Extending the search for ETI communication to near-infrared wavelengthsWe are poised to take advantage of a remarkable confluence of technological advances and scientific opportunity. For the first time, very fast, wide bandwidth, high-gain, low noise near-infrared avalanche photo diode (APDs) detectors are available and reasonably priced. Dr. Wright and her team are designing and constructing a new SETI ...
If we are to feed by 2050 a growing population that is increasingly adopting western style diets we will have to intensify food production - producing more but on the same amount or less of land and with the same amount or less of water. Moreover this has to be ...
Dr. Donald Abrams is a cancer and integrative medicine specialist at UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and Chief of Hematology-Oncology at SF General Hospital where he was a pioneer in HIV/AIDS care and research. At the Osher Center, Dr. Abrams provides integrative medicine consultations for cancer patients. He has completed research in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Seeing Voices: Listening to Historic Sound Recordings with LightThis public lecture is presented as a part of Connecting the Dots 2015, an interdisciplinary workshop on pattern recognition. Sound was first recorded and reproduced by Thomas Edison in 1877. Until about 1950 most recordings were made on mechanical media such as wax, foil, shellac, and lacquer. Some of ...
Imagine being able to watch as Edison turned on his first light bulb, or as Franklin received his first jolt of electricity. Particle Fever follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Student
Snow LeopardsWith more than 30 years of experience, Rodney is one of the world's leading experts on snow leopards, pioneering the use of economic incentives such as tourist homestays to transform the snow leopard from a pest to an asset in the eyes of local people. Come hear about the amazing ...
There is no question about it – the Internet of Things (IoT) is happening as we speak. It is radically transforming the information technology platform, and providing an extremely high bandwidth channel between the cyber world (as represented by the Cloud) and the physical and biological world in which we ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
February LASER event - Santa CruzLewis Watts, "Black Presence in France (Paris Noir)" Noah Wardrip-Fruin, "Expanding Fiction's Possibilities" Deanna Shemek, "Fast-Forward Renaissance: the Science of Preserving Cultural Heritage" Colleen Reichmuth, "Exploring the inner worlds of marine mammals" Bios:Lewis Watts is Professor Emeritus of Art at UC Santa Cruz. He is a photographer, curator, and ...
Whether you like it or not, your house is full of uninvited guests. Insects and other arthropods (such as spiders and millipedes) have been living and evolving with humans for all of our history. Though we know a lot about several pest species that make trouble in our houses (termites ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Seniors, Free for members
A conversation about food marketing, its impact on health and health care costs, and what public health and food advocates are doing to counter it Welcome by Graduate School of Journalism Dean Edward Wasserman and introduction by School of Public Health Dean Stefano Bertozzi Q&A moderated by ...
More than fifty years ago, Michael Gazzaniga made one of the most important discoveries in all of neuroscience - the now foundational understanding that the brain's right and left hemispheres have different strengths and can act independently from one another. Join the father of cognitive neuroscience for a conversation on ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 - $35
An Evening with Neil deGrasse TysonJoin us for an evening with Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, award winning- astrophysicist, author, and host of FOX's Cosmos for an evening of engaging conversation on science, exploration and the world as we know it. Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was ...
For California's almost 4000 wineries and 6000 wine-grape growers, sustainability involves low water use, healthy streams, diverse wildlife and native plants, soil rich in nutrients and free of toxics, fair treatment of workers, vibrant local communities, and more. Hear how some growers and vintners are embracing sustainability – from controlling ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Lichen: A Closer LookEnjoy a 2.8-mile loop hike with a park docent to discover the incredible beauty and variety of lichen that thrive in serpentine grasslands. Learn ways these organisms benefit both wildlife and the environment. Meet at the Stile Ranch park entrance off Fortini Rd.
