Uganda: Out of the Wild: FRONTLINE/World Film SeriesUganda's "Impenetrable Forest," home to half the world's population of Mountain Gorillas, is also a hotbed for a number of deadly diseases that cross the species barrier from animals to humans. with producers Serene Fang and Singeli Agnew.Free for I-House residents, members & alumni, $5 Cal students & staff, $10 ...
There are four worlds in our Solar System that have substantial atmospheres and observable surfaces: Venus, Earth, Mars, and Titan. The effects of an atmosphere interacting with a surface are clear: each of these planetary bodies has sand seas covering some fraction of its surface. Hidden within the morphology of ...
The scientific revolution that began four hundred years ago was powered by the uncanny visibility of things that had long been hidden: celestial objects through telescopes, cells through microscopes. Today, new instruments are bringing hidden aspects of human life into view. The rise of automatic systems to track and monitor ...
Jean-Jaques Hublin serves as the Director of the Department of Human Evolution at Max Planck Institute,Leipzig. His research has focused on the origin and evolution of Neanderthals. He has proposed an accretion model for the emergence of the Neanderthal lineage that roots it in time in the middle of the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Python in Python: the PyPy systemPyPy is a complete Python implementation in Python, in the old tradition of Squeak and Scheme48 --- but there is more to PyPy than just this.During this talk I will describe what PyPy is: a mature, 8 year old project of roughly 200K lines of code and 150K lines of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Hands on LED Product DemonstrationIn addition to discussing the basic technology of LEDs (no electronic degrees required), we'll be demonstrating the best which LEDs have to offer. All products will be in the open and everyone will be able to handle and work with any light they find interesting. We'll not only show the latest ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $15 General and at door, $10 Members in advance
Insulation - A Key Strategy for Achieving Net-Zero Energy and Carbon Neutral Performance, but at What Cost? "The more insulation the better", is the mantra of the energy efficiency faction of the sustainability and Green Building community. From the basic Title 24 requirements to the demanding Passive House movement, there are many types of materials and methods, with a variety of outcomes and consequences. We will attempt ...
Every year, the average American spends about $7,300 on medical expenses. The typical Canadian pays $2,700, the Briton only $2,000. And yet, according to the World Health Organization, our healthcare system, in terms of total quality, ranks thirty-eighth in the world, right between Costa Rica and Slovenia. Not only do ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
How Dinosaurs Grew (and how we know) Have you ever asked yourself: How did dinosaurs grow? How fast did they grow? Did they grow like other reptiles? Did they grow all through life? How old were they as adults? Did they live long after becoming adults? When did they start having babies?If not, then you may suffer ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
'Collapse'In this disturbing documentary, Michael Ruppert makes the analogy of our current collapsing civilization to the sinking Titanic. There were three types of people on board, he says: the first type refused to believe the ship was sinking and sat in the bar enjoying the luxurious apertifs; the second panicked ...
Technology: Transforming the Regulatory EndeavorThe Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and Berkeley Technology Law Journal, in conjunction with the UC Berkeley Center for Law Energy & the Environment, School of Information, and Goldman School of Public Policy will host a symposium on March 3, 2011 to address the ways that technological developments are ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: Sudhakar ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Park Academy: Botanical Latin Park Academy: Botanical LatinDate: Thursday, March 3, 2011 Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Address:Natural Resource Building, 1216 Ralston Ave., The Presidio, San Francisco, CA 94129Botanical Latin – Omigosh! It's a dead language, but it's still aliiiive! With a background in languages and experience at New York Botanical Garden, Al ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
TRUST Security Seminar: Coping with Malice in Wireless and Vehicular NetworksAs networking becomes increasingly prevalent, malicious network behavior can no longer be ignored. In this talk, I will describe my work on dealing with malicious behavior in three different areas: wireless broadcast, medium access control in wireless networks, and malicious messages in vehicular safety networks. Broadcast jamming is a challenging ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Younger Lagoon Reserve Tour Experience the wildlife and natural beauty that make Younger Lagoon an exceptional local treasure on this docent-led tour to the lagoon and its beach habitat. Learn about the ongoing research and habitat restoration work that help this vital habitat thrive. Tour includes a short hike and is best suited for ...
HPs Central Nervous System for the Earth (CeNSE) is a project involving multiple HP groups focused on enabling a planetary system of a trillion nanoscale sensors and actuators embedded in the environment and the networks to exchange their information among analysis engines, storage systems and end users. The massive amounts ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Stress: The New Biological Clock – How We Can Turn It BackGroundbreaking science by Nobel Prize Winner Elizabeth Blackburn and health psychologist Elissa Epel links psychological stress not only with disease but directly with aging, all the way down to our cells – in particular, our "telomeres," the caps on the ends of our chromosomes that protect our DNA and a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: : $8 members, $20 non-members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco. Beers and Books is a social event co-hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet at Cafe Borrone http://www.cafeboronne.com/ between Kepler's Books and the British Banker's Club! Look for the black balloon.
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Chevron Oil in Kazakhstan's Caspian SeaThe Bay Area's Chevron oil company is the largest private producer of oil in the Republic of Kazakhstan and is the largest private stakeholder in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium Pipeline which spans 990 miles! Berkeley's non-profit organization, the Center for Safe Energy, of Earth Island Institute is hosting a delegation ...
