Syntheses of some polycyclic alkaloids and terpenoids by our group will be presented in this lecture. Daphniphyllum alkaloids are a class of structurally intriguing natural products. We develop a series of strategies, such as electrocyclization, [3 + 2] cycloaddition, electrocyclic ring opening, and late-stage Diels - Alder cycloaddition, to achieve ...
A good understanding of the migration of the injected CO2 plume and how this is impacted by capillary heterogeneity is needed to ensure long-term security of the injected CO2. Residual trapping is one of the main mechanisms for immobilizing CO2 after the injection phase of a geological sequestration project. Residual ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Astrophysical systematics in weak lensing Current and upcoming large galaxy surveys will provide a wealth of cosmological information about our Universe. Weak lensing is one of the primary probes to uncover the nature of dark energy through its sensitivity to the growth of structure across cosmic time. However, a detailed understanding about systematic effects is ...
The Freedman research group's overarching theme is harnessing chemical intuition to approach fundamental challenges in physics. Within this framework, we are focused on three vital areas of contemporary physics: advancing quantum information science, probing magnetism, and creating new emergent materials. We pursue each of these directions through the lens of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
A High Energy View of the Extreme UniverseDr. Julie McEnery of NASA-Ames will give Applied Physics/Physics colloquium, entitled "A High Energy View of the Extreme Universe."
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Shining Light on Gravity: Sometimes all that Shimmers IS Gold In 1916, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a radiant form of energy similar to light, but caused by gravity. On August 17, 2017, a new kind of gravitational wave source was detectedâ€"two colliding neutron stars. Professor Ryan Foley will tell the harrowing David vs. Goliath story of ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Mathematics, Magic, and Meaning -- Saving California's Native Plants, Healing our CommunityWhat does it mean to live in one of earth’s biodiversity “hot spots� In this beautifully illustrated talk, Dan Gluesenkamp, executive director of the California Native Plant Society, presents a beautiful and inspiring talk on how local nature can help us - and how we can help maintain its variety ...
World-renowned educator, professor of chemistry by training, Nava Ben Zvi, will discuss her role assisting women to enter the STEM professions.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Cell-cycle entry and exit: A tale of phosphorylation, transcription and degradationMammals must regulate the proliferation of stem, progenitor and differentiated cells to build, maintain, and repair tissues. Control of cell-cycle entry has been conceptualized by the restriction point, a time when cells escape the need for mitogens to complete the cell cycle. Our recent single-cell microscopy studies revealed sequential decisions ...
Redox active oxides, with mixed ionic and electronic conductivity, are critical components in a wide range of energy technologies, serving as electrodes in fuel cells and batteries, and as reactive substrates in solar-driven thermochemical reactors. Accurate knowledge of the surface reaction rate constant, is essential for both optimal design of ...
Join us for a conversation with Manish Chandra, founder and CEO at Poshmark, a social marketplace platform for buying and selling clothing items. Before Poshmark, Manish founded Kaboodle, also a social shopping company. He has experience as a software engineer at Intel and as a marketing executive at Versant, Versata ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Foreshadow: Breaking the Virtual Memory Abstraction with Transient Out-of-Order ExecutionForeshadow is a speculative execution attack on Intel processors which allows an attacker to steal sensitive information stored inside personal computers or third party clouds. Foreshadow has two versions, the original attack designed to extract data from SGX enclaves and a Next-Generation version which affects Virtual Machines (VMs), hypervisors (VMM), ...
Santa Cruz Forestry ChallengeThe Forestry Challenge is an academic event for high school students in technical forestry and current forestry topics. Participants spend four days in the forest learning about the ecology and management of the forested landscapes that provide communities with water, recreational opportunities, wood products, and wildlife habitat. Youth benefit by better ...
Where: Boulder CreekCost: $185/person
Thursday, 10/11/18
On the origin of the ultra-high energy cosmic-raysThe origin of the ultra-high energy cosmic-rays (UHECRs) is still unknown. I will show that the observational data on the spectrum and composition can be explained by a generic model having one Galactic component and one extragalactic component. I will also discuss the origin of the UHECR dipole anisotropy recently ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Carbonate formation in meteorite parent bodies: Clues from in-situ C and O isotope analysesCarbonaceous chondrites show evidence for fluid alteration in planetesimals within a few million years of the Solar Systenm's formation. To understand the formation conditions of carbonates in CM chondrites, we measured the C and O isotopic composition of Ca-carbinates and the O isotopic composition of magnetite. These minerals form via ...
