Happy Hollow is not just a place for kids!      Introducing our early morning Senior Safari Walkabout. Get some exercise while enjoying the beautiful sights and sounds of Happy Hollow Park & Zoo. Seniors are invited to challenge their minds, get a little (or a lot) of exercise, and gain unique knowledge ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free admission and parking
The Bay Model Wants You!!! Become part of Sausalito's very own attraction known around the world! We have a variety of volunteer positions that are suited for people just like you! Greet visitors, lead tours, work with school groups, and more! Come and be a part of one of the largest working hydraulic models in ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Volunteering
CA Native Plant Sale: Open NurseryCA Native Plant Sale: Our entire California Natives propagation area (across the street from the garden entrance) will be open on the last Thursday of July and August - July 28 and August 25 - 10:30 a.m - 1:30 p.m., for the public to come shop, browse, get advice and ...
      Learn about lasers at Full-Spectrum Science or pick up a copy of The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast by Kirk Lombad at Conversations About Landscape's talk and book signing. Grab dinner by the Bay, play with hundreds of hands-on exhibits, crawl through our pitch-black Tactile Dome, sip cocktails, ...
This week, NightLife salutes the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service with a celebration of centennial proportions.Catch an enlightening talk by author Dan White, whose book "Under the Stars" takes a humorous and heartfelt look at how America fell in love with camping.Join outdoor rockstars from REI as they ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
A Walk in the Park with David VassarCelebrate the National Park Service Centennial with Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning writer, director, producer, and documentarian, David Vassar. Â "A Walk in the Park with David Vassar"Â is an epic life-long film retrospective through America's magnificent Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Death Valley National Parks, among others, highlighted with ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $15 - $55
Learning Sparsifying Transforms for Signal, Image, and Video ProcessingThe sparsity of signals and images in a certain transform domain or dictionary has been exploited in many applications in signal and image processing, including compression, denoising, and notably in compressed sensing, which enables accurate reconstruction from undersampled data. These various applications used sparsifying transforms such as DCT, wavelets, curvelets, ...
 Why is there so much interest in unmanned technology?What are the rules to legally fly within the National Airspace?How does this technology increase safety, lower costs, and lead to the collection of better scientific data?Will this technology become a commonly used tool for Scientists?Speaker: Jeff Sloan, USGSÂ
Join Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman for colorful explorations of the physical world.In 1960, the laser was known as “a solution looking for a problem.†Now we can hardly imagine life without them. Learn what’s special about laser light, how it’s made, and how it’s used in everything from DVD players ...
Embark on a coastal adventure with author, Sea Forager tour guide, and sustainable fishmonger Kirk Lombard at the launch party for his new book, The Sea Forager’s Guide to the Northern California Coast, published by Heyday. A talk will be followed by a book signing and sea shanty songs.Kirk Lombard ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: free preregistration is required
Friday, 08/26/16
Zoovie Night RatatouillePut on your jammies and enjoy an evening of Zoovie magic with the whole family. Bring your pillows, blankets, and chairs and snuggle up in our auditorium for a specially selected family movie. Meet some of our education animals and Roosevelt, Oakland Zoo's costumed alligator mascot. Hot chocolate and popcorn ...
Where: OaklandCost: $7 per adult and $7 per child. For groups of 4 or
 CRISPR/Cas9 is making headlines as a groundbreaking tool for genome editing. But what was the original purpose of this enzyme and how does it work? What is a “CRISPR†and who knew that bacteria get sick? Join us for a conversation on bacterial immune systems and how a single protein ...
Dr. Andreas Burkert is a full professor and chair in Computational Astrophysics at the University of Munich.The International Astronomical Union named the minor planet 267003 Burkert after him. He is a Max-Planck-Fellow at the MPI for extraterrestrial Physics at Garching and Higgs Fellow. From 2011 till 2014 he was the ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost:
Saturday, 08/27/16
Sunrise Solitude & Early Morning Wildlife Meet ACR Resource Ecologist Dave Self at the junction of Pine Flat Rd. and Red Winery Rd., 3/4 mile 'east' on Pine Flat Rd from Hwy 128 at Jimtown. We'll drive up to the Preserve, with each person claiming an individual sit-spot. We'll each settle in to appreciate the summer ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: Free
Day of DronesDrones are in the news. Are they scary or not? We've gathered experts in the field along with examples and demonstrations of real drones so you can find out for yourself the potentials and challenges of this new type of aviation technology and where policy is heading in dealing with ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free with admission
Marshlands of DreamsJoin Paul Mueller on a 1-mile walk of the LaRiviere Marsh Trail to find traces of the past. Prior to marsh restoration, learn how Californians utilized the area for farming, quarrying, salt production, and transportation. Â There will be opportunities for bird watching as well.
Learn about rock/mineral hardness with hands-on activities, grow a crystal, learn about geode cutting, and more! This event is brought to you by the Carmel Vally Gem and Mineral Society in partnership with the Museum.
Do you sometimes see paw prints in mud or scat (poop) on the trails and assume that a dog left it? It could be from something else. Come along with me and I will show you how to distinguish and identify the markings of a gray fox. Gain some insights ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
The California Drought - Is It Over or Not?We are in a better situation than last year, but we are still in a situation of great concern. Â Low ground water levels and dealing with the effects of the last four years is still paying a toll on California and most likely for years to come. How much rain ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Promises and Problems in Stem Cell ResearchIn the little over ten years since the voters of California created CIRM, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, great progress has been made in advancing stem cell research. CIRM is now funding 16 projects that are in clinical trials and plans to fund another 50 in the next five years ...
