Buildings are the big kahuna when it comes to fighting climate change. Forty percent of carbon emissions in the United States comes from buildings and the electricity that goes into them. Energy and water-wise buildings are now trendy in many downtown office towers, driven mainly by market forces.HUD Secretary Castro ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Student
Reservoirs are at historic lows and the state is in the midst of a drought. In response, farmers and ranchers have changed their practices and what they're growing, while elected officials have enacted new laws and a water bond. If the drought persists, more changes are likely. Join us for a ...
Where: San JoseCost: $10 General, Free for members
SEISMIC HAZARD: CREEP AND PALEOEARTHQUAKES ON BAY AREA FAULTSThe San Andreas Fault system comprises five major branches in northern California. Many sections of these faults creep or slip slowly near the surface releasing some of their energy as creep. Decades of creep observations let us model how much energy is being stored elastically on these fault sections. Geological ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Thinking Across Boundaries: American Idols in Medicine: Getting Better Health with LessProfesor of Medicine Dr. Arnold Milstein leads a globally unique Stanford effort to improve the affordability of excellent health care at a nation-wide scale. Recognizing that behavioral sciences are essential to discerning better care delivery innovations he has relocated his care redesign center to CASBS. Dr. Milstein will describe his ...
Astronomers first detected planets around other stars – known as exoplanets – in the 1990s, but initially they were only able to discover giant planets that are hotter than a pizza oven. As time progressed, smaller and cooler exoplanets have been found. NASA launched the Kepler spacecraft in 2009 to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Student
Laugh your face off as SF Sketchfest takes over the Academy for a knee-slapping night of creatures, cocktails, and comedy, part of the annual SF Sketchfest Comedy Festival.This year, comedians will pay homage to the question on everyone's mind: "What's So Funny About Love, Sex, and Science?"Don't miss America's favorite ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Down and Dirty: Can cow dung save humanity? Many people concerned about climate disruption have shunned dairy and red meat because of the methane gas emitted by both ends of cows. But some ranchers and researchers are saying rotational cattle grazing patterns and composting on grasslands can increase soil fertility, retain water and store ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $7 Student, $12 Members
Composer & Cellist Philip Sheppard in Conversation with Sid Lee's Will Travis Philip Sheppard has gathered international acclaim for his diverse career as a composer, conductor, an arranger, and innovative performer. His work reinvents perceptions of classical music and succeeds in engaging a huge range of audiences from different musical backgrounds. Musical collaborator for both the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games and ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Creating a Baseline with Your PhysicianThis talk will focus on why it is important for you and your physician to determine your health baseline. Knowing your baseline can help you improve or maintain a healthy lifestyle. Working with your doctor, you can create a health wellness plan to reach your goals.Speaker: Mary James, MD, Clinical ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
The Stuff of Life: Hope when You Need it MostPegasus Physicians is comprised of academic and private practice physicians in various stages of career development who also are creative writers. The group was founded in 2008 by Audrey Shafer, M.D. (Anesthesia), Hans Steiner, M.D. (Psychiatry and Human Development), Irvin Yalom, M.D. (Psychiatry) and Larry Zaroff, M.D., Ph.D., (Cardiac Surgery). ...
The periodic table outlines the fundamental building blocks of all known matter in the universe. Composed of irreducible atoms, these elements arrived from the earliest reports of the Big Bang, the fusion wombs of stars and supernova, and collisions between interstellar matter and cosmic rays-as well as through artificial production ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Friday, 01/30/15
2015 SF Bay Area STEAM ColloquiumJoin us at the 5th annual STEAM Colloquium, Full STEAM Ahead: Designing for Learning. The day will feature 2013 National Teacher of the Year, Jeff Charbonneau, breakout sessions to engage educators in STEAM, a resource fair and a STEAM Gallery
Where: San RamonCost: $75
She's Geeky Bay Area 2015Join us for She's Geeky Bay Area 2015! She's Geeky is the premier networking conference for women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Since 2007, She's Geeky has provided a safe, friendly place for women in STEM to "geek out" and talk about their jobs, their passions, their lives and ...
Where: San JoseCost: $240 for 3 days; 1-day & student & daughte
$5 FridaysOn select days, enjoy the entire Center, including planetarium shows, for the price of a lunch value meal.General Admission includes: • Two Digital Dome Planetarium Shows (First come, first serve basis) • Access to interactive exhibits featuring Bill Nye's Climate Lab and the Touch the Sun exhibit • Access to ...
