2018 B.A.T.S. Teen Career ConferenceJoin Us for the 2018 Bay Area Teen Science Teen Career Conference on Saturday April 7, 2018 at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens!All 8th-12th grade Bay Area students are invited to this event which includes:Presentations by Noted Scientists and Engineers Insider Advice on College and Career PrepHands-On Knowledge ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Biodiversity BioblitzCome explore the Modini Mayacamas Preserves with other serious “nature nerds†and experts. Our goal is to add species records each season to the Biodiversity of the Modini Mayacamas on iNaturalist. Each of us tends to spot, and share enthusiasm and knowledge about, species that others rarely notice. Mark your ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: $20 suggested donation
Contact: Cultures of the Imagniation ConferenceCONTACT 2018 is our 30th conference! Come celebrate with a full line-up of speakers on a broad range of topics.CONTACT has evolved into a premier forum on the future. After 29 years of our multi-disciplinary conferences, CONTACT includes some of the brightest of the new generation at NASA and SETI, ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: $50 - $150
Predictive, Preventive, Personalized Medicine - Spring ConferenceThis conference will expose Stanford students, faculty and local professionals to ideas at the most exciting frontiers of biomedical engineering, and this year, focusing in particular on the application of emerging methods, tools, and policies that are driving the precision health movement. Predictive, preventative, and Personalized Medicine is our conference ...
Where: StanfordCost: $12
“Going Solar†Workshop by a Nonprofit for Those Interested in PV SystemsIf you’re thinking about going solar, or perhaps just curious about it, please join us for this free 1.25-hour workshop. It’ll help you understand the basics of solar photovoltaics (PV), the technology options, the economics, how you tie into the power grid, purchasing tips, etc.The workshop is offered by SunWork ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: free
CuriOdyssey's 'Bots & Bugs' EventBe amazed and inspired at CuriOdyssey’s “Bots & Bugs†event on April 7-8, 10am-3pm, with an opening night event on April 6, 5-8pm. Kids and their families can interact with robotic creations built by kids and professionals, make and wear technology-inspired art, meet living insects and learn how bugs influence imagination ...
Where: San MateoCost: Included with Admission
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
Art at Sunset: Family Night Hike & CampfireCreate sunset-inspired works of art! You and your family will hike to a beautiful vista and make gorgeous, two-dimensional art pieces to remember your evening. NatureBridge will provide the art supplies. After the hike, gather around the campfire for skits, songs and S'mores! Recommended for kids in grades 3 - ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $15
Sunday, 04/08/18
Contact: Cultures of the Imagniation ConferenceCONTACT 2018 is our 30th conference! Come celebrate with a full line-up of speakers on a broad range of topics.CONTACT has evolved into a premier forum on the future. After 29 years of our multi-disciplinary conferences, CONTACT includes some of the brightest of the new generation at NASA and SETI, ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: $50 - $150
CuriOdyssey's 'Bots & Bugs' EventBe amazed and inspired at CuriOdyssey’s “Bots & Bugs†event on April 7-8, 10am-3pm, with an opening night event on April 6, 5-8pm. Kids and their families can interact with robotic creations built by kids and professionals, make and wear technology-inspired art, meet living insects and learn how bugs influence imagination ...
We search for the origins of life on Earth and the potential for life elsewhere, but what are we actually looking for? What is life? Is there only one way to construct a living organism, or are we Earthlings but one possibility out of a multitude?Speaker: Dr. Lynn Rothschild, NASA ...
Where: AlamedaCost: Free
Monday, 04/09/18
Primordial Non-Gaussianities (PNG) and zero bias tracers of the Large Scale StructureThe statistical properties of the primordial curvature perturbations are a key ingredient of the success of the LCDM model in explaining the Universe as we observe it today.In simplest model of inflation initial fluctuations are Gaussian for all practical purposes, and measurements of the CMB bispectrum by the Planck satellite ...
In this talk, I will explore the physics of water blocking in unconventional tight formations. Fracturing is necessary to achieve economical production rates in these formations, but a sizable amount of fracturing fluid is left behind in the formation, potentially inhibiting production. Through experimental results, I will show how this ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Charge order fluctuations in the cuprate superconductor Nd2-xCexCuO4 measured by ultra-high-resolution RIXSCharge order has now been ubiquitously observed in cuprate high-temperature superconductors. However, it remains unclear if the charge order is purely static or whether it also features dynamic correlations. In this talk I will describe a resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) experiment on the electron-doped cuprate Nd2-xCexCuO4 that demonstrates the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
THE MYSTERIOUS MASS OF THE HIGGS BOSONThe discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in 2012 triumphantly completed the Standard Model of particle physics and opened the experimental program studying this new particle. At the same time, particle experiments are searching for physics beyond the Standard Model, including an those that explain ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
A Neutron Star Merger Seen In Both Gravitational Waves and Light Last August, the discovery of the merger of two neutron stars heralded the first time we have detected both gravitational waves (GW) and light from the same event. Gamma-rays measured only seconds after the GW signal put strong constraints on the speed of gravity. Optical and infrared observations over the ...
