Global WarmingDr. Rohde is lead scientist at Berkeley Earth, which analyzed land-surface temperature records going back 250 years, about 100 years further than previous studies. The analysis shows that global warming is real, and that the best explanation of the temperature increase is a combination of volcanoes and human greenhouse gas ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
High Performance Software Design at DreamWorks AnimationThe artists who create movies at DreamWorks Animation are always pushing the limits of technology in their efforts to create more immersive experiences. This requires software developers to create tools that can extract the maximum performance from the available hardware. New tools are under development that are extensively multithreaded to ...
Social media has changed the landscape of American politics. Candidates are using more sophisticated social media strategies and voters are communicating more actively among themselves. By one measure, between April and August this year almost 600,000 videos mentioning Obama or Romney had been posted on YouTube, quadruple the number posted ...
Access to affordable and reliable energy has been a cornerstone of the world's increasing prosperity and economic growth since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Our use of energy in the twenty-first century must also be sustainable. This talk will provide a techno-economic snapshot of the current energy landscape and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Antimatter, Anti-Atoms, and the Big BangAntimatter has long fascinated scientists, science fiction writers and laymen. The Big Bang should have produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter, and one of the grand challenges in science is to explain why there is very little antimatter in the universe. Antimatter electrons, called positrons, were first discovered in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 standard, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students
Explore the evening magic of Muir Woods, learning about the secret nightlife of an old-growth redwood forest.This special walk begins one hour before sunset and will conclude with the dark of night!We'll listen for owls, look for bats, and use our senses to guide us along the trails.This is an ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
New Initiatives for Clean WaterTwo talks on new efforts to reduce pollution. Environmental Working Group staff scientist Rebecca Sutton demonstrates EWG's cool new database and tool telling you which cleaning products are safe for the environment -- and for you!Longtime creek activist Josh Bradt, now with the San Francisco Estuary Partnership, shows slides and ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Visualization and the Joy of RevelationFernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg explore the joy of revelation: the special electricity of seeing a city from the air, of hearing a secret, of watching a lover undress. Using data visualization, a technology developed by computer scientists to extract insights from raw numbers they show what happens when technology ...
