Explore the fantastic lives of beetles, millipedes, tarantulas, walking sticks, whip scorpions and more! Join us for the opportunity to meet these amazing bugs up-close.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Does Data Visualization Tell Us What to Think?Join us for our wrap-up event for data in sight: making the transparent visual. Come see the winning data visualizations from the weekend and hear from a panel of experts as they discuss trends, risks, and the significance of data visualization. Specifically, we will explore the question of whether data ...
From July to October, crews will be at work on the momentous Phase 3 of the Redwood Creek Restoration project, during which a new creek channel will be activated and a new 235-foot pedestrian bridge installed.Hear details about our plans on a public walk with Parks Conservancy and National Park Service ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Video/Audio Content Fingerprinting for 'Smart TV' Content IdentificationOverview of the Audio-Video Content Fingerprinting schemesAudio fingerprinting: algorithms, performance, deployment Video fingerprinting: algorithms, performance, deployment- Applications:TV Advertizing: Interactive advertising, Commercial monitoring/localization/replacementContent Identification: Immersive social networking applications, Program guide correlation with reach media dataAudience measurement: Broad statistical coverage of linear and OTT contentProfessional services: Broadcast monitoring, Anti-piracySpeaker: Mihailo Stojancic, ZeiteraSee web ...
The Hubble Space Telescope recently finished taking the deepest image of the Universe ever in the near-infrared. This unique new image was assembled from data taken in 2009 and 2010, and has enabled us to look billions of years back in time to find some of the earliest galaxies that ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
The History of Magnetic Striped Media TechnologyMagnetic striped media are used by more than 80% of the world's population. They are swiped through slot readers more than 50 billion times a year. They are used for financial transactions, automatic teller machines, mass transit access, identification, and access control devices. Their information content is specified by national ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
The Top Tourist Sights of the Solar System: Where Bill Gates' Great-Granddaughter Might Go on Her HoneymoonAstronomer and popular lecturer Andrew Fraknoi will explore the most intriguing future tourist destinations among the planets and moons in our cosmic neighborhood, including the 4,000 mile lava channel on Venus, the towering Mount Olympus volcano on Mars (three times the height of Mount Everest), and the awesome Verona Cliffs ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Go Wild! Kids Nature ProgramDid you know that there is a 30,000 acre wildlife refuge right here in the South Bay? That it is home to over 280 species of birds each year? Join us as we learn more about Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge with stories and fun activities.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Insect Discovery LabExplore the fantastic lives of beetles, millipedes, tarantulas, walking sticks, whip scorpions and more! Join us for the opportunity to meet these amazing bugs up-close.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
'The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil'The movie offers a fascinating look at Cuba's transition from a highly industrial society to a sustainable one. Cuba became, for them, a living example of how a country can successfully traverse what we all will have to deal with sooner or later, the reduction and loss of finite fossil ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Golden State Star PartyGolden State StarParty 2011 The Golden State Star Party is a 4 night dark sky event held each summer at Frosty Acres Ranch in North-Eastern California, near Mount Lassen, alongside rural Adin, California. GSSP has dark skies from horizon to horizon, and room for 100s of astronomers.Wednesday June 29 through Sunday, July ...
Where: AdinCost:
Thursday, 06/30/11
Grand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science EducationGrand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science Education June 30 - July 8, 2011Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Seats are now available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon - as featured in The New York Times (October 6, 2005).From June 30 - July 8, 2011, ...
Where: Cost: $2545.00
Fighting Cancer: A Nontoxic Approach to TreatmentThe Gorter Model, an integrative, nontoxic approach to cancer treatment that focuses on the body's intrinsic capacity for healing. Developed by Robert Gorter, M.D., Ph.D., who in 1976 recovered from Stage IV testicular cancer using nontoxic treatment and no chemotherapy or radiation, and based on self-experience, extensive research, and decades ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10 General, Free for Osher members
For six weeks this spring, dozens of Academy scientists have been hiking, sweating, and diving their way through the Philippines in order to explore and document the animal and plant life in this biodiversity hotspot. This week, NightLife celebrates this landmark research expedition – the Academy's largest to date, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Bone Cleaning with Ron CaubleThe Bone Room's own Ron Cauble will again teach a class on the basics of bone and skeleton cleaning. Class fee is $10, and space is again limited so please call in advance to sign up.
