The Optical-Infrared Extinction Curve and its Variation in the Milky Way The dust extinction curve is a critical component of many observational programs and an important diagnostic of the physics of the interstellar medium. In this talk, I will present new measurements of the dust extinction curve and its variation towards tens of thousands of stars, a hundred-fold larger sample than ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
VERY-HIGH-ENERGY ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS Remarkable progress has been made in very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray astrophysics in the last decade. The VHE source catalog has increased tenfold in under a decade, with active galaxies being the most commonly detected source type. These sources, harboring some of the most extreme particle ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
The Fight for WaterThis historical documentary, set during the 2009 California Water Crisis, follows the stories of two Central Valley farmers. They discuss how water restrictions and environmental regulations have threatened their way of life, their American dream and their community. The crisis point was an environmental ruling to protect an endangered fish ...
Yui Cui is an Associate Professor, of Materials Science and Engineering. He studies nanoscale phenomena and their applications broadly defined. His research interests include nanocrystal and nanowire synthesis and self-assembly, electron transfer and transport in nanomaterials and at the nanointerface, nanoscale electronic and photonic devices, batteries, solar cells, microbial fuel cells, water ...
Learn how to paint your own orginal masterpiece using a micro-pipette and brushes with paint & ink. Your instructor will guide you through the different techniques you may use to create a completely unique painting on watercolor paper. In this unique class we'll learn how to use a pipette as ...
Where: EmeryvilleCost: $35
Hacking the Hackathon: A Panel in Partnership with Cal HacksHackathons have become increasingly popular among students at the collegiate, and sometimes high school, level. Running on 24-hour schedules, hackathons are non-stop marathons of technology, innovation, and tons of fun. Students from around the country gather at these events to devise, develop, and design the next great product and are ...
A Nerd Nite East Bay on Leap Day! We're celebrating with three great talks and booze. And you?Join us to hear from two-time NNSF alumnerd Brian Seitel about the great vowel shift, UC Berkeley's Lauren Ponisio on habitats for local pollinators, and finally Evan and Valkyrie Savage on Jugger, an ...
Twenty years after the World Wide Web was created, can we now make it better? How can we ensure that our most important values â privacy, free speech, and open access to knowledge â are enshrined in the code itself? In a provocative call to action, entrepreneur and Open Internet ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Bringing Nuclear Power to Mars - RESCHEDULEDEstablishing a lunar base is probably a wise first first step to colonizing Mars, and colonizing. Mars will be a giant leap forward for humankind to travel to the stars. We begin our discussion by noting that the bare minimum for sustaining life on the Moon exists in the water brought by comets ...
The emergence of new means of social media in recent years has made way for both utopian and dystopian discourses regarding their impact on the common good in general and on democratization and social participation in public life in particular. This conversation, however, rarely discusses the least advantaged elements of ...
Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms of Depression in Adolescent Romantic RelationshipsRomantic relationships are one of the most salient contexts for adolescents. One of the most unpredictable, intense, and novel stressors revolves around the acquisition, maintenance and dissolution of romantic relationships. Neuroimaging studies consistently show that depressed and anxious adolescents show higher vigilance to social threat cues from unfamiliar peers, exhibiting ...
From bionic limbs and neural implants to prenatal screening, researchers around the world are hard at work developing a myriad of technologies to fix or enhance the human body. Through the perspectives of five people with disabilities - a scientist, journalist, community organizer, bionics engineer, and exoskeleton test pilot - ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Beyond Literacy, for Humans and AIsStephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and most recently the Wolfram Language, as well as the author of A New Kind of Science. He has spent the past 40 years alternating between technology and basic science.Advance ticketing recommended. See weblink for additional admission information
Where: BerkeleyCost: $0 - $7
The Future of Solar PowerCome hear about the future of the burgeoning solar energy industry from a leader in the field. NextTracker CEO and long-time senior executive in the solar power industry Dan Shugar has spent 28 years advancing renewable energy. As founder and CEO, Shugar has served NexTracker from inception to one of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $7 for Members, $7 Students
Today's software systems build on open source software. Thus, we need to understand how to successfully create, nurture, and mature the software development communities of these open source projects. In this presentation, we review and discuss best practices of the open source volunteering and recruitment process that successful project leaders ...
