Woodpeckers: the heart of North American ForestsExplore the lives of woodpeckers in every season: courtship and nest selection in spring; life in the nest during summer; fledging and gaining independence in autumn; and the challenges of surviving the winter. Take a close look at the most important woodpecker habitats in North America and what we can do ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
SETI Live: The Moon that Could Support LifeJoin host Beth Johnson for a fascinating episode of SETI Live, featuring planetary scientists Dr Georgina Miles and Dr Carly Howett from the University of Oxford. We’ll be unpacking their groundbreaking study showing that Enceladus - one of Saturn’s icy moons - may harbor a stable subsurface ocean capable of supporting life.What we’ll cover:How the Cassini mission’s data ...
It is inevitable that AIs will soon be making many life-altering decisions on us. Because of this, we need to ensure their behavior is guided by human values - a challenge widely known as the AI Alignment problem. I'll discuss our work on fairness and explanation alignment, presenting both theoretical ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
After Dark: Glow UpJoin us for the opening of Glow tonight! Bask in the radiance of artworks big and small, and recharge your winter wonder with delightful programs only at After Dark. Meet a glowing T-Rex skeleton that’s six-foot tall. Encounter a rainbow-colored cuttlefish vehicle made famous by Burning Man, and get to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95 General, free for members
Solar Waves in Interstellar Space: Findings from Voyager - LivestreamJoin the NASA Night Sky Network, along with Jamie Rankin (Princeton University), where we’ll discuss the plasma, magnetic field, and particle environment from the Sun to the interstellar medium, surveyed by Voyager 1 & 2.See weblink for streaming information
Where: Cost: Free
To Infinity and BeyondPixar's IPO roadshow in November 1995 was a high-wire act. Two weeks before the premiere of Toy Story - the first feature-length computer-animated film - Steve Jobs barnstormed the country with hand-picked investment bankers, trying to sell Wall Street on his $50 million passion project.Besides a volatile CEO and skeptical ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Tales from the Small-Scale Mushroom FarmKM Mushrooms, founded by Amanda Janney in Santa Rosa, California focuses on producing premium quality gourmet mushrooms. Amanda began growing food, including fruits, veggies, and mushrooms, while living in Portland, Oregon, in the early 2000s. A long-time volunteer and educator working with food sovereignty non-profits such as Growing Gardens, Cooking ...
Where: SebastopolCost: Free
Catalytic Adventures in an X-ray Playground Catalysts are the unsung heroes of our modern age. Working tirelessly behind the scenes, they find many applications that touch our lives, from producing the fertilizers that sustain the global population, to breaking down toxic chemicals to reduce pollution. To design the next generation of catalysts, researchers must understand at ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Ten Years, Billions of Galaxies, One Sky: The Rubin Observatory StoryWhen the Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins its Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), it will take the most detailed, dynamic map of the southern sky ever made - visiting the entire visible sky every few nights for ten years. This unprecedented dataset will let us track billions of ...