Edward W. Felten is Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs at Princeton University. His research interests include computer security and privacy, and public policy issues relating to information technology.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Design in Research - How do you use design to support and shape R&D?Corporate Research and Development is evolving, and it increasingly incorporates user experience design, design research, and service design into the earliest stages. The historical separation between basic research, applied research and productization erodes as research horizons shorten, technology diffuses more rapidly, and companies want to take bigger risks sooner. When ...
In a pickle over preservation techniques for food, foodways, or ways of life? Follow kimchi fermentation at Pairings and archival films with Cinema Arts and delve into different strategies to safeguard today’s treasures for tomorrow. Kimchi-Making Workshop: With Krautsource6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 p.m. | Gallery 4 Explainer StationOriginally, Korean kimchi salted and fermented vegetables ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.95 advance, $19.95 at the door
How to make a topological quantum fluid in 10 easy stepsSince the mid-90s, scientists have been cooling atoms to temperatures lower than that of any other system in the known Universe. These quantum fluids are new materials in which questions from many realms of science, like quantum information and superconductivity, can be studied experimentally. Faced with the short-comings of atoms ...
7:00-7:25: Fabio Barry(Stanford/ Art History) on "Where Do White Temples Come From?"The Acropolis was an anomaly... the Greeks strove to build in light...Read more7:25-7:50: Carrie Partch(UCSC/ Biochemistry) on "Morning Larks and Night Owls: Differences in Human Circadian Rhythms Shed Light on How our Clock Works"How molecular clocks measure ...
WHAT: Â Beyond a Candle in the Dark Respectfully Debunking Conspiracy TheoriesHow do you get through to conspiracy theorists, especially those who are close to you like friends and family? Often the first step someone takes on their journey out of the rabbit hole is the realization that they and ...
Speaker: Sylvain Barbot, Earth Observatory of Singapore
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Discovery of New Two-Dimensional Materials with Electro-Active FunctionalityIn this talk, two different strategies for the discovery of new two-dimensional (2D) materials with electro-active functionality will be introduced. Our new 2D materials are created based on the engineering of crystal structure dealing with electrons, showing unprecedented physical properties. The first material, “electrideâ€, which is regarded as a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'No Belles' - San RafaelNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: San RafaelCost: $15 General, $8 Students
Celebrating Stephen Hawking: How Black Holes are Not Quite BlackScientists and science enthusiasts are mourning the passing of Stephen Hawking, one of the great minds and spirits of our time. In this introductory, non-technical talk, Andrew Fraknoi will briefly summarize Hawking’s life, and talk about the importance of his scientific work. He’ll focus particularly on Hawking’s work merging the ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
Saturday, 10/13/18
Creative Coding Fest for Students and Teachers - CCFestSFCC Fest is an opportunity for students and teachers to engage in creative coding. Come spend a day making interactive and engaging digital art, animation, games. Teachers will work on bringing coding projects to their classes. Students will be introduced to projects that will help build their creative portfolios.RSVP at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Guided Nature Walk Experience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our 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 and flower-carpeted oak woodland. Guided Nature Walks begin at 10:00am ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: $20 suggested donation
Hayward Fault 150th Anniversary of Great Quake tour Tule PondsFree tours of the Hayward Fault (registration required), with lecture, activities, and tour included. Children welcome, under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Wear comfortable shoes.
Where: FremontCost: Free
Rock, Gem and Mineral ShowThere will be display cases of our club lapidary classes, field trips, jewelry and member interests. Dealers will be selling hand crafted jewelry, gemstones, fossils, mineral specimens, collectable rocks for home display and other items. Raffle and door prize drawings! All children get a free ticket for the Treasure Wheel ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Adults $5, Children 12-18 $2
Wildlife Conservation ExpoEvery year, WCN’s Wildlife Conservation Expos provide a unique opportunity to bring together wildlife’s most ardent supporters with some of the world’s leading conservationists to connect, share stories, and make life-long friendships. At Expo you can hear what it’s like to live and work in some of the most remote parts of the world ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $100 General, $50 Students
Family Bird WalkLet family walks become a shared time of nature learning. We’ll begin by helping kids create their personal bird watching field guides, and then head out onto the trails to find those birds. A limited number of binoculars are available to borrow. Recommended for children ages 5-10. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Register ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger or docent on a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 - 2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Headlands Nightlife: Family Night Hike & CampfireExplore the mysterious lifestyle of nocturnal animals that start their day just as you're going to bed! Learn about special adaptations that allow owls, bats and other nighttime critters to hunt by moonlight.
