Field Botany FridaysCome hike with ACR staff. While we hike, we may identify plants, survey for rare plants, photograph wildflowers, discuss ethnobotany or other trailside botany. Takes place the first Friday of every month.Please dress for the weather and bring at least one quart of drinking water. You may also wish to ...
The Importance of Sustainable Forest Management in CaliforniaSandy Dean describes the history of his involvement with Mendocino Redwood Company and Humboldt Redwood Company in California. Hear about changes from traditional industrial forestry to Forest Stewardship Council - certified management, the social challenges of changing forest practices, and recent legislative activity around California forest management policy. There will ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Public Astronomy Nights at Sonoma State: Perseus, Pegasus, & AndromedaTo find the Observatory: Follow 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). Call before coming if it appears likely ...
Guided Nature WalkExperience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our half-day guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest, flower-carpeted oak woodland and rugged chaparral. Guided Nature Walks range ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: Free
Shark Day!MSI loves sharks! Our special Shark Day invites one and all to learn about these amazing creatures, from the Great Whites that swim just off our ocean shores, to the gentle Leopard Sharks that are common in our Bay. For 420 million years, sharks have roamed the world's seas. Join ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $10 - $20 RSVP online.
Hawk Talk and Banding Demo - CANCELLEDCome to Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands and get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO), a cooperative program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and National Park Service.A GGRO docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Robert Ferguson Observatory-Public Solar ObservingThe Robert Ferguson Observatory (RFO) is open to the public for Daytime Solar viewing: Solar telescopes are set up so you can safely look at and listen to our favorite star, the Sun.Admission: FREEParking: $8.00 Park Use FeeHandicapped Parking is available at the entrance to the Observatory
Where: KenwoodCost: $8.00
Science Saturday: Frog in the Fog, Part 1Amphibians, the first land vertebrates, contain over 7,100 known species and are the most threatened group of vertebrates today. In just the last two decades an emerging infectious fungal disease has caused declines and extinctions of amphibians on a scale that has never been seen in human history. Vance Vredenburg's ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5 acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 – 2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Fish Feeding FrenzyHelp Ranger Bill feed the hungry inhabitants of our fresh and saltwater tanks. Watch the different feeding styles of rock cod, sea stars, and steelhead trout.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Intel Museum - Free Binary Beading Class Engages KidsWhat are all those 1s and 0s that make up binary code? And for that matter, what's binary code? Students ages 7 and up learn how computers use this 'digital' language to send, process, and receive information. By using beads to represent a switch's on and off states (1 and ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: 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. 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
A Monkey on Your Back!To date, there is no airplane or helicopter that can carry NASA's Space shuttle as freight inside its cargo bay; enter the Boeing 747 to do the trick. We'll discuss the exceptional skills needed by the crew and the aerodynamic, stability, and vibration challenges that raise the stakes when performing ...
Where: OaklandCost:
An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist With the 2006 publication of The God Delusion, the name Richard Dawkins became a byword for ruthless skepticism and "brilliant, impassioned, articulate, impolite" debate (San Francisco Chronicle). His first book, The Selfish Gene, caused a seismic shift in the study of biology by proffering the gene-centered view of evolution. It ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: $20 General, $20 Perferred
Robert Ferguson Observatory-Public Star PartyStar Parties: Starting at dusk, the 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 ...
Where: KenwoodCost: $11.00
Sunday, 10/06/13
Free Day of ScienceFirst Sundays are FREE! OMCA is free all day the first Sunday of every month. Tour the building with members of the Museum's Council on Architecture at 1 pm and enjoy a Docent-led tour of the Gallery of California Art at 2 pm. Grab lunch or a snack at Blue ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Hawk Talk and Banding Demo -- CANCELLEDCome to Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands and get an up-close view of the fall raptor migration with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory (GGRO), a cooperative program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and National Park Service.A GGRO docent gives an hour-long talk about hawk monitoring and identification ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Junior Academy: Naturalist Know-how Learn how to be a naturalist! Each month a new nature skill will be presented. October's skill is Stones, Spiders and Scum -- Up Close! Explore the hidden side of everyday things by learning to use a microscope. Variations of the monthly skill will be available each week. This program ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Academy admission
Special Performance: The Kepler Story -- SOLD OUTWe are excited to announce our first ever prime-time Sunday evening performance series taking place in the Morrison Planetarium - the world's largest all digital dome. As a one-man performance with dramatic supporting music and full dome visuals, the Morrison Planetarium in collaboration with Motion Institute presents The Kepler Story ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Richard Dawkins: 'An Appetite for Wonder'The Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics (AHA!) at Stanford will be hosting Professor Richard Dawkins for an interview about his new autobiographical memoir, An Appetite for Wonder, followed by a Q&A and book signing (books will be available for purchase at the event). Richard Dawkins is the former Professor For Public ...
