Ever wonder where the future will take you? This week, NightLife thinks deep about time and what it means to us all.Hear fascinating insights from Alexander Rose of the Long Now Foundation, an SF-based organization that encourages long-term thinking and ideas.Plus, sip on time-inspired craft cocktails from Long Now's Interval ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Potential Benefits of Herbal and Dietary SupplementsCancer patients are often interested in using herbal and dietary supplements as forms of alternative medicine. This presentation will give a brief overview, answer some common questions, and discuss the appropriate use of herbal and dietary supplements.Speakers: Abraham Chang, PharmD and Eun Jeong Kim, PharmD, MS
California's Mediterranean grasslands are a biodiversity hotspot, despite their domination by non-native grasses. Through science-based management of these habitats, we can help save birds at risk of extinction. Our speakers will explain how grazing practices affect birds such as the Burrowing Owl, Ferruginous Hawk, Golden Eagle, Western Meadowlark, and Grasshopper ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
In the Balance: Bringing Science to JusticeThe fields of science and the law pervade modern society, and yet largely exist in separate spheres. Where scientists seek truth, the law seeks justice, two laudable goals, but which often overlap only marginally. Clearly the law works with different objectives, values, and timetables than does science. And science can ...
Behold beryllium, an exceptionally light, strong metal that is both prized and poisonous. Found in minerals such as emeralds and other forms of beryl, beryllium is highly conductive to heat and electricity, impervious to a wide range of temperatures, non-magnetic, and capable of great elasticity, making it a favored material ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
The Most Extreme Storms YetJoel will share his research on the weather disaster that determined so much of what's around you today. In early 1862 the sky dumped upwards of ten feet of rain in the mountains (about four feet in San Francisco). In the middle of that, there was a hard freeze for a ...