Where: SausalitoCost: 15
Gravitational Waves and the Glow of Cosmic GoldIn October 2017, Earthlings detected gravitational waves - ripples in the fabric of space time - from the violent merger of two ultra-dense neutron stars. The signals showed that collision debris self-assembled into heavy elements, such as gold and platinum, providing an explanation for the cosmic origin of these special ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Taking HeatTaking Heat is a global warming surfing safari. The endless summer meets the endless summer. Laugh and learn at the same time.The first show about climate change that is written and performed by an actual scientist(and comedian) - Tim Lee. Taking Heat is an educational comedy that follows Tim’s expedition around ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $43 - $13
Sunday, 10/14/18
Fish, Fins, and Flukes Fall Festival Fish, Fins, and Flukes Fall Festival is a one-of-a-kind community event for all ages. Guests will explore our marine lab’s Science Showcase featuring unique science artifacts, our skull collection, and a whale of a skeleton (or two!). Family crafts, food truck (El Buen Taco), and live music from The Singing ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $9 General, $7 Senior, student, Child, Free member
Garden Goddesses: Four California Women and Their Legendary GardensCelebrate the achievements of great women gardeners! In his new talk, “Garden Goddesses: Four California Women and Their Legendary Gardens,†popular garden writer Donald Olson takes you on an informative and entertaining tour of some spectacular California gardens and introduces you to the remarkable women who created them. You’ll meet ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 General, $15 Members
Rock, Gem and Mineral ShowThere will be display cases of our club lapidary classes, field trips, jewelry and member interests. Dealers will be selling hand crafted jewelry, gemstones, fossils, mineral specimens, collectable rocks for home display and other items. Raffle and door prize drawings! All children get a free ticket for the Treasure Wheel ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Adults $5, Children 12-18 $2
This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
All parts of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology have been fully tested and implemented over several decades and is recognized as a key technology for least-cost climate change mitigation on a global scale. However, its deployment rate is significantly slower than projected by organizations such as the IEA, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Exploring novel probes and methods for cosmologyThere are still many unknowns that cosmological observations might help unveiling. Among these, the value for the sum of neutrino masses and the force driving the accelerated expansion of the Universe are some of the most interesting challenges. In this talk I will discuss a fairly new probe, the cosmic ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Revealing Young Planet Population from ALMA Large Program-DSHARP Despite thousands of planets have been discovered, these planets are billions of years old and we know little about their formation processes. To understand planet formation, we need to study young planets which are still growing in protoplanetary disks. Ideally, we would like to know both the properties of each ...
Synthetic chemists have long been inspired by the ability of nature to design and engineer complex natural products. Nature builds small molecules for a plethora of reasons including the protection of plants from fungal infections, insect damage, and the invasion of competitive species. These critical components of plant protection have ...
Dr. Danielson will discuss gigaton-scale grand challenges ripe for disruptive innovation to solve the global climate crisis by mid-century. He will also discuss his efforts at Stanford and in the private sector to support top climate-tech innovators.Speaker: David Danielson, Stanford
Speaker: Gonzalo Torroba of the Centro Atómico Bariloche.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Topology and entanglement detected by partial transposePartial transpose is a useful operation in quantum many-body systems, that can be used to detect quantum entanglement. For example, it can beused to define a quantum entanglement measure -- entanglement negativity -- that can detect quantum correlation in mixed quantum states. In this talk, I will describe how partial ...