Where: StanfordCost: $15 General, Stanford Students free
Monday, 10/07/13
PHYSICS AND LAW: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND 21ST CENTURY BUSINESSWayne Sobon of Inventergy, Inc, a Cupertino-based investment and licensing company, will be discussing how intellctual property is a modern business asset with ties to science, business, and language. Mr. Sobon will delve into his career path from an undergraduate degree in physics to patent law.
The expression of cancer-specific biomolecules by a tumor is dynamic in time, space, and may depend on the physiological environment the cells are in. Hence, in order to truly study cancer biology at the molecular level, it is important to visualize these biomolecules in living subjects – their most natural ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Rising Power: Cleaning Coal in ChinaChina consumes nearly as much coal as the rest of the world combined, and is leading the world in greenhouse gas emissions. Now, even as China builds more coal-fired power plants, it is working to roll out technologies to burn that coal more cleanly - from anti-smog filters to systems ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Accountability and Outcomes in Addiction Treatment in an Era of Health Care ReformNew standards of accountability are emerging in addiction treatment as a result of recent parity legislation and health care reform that involve the full range of unhealthy use to dependence. Gain an understanding of some of the key outcome and performance measures in the field as accountability becomes more integrated ...
Tumbling down Mt. Tamalpais through Muir Woods to the Pacific,Redwood Creek has enchanted generations, from the elite of San Francisco's Bohemian Grove to Zen meditators and more. But the creek and its critically endangered salmon were loved almost to death.Speaker: John Northmore Roberts, Landscape Architect
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Earth Matters: 'Fracking'-The Blue Bridge to a Green Future?Fracking"-shorthand for obtaining natural gas through hydraulic fracturing-has become one of the most widely recognized and emotionally charged words in our contemporary energy lexicon. Thanks to abundant supplies, relatively low prices, and cleanburning properties compared to coal, shale gas is booming in the worldwide market. But concerns about the environmental ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tuesday, 10/08/13
Black Holes, Quantum Mechanics and FirewallsThought experiments have played an important role in figuring out the laws of physics. For the unification of quantum mechanics and gravity, where the phenomena take place in extreme regimes, they are even more crucial. Hawking's 1976 paper "Breakdown of Predictability in Gravitational Collapse" presented one of the great thought ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Balancing Hope and Reality: How could physicians do better?Anthony Back, MD, is Professor of Medicine at University of Washington in Seattle. He is Director of the Cancer Communication and Palliative Care Programs at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC). He is board-certified in Medical Oncology and Palliative Medicine, and his primary research ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Fracking the Monterey Shale?According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, California's Monterey Shale may hold as much as 15 billion barrels of oil – more than 64% of all recoverable shale oil reserves in the United States, and more than four times the Bakken Shale in North Dakota. Many are concerned, however, ...
A local delegation reports on a recent visit to Switzerland to study the covering of thousands of buildings with living roofs. The Swiss model of green roofs is lighter, cheaper and richer in biodiversity than many American counterparts. How can we learn to develop a sustainable, affordable model to better ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for members
Meet Robotics Teams from Palo Alto and Menlo-Atherton High SchoolsSRI International is proud to sponsor local student robotics teams, including those from Palo Alto (Paly) and Menlo-Atherton High Schools. Join us on October 8 when these award-winning teams take over the Café to show off their latest robots built to compete in FIRST Robotics and other competitions. Meet these ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
The Yosemite Rim Fire: How to Improve Fire PolicyThe mixed conifer forests within the devastating recent rim fire have changed drastically since 1911, with tree densities having increased 10 times and downed wood fuel loads five times. Wildfires under such conditions result in excessive tree death, which could negatively impact water quality. But managers at Yosemite National Park have been using a system ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Mmebers, $7 Students
Story of Stuff: short movie screening + discussionHave you ever wondered where does all your stuff come from and where it goes when you throw it away? An organization called "Story of Stuff" was created 6 years ago to understand exactly that (they began in the city of Berkeley!). During these years, they have become an ...
Deep Dive Into Android App Development tutorial is a fast-paced hands-on introduction to Android app development for those already proficient in Java. By the end of this tutorial, you should understand how to go about building a very simple Android app.During the tutorial, we'll develop a working Twitter-like application capable ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
October 8th Astronomy Program Moraga LibraryMt. Diablo Astronomical Society along with Moraga Library presents astronomy activities:See stars, nebula, galaxies, clusters, and the moon through member telescopes. Bring kids, dress warmly. Astronomy program is weather dependent.
