injectable pacemakers. This talk is for those entering or about to enter the technical fields. It will focus on a few lessons ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Separating Hope from Hype in the Search for Alien Life - LivestreamThe search for alien life is entering a thrilling new phase as next-generation telescopes and missions open unprecedented windows into distant worlds. That means we’re likely to experience an avalanche of “possible biosignatures” that might point to alien life. The truth is out there, but it is not likely to ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: Unplug and PlaySpend a cozy evening at one of San Francisco’s most beloved museums. Test your knowledge at science trivia, get curious about human perception and cognition, and play with 700+ interactive exhibits that will delight and surprise you.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95, free for members
NightLifeWhen the lights dim, the museum comes alive at NightLife. With live DJs, hand-crafted drinks, glowing lights, and 60,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude, our alligator with albinism), the night is sure to be wild.Plus, you can:Explore our two newest exhibits, Dino Days and Unseen Oceans: Roam among ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Science is a Piece of Cake: Marine BiologyLearn all about ocean creatures via ... cake! KQED's Check, Please! Bay Area producer Cecilia Phillips is hosting a cake bake-off where marine biology will serve as our visual prompt. Each cake will be inspired by the marine life featured in the California Academy of Sciences' aquariums.Enter the competition as ...
