From Bench to Society: Law and Ethics at the Frontier of Genomic TechnologyThis is an all day event put on by the Hastings Law Journal and the UCSF / UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy.Schedule:8:00 – 9:00 Registration and Breakfast9:00 – 9:15 Welcome 9:15 – 10:00 The State of the Science: Kelly Ormond, Stanford University 10:00 – 10:15 Break10:15 – 12:00 Panel I: Predictions of Future Health ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
SF Bay Area 3rd Annual STEAM ColloquiumFull STEAM Ahead: Pathways to the FutureThe STEAM Colloquium will:Address critical issues in implementing STEAM educationShowcase best practices in STEAM educationBuild leadership capacity for educatorsProvide opportunities to develop learning communities throughout the regionThe STEAM Colloquium is open to all who want to impact students with STEAM, including:Pre-K to 12 educators, ...
Where: San RamonCost: $40
Variability, reference frames, and generalization in motor learningThe ability to control movement is perhaps *the* central function of the nervous system, and the ability to optimize this control through learning can be absolutely essential for successful movement. The human motor system, in particular, has a remarkable capacity for adaptive control. I will present some recent insights into ...
Robots, Embodiment, and Mediated VirtualityRobots and other embodied systems can be seen as mediators between the real and the virtual, influencing our expectations of the possibilities and limitations of virtual worlds. In some cases, technologies designed specifically for virtual interactivity have spilled over into our exchanges with other places not normally considered "virtual": distant ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Submetering Solutions for the Smart Home and the Smart GridThe global electric power infrastructure is undergoing a dramatic change from a load-following architecture to one that requires improved control and monitoring of the energy usage. Integration of inherently intermittent renewable resources requires improved ability to offset demand in order to leverage this intermittency. Demand Response (DR) initiative as well ...
Green Friday Pot Luck: California is getting frackedThe Sierra Club's Northern Alameda County Group will be hosting its monthly zero-waste Green Friday Potluck with speaker and discussion.Fracking, a process that uses toxic chemicals and water to extract oil and gas, is well underway in California and is slated for massive expansion. Fracking has been shown to cause ...
This event features free activities at the Visitor Center. Visitors will enjoy over 25 educational exhibits, a free trout pond for young anglers, a fly fishing demonstration pond with tips from the pros, live steelhead display, art for kids to do, and a chance to try your hand at archery!On hand with ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: Free
A visit to the Mono Recesses and a satisfying walk over the Mono DivideJoin us for our popular series of free public lectures on a broad array of topics related to plants and natural history. Named in honor of its founder, the Wayne Roderick Lecture Series takes place in the Visitor Center of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden. These illustrated presentations are enjoyable for ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Neotropical Raptors and the Solitary Eagle ProjectEscape the gloom of winter and imagine yourself in the neotropical forests of Central America during this special presentation at the EcoCenter. Join us for a lecture and slideshow with Ryan Philips, the founder and Executive Director of the Belize Raptor Research Institute.Nearly half of Belize is protected through parks, ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Low Tide WalkSome years we find only a few perfect Saturdays when the moon and sun allign to let us play a good low tide. 2013 is different. We have LOTS of chances! But beware, it looks like 2014 will have very few opportunities, so make this the year to explore tide ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20 General, $10 Members
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. These events are held in Crestview Park, San Carlos California. Dates and Sunset times are below. Note that inclement weather (clouds, excessive wind and showers) will cause the event ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free
Sunday, 02/10/13
Oliver Salt Works HikeHidden among the salt ponds is one of the East Bay's most intriguing historical sites. The Don Edwards Refuge and the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project are sponsoring this hike to the old Oliver Salt Works within the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve. We'll be walking into an area of the reserve not yet open to ...
Winter birding in the Marin Headlands offers birds from near and far. Explore the trail around Rodeo Lagoon with docent Jane Haley to discover which birds spend the winter in our mild climate.Meet at the Marin Headlands Visitor Center. Bring binoculars, field guides.For ages 8 and up; no pets.Limited to ...
Where: Marin HeadlandsCost: Free
Marine Science Sunday- Love is in the Air: Marine Mammal Parents and PupsIn preparation for Valentine's Day, this month we celebrate love under the sea with Love is in the Air: Marine Mammal Parents and Pups in a fun, educational way for both kids and adults. We recommend teaming our free classroom program (offered at 12pm and again at 2pm) with a ...
Where: SausalitoCost: FREE
Darwin Day: Science Denial, from Climate Change to EvolutionMinda Berbeco, our speaker for Kol Hadash's Darwin Day program has a PhD in Biology from Tufts University. An expert on climate change and terrestrial systems, she has taught, written, and presented talks on how the biological world will change with global warming, and how science deniers are impacting the national ...
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. Younger Lagoon is excellent for bird watching and seeing animals that call the reserve's intact coastal dunes home, such as: bobcats, foxes, seabirds, raptors, and ...
The disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste in a deep geologic repository is a challenge which has stymied the United States and many other nations since the dawn of the commercial nuclear power industry a half-century ago. The scientific community has consistently endorsed deep geologic repositories ever since ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Stanford Women in SpaceThe term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor," and refers to all who have been launched as crew-members aboard NASA spacecraft bound for orbit and beyond. In the 50-year history of the NASA space program, only 45 of the 525 astronauts have been women. Seven of these ...
Will Allen - son of a sharecropper, former professional basketball player and ex-corporate sales leader - is now CEO of Growing Power, a farm and community food center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He began by teaching people to apply old-fashioned farming principles to vacant city lots and abandoned commercial buildings and ...
Al Gore: Former Vice President & Author of 'The Future: The Six Drivers of Global Change'Former Vice president Al Gore provides an in-depth assessment of the six critical drivers of global change. Bringing together his extensive global policy and environmental knowledge, Gore identifies these emerging forces that are reshaping our world. From digital communications to advancements in energy systems, agriculture, and transportation, hear more about ...
Surface exploration of small solar system bodies: challenges and prospectsIn recent years, space agencies worldwide have shown an increasing interest in the exploration of small solar system bodies. Of special importance is direct access to their surfaces, as it allows precise characterization of soil properties and surface physics, and, in turn, holds the potential to lead to a much ...
Memories, Lost & Found: Engaging Families, Caregivers & Those with Memory LossRita Ghatak will begin the lecture by discussing the difficulties of cognitive impairment including a brief definition of dementia, common clinical features, as well as the concerns and stress experienced by caregivers and families. She will focus on memory, psycho-social and economic burdens, and the importance of memory and engagement ...
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar of Stanford University takes up complex and timely questions at the intersection of law and society. Who has the power to design federal agencies, and who sets priorities when deciding on the most urgent security problems facing our country? What are the implications for U.S. science policy? Cuéllar explores ...
End of the Line is an award-winning documentary that takes a close look at the impact of our global love affair with fish as food, examining the decline of fisheries around the world and potential consumer- and policy-driven solutions to reverse the losses. After our screening of the film, a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 General, Free for Members
Combating Cyber Attacks: Using a 288-core serverTilera processors provide a standard Linux platform, which can process very high throughput network traffic. With cyber attacks becoming more frequent, organized and costly in the damage they inflict on governments, businesses, and critical infrastructure, there is a significant need for hardware and software that can process live network traffic ...
Craig Lewis, Executive Director of Clean Coalition, will discuss why local energy generation is more reliable, more affordable and supports local economies - and how we can accelerate the transition to local energy systems.Join Acterra for a series of exciting conversations focused on different solutions to protecting our climate by ...
Future Trends in Health Care TechnologyIn an increasingly connected world, Dr. Chow discusses future technologies and services that can help the healthcare consumer and those with chronic disease manage their healthcare needs outside the traditional hospital setting.Dr. Yan Chow, with Sylvia Paull
Makers, Hackers and the Personal Computer Revolution Things are changing in the field of product development. Bottom-up, open-sourced and crowd-funded efforts are creating a Cambrian-type efflorescence of software and hardware products. People are creating and patronizing institutions like hackerspaces, open-source hardware manufacturers and open machine shops. This maker movementappears to be a logical extension of the open-source ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Interaction between Longevity and Aging Genes in HumansDr. Nir Barzilai is the director of the Institute for Aging Research, the director of the Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging and the Ingeborg and Ira Leon Rennert Chair of Aging Research. Dr. Barzilai, an endocrinologist, discovered the first "longevity gene" in humans. His ...
Lucy and Selam are famous skeletons that belong to Australopithecus afarensis, a direct ancestor of humans that lived between 4 and 3 million years ago. When the Lucy skeleton was discovered in 1974, it helped establish that this creature was an upright walking species pushing the then accepted date for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Saturn V: The First 700 SecondsAs 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 on the ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
Skeptalk: The Twisted Logic of the War on TerrorFrom George W. Bush declaring war on a tactic (terror) in 2001, to current airport-screening measures that actually compromise the security of passengers, the hallmark of the United States' eleven-year war on terror has not been sound reasoning.So asserts Richard E. Wackrow, author of the recent book Who's Winning the War on Terror. Wackrow will look at ...
The Joys & Struggles of Relationships: A Conversation with Relationship ExpertsA panel of 3 professionals: Susan Owicki, MFT; Howard Scott Warshaw, MFT and Carol Zimbelman, LCSW will discuss topics such as why we choose the mates we do, pre-marital issues and predictors of a succesful relationship and how to deal with conflict in relationships.
Go behind the scenes at Long Marine Lab. Learn about the work of scientists and their studies of dolphins, seals, sea lions, and whales. Tour is best suited for adults and children over 10 years of age. Space limited. Reservations required: (831) 459-3800.
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
NanotechnologySpeaker: Dr. Sukru Burc Eryilmaz, Stanford
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
My Furry Valentine: Sex in the Animal KingdomZookeeper and Naturalist Patrick Schlemmer shows pictures and describes the bewildering array of strange and shocking mating habits found in the animal world. You will laugh, you will blush, you will cringe!