Speaker: Dr. Michael Gregg is a Research Astrophysicist in the Department of Physics at the University of California, Davis, but he spends most of his professional time at the Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Michael started his career investigating the stellar population of ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $45 General, $40 Under 16, over 65
Planets of our solar systemPlease join Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society for the August 27th. astronomy program in the Lower Summit Parking Lot of Mt. Diablo State Park. The program starts at 7:30pm (enter the park at least 45 minutes earlier) until 11:00pm. Although there is no fee for this program there is a $10 ...
Sunrise Solitude & Early Morning Wildlife Meet ACR Resource Ecologist Dave Self at the junction of Pine Flat Rd. and Red Winery Rd., 3/4 mile 'east' on Pine Flat Rd from Hwy 128 at Jimtown. We'll drive up to the Preserve, with each person claiming an individual sit-spot. We'll each settle in to appreciate the summer ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: Free
Marine Science Sunday: Under The Bridge: Marine Mammals of SF BayOur own backyard in the bay is full of amazing marine mammals! Â Free classroom programs will highlight our local sea lions, harbor porpoises, dolphins, and even the occasional whale that wanders under the Bridge! We recommend teaming our free classroom program with a Docent-led tour at 11am, 1pm or 3pm ...
oin Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman for colorful explorations of the physical world.In 1960, the laser was known as “a solution looking for a problem.†Now we can hardly imagine life without them. Learn what’s special about laser light, how it’s made, and how it’s used in everything from DVD players ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
History of the National Wildlife Refuge SystemBefore heading out on your walk, learn about the national wildlife refuge system in this short talk given by Art Garibaldi. What makes a national wildlife refuge different than a park? Hear why and how the refuge system was created.
Where: FremontCost: Free
Fog -- Let's Catch ItEven during a drought, fog blankets parts of our coast. What if we could capture water from the fog and use it? Discover the work being done on a statewide passive fog water collection network. Dr. Daniel M. Fernandez will discuss and describe  the process involved in fog collection and show ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $5 General, Free for members
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free for Members, $7 Students
Nerd Night East Bay 45: Snakes, Breast Massage, AdoptionThe Only Good Snake is a Dead Snake,' and Other Myths About our Reptilian Cousins by Alex KrohnBreasts: Handle With Care by Anna SadovnikovaBuild vs Buy: What You Don't Know About the Adoption Market by Jennifer TharpAge 21+
Where: OaklandCost: $8 advance, $10 at door if available
Come learn about landscaping with natives, with special emphasis on drought tolerant plants that do exceptionally well in the Bay Area. Rebecca Blanck-Weiss (Presidio Nursery Assistant and Landscape Designer) and Desmond Murray (Presidio Nursery Community Programs Manager) will go over how to do site evaluations, picking appropriate plant communities, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
A Terrestrial Exoplanet at Proxima CentauriDr. Anglada will discuss the new paper he is first author in reporting the presence of a 1.3 Earth mass exoplanet in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri. This finding was reported in Nature on Thursday 25 Aug 2016.http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v536/n7617/full/nature19106.htmlDr. Anglada will particpate remotely, and Dr. Franck Marchis of the SETI ...
The Youngest Planets and their Host Stars - RESCHEDULED to 9/6Thanks to numerous ground and space-based surveys, we are now aware of over 3300 planets orbiting other stars, with another nearly 2500 candidates from the Kepler Mission awaiting confirmation. The Universe is teeming with rocky and gaseous bodies. How did these planet systems form and evolve toward their present configurations? ...
In 2011 Alaskan artist Ray Troll and paleontologist Kirk Johnson were awarded Guggenheim fellowships to support their collaborative work on a book entitled Cruisin' the Eternal Coastline: The Best of the Fossil West from Baja to Barrow. The book will be published in the spring of 2017 along with five ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Transcriptomics in environmental physiology and finding the ‘genes that matter’ for environmental adaptationTranscriptomics (quantifying changes in the cellular mRNA pool) is a popular approach for exploring how organisms respond to environmental change. Broadly, my research uses transcriptomic approaches to determine the mechanistic basis of environmental tolerance and identify genotypes and phenotypes sensitive or resistant to abiotic change. Along with collaborators, I have ...
Google, Apple, Amazon, Uber: companies like these have come to embody innovation, efficiency, and success. How often is the environmental movement characterized in the same terms? Sadly, conservation is frequently seen as a losing battle, waged by well-meaning, but ultimately ineffective idealists. Joe Whitworth argues it doesn’t have to be ...
The Marine Mammal Center is the World's largest marine mammal hospital, responsible for rescuing an average of 600-800 sick and injured seals and sea lions each year from over 600 miles of California coast. With 40 years of experience, the Center has been able to give over 20,000 marine mammals ...
Where: PacificaCost: $5 donation
Balancing Demands at the Food-Water-Energy NexusThe growth of the world population towards 10 billion over the next 50 years will significantly increase the demand for food, water and energy, but these 3 necessities are frequently in competition with each other. In this talk, I'll discuss a pathway forward for balancing these 3 critical resources, while ...
Eureka! is an interactive science comedy show that demystifies science in a way that is relatable, educational, and hilarious. Our guest speakers lecture on fascinating topics while comedians riff and banter with them on stage. The audience can also win fun, silly prizes by correctly answering the guest scientist's questions.On ...