Where: OaklandCost: $5
Aligning Game Design with ScienceSebastian works with representatives in the gaming industry to improve the quality of science as it is portrayed in their fiction. Within this scope he builds interdisciplinary teams that are passionate about gaming and work with developers to make their projects more authentic, relevant, and plausible. At the same time ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Saturday, 01/31/15
She's Geeky Bay Area 2015Join us for She's Geeky Bay Area 2015! She's Geeky is the premier networking conference for women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Since 2007, She's Geeky has provided a safe, friendly place for women in STEM to "geek out" and talk about their jobs, their passions, their lives and ...
Where: San JoseCost: $240 for 3 days; 1-day & student & daughte
Addressing Climate Change in the Bay Area - 2015 Bay Area League DayThe League of Women Voters of the Bay Area is sponsoring a day to address: 1) Measures to achieve the 2050 GhG target reductions, 2) Adapting to sea level rise and 3) Local impacts of climate change. Speakers include: Keynote address by Annie Notthoff, Natural Resources Defense Council; John Gioia, ...
Where: OAKLANDCost: $35 prepaid ($20 w/o lunch), +$5 at door
Bees: Tiny Insect, Big ImpactA new exhibition (opening today) examines the wildly diverse and intricate world of one of the most important creatures to human agriculture and the natural environment. Through family-friendly experiences, hands-on activities, and media, Bees: Tiny Insect, Big Impact is the first major museum exhibition to focus on the incredible diversity ...
Francis State Beach hosts a protected population of snowy plovers, a small native bird (6" long) that nests just above the high tide line. They are hard to see but adorable to watch! Come check out our local western snowy plovers while enjoying a morning on the coast.
Where: Half Moon BayCost: $20 General, $10 Members
Discover the brief history of spacesuits from the earliest pressure suits worn by aviators in the 1930s to the state of the art used on the way to and from (as well as outside) the International Space Station. You'll get a chance to see an actual Russian Sokol Spacesuit, with a ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free with admission
Science Saturday: Migration and Sandy's BirthdayCould you travel hundreds, even thousands of miles only using your memory, or your sense of smell?Come see how well you can migrate! Try matching scents as salmon do when they try to find their home river, create a bracelet that follows the long journey of a gray whale, and ...
Talk with a Scientist: Microbiota and Your HealthThere's something like 100 trillion microbial cells, of thousands of different types, living in and on a typical person, with about 90% of the cells residing in the large intestine. Even among biomedical scientist and clinicians, the significance of that last sentence wasn't widely appreciated until recently. In the last ...
Where: OaklandCost:
5 Tools You Can Use to Find the Elusive Gray FoxDo you sometimes see paw prints in mud or scat (poop) on the trails and assume that a dog left it? It could be from something else. Come along with me and I will show you how to distinguish and identify the markings of a gray fox. Gain some insights into the fox's nature and ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
'Zoovie' Night at Oakland ZooPut on your jammies and enjoy an evening of animal close-ups and Zoovie movie with the whole family. Bring your pillows, blankets, and chairs and snuggle up in our auditorium as Roosevelt, our costumed alligator mascot, introduces you to some of our nocturnal Education animals. After that, enjoy a specially-selected ...
Where: OaklandCost: $7 per adult/$7 per child, $6 each for 4 or more
Sunday, 02/01/15
She's Geeky Bay Area 2015Join us for She's Geeky Bay Area 2015! She's Geeky is the premier networking conference for women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Since 2007, She's Geeky has provided a safe, friendly place for women in STEM to "geek out" and talk about their jobs, their passions, their lives and ...
Where: San JoseCost: $240 for 3 days; 1-day & student & daughte
Registration OPEN for Marine Science CampRegistration for Marine Science Camp opens FEBRUARY 2!Marine science camp is an exciting way for children to spark an interest in science and nature, or to deepen a budding biologist's enthusiasm and appreciation for learning. Our week-long day camps offer several grade-specific themes that focus on different aspects of the ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $415+
Human Amygdala-Prefrontal Cortex Development and the Role of Caregiving Strong evidence indicates that reciprocal connections between the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) support fundamental aspects of emotional behavior in adulthood. Despite the central role that this circuitry plays in regulating emotions in adulthood, the state of the science regarding the development of this circuitry in humans is at ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'THE MARTIAN'New York Times Bestselling Author Andy Weir will be joining us via Skype to discuss his debut novel and soon to be major motion picture, "The Martian." The son of a particle physicist, Mr. Weir is a software engineer and a self-confessed "space nerd." Mr. Weir has combined science and ...
In the early morning hours of March 28, 1979 began a series of events that led to a partial meltdown of the reactor core at Unit 2 of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant and the worst accident in the history of the commercial nuclear power industry in the United ...
Disease Detectives Series: Pratima Rao, COO, GeniaAtul Butte, MD, PhD, chief of systems medicine and associate professor of pediatrics and of genetics, will host a lively discussion with entrepreneur Pratima Rao, co-founder and COO of Genia Technologies.Prior to Genia, Ms. Rao worked at Affymetrix, where she ran worldwide product marketing for the company's DNA/RNA instrumentation and ...
From Galileo and Newton to Thomas Hobbes and Martin Luther King, Jr., thinkers throughout history have consciously employed scientific techniques to better understand the non-physical world. The Age of Reason and the Enlightenment led theorists to apply scientific reasoning to the non-scientific disciplines of politics, economics, and moral philosophy. Instead ...
Lick Observatory, right here in the Bay Area, is a vibrant research facility and a primary base for the University of California's astronomy education and public-outreach efforts. Cutting-edge fields include stellar explosions, Earth-like planets orbiting other stars, and giant black holes. Many of the studies are long-term and time-intensive, making ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $8 Members, $10 Seniors
Tuesday, 02/03/15
Polar Trek to MarsPressurized rovers are airtight all-terrain motorhomes in which future planetary explorers will live, work, sleep, and drive during multiple-day excursions far away from their home base. Although pressurized rovers are commonly featured in science-fiction lore and technical studies on paper, there is still very little practical experience with the use ...
The essence of public health is the prevention of preventable suffering and the creation and promotion of a world in which all can truly thrive. Hence, by definition, public health must be dedicated to the prevention of health inequities -- unjust, unfair and preventable inequities in rates of disease and ...
Join park staff and docents for a tour down the Point Bonita Trail, through the hand carved tunnel and out to the Lighthouse. We will walk along a half-mile trail which is steep in places. Arrive early as parking is limited. Meet at the Point Bonita Lighthouse trailhead. Dress warmly ...
As a growing portion of the American population ages into its golden years, there will inevitably be a greater number of those suffering from Alzheimer's, a degenerative disease for which there is currently no effective reversing treatment. At the forefront of the effort to find a breakthrough cure is the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Student
FIA Formula E Racing: Driving the FutureFormula E is a new FIA (International Automobile Association) single-seater championship and the world's first fully electric racing series. It runs from September 2014 through to June 2015, and will compete in the heart of nine of the world's leading cities, from Beijing to London, racing around their iconic landmarks. ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Nerd Nite North Bay #4: Crime Scene Evidence, the Magic of Stem Cells, and Biology… in… Spaaaaace!CSI SVU TV (Can't Science Instantly, Still Very Unsure: Television!)Find a blood spot. Make a wisecrack. Go to the lab. Conclusively confirm the culprit. Prison! If you've ever watched Forensic Files or the three dozen CSI shows, you probably wondered if the DNA analysis presented on TV is accurate. Find out the truth ...
Where: NovatoCost: $5
Wednesday, 02/04/15
Free First WednesdayFree museum admission all day, to anyone from anywhere, at Bay Area Discovery Museum
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Free Wednesday at UC Botanical GardensEnjoy free admission to the UC Botanical Garden on the first Wednesday of the month. Parking is limited. Docent-led tours for groups are not available on Free Wednesdays. No admission after 4:30 pm. In order to minimize the impact on the plant collection, ensure the safety of visitors, and to ...
This talk will focus on tools for mapping, monitoring and sharing information about environmental and human rights abuses.Speaker: Emily Jacobi, Digital Democracy
A National Research Council report, "Sea Change: 2015-2025 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences" was released last week that recommends research priorities for National Science Foundation (NSF) funding in the ocean sciences over the next decade. The report was solicited by NSF to help them identify strategic research goals. The report ...
Deep Speech: Scaling up end-to-end speech recognitionSpeech recognition is still an unsolved problem in AI. Humans transcribe speech substantially better than machines, particularly when the speech is noisy, accented or spoken in a natural, unaffected manner. Over the past half-century slow yet steady progress has been made in speech recognition punctuated with rare breakthroughs including the ...
Dodging Extinction - Power, Food, Money and the Future of Life on EarthPaleobiologist Barnosky weaves together evidence from the deep past and the present to offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding yet another mass extinction. His compelling evidence suggests that unless we rethink how we generate power, where we get our food, and how we make our money, we will trigger ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Member, $7 Student
Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind is an engaging and fascinating examination of this critical interface between our bodies and the outside world, between ourselves and others. David Linden explores every aspect of touch: how has touch come to be central to social interactions and in general health? ...
Danny Kennedy started Sungevity in 2007 and now leads international business development. He authored the book Rooftop Revolution: How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy - and Our Planet - from Dirty Energy in 2012. He also cofounded The SfunCube - the only incubator and accelerator supporting solar entrepreneurs to ...
In 1849 San Francisco was surrounded by wild animals and a flourishing sea and bay, from which most early food was taken. But what is our "wild menu" now? How do foraging, fishing, hunting, and gathering fit into modern life? What role does conservation and ecology play in a contemporary ...
