Coho on the Brink- Brown Bag!Endangered coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) live in several of the coastal streams within the Golden Gate national Recreational Area and Point Reyes National Seashore. Though once abundant, their population numbers have plummeted over the past century, and they are now teetering on the brink of extinction along the central California ...
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: ...
'Dive!' Film ScreeningDive! is an award winning documentary following a team of Los Angeles dumpster divers as they explore and expose the ever growing issue of food waste and its relationship to hunger. Room 132
Test the limits of your cerebral cortex on a night dedicated to brain power. Gather up a team and compete in a pub-style trivia showdown hosted by Brainstormers, or outsmart your friends in a game of oversized chess or checkers provided by homefrys. Explore the big questions in neuroscience-how our ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Latest Advances in Lung Cancer Screening and TreatmentLung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women. This talk will address new lung cancer screening guidelines for former heavy smokers as well as the newest approaches to lung cancer treatment including minimally invasive surgery, targeted medical therapies and highly precise radiation therapy.Panel: Bill ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Ray Kurzweil: Inventor, Futurist and Author of 'How to Create A Mind'For decades pioneering inventor and theorist, Kurzweil has explored how artificial intelligence can enrich and expand human capabilities. Now, he takes this exploration to the next step: reverse-engineering the brain to understand precisely how it works, then applying that knowledge to create vastly intelligent machines.Drawing on the most recent neuroscience ...
American pikas are denizens of rocky talus and lava-flow habitats in mountain ecosystems across western North AmericaMountain environments, cauldrons of climatic harshness, exhibit sharp topographic, vegetative, and climatic gradientsPikas are providing scientists with a model for assessing species vulnerability to warming temperaturesAre other species and indicators in the animal kingdom ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
What Now? A Post-Election Panel on Politics and the EnvironmentThis conversation will focus on the implications of the election results on our environment, and features Assemblymember Nancy Skinner, former EPA regional administrator and current CA Water Resources Control Board Member Felicia Marcus and Earth Island Journal editor Jason Mark, and Michael Marx, Ph.D., Director, Beyond Oil Campaign, Sierra Club ...
Bird-watchers owe a hidden debt to history: the scientific study of birds took a specific route in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that dictated how birds were understood and enjoyed. For example, the ways that both common and scientific names were standardized caused a great deal of passionate ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 General, Free Members
Everything ExplainedJoel Pomerantz presents a dozen or more secret windows into San Francisco's natural history and infrastructure.Editor's Note: The talk originally scheduled for this night, "Forgotten Landscapes: California 500 Years Ago" will be held in 2013.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Friday, 11/16/12
Math in The Movies and on TVThis talk will cover Math (good, bad, and ugly), used in movies and on television. Clips will include: the Minnesota Twins solving a word problem, using Math to defuse a bomb, Math in Oz (as in The Wizard of Oz), the biggest number Mr. O'Connell has ever seen, and The ...
Andy Nash from GreenCityStreets.com will host a workshop on the use of social applications to improve transport planning and operations. We'll start by identifying existing applications and then move into brainstorming ideas for creating new and improved applications. We'll be looking at all transport modes (bikes, public transport, walking, etc.) ...
Electric lighting represents a significant fraction of energy use in commercial and industrial buildings. Controlling electric lighting output based on occupancy, daylight availability and electricity demand can significantly reduce electric lighting and associated cooling energy requirements. Traditional control strategies and technologies use single sensors for occupancy and daylight, which have ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Mathematics of Planet EarthThe International Mathematical Union has declared 2013 to be the year of The Mathematics of Planet Earth. The global warming crisis is part of a bigger transformation in which humanity realizes that the Earth is a finite system and that our population, energy usage, and the like cannot continue to ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Nightschool: HomecomingWelcome Back to NightSchool, the late night experience for the grown and geeky! The new season kicks off with Homecoming and we're sure you'll enjoy the fun. Join us for drinks, music, viewing through our telescopes, live planetarium show and live music.
Where: OaklandCost: $12 General, $5 Members
Robert Ferguson Observatory-Star PartyThe Observatory's three main telescopes are open for your viewing. Docents set up additional telescopes in front of the building, while presentations on astronomical topics are given in the classroom throughout the course of the evening. Friendly and knowledgeable docents are available to answer your questions. FAQs: ... When to arrive: We ...