Where: MoragaCost: Free
Venture Capital and Impact InvestingNancy Pfund founded DBL Investors with the goal to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful social, economic and environmental returns. As a leading player in the growing field of "impact investing", DBL has helped to reveal the power of venture capital to promote social change and environmental improvement. Come spend ...
Where: San JoseCost: $6.50 in advance or $10 at the door
Inaugural LASER at UC Santa CruzAt UCSC's inaugural LASER, speakers will lay the foundation for the series by speaking about the intertwining of art and science. Questions like "why art and science" and "why now" will provide context for the series as a local forum for presenting art and science projects underway throughout the University ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $4 Parking
Intel's Justin Rattner in Conversation with John Markoff of The New York TimesJustin Rattner is a corporate vice president and the chief technology officer (CTO) of Intel Corporation. He is also an Intel Senior Fellow and head of Intel Labs where he directs Intel's global research efforts in processors, programming, systems, security, communications and, most recently, user experience and interaction. As part ...
Machine Learning on Big Data for Online AdvertisingRocket Fuel is a leader in the use of detailed data to automatically choose who to show particular ads to. In this talk, CTO Mark Torrance will explain how Rocket Fuel approaches this problem from a machine learning, modeling, and optimization perspective. He will cover technologies in use for the ...
6:30-6:55: Zann Gill(former NASA scientist) on "Resolving Prediction's Paradox: collaborative intelligence ecosystems"Collaborative intelligence characterizes distributed, multi-agent networks... Read more6:55-7:20: Jennifer Parker(UC Santa Cruz) on "Down to earth: Art, Astronomy and Physics"Highlighting new works created by artists and scientists from the UCSC OpenLab Network...Read more7:20-7:40: BREAK. Before or after the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Richard DawkinsDawkins has been central to the debates surrounding creationism, intelligent design and religion. He coined the word meme, and his gene-centric view of evolution helped popularize the radical new understanding of Darwinism. From his early childhood in Africa to his educational awakening at Oxford, Dawkins shares his personal experiences that ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $25 General, $15 Member, $10 Student
Video Games for Mathematics, a public talk by Keith DevlinKeith Devlin will show how casual games that provide representations of mathematics enable children (and adults) to learn basic mathematics by "playing," in the same way we learn music by learning to play the piano.Prof. Devlin is a mathematician at Stanford University, a co-founder and executive director of the university's ...
Want to make a real difference in changing minds in a "skeptical" direction? Alone, it is difficult; together, with other like-minded people, you can affect what content people outside our "choir" see. Susan Gerbic, skepticism activist, shares her deep knowledge of Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia, an effort to improve skeptical content on the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: FREE
Thursday, 10/10/13
Serious Mental Illness: How Can We Promote Public Health and Public SafetyThis forum will be a dialogue concerning what the health care system and what the general public can do to promote the well-being of families who are facing mental illness. It will also address how society should respond to the very small proportion of individuals with mental illness who commit ...
How does UCSF use genetics to personalize cancer treatments?UCSF invites you to meet our scientists and learn how we are using information from the Human Genome Project to personalize cancer treatments. The event includes a brief reception with light refreshments, followed by the discussion with researchers from UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Caner Center. Please join us! Simply RSVP ...
Plunge into the mysteries of our Universe (and beyond) with a cocktail in-hand during a cosmic edition of NightLife, part of the Brilliant!Science: Extraterrestrial Life festival. Catch a special screening of sci-fi classic E.T. the Extra-terrestrial in African Hall. Find out what we've found and what we're still learning in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
7:00-7:25: Taraneh Hemami(Visual Artist) on "Theory of Survival"Abstract...Read more7:25-7:50: Sasha Leitman(Stanford CCRMA) on "Research in Computer Music at Stanford's CCRMA"An overview of the history of CCRMA's research and current work ...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Bone Cleaning Course by Ron CaubleThe Bone Room's own Ron Cauble will again teach a class on the basics of bone and skeleton cleaning. Space is limited so please call in advance to sign up.
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10
ZomBees!San Francisco State University Biology Professor John Hafernik will describe how he serendipitously discovered that a small native fly, Apocephalus borealis, has begun parasitizing European honey bees. Parasitized bees show the "zombie-like behavior" of leaving their hives at night on "a one-way flight of the living dead." They soon ...
