Discovering promising new materials is central to our ability to design better batteries, but research progress over the last several decades has been limited by an incomplete understanding of the materials physics and inefficient guess-and-check searches. Our research seeks to overcome these limitations by leveraging new approaches inspired by machine ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tuesday, 01/09/18
Renewable Energy Can Be BeautifulThe great energy transition of the 21st century will have an impact on our built environment, culture and landscape like no other technical shift since the automobile. Can utility-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects be reimagined as public art to inspire the public while convincing planners and policymakers of their use ...
Bay Currents: The Bay Area through TimeOur area has been home to marine reptiles as well as camels and mastodons. The Bay itself is a newcomer that comes and goes. Laura Cunningham, artist, paleontologist, biologist, naturalist, and author of State of Change (winner of the 2011Â California Book Award) and The Bay Area through Time, brings a ...
7:00-7:25: Piero Scaruffi(Author and LASER founder) on "Science, Tech and Art in Modern China"In a few years China is likely to be the largest economy in the world, but it is not clear what impact this will have on science, tech and art ...Read more7:25-7:50: Jennifer Berry(Beekeeper and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Wednesday, 01/10/18
The secret life of elephant seals: Insights into the at-sea behavior of a mesopelagic predatorElephant seals are one of the few conservation success stories. They were hunted nearly to the point of extinction, such that by 1900 there were less than 20 individuals left on Guadalupe Island. Fortunately, the Mexican government protected them and today there are well over 200,000 individuals and the population ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Dark Energy, Getting to Mars and Protecting Coral ReefsHow to Get (More of Us) To Mars?We are going to Mars - but how? More importantly, who gets to go?We will take a look at the usual suspects (Musk, Bezos, NASA), but will also consider less conventional ways humans can get their Mars on. Above all, we will argue ...
"The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star." Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Physiologie du Gout, 1825Seafood lovers, take note: bivalves, the organisms including mussels, clams, oysters, and scallops, are at risk. Oyster reefs are one of the most endangered habitats on Earth. They've declined an ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free for After Dark members- website for details
Before you can trim your carbon footprint, you need to measure it.Every decision you make - what you eat, what you wear, how you travel - has a quantifiable environmental impact. The methodology to measure it is called life-cycle assessment. It’s messy. For example, the environmental impact of burning natural ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Fungus Among Us NightLifeMagic Mycology (African Hall)7:30pm, Enter the wonderful world of mushroom foraging with Debbie Viess of the Bay Area Mycological Society - and learn how and where to find fungi, why it’s important to study them, and why they’ve kept her fascinated for so long.  8:30pm, Discover the power of psilocybin, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Is Silicon Valley As Green As It Claims?Tech companies are cleaning up their data centers and building shiny new buildings that sip water and energy. But are these companies really as green as they claim to be? How do we know they aren’t just greenwashing? Many tech and industrial companies have issued statements in support of the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $15 Members, $7 Students
Neuroscience has built a case for addressing many of the Great Questions (You & Me, Animals & People, Free Will & Determinism, Nature & Nurture, Art & Science, Life & Death) as interdependent feedback loops. In this presentation, Dr. Stephens will discard the old left brain as accountant / right ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Friday, 01/12/18
Fern FridayMeet the ferny sporophytes of nine local fern species on an excursion along Pine Flat Road with ACR Education Specialist Dave Self. We’ll also take a short hike (two miles) to visit the ridgeline serpentine of Red Hill to find our tenth and last species and to see if we ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 General, $15 Members/Students, Free < 18
Conservation Efforts and the Building of the Nature State: A Colombian CaseA swath of tropical forest on Colombia´s Caribbean coast, along with the felines and people who inhabit it, are manifestations of what we can call the nature state. This novel concept refers to the set of institutions, practices, and policies by which the state claims that caring for nature, and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Green Friday - 'Project Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming'In this DVD lecture by preeminent environmentalist and thinker Paul Hawken we learn of the strategies put forth in his book, Drawdown, a comprehensive list of one hundred ways to approach and solve the crisis of global warming. Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, author and activist who has dedicated ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $3 donation requested
Free Public StargazingView Moon, bright planet â€" Venus, red planet â€" Mars, Pleiades (Seven sisters or Subaru), Andromeda Galaxy, Orion Nebula , Crab Nebula , Double cluster in Perseus, star cluster Hyades, Pleiades, “Owl†cluster, Beehive cluster, bright stars Rigel, Betelgeuse, Sirius, Aldebaran and many more objects.Facility has an 8 inch refractor ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
The History of the Reflecting TelescopeThe reflecting telescope was invented by Sir Isaac Newton, and proposed by a few others in the late 17th Century in an effort to solve the problem of chromatic aberration that was plaguing refractors of the time. These early reflectors used metal mirrors made from a highly reflective metal alloy ...
Visit the botanical art exhibit "Celebrating Trees", take a walk to discover the trees of the UC Botanical Garden, particularly those that are nesting sites, and learn about the winter birds of the Garden. We'll also talk about nest materials and see some real bird nests up close! Make a ...
Look 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. Rain cancels hike. Led by Steve Stolper. RESERVATIONS ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Salt Marsh WalkTake a walk with docent Gregg Aronson around the wetlands of the wildlife refuge and learn about their history. See examples of salt collection ponds and learn what is being done to convert them back to their original, natural salt marsh state. Hear how wildlife is affected by the two types of habitat, and why it ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Fixit Clinic CCXLVI (246) Oakland CAFixit Clinic CCXLVI (246) Oakland CAFixit Coaches will be training in residence at the Oakland Public Library, Dimond Branch and available for consultation on your broken items.Celebrating repair by conveying basic troubleshooting skills, Fixit Clinics are do-it-together hands-on STEM-oriented fix-n-learn community-based exploration and discovery workshops staffed by volunteer Fixit Coaches ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Twilight Marsh WalkExperience the salt marsh at twilight on an easy stroll along Tidelands (1 1/3 mile) Trail. At the setting of the sun we will observe the beginning of nature’s night shift. Come discover the sights, sounds, and smells of the refuge as night descends. Not suitable for young children. RESERVATIONS ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Sunday, 01/14/18
Documenting Wildlife on the MayacamasSpend the morning learning about some of the wildlife that inhabits the Preserves with Ginny Fifield, Wildlilfe Camera Specialist, ACR Mountain Lion Project Team, and Modini Mayacamas Preserves Volunteer. We’ll learn about identifying field signs of mountain lions, bobcat, coyotes and more. Based on what we find, we'll guess what ...
This month we celebrate the animals that are the champions of the cold: Animals of the Arctic. We recommend teaming our free classroom program with a Docent-led tour at 11am, 1pm or 3pm for a truly immersive marine mammal experience.Program SummaryFREE Classroom Programs: Animals of the Arctic- 12 PM and ...
CuriOdyssey is home to the Bay Area FrogWatch chapter. Since 2011, the Bay Area chapter has been monitoring our six local species: the Pacific treefrog, the red-legged frog, foothill yellow-legged frog, the western toad, the western spadefoot toad, and the bullfrog.FrogWatch USA was established in 1998 and adopted by the ...
