Speaker: Beverly Huss, Chief Executive Officer, Qool Therapeutics Inc.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Cell phones and your health Does cell phone and cordless phone radiation increase your risk of cancer and other health problems? Classified as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by the World Health Organization, wireless radiation has been a hot topic in the news lately. Learn about the latest research on wireless radiation safety and easy steps ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Pope Francis: Climate Changer?Pope Francis' entrance into the fray on climate change sent shock waves across the political and religious worlds. The Catholic leader's encyclical linking hard science and biblical passages has prompted a discussion of stewardship across faiths since it was released in mid-June. It has also emboldened critics to challenge the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Student
Elizabeth Holmes, CEO of Theranos and the Khan Academy's Sal KhanAs a business leader and entrepreneur, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is a powerful advocate for STEM education. She was just 19 when she started Theranos, the revolutionary blood testing company valued at more than $9 billion. Holmes and Khan will discuss their thoughts on innovation and ongoing commitment to ...
Dan Ariely is an Israeli-born behavioral economist and bestselling author (Predictably Irrational and The Honest Truth about Dishonesty) whose scientific experiments on the human impulse to bend the truth are conducted with the same jovial sense of mischief that John Oliver brings to the news. Share an evening of insight ...
Throughout history many people have tried to find some seemingly simple solutions to problems that were not understood because of the limits of knowledge about how things really work. Alchemy, tried to do more than just make gold, and perpetual motion tried to overcome the laws of thermodynamics. Science and ...
Green Friday: Learning to Live with Mountain LionsSan Francisco-based and globally-working wild cat conservationist and naturalist Zara McDonald, Executive Director of Felidae Conservation Fund, will give an engaging and inspiring presentation about mountain lions and the work currently underway to study and protect them. Felidae Conservation Fund is a non-profit that aims to advance the conservation of ...
Teddy Bear Tea with FriedsIt's tea time at Oakland Zoo and you are cordially invited! Bring an adult, bring your stuffie, and learn all about one of our Zoo's special animals. Enjoy a morning of snacks, activities, books and play while making and delivering an enrichment gift straight to the zoo animal you've been ...
Where: OaklandCost: $25 General, $23 members
Hike the Mallard Slough TrailLook for birds, mammals, and animal tracks as we explore along the water's edge on this 3.7-mile nature walk. Bring binoculars and your favorite field guide to help enjoy the views. Have at least one liter of water, snacks, and appropriate clothing. This hike runs rain or shine. Led by ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Fossils and FlumesFossils and flumes are used to teach children about the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Park Ranger Jose Garcia brings fossils from Triassic wetlands he collected in eastern Montana to show the similarities to today's wetlands, and to explain their function in nature. Interactive flumes allow for a hands-on experience of how wetlands protect the ...
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2 pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October, except for Fleet Week weekend. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and ...
Did you know every floating dock is an upside-down coral reef? Well, not with actual coral, but they areteeming with marine life! Sponges, tunicates, worms, crabs, and even sea spiders and nudibranchs that often live deep underwater often live on the bottom of docks, where they can find the hard substrate ...
Animal HelpersGirl Scout Ambassador Josephine Tsai is working to earn her Gold Award with you! Come explore the connection between humans and animals. Find out how animals help keep people safe and how animals might help us in the future. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Go to http://animalhelpers.eventbrite.com. Questions? Call Julie at 408-262-5513 ext.104.
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Saturday Cinema: Electronic Music ScoresSaturday Cinema is a core weekly program that captures the ideas which animate the Exploratorium. We highlight works that blend observation, poetry, and surrealism, and celebrate films that utilize unique, handcrafted processes. Appropriate for all ages and mediated by cinema arts staff, these screenings encourage the viewer to respond to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: included with museum admission.
To Shell and Back: How the SF Zoo Helped Western Pond Turtles Return to Mountain LakeJessie Bushell from the San Francisco Zoo will introduce you to the shy and fascinating western pond turtle. Come meet a turtle and learn about California's only native freshwater aquatic turtle, the challenges that they are currently facing in California and throughout the western US, and how the Mountain Lake ...
