Birds & Botany Hike 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 ...
For this seminar, I will present two studies from my dissertation research on mesopelagic fishes, with an overview of NOAA's ocean exploration activities. In the first study, I investigated the potential physiological vulnerability of mesopelagic fishes to ocean deoxygenation by measuring their metabolic enzyme activities in varied oxygen conditions throughout ...
Where: Moss LandingCost:
Saturday, 07/02/16
Volunteer Day at the Rotary Nature Center at Lake Merritt!Come to Lake Merritt and help out at the nature center- there's plenty to do! Help with watering all the native plants we've recently put in the ground, weeding, trash pickup, and generally making our park nicer for all the humans and non-humans around Lake Merritt. Come show some love ...
Where: OaklandCost: FREE!
Sunday, 07/03/16
Evenings with the Pigeon Point Lighthouse Fresnel lensThe Pigeon Point Lighthouse is currently under repair, but that doesn't mean that the First Order Fresnel Lens can't shine! The Fresnel lens, the original lighthouse beacon, will light up once again from its temporary home in the Visitor Center. As dusk settles, the 24 beams of light provide a ...
Computer Technology Basics: Past, Present, and FutureThe speaker will propose a new approach to CPU architecture design, when only the algorithm and data dependency would limit the theoretical speed of execution. This algorithm centric architecture brings a new level of power efficiency and dynamic range, which leads to a new post-superscalar CPU era. A detailed ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Big Bug Bonanza with SaveNature.orgBring out your inner entomologist and discover a world right under your feet. Meet and touch small bugs, spiky ones, and even giant ones as you learn about their environments and lifestyles with the help of SaveNature.org.Big Bug Bonanza is part of Summer Fun Weeks at the Hall.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
The world of native bees, why care for these little buzzers?Join Dr. Gordon Frankie for an overview of the characteristics of the 1,600 species of Native Bees that we have in CA. They are very diverse in their life styles and not that easy to study. As for what they do, have you ever wondered why we have such a ...
BYOBeest: After DarkThe strategy of the strandbeests is that they charm the people, they charm me, and they seduce people to make them. And they also seduce me to make them. -Theo JansenCelebrate strandbeests-and their many mutant relations-with a menagerie of creatures inspired by Theo Jansen's kinetic art. Encounter walking machines made with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
Beer Garden NightlifeEvery beer tells a story-and this week-NightLife follows the brewing process from botanical inception to foamy finish. Hear from local beer and spirit masters, chat with flora-connoiseurs from the SF Botanical Garden, and drink your way through a pop-up beer garden with dozens of local breweries.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco
