Science in the ParkScience in the Park is a FREE family event that makes STEM and health compelling and accessible to children, famlies, and the general public.This event includes interactive/hands on activities that promotes STEM, live animal demonstrations, health screenings, friendly competitions, and much more.
Where: HaywardCost: Free
Guided Nature WalkExperience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our half-day guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest, flower-carpeted oak woodland and rugged chaparral. Guided Nature Walks ...
Have you ever wondered what kinds of creatures are living in San Francisco Bay? Join us for demonstrations and conversations with researchers, exhibit developers, and others who are exploring San Francisco Bay ecosystems. We’ll learn about the science, art, and politics of preserving the marine species both native and invasive ...
The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Midway through, a banding volunteer brings up a newly banded hawk, talks about the banding program, shows everyone the hawk, and lets it go in front ...
Where: MarinCost: Free
Ways of Knowing: Nina Katchadourian in Conversation with Marina McDougallExploratorium Artist-in-Residence Nina Katchadourian works across various media including photography, sculpture, video, and sound incorporating playful juxtapositions and conceptual twists to provoke us to re-see everyday natural and cultural phenomena. As part of our ongoing series exploring the creative process, join us for a conversation between Katchadourian and Marina McDougall, Director of the Exploratorium Center ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Sunday, 10/02/16
Oakland Nature Festival @ Lake MerrittA celebration of nature at Lake Merritt, the nation's first wildlife refuge!This free festival is a celebration of the nation’s first wildlife refuge & the biodiversity in the heart of the Oakland. Come meet & enjoy dozens of environmental organizations, wildlife rescue groups, live animals, local merchants, and nature artists for ...
YSI is proud to present its 31st Annual Wildlife Festival. Meet and touch live animals, make crafts, play games, watch animal presentations on stage, and discover other local organizations that relate to the natural world around us. This event is appropriate for people of all ages.
The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Midway through, a banding volunteer brings up a newly banded hawk, talks about the banding program, shows everyone the hawk, and lets it go in front ...
Where: MarinCost: Free
TALONS A Festival Celebrating Birds of PreyThe Hungry Owl Project is proud to present this unique and exciting festival. It will be a fun and educational outdoor event for adults and all the family. See several different species of Owls and Hawks, have a glass of wine or beer, see local wildlife artists, hear inspiring presentations ...
Taking a scientific approach to science educationDr. Carl Wieman of Stanford (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2001) will join us via video conference to present how research on how people learn in combination with advances in information technology is setting the stage for a new approach to teaching and learning that can provide relevant and effective science ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Commercializing Energy Innovations â€' a panel discussion with three Stanford foundersThere are a number of pathways available for Stanford researchers to externalize aspects of their energy innovations: publications, conference presentations, industrial affiliates programs, the Office of Technology Licensing, and various entrepreneurship programs. The TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy provides one such pathway through its Innovation Transfer Program that provides seed ...
The recent observation of gravitational waves from the merger of binary black holes opens a new way to learn about the universe as well as to test General Relativity in the limit of strong gravitational interactions – the dynamics of massive bodies traveling at relativistic speeds in a highly curved ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of TransportFor decades, drivers everywhere have dreamed of having a car that drives itself. Now that Autonomous Vehicles are here, what are the implications in the Bay Area and beyond? From Tesla to Uber and Google, Autonomous Vehicles seem to be everywhere in 2016. Will we all be passengers in our ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, Free members, $7 Students
Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the UniverseWhat can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Â In his new book, acclaimed physicist and bestselling author Dr. Roger Penrose argues that researchers working at the extreme frontiers of physics are just as susceptible to these forces. ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free, ticket required
Tuesday, 10/04/16
A Novel Approach to OSETIThe Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is a blind search across many dimensionsâ€"space and time being the most obvious. Every good SETI researcher does their very best to make the minimal reasonable assumptions, but time and resources are always limited, so various strategic optimizations have been adopted. A potentially more efficacious ...
Please join SF Bay ACS Chapter for this exciting Wildlife Conservation Expo!The Wildlife Conservation Expo brings together many of the world’s leading wildlife conservationists in one place.Attendees can meet conservationists, hear their talks and be part of a community dedicated to saving endangered animals.The Wildlife Conservation Expo gives us the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $100 Adults, $50 Students
Biochemical Ecology of Tropical Forests Under Climate WarmingTropical forests are estimated to be the largest global terrestrial carbon sink, but this sink is highly sensitive to climate change variables including warming and altered precipitation patterns. Regional-scale tropical forest mortality events associated with high temperature and drought are increasing in the tropics, but the mechanisms by which tropical ...
Come on a fantastic journey visiting marine protected areas around the world through a stunning visual production. Led by Liz Taylor of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, we will learn about new “hope spots†that require our protection and we’ll explore the technology we use to view them, from SCUBA, ...
Eureka! is an interactive science comedy show that demystifies science in a way that is relatable, educational, and hilarious. While our guest speakers lecture, 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 October 4th get ...
Physical processes influence organisms and their ecology in innumerable and intriguing ways. I will discuss three examples from the marine realm where environmental physics play a potentially important role in the performance and success of shoreline species. Ocean acidification, a global-scale perturbation to the chemistry of seawater, alters predator-prey interactions ...
Gender diversity among leadership teams and the broader workforce offers demonstrated advantages for innovative thinking, job satisfaction, and corporate bottom lines. Yet the percentage of women in computing jobs has actually declined over the last 25 years, and now stands at roughly 25% in both industry and academia.Causes for this ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $25 - $100
Predator-Prey Dynamics Reveal Hidden Structure in the SeaThe average concentrations of biota in the ocean are generally low, a critical problem for ocean consumers. When we examine the biology with new tools guided by the predators themselves, we find that instead of being relatively devoid of life, the ocean is peppered with narrow hot-spots of activity. From ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Transparency, Governance and the Next-Generation of AccountabilityCan corporations be made responsible to citizens and stakeholders within the complex contexts of inequality and power? This lecture investigates how an innovative public policy platform promoted corporate accountability.Speaker: Kweku Opoku-Agyemang, UC Berkeley
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
California Power PoliticsClimate disruption and the California drought have been mocked or marginalized in the national political debate. Are Republicans and Democrats in California similarly divided? Where can they agree on water, energy, agriculture and other issues related to the changing climate? Climate impacts such as massive forest fires, rising tides, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Student
Interplanetary space is not empty; a thousand satellites orbit the Earth and a constant stream of particles emanate from the Sun in a sweeping interplanetary wind. Giant explosions occur on the Sun which can release the energy of ~1 trillion atomic bombs within 100s of seconds. These magnificent explosions can ...
Chris Field and Katharine Mach will highlight ways science and climate responses have changed since the 2015 Paris Agreement, as well as next steps for driving up ambition globally. Chris Field is the founding director of Carnegie Science's Department of Global Ecology and Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: $10 General, Free for members
If you've never heard of Atlas Obscura or the Obscura Society, mega-fans Neil Gaiman, Mary Roach, Lena Dunham, and Guillermo Del Toro will be happy to tell you what you're missing. Â And you don't have to stay out of the loop for long. Join us for an evening of exploration ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: $20 - $40 General, $10 Student
HYBRID ECOLOGIES: DISOBEDIENT OBJECTS, UNEXPECTED LANDSCAPES, AND HUMAN WONDERMENTThis talk will present and critique a new body of evolving collaborative work at the intersection of art, computer science, and design research. It will present an argument for hybrid materials,methods, and artifacts as strategic tools for insight and innovation within computing culture. The narrative will present specific new work ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
SmartGrid Seminar: Lucio Soibelman, Data Management Research with Emphasis on Buildings and Advanced Infrastructure SystemsInfrastructure systems, broadly defined to include buildings and other facilities, transportation infrastructure, telecommunication networks, the power grid and environmental systems will require more and more that engineers provide a continuous state awareness, assessment and proactive decision making for the complete life-cycle of the systems and processes they create. At this ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Teacher Workshop: Climate Change (Human and Natural) and effect on WeatherWeather on Earth is controled by water, oceans, and atmosphere. This workshop will go over the connections to each subject using online material that will help teach the principles. It will go over pre-knowledge that is required to understand climate change and weather. Hands-on lessons will be included.
Experience First Thursdays (the first After Dark each month) where we focus on one topic this time, superpowers. What’s your favorite one? Shapeshifting? Teleportation? Explore the extraordinary abilities of insects, plants, fungi, and fascinating microscopic creatures, and learn how members of our own species exceed their native capabilities through training or technology. Sharpen your ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Gems and Minerals NightLifeGet ready for an evening of sparkling, shimmering science as you check out the Academy’s latest exhibit Gems and Minerals Unearthed.Grab a cocktail on the rocks, if you please and marvel at the beauty and brilliance of nearly 400 dazzling specimens from the museum’s geology collection.Dig into the world of geology ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 non-members $12 members
San Francisco City Star PartyCome join us for our monthly San Francisco City Star Party. San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (SFAA) members provide telescopes for your viewing pleasure.
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE
What Wonderful Worlds - Exploring our Solar SystemOur knowledge about our own Solar System has increased by leaps and bounds over the past few decades due to a combination of spacecraft missions and technical advancements on groundbased telescopes. We will start with a short overview of our Solar System, with the numerous bodies now known to orbit ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Friday, 10/07/16
Birds and BotanyHike 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 ...
If you think your plans for serious illness are all set, think again. Congresswoman Jackie Speier, despite considerable forethought, struggled to ensure her dying loved ones were well-served. She will share her personal experiences navigating the medical system for her aging relatives. Following the congresswoman’s personal discussion, UCSF’s Dr. Rebecca ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free Members, $7 Students
In summer 2015 we got our first (and probably only, in your lifetime) close-up  look at Pluto. It was a good year for dwarf planets, since we also visited the warm one: Ceres. Professor Basri will talk about Pluto’s history as a planet (or not), and why it has had ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Super-resolution Image Reconstruction - Methods and Lessons LearnedAlthough there is some variation in the interpretation of the term "super-resolution" in different imaging application contexts, for computational methods it typically refers to the use of multiple images acquired at a low spatial resolution to compute a single image with increased spatial resolution. The motivation for this may be ...
Meet the stars of Fall! Join our amateur astronomers to learn about constellations. Make a star chart and then venture outside to view the night sky through a telescope. Afterwards, warm up with some hot chocolate. Bring your own binoculars or spotting scopes if you have them. Dress warmly. Fun ...