The quality, scope, and impact of U.S. science and technology is admired the world over. International scientific collaborations highlight key values including evidence, peer review, transparency, teamwork, and dialog. Scientific leadership and technological prowess are also elements of national power and national security for the U.S. and for other nations. ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
GALAXY EVOLUTIONDr. Guillermo Barro of the University of the Pacific studies the formation and evolution of massive galaxies over cosmic time. He will discuss pushing our detection of massive galaxies earlier in time, as well as understanding the physics of their structures and stellar populations.Editor's Note: This event was originally scheduled ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
NOVA VIDEO - WHAT'S THE UNIVERSE MADE OF? RESCHEDULEDA presentation of the PBS NOVA video "What's the Universe Made Of?" Peer into the deep unknowns of the universe to explore the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.Editor's Note: This event was rescheduled to Oct 8.
The Radiative Drivers of Climate Change: Known Knowns and Known UnknownsWe present four new findings regarding the state of knowledge and remaining uncertainties concerning the main anthropogenic agents of climate change, namely carbon dioxide and methane. We will show the first direct observations of the upward trends in the greenhouse effects (GHEs) of these gases, a demonstration that the remaining ...
Daphne Koller is the Founder and CEO of insitro which is leveraging cutting-edge machine learning techniques to aid in the drug discovery and development process. Daphne co-founded Coursera, the world’s largest online education platform. She has served as the company’s Co-CEO and President and remains on the Coursera Board. Previously she ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
'No Belles' - StanfordNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free, registration required
From Climate Reality to Project Drawdown: Is This Happening to Us or for Us?This program will serve as a way-finding event that balances the realism of climate change with the practical solutions currently at work with the Buckminster Fuller Institute and Project Drawdown. The density and intensity of the presentations inspire action. The audience will be challenged to find their own voices and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Andy Weir: From Silicon Valley to MarsWith two massive bestsellers in The Martian and Artemis, Andy Weir might be the current king of sci-fi. But only recently, Weir was a Silicon Valley programmer shopping a manuscript about an astronaut marooned on Mars. Failing to find a book deal, he published it on his website, crowdsourcing its ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 Advance, $25 at door
Exploring Our Galactic NeighborhoodIt is important to know what is going on in your neighborhood, and that is also true of the immediate vicinity of our Sun in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Sun, along with our nearest stellar neighbors, is moving through giant clouds of interstellar gas and dust. Indeed, there is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 10/16/18
Hawk Identification Field ClassJoin Step Wilson (Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawkwatch Manager) for this unique outing in the field to practice your hawk identification skills with the fall migration! Meet at the trail head gate to Hawk Hill at the top of Conzelman Rd at 11am. After a steep and gravelly 250 yard ...
The Next Earthquake and the South BaySilicon Valley has long been one of the major drivers of our economy, but what will happen when the region is faced with its next earthquake? The USGS has been preparing the report HayWired, which looks at the impacts that a large quake might have on the Bay Area. Learn ...
Where: San JoseCost: $10 General, Free for Members
Measuring the Universe with Galaxy Clustering and MotionsI will review some recent advances in studies of large-scale structure, focusing on the latest clustering results from our VIPERS project at the ESO VLT, together with parallel development of analysis and modeling techniques. With 90,000 galaxy redshifts and multi-band photometric information, VIPERS has delivered at redshift 0.5 < z ...
The role of molecular spectroscopy in physics has evolved over the years. It was traditionally used to study molecular structure and its underlying quantum mechanics. Later, it led to various applications, including the first “atomic clock†that was actually based on molecular vibrations. More recent advances in techniques for quantum ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Botswana to Bolivia - The Life of an Itinerant Science EducatorPhilip Deutschle (Salinas High School and Hartnell College instructor) will give the Applied Physics/Physics colloquium entitled "Botswana to Bolivia - the Life of an Itinerant Science Educator."
Speaker: Alex Stamos, former chief security officer, Facebook
Where: StanfordCost: Free
'No Belles' - Santa CruzNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free, registration required
From Cowboys to Communities: Changing the Face of Space ExplorationAs humans prepare to venture once more into deep space, there is a clear need for creating new models for space exploration and expanding the roles for those who travel in space and eventually settle on other worlds, and for those on the ground whose work ensures their success.In our first ...
The physiology of phytoplankton in fluctuating lightLight fluxes in natural conditions vary in time scales of seconds to days. I will focus on two areas of research that are being used to generate new hypotheses about how algae and cyanobacteria maintain growth and photosynthetic efficiency in fluctuating light. We have used systems biology tools to uncover ...