In the 21st century, the subsurface environment will be a valuable resource for disposal of greenhouse gases and storage of energy via compressed fluids. Reliable development of these technologies will rely on our ability to predictably describe fluid flow in porous and fractured media, and its evolution in response to ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Why Algorithmic Systems Possess No UnderstandingMany examples of highly effective algorithmic systems, such as AI devices, have been constructed in recent years. We have computer-controlled machines like self-driving cars and algorithmic systems that play chess and GO at levels that can out-perform even the best of human players. But do such devices actually “understand†what ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Meet the Neighbors: Searching for Nearby Planets with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey SatelliteThe NASA Kepler mission revealed that our Galaxy is teeming with planetary systems and that Earth-sized planets are common, but most of the planets detected by Kepler orbit stars that are too faint to permit detailed study. Excitingly, the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is scheduled to launch this ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
taste of science: Machining our GenesBenificial Uses for VirusesViruses are nature's way of doing more with less. They're crafty, highly engineerable, infectious parasites with properties that make them ideal drug delivery tools for the clinic. Come hear about different ways viruses can be used to deliver genetic medicines that not only treat, but have begun ...
Soil Health Series: Drought, Climate Change, & SoilsCalifornia's drought discussions have been dominated by media attention and public discourse about the supply of water while the impact on soil resources has been largely ignored. Hear Stephen Andrews (UC Berkeley Professor specializing in soils) discuss climate change and drought through a soils lens, and learn how soil depletion ...
taste of science: The Science of MagicWith a deft sleight of hand or a mind-boggling trick, magicians have enthralled and captivated audiences over the centuries. What is really going on that tricks your mind into seeing something appear out of nothing or vanish into thin air? Are there limitations of our brain that magicians are using ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $8 Advance, $15 at door
Diabetic Eye DiseaseDiabetic eye disease is a group of eye conditions that can affect people with diabetes. Early detection, timely treatment, and appropriate follow-up care of diabetic eye disease can protect against vision loss. This lecture will include discussion about the risks of these conditions, prevention and treatment.Speaker: Diana Do, MD, Stanford
7:00-7:25: Carrie Hott(Media Artist) on "Nets for the Unweighable: a Brief History of Nets"From the earliest known nets to the development of the electric grid...Read more7:25-7:50: Blair Kaneshiro(Stanford CCRMA) on "Musical Engagement through Discovery"Salient musical events drive an increase in queries during a song...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Crafting a New Natural History for the PresidioOur final spring Bay Currents talk brings the fascinating story of bringing back nature while honoring history in San Francisco's Presidio -- a fort since 1776. Michael Boland, Chief of Park Development and Operations, regates us with tales of "reconciliation biology" -- re-creating dunes and marshes, freeing a creek buried ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Wednesday, 04/11/18
Practical Garden Design for the Home GardenerSpend the morning turning your garden dreams into a reality! Join horticulturist for the Garden's Australasian and California collections, Clare Al-Witri, for a perennial garden design workshop. Come with a garden design project in mind and receive advice on steps you can take to create the garden you desire. You'll ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 General, $15 Members
Impact of seawater desalination on the marine environment. What do we know (and don’t)?With 18,000 desalination plants in 150 countries and an installed capacity to produce 86 million liters per day of fresh water, the desalination industry invests large amounts in the planning and construction of plants as well as in technological research and development. A wealth of publications exists in the scientific ...
How do parental endowments shape the economic prospects of their children? Using a newly constructed dataset from the U.S. Census Bureau linking survey, Census and administrative records, we evaluate the effect of early childhood pollution exposure on the long-run effects of the individuals directly affected, as well as the persistence ...
