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 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Thursday, 02/05/15
Maria Sibylla Merian: A Passion for Plants and InsectsThe artist and scientist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was born in Frankfurt, Germany, into a middle-class family of publishers and artists. At the age of fifty-two, Merian traveled with her younger daughter to Suriname, a Dutch territory in South America, to paint its exotic insects. She was an adventurous woman ...
Speaker: William Ruh, Global Software Center, General Electric
Where: San JoseCost:
Environmental Behavior and Environmental Learning: Researching Individuals and Communities Working Toward SustainabilityIn light of today's pressing environmental issues, the need to engage individuals and communities in positive environmental behaviors is more critical than ever. Yet questions persist around how best to motivate environmental behavior, both individually and collectively. Through mixed-methods studies at a range of geographical scales, Woods Center Fellow Nicole Ardoin (Education) and her ...
Lara Kueppers is a Research Scientist in the Carbon & Climate Sciences Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her research expertise is in the areas of climate-ecosystem feedbacks, ecological impacts of climate change, land-cover/ land-use change, regional climate modeling, model-experiment integration, and species effects on ecosystem function. Dr. Kueppers uses field ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
New Developments in mm-Wave and THz; Markets, Technologies, and MeasurementsThis presentation will describe the latest trends involving mm-Wave and THz frequency ranges. A brief survey of the market dynamics driving moves to higher frequencies will be discussed. This will be followed by a survey of some of the technologies being deployed. The talk will conclude with some discussion of ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
ASTRONOMICAL TOURISM AND SOLAR ECLIPSE CHASINGSolar eclipses have been observed by humans for thousands of years and have been recorded in the archives of the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, and Chinese going back 4,000 to 4,500 years. Precise predictions of their occurrences in space and time only date from the 19th Century when the dimensions and ...
Is the night the time when creatures go bump, our brains whirr, or when beautiful music is made? It's all these and more, so join us to explore the night-see and better understand what lurks there in the dark.Buying tickets in advance is strongly recommended; door sales are limited. Tickets for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San FranciscoCafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco. We'll meet at Café Borrone http://www.cafeborrone.com/ next to Kepler's Books. Look for CFI t-shirts.For more information or if you have questions please email sf@centerforinquiry.net ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Show Off NightlifeDon't be shy-show off! This week, NightLife invites you to step up and show us what you've got.Learn how to deliver standing ovation-worthy presentations with the help of storytelling experts from Speechless in African Hall. You'll never get tongue-tied again!Then, stick around for a battle of the brains (over beers, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Clinical Trials for Gynecologic CancersThis talk will focus on the role clinical trials play in the treatment of gynecologic cancers.Speaker: Oliver Dorigo, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Oncology) at Stanford University Medical Center
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Greening Our InvestmentsOur investment choices can have a broad impact socially and environmentally. Financial Advisor Toby Cooper will explore the origins, development, and benefits of "socially responsible" (aka, sustainable, ethical, or green) investing, including a nod to 18th Century Quakers, Dr. Martin Luther King, and anti-war activists of the Vietnam war era. ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: $10 Advance, $15 at door
Friday, 02/06/15
Micro-Randomized Trials and Mobile HealthMicro-randomized trials are trials in which individuals are randomized 100s or 1000s of times over the course of the study. The goal of these trials is to assess the impact of momentary interventions (e.g., interventions that are intended to impact behavior over small time intervals). A fast-growing area of mHealth ...
Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization and Life at the South PoleSarah Stokes Kernasovskiy is from the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) and a Phd candidate in Physics at Stanford University. Her research focuses on the measurement of B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). A positive detection of B-mode polarization could be direct evidence for the ...
