Art can help transform how we communicate science. Kirsten is a visual science communicator exploring the ways we can inform diverse audiences about ocean-themed subjects using science and art. Last fall, she visited the Ross Sea in Antarctica as a grantee of the National Science Foundation Antarctic Artist and Writers ...
Earth, seventy percent covered by water, is home to a multitude of strange ocean creatures, and dominant among them are the fishes. There are giants that live for centuries and thumb-sized tiddlers that survive only weeks; they can be pancake-flat or inflatable balloons; they can shout with colors or hide ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Healthy Cancer Treatment: Address Your Mitochondria YourselfDr. Thomas Seyfried, a professor at Boston College, will present surprising information that shakes the whole foundation of cancer treatment research. His own research reveals that cancer can be considered a single disease with a common pathophysiological mechanism involving dysfunction of mitochondria. The gene mutations observed in various cancers and all ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Techtonic Shift: China’s Rise in Venture Capital and TechRemember when “Made in China†was synonymous with a cheap toy or electronic knockoff? Those days are long over. Chinese tech firms, once seen as quaint or copycats, now have Alibaba, Tencent, and Ant Financial counted in the world’s top 10 most valuable internet companies, alongside Alphabet, Facebook, and Amazon. ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Combine Physical and Statistical Models to narrow Uncertainty in Global WarmingAt the end of 2017 with one year of data to feed into this model, 2018 likely to be colder than 2017, record high possible in 2019. A key question in climate science is How much global warming should we expect for a given increase in the atmospheric concentration of ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #97: SF Budgeting, Medical Glues, & [Insert Your Nerdery Here?]Get your budget crunched and your blood stanched at this month’s gathering of wanna-know-it-alls. The Money Lady of City Hall shows us the money, Dr. Anti-exsanguinator keeps us glued to the spot, and another speaker ups the nerd ante even further with an as-yet-unknown third topic. Don’t miss three talks, ...
Join Dr. Michael Busch for a presentation on Near Earth Asteroids and Space Missions. Learn about the importance of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), a population of objects on orbit around the Sun that cross or come near that of Earth. They represent remnants of material from the early solar system that ...