Where: KenwoodCost: $8.00 per vehicle, $3.00 per adult
Viewing: Andromoda and Triangulum GalaxiesFollow the signs from the freeway to the campus. The Observatory is located inside the stadium area at the SE corner of the campus (East Cotati Avenue and Petaluma Hill Road, 2 miles east of U.S. 101 at Cotati. (Download a PDF Map)Call before coming if it appears possible that ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Saturday, 11/17/12
Mushrooms and Other 'Fun-Guys'Have you ever wondered about the mushrooms along the trail? Did you know there are slimes native to our area? Join Chris Kjeldsen, retired SSU botany professor and an expert on mushrooms, lichens and other "fun-guys" as we learn to recognize the amazing array of fungi and their equally amazing ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: $20
Hike Sonoma Mountain!Located on the northwest flank of Sonoma Mountain, SSU's Fairfield Osborn Preserve is a wonderful place to explore oak woodlands, shady fir forests, and a rare fishless perennial stream. Trained naturalists lead visitors on hikes with excellent panoramic views of the surrounding landscape and (for the adventurous) plenty of opportunities to observe and ...
Where: PenngroveCost: $3 per person. Cost goes toward education programs
As we witnessed each launch of the Apollo program, we would forever remember the countdown, ignition sequence, images of the Saturn V rocket engines billowing out vast, fast and furious hot gas, and then lift off. We'll never forget those sheets of ice breaking off the exterior and raining down ...
Remote islands have been heralded as "natural laboratories", with some spectacular cases of rapid evolution and proliferation of species. One of the most puzzling features of the high diversity of species on remote islands is that they almost certainly arose from one, or very few colonizers. How was variability regained ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Discover San Francisco Bay with the Marine Science Institute!The Marine Science Institute invites you to explore San Francisco Bay with us. Voyages lasting two hours will depart at 1pm and 3pm from San Francisco's Pier 40. Our 90 foot Research Vessel, the Robert G. Brownlee, offers a unique window into the wilderness below the surface. We will deploy ...
This dynamic series explores different aspects of physics, including sound, color, heat and temperature, and electrostatic using hands-on activities, film screenings and demonstrations. Included with museum admission, but space is limited, so arrive early to be assured a seat. Appropriate for ages 6 years and older.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Navigating the Waters of the San Francisco Bay EstuaryWildlife in the estuary is coming back and what better way to get up close and personal with birds and fish than by boat? But, relaxing on the water and mingling with nature takes skill. There is lots to learn about sailing the estuary so come and find out more ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
San Mateo County Astronomical Society Star PartyThe City of San Carlos Department of Parks and Recreation and the San Mateo County Astronomical Society have open Star Parties twice a month.Reasons to AttendIf you have kids interested in space or planets bring them here for a real life view of planets, nebula, star clusters and galaxies.If you ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free
Autumn Stargazing at PepperwoodView the Moon, Jupiter, the Ring Nebula in Lyra, colorful double-stars, the Andromeda Galaxy and perhaps even a few meteors at this family friendly stargazing event. Bing Quock from the California Academy of Sciences and Ron Dammann from the Fremont Peak Observatory Association will guide you through a tour of ...
Human beings have been curious about the oceans since they first walked along their shores. We increasingly rely on the oceans as a source of food, energy, natural products, and recreation. While the oceans are vast, human populations can and do have a direct impact on the health and quality ...
The Periodic Table in Motion: Where Will It End?Dr. Heino Nitsche, the founding director of the Glenn T. Seaborg Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, conducts research into the heaviest elements and their properties. Nitsche is a member of an international team that studied the first chemistry of the heaviest elements, bohrium (107) and hassium (108), and independently ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
November 19 Astronomy Program Concord LibraryMt. Diablo Astronomical Society presents astronomy activitiesSee stars, nebula, galaxies, clusters, the moon and Jupiter through member telescopes. Bring kids, dress warmly. Astronomy program is weather dependent.
Where: ConcordCost: Free
Tuesday, 11/20/12
On the long term orbital evolution of the natural satellites The natural satellites of the giant planets of our Solar System are nearly all locked into resonances. There are spin-orbit resonances, resulting in synchronous rotations as for our Moon, but also orbital resonances between them. This configuration cannot be the result of a random process but is the consequence of ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Technology-Based Planning, the Foundation of All Competitive AdvantageMichael C. Sekora, President, Quadrigy, Inc., who was the founder and director of Project Socrates, a U.S. intelligence community initiative under President Reagan, will posit that the shift from technology-based planning to economic-based planning has caused our nation to lose its ability to compete economically. Sekora contends that technology-based planning ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members
Amanita Muscaria, Iconic, Magic, and Edible tooMushrooms are a gift of the forest. On the luckiest of days they spread out between the trees like meadow flowers –– yellow, red, russet, white, blue, and grey. And then there is Amanita muscaria, the most striking of all, a tall robust mushroom with a red cap with white ...
Our economy, along with the global economy, is toppling off a cliff and the Earth's global ecology, all life on land and ocean, is in a death spiral. Anthony Marr, author of 2 books and 2 online blog spots, renown activist in behalf of wildlife, and recipient of prestigious awards ...