Mysteries of the Bay Area Shipwrecks, Strange Stones and Secret GravesFrom sunken treasure and spaceships to mass graves and massive walls, Nerd Nite brings you more Bay Area unsolved mysteries than Unsolved Mysteries. Get a history of UFO sightings in the Bay Area, hear the grisly details of Evergreen Cemetery's ...
Groundbreaking science now shows that approximately 10 percent of disease is genetic and 90 percent is due to environmental exposures such as the way you eat, move, think and supplement. Gottfried practices functional medicine, a systems-based approach to address health from your DNA to your daily habits.Learn how to optimize ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $15 General, $10 Member, $8 Student
Polar Windows to Earth's ClimateAlthough they are smaller than a grain of sand, tiny marine plants known as phytoplankton play a surprisingly prominent role in sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide in the deep ocean. In polar waters, phytoplankton form the basis of the food chain that nourishes everything from penguins to whales. Stanford biological oceanographer ...
Artificial Intelligence Arriving for EveryoneAdam Coates is Director of the Baidu Silicon Valley AI Lab. His research focuses on new AI technologies to reach at least 100 million people using machine and deep learning.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
SETI and the Computational UniverseDr Stephen Wolfram, founder & CEO of Wolfram Research, and creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and the Wolfram Language will come to the SETI Institute to discuss his latest thinking about the relation between searching for complex behavior in the computational universe of simple programs, using this in creating AI, and ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Global Food Trade in a Spatially Correlated ClimateGlobal scale events, such as climate change, generate winners and losers across the planet. The consequences of such global inequality depends on the ability of trade to smooth away spatial differences. When the climate is more spatially correlated, a location surrounded by similarly affected neighbors must overcome larger trade costs in order to trade with distant, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Do pregnancy-related risk factors cause psychopathology? The importance of family-based designsPrevious research has found that pregnancy-related risk factors (e.g., maternal smoking, maternal stress, fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, etc.) are associated with offspring neurodevelopmental problems. These results have led researchers to make strong causal inferences, consistent with the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Hypothesis. Yet, great skepticism remains about ...
On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew 7,800 miles above the surface of Pluto and sent back fascinating images of the dwarf planet and its large (and intriguing) moon, Charon. Many of the images show unexpected beauty and complexity on Pluto's surface. While the data are still coming ...
Relativistic jets from tidal disruption events The tidal disruption event (TDE) of a star by a supermassive black hole provides us with a rare glimpse of these otherwise dormant supermassive black holes in galactic centers. It has long been predicted that the disruption will be accompanied by a thermal "flare", powered by the accretion of bound ...
After Dark: Extended CinemasThe warm glow of the projected image invites us to in-between worlds. During this cinematic celebration, now an annual favorite, the passive act of watching turns to listening, peering, touching, and interacting as Exploratorium Cinema Arts takes over museum spaces to provide experiences-both on and off the screen-created by artists ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Wake up and smell the coffee at NightLife's first-ever tribute to the Bay Area's favorite way to get buzzed.Sip samples from your favorite local roasters while learning everything there is to know about caffeine-and the hippest ways to get your fix. Enjoy siphon and roasting demonstrations as well as tastings from Andytown ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Let's play with robotsDomo arigato and welcome to the world of robotics! What's in store for us as we move into the deep unknowns of Artificial Intelligence? Have the doomsday preppers been right all along or will we be entering a golden age of robotics?Today, robots build cars, clean your ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 Students / $25 General Admission
First-Photon Imaging and Other Imaging with Few PhotonsLIDAR systems use single-photon detectors to enable long-range reflectivity and depth imaging. By exploiting an inhomogeneous Poisson process observation model and the typical structure of natural scenes, first-photon imaging demonstrates the possibility of accurate LIDAR with only 1 detected photon per pixel, where half of the detections are due to ...
Adam Skolnick's book, "ONE BREATH: Freediving, Death, and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits," reveals the captivating world of elite freedivers addicted to the buzz that comes from tempting their own fate. Join Adam Skolnick as he discusses his book, freediving, marine plastic pollution, and the tantalizing thrill of exploring the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10
Friday, 03/04/16
Birds and Botany HikeHike the forests, meadows and hills around Pine Flat and up Redhill with ACR Volunteer Patrick Woodworth & ACR Resource Ecologist Dave Self. We'll be watching (and listening) for birds on the hike out. After lunch, we'll botanize as we consider the seasonal interplay between bird foods, habitat history and current activity ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: Free
Mineral, Gem & Jewelry Show & SaleMineral & Gem Society of Castro Valley. Annual show & sale. Local Irvington District Fossils. Large Fluorescent Mineral display. GIA Gem Identification. No.CA Geological Society Rock ID. 40+ Dealers. 40+ Exhibits. Live Demonstrations. Geode Splitting. Kid's Spinning Wheel. Opal Pendant Raffle. Live Auction. Door Prizes. Free Parking. Fri. 10:00 am-6:00 ...