Ambitious low-carbon transitions are underway in many jurisdictions, requiring the large-scale expansion of renewable energy. Simultaneously, growing energy demand in emerging economies is being met with rapid energy development, with the declining costs of wind and solar technologies making them among the most competitive options. These recent developments suggest the ...
Democratizing Data ScienceDespite great strides in the generation, collection, and processing of data at scale, data science is still extremely inconvenient for the vast majority of the population. The driving goal of our research is to make it easy for individuals and teams â regardless of programming or analysis expertise â manage, ...
Join us for a conversation with Puneet Agarwal, partner at True Ventures. Before True Ventures, Agarwal began his career as a product manager at a software startup later sold to IBM. After, he worked in tech investment banking and venture capital at the Mayfield Fund. Agarwal has several years of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Rapid Adoption of Cloud Data Warehouse Technology Using Datometry Hyper-QThe database industry is about to undergo a fundamental transformation of unprecedented magnitude as enterprises start trading their well-established database stacks on premises for cloud database technology in order to take advantage of the economics cloud service providers have long promised. Industry experts and analysts expect the next years to ...
The last century has seen a revolution in our understanding of the universe and our place in it. We now know that the universe is about 13.8 billion years old and is only about 5% normal matter - the stuff we’re made up of, like protons, neutrons, electrons. Uncovering the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Nerd Night San Francisco #101: Spines, Sex Addiction, & Pain!A musculoskeletal expert zeroes in on spinal health in zero gravity, a clinical psychologist pours us a nice big bowl of sex addiction (with milk), and an evolutionary biologist/behavioral neuroscientist slices through cephalopod pain. No tricks here - just a typical October Nerd Nite of treats, including tunes, drinks, and ...
Mushrooms of Los Trancos Reserve Doug Smith wil be speaking about his long term fungal documentation of Los Trancos Reserve in Palo Alto. Many of the fungi found in those mixed oak woodlands are also found throughout the Bay Area, so it will be a good, local, pre-season mushroom refresher course for all!
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'No Belles' - San JoseNo Belles is a dramatic production about women scientists and the Nobel prize. Portal Theatre is a theater company based in Portland, OR, whose play "No Belles" focuses on the lives of women scientists who won Nobel Prizes and some who did not. It was performed at the Fall 2017 ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free, registration required
Thursday, 10/18/18
Drones: Technology, Policy, and SocietyRecently, there has been an immense surge of interest in using unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, for civil applications. New drone services such as commercial package delivery, aerial surveillance, emergency supply delivery, videography, and search and rescue are coming to the fore in the US and worldwide. New ...
Learning about Black Hole and Galaxy Co-evolution using the “COSMOSâ€Observations indicate that supermassive black holes (SMBHs, 10**6-10**9 Msun) dwell at the centers of most local galaxies. Scaling relations between SMBH mass and several large-scale properties of the host galaxies point to a co-ordindated growth of galaxies and their central engines over cosmic time: they "co-evolve". Who is the leading ...
LED Lighting: Cool and BrightSpeaker: Mr. Benny Smith, Consultant, Vision SmithEditor's Note: This talk was originally scheduled on October 4.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
The Dynamics of the Local Group in the Era of Precision AstrometryOur understanding of the dynamics of our Local Group of galaxies has changed dramatically over the past few years owing to significant advancements in astrometry and our theoretical understanding of galaxy structure. New surveys now enable us to map the 3D structure of our Milky Way and the dynamics of ...
We usually think of cells as small, simple, building blocks of life, but in fact cells are highly complex nanomachines capable of sensing their environment, moving, hunting, solving problems, and even learning. This talk will use specific examples of cells that do crazy-sounding things, such as cells that walk, cells ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Fire and Ice: Documentary Storytelling and the Climate CrisisStephen Most will speak about visual storytelling as an effective form of public education on crucial subjects that mass media tend to ignore, misrepresent or present without adequate context. He will discuss how documentaries convey experiences that enlarge the viewer's understanding. Focusing on Oil on Ice and Wilder than Wild: Fires, Forests ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
From the synapses in our bodies to superconductors to Earth’s magnetic field, electricity is everywhere. Get a charge out of Van de Graff generators and Tesla coils and encounter germanium’s potential at Everything Matters.Electrified Plants With Alex Pinigis7:00 and 9:00 p.m. | Gallery 3, Webcast StudioProve Your Textbooks Wrong With Zeke Kossover7:30, 8:30, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Extraterrestrial NightlifeExplore the mysteries beyond our solar system with a night dedicated to the search for extraterrestrials. Join experts from the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View for fascinating talks on exoplanets and life beyond Earth.Meet members of the Kepler, K2, and TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) missions and learn ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
In 1971 after 800,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the bay, concerned individuals led by a registered nurse named Alice Berkner jumped into action, bringing International Bird Rescue (“Bird Rescueâ€) to life. We have always had to pave a road where there is none. Staff and volunteers work with tenacity alongside clients, partners, and ...