Sleepover by the BaySeptember 12 and November 21; program begins at 7:30pm and ends approximately 8:30am the following morning. Explore the Bay Model after hours with our new, one-of-a-kind sleepover. Naturalists from Aquarium of the Bay will lead a dynamic tour, followed by evening snacks, a toasty campfire (weather dependent), and fun activities focused ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Contact Mayra Rivas mayra@bay.org for Pricing
In the Land of Enchantment: A Decade Exploring SaturnA glistening spaceship, with seven lonely years and billions of miles behind it, glides into orbit around a softly-hued, ringed planet. A flying-saucer shaped machine descends through a hazy atmosphere and lands on the surface of an alien moon. These visions are not a dream but tell of the explorations ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Sunday, 09/13/15
Free Community Day at CuriOdysseyExplore science and meet native California animals! CuriOdyssey's free Community Days take place on varying days, both during the week and on the weekend, so that more visitors have the opportunity to experience CuriOdyssey.Please be aware that Community Days are typically crowded in the morning and early afternoon. If you'd ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Top Predators: Orcas and SharksThe size, strength and skills of the ocean's top predators are simply one of a kind. This month we celebrate National Wildlife Day with those animals that rule the ocean in Top Predators: Orcas and Sharks! Come learn more at Marine Science Sunday - fun educational programs for kids and adults! ...
Our Hawk Talks and Banding Demonstrations occur every Saturday and Sunday from noon to 2 pm (weather permitting – heavy fog or rain cancels) during September and October, except for Fleet Week weekend. The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Chemistry GamesProject Chemistry is devoted to introducing new, fun, challenging and educational experiences that incorporate team based learning. It is the first chemistry club open to the public. The theme is play so if you have a playful project to share then we would love to try it!Remember all those words ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE
Fall Tarantula Hike at Mount DiabloExplore the habitat of local tarantulas along the north face of Mount Diablo with an experienced naturalist. Fall is the time for these eight-legged, carnivorous yet docile creatures to come out of hiding in search of mates. The hike covers a distance of 2 miles, hiking shoes and bottled water ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: $10 members ($15 non-members)
Monday, 09/14/15
STANDING THE TEST OF TIME (AND SPACE): 100 YEARS OF GENERAL RELATIVITYFor the last century, Einstein's theory has passed every experimental test; however, there are many aspects of gravity and its relationship to the other fundamental forces that remain unexplained. After reviewing/introducing the basics of General Relativity, Dr. C.D. Hoyle of Humboldt State University will discuss current gravitational experiments and what ...
Program:7:00-7:25: Daiane Lopes Da Silva(Choreographer) on "Dance and Technology"Abstract forthcoming...Read more7:25-7:50: Rob Meagley(ONE Nanotechnologies) on "TBA"Abstract forthcoming...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art and science will have 30 seconds to share their work. Please present your ...
The NASA K2 mission makes use of the Kepler spacecraft to expand upon Kepler's groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of exoplanets and astrophysics. Its observations fill the gaps between the Kepler and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite missions and offer exoplanet target identification for the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope. Astrophysics ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $8 Members
Tuesday, 09/15/15
Very Long Term Planning: Integrating Planetary Protection in Human MissionsDespite decades of experience with human missions in low Earth orbit (LEO), we have only scant, outdated information applicable to human missions to planetary surfaces, where contamination concerns and planetary protection requirements raise unusual challenges. It has been over 40 years since the Apollo program dealt with the challenges ...