Where: NewarkCost: $6/3 days
Shedding Light: Understanding the Role of Externalities in Energy Efficient Technology AdoptionThrough a two-stage randomized control trial, we estimate the impact of energy efficient lightbulbs (compact fluorescent lightbulbs or CFLs) on household electricity consumption and local electricity reliability. The CFL treatment reduces household electricity consumption by a quantity within the range of the technologically feasible savings. Estimates not controlling for externalities ...
The Bone Room is once again partnering with Mysterious Creatures Art Collective, this time to put on our first collaborative bone based craft fair. Featuring local artists and vendors, it should be a fabulous evening filled with art and natural history. The Bone Room will have a booth set up ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Gemini Planet Imager - Direct Imaging of ExoplanetsSPEAKER: Dr Eric NielsenStanford University, Department of PhysicsKavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and CosmologySMCAS General meeting at 7:00 p.m. ISC Room, room 110
Where: San MateoCost: Free for everyone including parking
Saturday, 03/05/16
6th Annual San Francisco Bay Area STEM Career FairThe 6th Annual San Francisco Bay Area Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Career Fair and Exhibition will provide K-12 students with an opportunity to explore careers and meet and interact with professionals in these fields. In an environment similair to a job fair, students will visit the table of STEM ...
Where: OaklandCost: free
Mineral, Gem & Jewelry Show & SaleMineral & Gem Society of Castro Valley. Annual show & sale. Local Irvington District Fossils. Large Fluorescent Mineral display. GIA Gem Identification. No.CA Geological Society Rock ID. 40+ Dealers. 40+ Exhibits. Live Demonstrations. Geode Splitting. Kid's Spinning Wheel. Opal Pendant Raffle. Live Auction. Door Prizes. Free Parking. Fri. 10:00 am-6:00 ...
Where: NewarkCost: $6/3 days
Shark DayMSI loves sharks! Our special Shark Day invites one and all to learn about these amazing creatures, from the great whites that swim just off our shores to the gentle Leopard Sharks that are common in our Bay. We will be feeding and touching our local Leopard Sharks in our ...
Join local lepidopterist Liam O'Brien to look for what is called "The Most Beautiful Small Butterfly in the United States." Imagine if you can a small butterfly, about the size of a nickel, slowly fluttering before you like a piece of electric blue foil. That is the Sonoran Blue. This ...
Where: San JoseCost: $14 (Plus $6 parking per car)
Ship Operations in the BayJoin Captain Craig Thomas of Agile Marine as he provides a better understanding of commercial shipping operations and movements in the Bay. The program includes the types of ships, ship construction and layout, commercial considerations, types and locations of terminals in the Bay Area, manning requirements including careers and International, ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942–2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Learn to Solder WorkshopWant to try your hand at soldering? Learn the basics as you solder a light-sensitive Weevil! Soldering experience not required.
Where: San JoseCost: $20 for members, $30 for non-members
Mars and the Human ImaginationMars has long been an object of intense interest in ancient and modern myths. Its ruddy glow inspiring visions of conflict and war, and its surface markings creating a whole genre of popular (mis)representations of Mars as the abode of life in a variety of forms. In this presentation, discover ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: free (donation requested)
Sunset Explorations: A Centennial Celebration - SOLD OUTJoin in the centennial celebration of our national parks with NatureBridge! Hike with us to find the perfect spot to see the gorgeous sunset while learning about the rich history of the Marin Headlands.This program features a hike and campfire led by our environmental science educators. Our evening hikes are ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $12/person
Sunday, 03/06/16
Mineral, Gem & Jewelry Show & SaleMineral & Gem Society of Castro Valley. Annual show & sale. Local Irvington District Fossils. Large Fluorescent Mineral display. GIA Gem Identification. No.CA Geological Society Rock ID. 40+ Dealers. 40+ Exhibits. Live Demonstrations. Geode Splitting. Kid's Spinning Wheel. Opal Pendant Raffle. Live Auction. Door Prizes. Free Parking. Fri. 10:00 am-6:00 ...