Detecting Dark BlobsMost current dark matter detection strategies, including both direct and indirect efforts, are based on the assumption that the galactic dark matter number density is quite high, allowing for the detection of rare scattering events. Such a paradigm arises naturally if the dark matter self-interactions are weak. However, strong interactions ...
Location matters…no compound operates in isolation without interacting with its local environment. Metalloproteins are example systems whose active sites contain intricate structures that aid the performance of specific functions with high selectivities and efficiencies. The complexity of these systems complicates the study of their function and the understanding of the ...
Wild Rivers @ 50Featuring a panel of policy and literary experts, we’ll swap stories of past successes, reflect on legislative wins, and generate new ideas for river conservation efforts moving forward. We’ll highlight priority threats for the coming years, such as Temperance Flat and the Shasta Dam raise, and emphasize the critical need ...
Where: OaklandCost: $20 - $50
The Basics of Astrophotography, Part III: USB Camera Planetary, Solar and Lunar ImagingThe presentation will give an introduction to USB camera based planetary, solar and lunar imaging. Amateurs realized the potential of digital video astronomy for 'Lucky Imaging' when the first simple PC webcams entered the consumer market. Quickly an ecosystem evolved, many individuals contributed and turned the devices made for web ...
Designathon on Tour: Urban Swarm BehaviorThe ‘Designathon on Tour’ brings together talented people from the creative economy of both cities - Zurich and San Francisco - during the weekend of October 20/21.The Swiss Designathon Team and swissnex San Francisco invite you to participate in the co-creation process on topics around urbanization and technology. The format ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 - $25
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: Free
Earthquakes: How, Why - and What to DoTo mark both the 29th anniversary week of the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake (October 17, 1989) and Earth Science Week (October 14 - 21), join us for a morning of hands-on science activities and a lively discussion about earthquakes with science educator and author Cary Sneider (Jake and the Quake) ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
A shaky anniversary: Lessons learned since the October 21, 1868 Hayward earthquakeIn 1868, a destructive earthquake ruptured along the Hayward fault in the Eastern Bay Area, which was then referred to as the “Great San Francisco earthquakeâ€. It lost that name to the much larger 1906 earthquake on the San Andreas fault across the Bay.During the last 150 years, much research ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Laser-Plasma Accelerators: Riding the Wave to the Next Generation X-Ray Light SourcesParticle accelerators have been revolutionizing discoveries in science, medicine, industry and national security for over a century. An estimated 30,000 particle accelerators are currently active around the world. In these machines, electromagnetic fields accelerate charged particles to velocities nearing the speed of light. Although their scientific appeal will remain evident ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Voices in the DarkJoin us for a special dusk/night hike (relatively flat) in search of the two inhabitants whose nightly sounds "haunt" many of our human visitors: The coyote and the great horned owl. Along the way, we will learn more about the secret lives of these reclusive creatures. Â Â Three hours. Five miles. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHTThe 16" telescope will be open, and many PAS Members will have telescopes next to the observatory availble for viewing as well. NASA Scientist BRAIN DAY will bring his meteorite collection, Moon Rocks and even a meteoritic sample of MARS!Park in Lot #4
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
A Celebration of Mind: Mathematics, Art, and MagicMartin Gardner was considered one of the pre-eminent magicians of the 20th century, an expert on Lewis Carroll, a champion puzzler, and the creator of recreational mathematics. Every year dozens of mathematicians, artists, and magicians gather from around the country for a Celebration of Mind to play, perform, and provoke ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
City Star Party @ The ExplOratoriumCome join us for our monthly San Francisco City Star Party. SFAA members provide telescopes for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to check the SFAA website for the latest updates…bad weather or overcast skies will cancel!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Jazz Under the StarsCome peer through our telescopes and see craters on the Moon, the visible planets, star clusters, and more while we listen to CSM's very own KCSM Jazz 91 FM. Dress warmly. Free parking in Marie Curie Lot 5. Directions are available on the Maps, Directions & Parking page.
