Future Innovators ChallengeChabot is partnering with GoldieBlox, a toy company on a mission to inspire the next generation of female engineers and the Arizona Science Center to present a fun-filled day of engineering activities that will engage and inspire the next generation of young women scientists and engineers. Challenges will include engineering ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Neural Dust and Neural InterfacesA major technological hurdle in neuroprosthetics is the lack of an implantable neural interface system that remains viable for a lifetime. This talk will discuss the basics of extracellular neural recording, discuss the state of the art in cortical neural recording and introduce Neural Dust, a concept developed with Elad ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: 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.
Tangled Web-Plankton, Plastics & UsWhy is our Bay so deliciously green? Come discover all the microscopic life of the Bay and how they affect our dinner! We'll delve into how the oceans are changing with a tide of plastics that have weaved themselves into our food web. Join an Aquarium of the Bay naturalist ...
Dr. Peter Klimley has been studying sharks for decades. Through his years of experience with a variety of species, including the much-feared great white shark, he has been able to shed light on natural behaviors rarely witnessed by others. Known as Dr. Hammerhead for his groundbreaking work on hammerhead sharks ...
Following his biography of Steve Jobs, award-winning author Walter Isaacson became fascinated with other compelling stories of the men and women who have led the global revolution of the Information Age. The Innovators is his revealing account of the revolutionaries who created the computer and the Internet, yet it begins ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Monday, 08/18/14
Gregory M. Herek: 'Beyond Homophobia' - Thinking More Clearly About Sexual Stigma and PrejudiceThe concept of homophobia – a word first coined in the 1960s – has played an important role in shifting society's focus onto the problem of prejudice against people who aren't heterosexual. But the word homophobia conveys a variety of assumptions that can actually limit our thinking. Drawing from social ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Cost: $20 non-members, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students
Tuesday, 08/19/14
SETI Institute/NSF REU Students Final TalksThe REU class of 2014 will give their final public presentations. In a series of 5 minute talks, the students will discuss the projects they have conducted with their SETI mentors this summer.
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
National Geographic Live: From The Red Sea to Australia's Great Barrier Reef David Doubilet has mastered the techniques of working with water and light to become one of the world's most celebrated underwater photographers and a contributing photographer for National Geographic Magazine where he has published nearly 70 stories since his first assignment in 1971. David is a contributing editor for several ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $46 - $68, series price available
Wednesday, 08/20/14
Engineering FestivalEveryone can build a hydraulic system, a wind turbine, or a bridge at this celebration of engineering. Engineering Festival is part of Summer Fun Days at the Lawrence Hall of Science. Every Wednesday enjoy a unique event with your family-from trapeze arts to bubbly sidewalk painting.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
Whatever Happened to Homo erectus?Who's your (ancient) daddy? Did he walk upright? Could he control fire? Did he have a brow ridge that wouldn't quit?! Then maybe he was a Homo of the erectus - not so sapient - type. Many new Homo erectus specimens have been added to the global repository in the past decades, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Monster 'El Gordo' Galaxy clusterThe "El Gordo" Cluster of several hundred galaxies is one of the largest and oldest known clusters in the earlier universe, at 7 billion light years distant. With the impressive shockwaves observed on the outskirts of the galaxy cluster, El Gordo appears to be a titanic collision between a pair ...
"Hearing Loss (or: The Science of 'What?')" by Brian SeitelFor most people, hearing is effortless, simply another of the five main senses. But for 10% of the population, it's a struggle just to tease out the lyrics to "Wrecking Ball" in a crowded bar, much less the voice of the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $8
Thursday, 08/21/14
Volunteers NeededJoin us for a brief orientation and learn how you can become part of Sausalito's very own attraction known around the world! We have a variety of volunteer positions that are suited for people just like you! Greet visitors, lead tours, work with school groups, and more! Come and be ...
Off the Screen: Soundwave ((6)) (sub)mersion In partnership with Exploratorium Cinema Arts, Soundwave immerses visitors in a cinematic, surround-sound event exploring ideas about the ecologies, stories, and properties of our most important natural resource-water.Condition of Form, by Duo IN/S, features multi-channel audio recordings with hydrophones and a 16mm multi-projection filmed on commercial fishing boats out at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Your morning cup of coffee may seems like a trivial routine, but the coffee industry as a whole has a major impact on the habitat available for birds in Central America and other cofffee-growing regions. Biologist John Sterling will present some of his Smithsonian research supporting the Bird-Friendly Coffee movement. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $5 General, Free for members
Restore Hetch HetchyRestore Hetch Hetchy is a grassroots non-profit organization seeking to restore the Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park to its original condition.Speaker: Spreck Resekrans