Join Will Elder (National Park Service-Interpretive Ranger) for a class discussing the Geologic History of the Presidio! Come and dig into the many layers of how the different substrates have formed and have evolved into what we see today. The class will start at Presidio 1216, and continue on an ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
Science and Practice of Mindfulness Meditation in Sports, Work and LifeMeditation is embraced by world-class athletes, Fortune 500 corporations and by public figures such as Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey, Clint Eastwood and Rupert Murdoch. This ancient practice is often used to improve mindfulness, spirituality and to reduce stress, but is it something worth including in your day to day or ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Converged Packet-Optical Software Defined NetworkingService Provider Networks are complex and multi-layer in nature. Today, Provisioning and adding bandwidth requires order of days if not months. Since packet and optical networks are managed independently, each one of them has to be overprovisioned to deal with traffic anomalies and failures.This leads to lack of service agility ...
Paul Tang, MD, MS is the Vice President and Chief Innovation and Technology Officer at Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), Sutter Health, and Consulting Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. Dr. Tang directs the David Druker Center for Health Systems Innovation and also oversees PAMF's electronic health record (EHR) ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Earth-Sized Planets in the Habitable Zones of Cool StarsThis year marks the 20th anniversary of the first exoplanet discovered to orbit another star like our Sun. The field of exoplanets has since progressed dramatically, with a large part due to the success of NASA's Kepler Mission, which has discovered and confirmed over 1,000 planets in our galaxy to ...
Recent Results in Cloud RoboticsJames Kuffner is a Research Scientist at Google and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. He received a Ph.D. from the Stanford University Dept. of Computer Science Robotics Laboratory in 1999. He spent two years as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) ...
Peter Alstone's research focus areas are information technology approaches to energy development, understanding markets for demand-side energy technology, and energy technology policy. Outside of academics, he contributes to the Lighting Global program, which supports the market for modern off-grid lighting in the developing world. Peter's work for Lighting Global includes ...
Once upon a time, interacting anonymously online meant talking to strangers who could be anywhere in the world and knew very little about you, and about whom you knew very little. Thanks to GPS, ubiquitous mobile devices and an array of recent apps, however, we can now very easily connect ...
Science Writer Rachel Bernstein and Designer Karen Ingram will describe their collaboration on their new book "BioBuilder: Synthetic Biology in the Lab".Developed at MIT in collaboration with award-winning high school teachers, BioBuilder teaches the foundational ideas of the emerging synthetic biology field, as well as key aspects of biological engineering ...
Where: OaklandCost: $5 donation suggested
Living Fully: Reimagining End-of-Life - SOLD OUTWhile an undergraduate at Princeton, BJ Miller was electrocuted and nearly died. Since then, he has built his life work around the care of others who are approaching death. Dr. Miller is a leader in bridging the spiritual and humanitarian approaches to end-of-life care. Trained at UCSF and Harvard, Dr. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
From Monoliths to Microservices via PaaSThese days every enterprise is a software company. In the ongoing and accelerating race to innovate, compete, or even just to survive, companies must rapidly embrace a variety of technologies, tools, practices, and processes including microservices, PaaS, containerization, continuous delivery, devops, and more.But how does one start with a raw ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Internet Voting - Wishful Thinking?"Internet voting is the wave of the future and the way to save money while increasing voter participation, especially by young people." Such opinions, combined with appeals on behalf of voters with disabilities, have created strong pressure to adopt Internet voting. Consequently, Internet voting is currently being deployed in some states and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Gardening and BirdsGardens in urban areas are an important piece of habitat for birds, particularly during our prolonged drought. Birder, gardener, and past Friends of Sausal Creek (FOSC) board member Patricia Bacchetti will talk about several features that you can include in your garden to attract birds year-round. In addition, she will ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Stargazing at the Clayton Community LibraryFree Public Stargazing at the Clayton Community Library with the Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society. MDAS members will setup their telescopes behind the library for night sky viewing. We will also have some material and demonstrations set up inside the library. This is a first time event at this location.Check our ...
When your underwire is pinching, Dothraki hasn't made it to Duolingo, and reality is getting a little too actual: Don't despair! Tikh hazze akka tikh square! Guest MC Kishore Hari–director of the Bay Area Science Festival and 3-time NNSF alumnus/pinch-hitter–will preside over a night of untold wonders, unfettered beer taps, ...