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Sunday, 10/21/18
Runyon Up Stair Climb for Cancer Research at Salesforce TowerThe Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation will be holding the first ever stair climb race up the 61-stories of the brand new Salesforce Tower (415 Mission Street, in downtown San Francisco) on Sunday, October 21st. This unique fundraising event will be held from 8:30-11:30am (with dedicated, staggered start times, beginning ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $40 entry fee (or $50 after Oct 01) + $150 pledge
Beginning BirdingCome explore the bustling birdlife that call the Marin Headlands home with volunteer Jane Haley in this easy walk along Rodeo Lagoon! Bring field guides and binoculars. Dress in layers. For ages 8 and older. No dogs. Reservation required, please call 415-331-1540.Â
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Fern ID & Keying WorkshopHow do you tell the difference between a lady fern and a wood fern? What the heck is an indusium? Why do goldback ferns have gold backs?Oaktown staff member and CCNH naturalist Angela Pai will talk briefly about fern ecology, review terminology, and lead you through keying out some of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 suggested donation
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Due to its spectacular abundance of marine life, Monterey Bay was designated as a National Marine Sanctuary in 1992. As technology developed to explore the deep, Davidson Seamount was added to the Sanctuary in 2008. Large, ancient, and beautiful organisms inhabit this unique formation. In 2015, Sur Ridge was determined ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Monday, 10/22/18
Emission-line galaxies in the era of cosmological surveysCosmological surveys in the next decade will contain multiwavelength information of billions of galaxies. The challenges ahead are to distinguishing between different cosmological scenarios and/or gravity models and track accurately the build-up and formation history of galaxies. In this scenario, the role of galaxy formation is enhanced by the varied ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Observational constraints on the structure of gamma-ray burst jets and lessons from GW170817 Motivated by GW170817 we examine observational constraints on the angular structure of gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets. First, the relatively narrow observed distribution of the early X-ray afterglow to prompt gamma-ray energy ratio implies that at any angle that gamma-rays are emitted the Lorentz factor must be large. Specifically, the Lorentz ...
In 1868, a 6.8 or so magnitude earthquake on the Hayward fault caused a small explosion on a hillside 4 miles NE of now downtown Livermore, CA, and an oily spring started up 70 meters away. Thus started the 150-year history of oil and gas exploration and production in Livermore. ...
The Non-Hermitian Chern Insulator During the past decade, the landscape of condensed matter physics has been dominated by a desire to understand the topological nature of materials and the observable consequences that are associated with the presence of topology. To this end, topological band theory has provided a foundation that has allowed for the ...
In recent years X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) have increased by ten or more orders of magnitude in coherence and brightness. XFELs allow for the first time the exploration of the structure and dynamics of atomic, molecular, and high energy density systems at the angstrom-femtosecond space and time scale. XFELs use ...
THE HIGGS BOSON AND SEARCHES FOR NEW PHYSICS AT THE LHCDr. Kathryn Grimm of CSU-East Bay is deputy team leader of the CSU ATLAS program. She was on the team that found evidence for the Higgs Boson, and now is interested in studying the properties of the Higgs Boson, as well as searching for other new particles.
James is the founder and CEO of Trillium Technologies - a technology contractor that specializes in the application of emerging technologies to grand challenges, such as climate change, violent extremism, prevention strategies for cancer and obesity, deforestation mitigation, climate resilience and planetary defense from asteroids.
Since the signing of the Paris agreement in 2015 and its ratification in 2016, direct, large-scale management of CO2 emissions has grown in prominence. This reflects current emissions trends, policy trends, and technology advances. Specifically, major technology progress in carbon capture, CO2 conversion and use (sometimes called carbon-to-value or CO2 ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
SDN: Changing Only Everything About Networking (and IT)It’s been about eight years since Software-Defined Networking (SDN) hit the headlines with a lot of fanfare, initially as a way to disaggregate a Cisco router and reduce the operating expense (Opex) in data centers. Since that time, its more fundamental changes to everything about networking have seeped into not ...