Computer Vision at the Edge and in the Cloud: Architectures, Algorithms, Processors, and ToolsComputer vision is rapidly becoming ubiquitous. From autonomous robots, vehicles and drones to smart buildings to home assistants that can advise you on your fashion choices, vision is showing up everywhere.A key architectural choice underlies this ubiquity: should vision processing be done at the edge, in the cloud, or a ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $5 General, Free for members
7:00-7:25: Liat Berdugo (Media Artist) on "Technologies of Power, Access, and Freedom"We live in a world saturated with glowing rectangles...Read more7:25-7:50: Ronald Zuckermann(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) on "The Molecular Building Blocks of Life"How did they emerge and organize themselves?...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone ...
Kristy Kroeker, PhD, will speak on the ecological effects of climate change on the oceans and the vital role oceans play in mitigating impacts. She is assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Â She holds a PhD in Biological ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10
Thursday, 04/12/18
Uncovering Massive Galaxy Protoclusters in the Early Universe with the South Pole TelescopeThe sub-millimeter galaxy (SMG) population represent the most intense stellar nurseries in the Universe. Their high star formation rates of 200-2000 Msun/yr (compared to the Milky Way’s 1 Msun/yr) pose a unique challenge for cosmological simulations of how galaxies form and evolve, particularly in the first few billion years after ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
From Sustainability to ProfitabilityIs the path to sustainability in the open market? Our panelists will speak to how mission-driven companies can make an impact but also be incredibly profitable. Hear from a panel of innovators on starting, funding and scaling businesses in the sustainability space.
The Magic Scale of Galaxy FormationThis talk will address the preferred mass and time for galaxy formation, in dark-matter haloes similar to that of the Milky Way but when the Universe was a few Gigayears old. It is proposed that this is due to the interplay between two mechanisms, first supernova feedback that removes gas ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
When Science was a HabitToday, science means many things - methods and institutions, publications and practitioners. In the nineteenth century, it was also something else: a habit. This talk asks how science came to seem habitual and how that status affected its authority. New human sciences like psychology and anthropology helped turn the scientific ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Hello, World: The Rise of Tech DiplomacyDiplomacy is no longer limited to states. Today, tech companies engage more people than any given nation, and some are responsible for decisions and impacts once limited to governments. In turn, governments are taking on new forms of diplomacy to stay at the forefront of innovation, to secure the rights of ...
"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, 1825  Made from salted, pressed, and fermented anchovies, fish sauce is a classic condiment, found in American cookbooks for centuries though you may know it better by its original name, ketchup. Follow ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
SpaceToday NightLifeThe future is now: Space Month continues with a night dedicated to the ideas of today that are propelling space exploration into tomorrow’s frontiers. Lectures presented by Computer History Museum -----> Elizabeth Lopatto, Science Editor at The Verge, moderates two talks presented by Computer History Museum about private companies in the space ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
All Bay Area Skeptics love Jeopardy! C’mon, yes you do! This admitted, you’ll really love “Skepardy!†Come one, come all to the next SkepTalk and test your skeptical mettle as Alex Skeptek, aka Bill Patterson, channels (yes, literally) the real Jeopardy! interlocutor for some fast-paced fun. Bill has been quizzing ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Friday, 04/13/18
Nursery Series: Growing Plants from CuttingsCome learn the secrets of cloning plants by cutting off branches and encouraging them to root! Meghan Steinharter (Fort Funston and Oceana Nurseries Manager) and Robin Binaoro (Marin Headlands Nursery Assistant) will discuss the science behind clonal propagation: what's going on inside the plant and how rooting hormones work. There ...
Understanding, Utilizing, and Predicting Human Mobility Data
Large scale human mobility data can be collected from mobile phones, car navigation systems, location-based applications, social media, Wi-Fi, and traffic cameras. Turning such raw data into knowledge can provide insights in social science, urban problems, and prevention health, and can also benefit applications in transportation, advertisement targeting, and urban ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'A Plastic Ocean'There will be a free screening at ARC of the critically acclaimed documentary, A Plastic Ocean. Along with being endorsed by the United Nations, this film showcases the true strain that we put on our planet’s oceans and native sea life through our production and use of plastic. We will ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
From Mars to the MultiversePowerful instruments had led to astonishing progress in tracing the emergence of atoms, galaxies, stars and planets from a mysterious 'beginning' 13.8 billion years ago. An exciting development has been the realisation that many other stars are orbited by retinues of planets -- some resembling our Earth (and capable of harboring life). Looking further afield, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Green Friday:Life and Legacy of John MuirThis month's Green Friday presentation will be a treasured walk through the life and legacy of John Muir led by Devin Jackson MA.Ed, a 6th Grade Middle School Science/Engineering Teacher, currently in his 6th year at Foothill Middle School in Walnut Creek, CA in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District. ...