California Seafloor Mapping Program California's Ocean faces unprecedented challenges from climate change, ecosystem degradation, coastal development, and geologic hazardsThe collaborative California Seafloor Mapping Program is providing the resources and scientific expertise for an exciting new phase of multidisciplinary research and a comprehensive high-resolution,bathymetric, geologic, and habitat base map for all ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Public Seminar: Are We Alone?See and hear from three pivotal planet-hunters of the NASA Kepler Mission to find planets around Sun-like stars---especially Earth-size planets that could be inhabited.Once you realize that every star is a whole sun unto itself, the question naturally arises: "Do stars have planets that could be homes to more or less intelligent ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Using Fiberoptics and Genes from Algae to Solve Problems in PsychiatryOptogenetics is a technology that allows targeted, fast control of precisely defined events in biological systems as complex as freely moving mammals. Karl, Deisseroth, Associate Professor of Bioenginnering and Psychiatry will discuss how Optogenetic approaches have opened new landscapes for the study of biology, both in health and disease and provided a ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free to the public.
Golden State Star PartyGolden State StarParty 2011 The Golden State Star Party is a 4 night dark sky event held each summer at Frosty Acres Ranch in North-Eastern California, near Mount Lassen, alongside rural Adin, California. GSSP has dark skies from horizon to horizon, and room for 100s of astronomers.Wednesday June 29 through Sunday, July ...
Where: AdinCost:
Friday, 07/01/11
Grand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science EducationGrand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science Education June 30 - July 8, 2011Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Seats are now available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon - as featured in The New York Times (October 6, 2005).From June 30 - July 8, 2011, ...
Where: Cost: $2545.00
Golden State Star PartyGolden State StarParty 2011 The Golden State Star Party is a 4 night dark sky event held each summer at Frosty Acres Ranch in North-Eastern California, near Mount Lassen, alongside rural Adin, California. GSSP has dark skies from horizon to horizon, and room for 100s of astronomers.Wednesday June 29 through Sunday, July ...
Where: AdinCost:
Come to Foothill Observatory and join us in the exploration of our Universe!Foothill Observatory Friday Evening ProgramCome to Foothill Observatory and join us in the exploration of our Universe!Foothill Observatory is open for public viewing every clear Friday evening from 9:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. Visitors can view the wonders of the universe through the observatory's new computer-controlled 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Views ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost:
Saturday, 07/02/11
Grand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science EducationGrand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science Education June 30 - July 8, 2011Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Seats are now available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon - as featured in The New York Times (October 6, 2005).From June 30 - July 8, 2011, ...
Where: Cost: $2545.00
The physics behind bubbles!Drop-In ScienceJuly 2 – The physics behind bubbles! Make your own unique bubble wand to create this wonderful natural phenomenon for yourself.Drop-In Science sessions between 10:30 & 11:30 each Saturday explore basic science concepts that surround us in our amazing world. Hands-on, interactive activities connect young scientists to these concepts ...
Ron Hipschman, Exploratorium staff physicist, talks about ways to make color-from neon signs to oil slicks to rainbows. Ron demonstrates concepts about light, and you'll get materials to build a spectroscope (which separates light into its component wavelengths).
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Golden State Star PartyGolden State StarParty 2011 The Golden State Star Party is a 4 night dark sky event held each summer at Frosty Acres Ranch in North-Eastern California, near Mount Lassen, alongside rural Adin, California. GSSP has dark skies from horizon to horizon, and room for 100s of astronomers.Wednesday June 29 through Sunday, July ...
Where: AdinCost:
Fire: Friend and FoeLearn about fire's impact on California, both past and present. Explore how fire and man's treatment of wildfire affects California's landscape. Meet at the Spring Valley Picnic Area by the park office.
Where: MilpitasCost: Free
Star PartyTake a look into the night sky with members of the Halls Valley Astronomical Group (hallsvalley.org). Telescopes are provided, but you are welcome to bring one. Meet at Halley Hill, across from campsite #22. Park entrance gate closes at 10:00pm.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
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, 07/03/11
Grand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science EducationGrand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science Education June 30 - July 8, 2011Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Seats are now available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon - as featured in The New York Times (October 6, 2005).From June 30 - July 8, 2011, ...
Where: Cost: $2545.00
Are Scientists Afraid of the Dark?The meeting of science and philosophy; the intersection of scientific scrutiny, wonder, fear and awe. What is it like to be a scientist on the cutting edge of revolutionary understandings?
Where: PetalumaCost: Free with admission to exhibit
Golden State Star PartyGolden State StarParty 2011 The Golden State Star Party is a 4 night dark sky event held each summer at Frosty Acres Ranch in North-Eastern California, near Mount Lassen, alongside rural Adin, California. GSSP has dark skies from horizon to horizon, and room for 100s of astronomers.Wednesday June 29 through Sunday, July ...
Where: AdinCost:
Monday, 07/04/11
Grand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science EducationGrand Canyon Raft Trip with National Center for Science Education June 30 - July 8, 2011Explore the Grand Canyon with NCSE! Seats are now available for NCSE's next excursion to the Grand Canyon - as featured in The New York Times (October 6, 2005).From June 30 - July 8, 2011, ...
