Free Wednesday at Cal AcademyFree admission is available to visitors on the third Wednesday of every month, through the generosity of The Bernard Osher Foundation. Admission is on a first come, first served basis, and early arrival is recommended due to the likelihood of high demand. Also, please note that final entry to the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Jupiter Picture of the DayThe rich history of time-domain Jupiter data is of great value because it provides a whole new angle of attack, distinct from spatial-domain (imaging) data or from spectral-domain data. Time-domain Jupiter data provides a unique way to learn more about processes such as heat transport, atmospheric structure and evolution, composition, ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Quantum Reality - Why physicists do not understand it yet?What is the exact nature of quantum reality? Quantum mechanics, nearly a century old, still defies a clear answer to this question. Textbook presentations of quantum mechanics don't go beyond pragmatically useful but ontologically infertile conceptions such as wave-particle duality, non-locality, and entanglement. Some interpreters have attempted to make far-fetched ...
The California HealthCare Foundation works as a catalyst to fulfill the promise of better health care for all Californians. CHCF supports ideas and innovations that improve quality, increase efficiency, and lower the costs of care. CHCF is a philanthropy based in Oakland California, with a history of funding and supporting ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
The problem with concrete buildings Non-ductile concrete buildings are some of the most seismically vulnerable in San Francisco and are extremely costly to retrofit. The worst of these buildings have deficiencies like the Cypress Freeway that collapsed in Loma Prieta. What should be done about San Francisco's stock concrete buildings? What is there to learn ...
The Islands of San Francisco BayJoin author James A. Martin as he takes you throught a visual journey of the San Francisco Bay's 48 islands. Martin's collection of over 220 images captures the wildness of these island habitats and boosts environmental awareness of their unique ecology.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Sudden Oak Death in the Sausal Creek WatershedFriends of Sausal Creek Member Meeting. All are welcome! Dr. Matteo Garbelotto leads the UC Berkeley Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory. In spring 2011, he and his team mobilized more than 400 community members to collect nearly 2000 samples to analyze for Sudden Oak Death (SOD). SOD is a fungus-like ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #18: electric vehicles, championship skeeball, concentrated solar power!Come to the Rickshaw Stop for more nerdy lectures and beers! This month, we have lots for you to learn and laugh about. We're featuring speakers on: electric vehicles! And one solution to the chicken/egg dilemma of EV infrastructure. Skeeball! The history, the sport, the beer-drinking. Concentrated solar power! No, ...
Join Dr. Nick Kanas, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF, for a presentation exploring psychiatric and interpersonal issues that can affect astronauts in space. Better identifying and understanding these issues can improve crew safety and the accomplishment of mission goals. UCSF Professor Nick Kanas has studied such issues for more ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The Large Hadron Collider: What it is and what we have Learned from it so farMarin Science Seminar for Teens, Educators & their Families presents:Beate Heinmann Ph.D. of UC BerkeleyWatch the protons fly as Dr. Heinemann returns to tell us the latest on CERN's Large Hadron Collider and the ATLAS project. Dr. Heinemann tells us,"The field of "particle physics" tries to understand the physics of ...
Where: San RafaelCost: Free
Urban Gardens to Open Range: The Present and Future of Bay Area Food Landscapes Come for an evening forum/reception in downtown Berkeley to highlight and promote discussion of the issues facing local farms and farmers in the Bay Area The Bay Area is known as the cradle of the environmental movement. And it has been a major source of energy for the emerging movement ...