Def Story Slam joins us tonight for Buggin' Out, a story slam that takes a fun look at the world of insects. There will be music, advocacy workshops, insects and best of all – your stories about bugs! Partnering with the Collective Liberation Tour, the Insect News Network, Pesticide Watch, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Wander through somnambulant filmscapes, cozy up to an experimental bunk bed chat, or examine a troubling case of nyctalopia, also known as "night blindness." Explore what happens in your own subconscious when you're sleeping, or simply let yourself be lulled by the siren song of the humpback whale. We hope ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, Free Members
A Primer to Competitive Electricity Markets: Smart Markets for a Smart GridSpeaker: Shmuel Oren, UC BerkeleyPart of the Spring 2011 i4Energy Seminar Series. Live broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast; Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. The schedule for the spring i4energy series is at http://www.citris-uc.org/events/i4energy-spring2011.
Optimal Global Dynamic Carbon AbatementI investigate the optimal distribution of greenhouse gas emission reductions over time and between regions. Chichilnisky and Heal (1994) and Sandmo (2006) have shown that optimal marginal abatement costs should differ between different countries if no lump-sum transfers between those countries are possible. I extend their static result to a ...
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has mapped the sky in infrared light, searching for asteroids, the nearest and coolest stars, the origins of stellar and planetary systems, and the most luminous galaxies in the Universe. WISE is an unmanned satellite carrying an infrared-sensitive telescope that images the entire sky, ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 03/05/11
The Return to the Sea: The evolution of marine mammalsBoth morphological and molecular data tell us that the ancestors of the marine mammals were terrestrial, and that their various marine lifestyles have evolved independently at least seven times! Each lineage shows shared as well as unique evolutionary solutions to the challenges of living in water affecting their breathing, locomotion, ...
Bedtime with the Beasts is a special overnight program for youth groups (ages 6-18) and their chaperones. An Oakland Zoo education specialist will lead your group on an evening hike around the zoo where you'll get a look at what the zoo is like after all of the guests leave. ...
Where: OaklandCost: $60
Of Tools and 10s: A Celebration of Works by Charles and Ray EamesThrough their furniture and industrial designs, films, exhibitions, toys and architecture, American designers Charles and Ray Eames applied a special blend of playful and intellectual curiosity toward a diverse range of subjects. In 1977 they created Powers of Ten, a breathtaking film exploring the relative scale of the universe in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Efficiency and RenewablesA popular energy workshop is making a repeat performance. The first go-round was a conference on the physics of sustainable energy held at the University of California in Berkeley in March 2008, and the proceedings were published as #1044 in the AIP Conference Series. (For a review of the proceedings, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: TBA
SMCAS Star Party Come out and bring the kids for a mind expanding look at the universe.Setup of telescopes begins around sunset, with observations beginning about 1 hour later.
Where: San CarlosCost: Free
Sunday, 03/06/11
Marsh Mud ManiaWhat's that wiggling and squiggling? Think that brown stuff is just mud? Think again! A living colony of organisms is at work in the mucky-muck. Discover how the smallest of creatures have the largest impact on the ecosystem. We'll filter a mud sample and use our microscopes to investigate the ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Top Secret Rosies: The Female Computers of World War II In 1942, when computers were human and women were underestimated, a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. Sixty-five years later their story has finally been told. The Computer History Museum welcomes filmmaker LeAnn Erickson during her year long screening tour of ...
Status of XFEL/SPring-8 Construction and Beam CommissioningBeam commissioning of XFEL/SPring-8 has been started from February 21, 2011. I would like to report recent news from the beam commissioning team, and look back R&Ds and machine construction. XFEL/SPring-8 machine is based on unique technologies; (1) Single-crystal thermionic-cathode electron gun, (2) High gradient C-band accelerator and (3) In-vacuum ...
Transportation consumes two-thirds of the world's petroleum and has become the largest contributor to global environmental change. Most of this increase in scale can be attributed to the strong desire for personal mobility that comes with economic growth. This talk will cover the past and future travel demand; the influence ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
March LASER Event6:30pm-6:45pm: Socializing/networking. Anyone in the audience is welcome to describe in 30 seconds what they are working on.6:45-7:10pm: Henrik Bennetsen (Katalabs) on "What the next phase of the web could mean"In its first two decades the web has had a profound impact on how we work and collaborate. With the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Sudden Oak Death in the East Bay -- Where is it? What can we do?The invasive disease that threatens California's oak woodlands has reached the East Bay hills, as experts race to learn more about it. Dr. Brice McPherson, UC Berkeley forestry specialist, explains how the disease is spreading locally; Dr. Matteo Garbelotto, plant scientist and pathogen expert at UC Berkeley, discusses progress in ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Remarkable Creatures – The Making of The Fittest Conversations at the Herbst: Sean B. Carroll In Conversation With Mark HertsgaardSean B. Carroll is an award-winning scientist, author, and educator. He is currently Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics and an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of Wisconsin. His research has centered on the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $18 Members