From the iconic mission control center in Houston that guided astronauts to the Moon, to the control centers for robotic explorers that extend our senses to the solar system and beyond, mission control serves as the nerve center for decisions, planning, science, command, and control for our journeys into space. ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Tuesday, 10/23/18
Two Astrophysics LecturesDebris Disks and the Mystery of AU MicSpeaker: Eugene Chiang, UC BerkeleyBlack hole jets in galaxy clusters as common origins of highest-energy particlesSpeaker: Ke Fang, StanfordRoom 102/103
One Tam Wildlife Picture Index ProjectCome contribute to the Marin Wildlife Picture Index Project! This project depends on volunteer "Community Scientists" to help maintain wildlife cameras and process photos, and we are especially looking to train and retain volunteers for the long-term. At this training, we will be viewing and cataloging photos (on the computer) acquired ...
Where: Corte MaderaCost: Free
Measuring the Reionization History with Quasar Damping Wings The Lyman-alpha damping wing from neutral hydrogen in the intergalactic medium is predicted to be a key signature of the reionization epoch in the spectra of high-redshift quasars. There are substantial challenges in measuring and interpreting this signal, however: the intrinsic (i.e. unabsorbed) spectrum of the quasar near its Lyman-alpha ...
Digital Resilience2018 has already been rife with devastating cybersecurity breaches. Some of the most damaging include state-sponsored Russian hackers infiltrating US power companies, a data exposure of 340 million records from the marketing and data aggregation firm Exactis, and a VPN Filter malware attacks impacting more than 500,000 routers worldwide. And ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
The Technology Powering Wireless Charging 2.0The technical concepts behind Wireless Power Transmission (WPT) are fascinating, but its technology development has been slow for multiple reasons. Simply put, the idea of transmitting power to charge any electronic device without plugging in cables is not an easy feat.Early pioneering experiments by Tesla showed the feasibility of power ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $9 adv/$10 door general; $4/$5 IEEE members
Urban Tech Summit CeremonyJoin us to discover the results of our focused working sessions tackling the challenges of technology in urban contexts.This public event, part of the Zurich Meets San Francisco festival, follows an invite-only day Summit where key decisions makers in urban technology from government, academia and industry come together to compare the different ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10
Evidence of Synchronous Chorusing in North Atlantic Minke WhalesMany rorquals (blue, fin, sei, Brydes, and minke whales) communicate with pulses in the low and infrasonic frequency ranges. Research indicates that minke whales synchronize their pulsing with others, forming a chorus. Michael will introduce us to how this was discovered and why minke whales might be communicating in this ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $10 suggested donation
Examining Southern Hemisphere Humpback Whale Migratory Routes from Foraging to Breeding Grounds- RESCHEDULEDSouthern hemisphere humpback whale populations spend a large portion of the year breeding in tropical waters and migrating between this region and their summer feeding grounds in the Antarctic. They travel great distances during their seasonal migration, the farthest migration of any mammal, with distances up to 11,706 miles recorded. Despite ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15, students free with ID
October LASER Event - Santa CruzSpeakers: Peter Weiss-Penzias, "From Fog to Lions: Effects of Marine Fog on Methylmercury Bioaccumulation in Terrestrial Food Webs in California" A. M. Darke, "Games as Everyday Activism" Angus Forbes, "Creative and Critical Visualization" Susan Schwartz “Where's Waldo? Template Matching to Better Understand Fault and Glacier Motionâ€
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
The Secret Lives of the BrainIf the conscious mind - the part you consider you - accounts for only a fraction of the brain’s function, then what is all the rest doing? This is the question that David Eagleman has spent years researching and which he will answer in this state-of-the-science talk. Our behavior, thoughts, ...
You Should Know This! is where a TedTalk meets a comedy game show. Listen to experts discuss important topics you should know while comedians riff on stage and you get the chance to win fun, silly prizes for being a nerd!This month's show is Transhumanism: Merging humans with machines!Time for an upgrade! ...
Laboratory results can be linked with in situ ecological processes using unique interdisciplinary approaches. Four distinct approaches will be highlighted whose results provide insight on how marine organisms will respond to environmental change in the Anthropocene. First, time series collected by oceanographic sensors paired with manipulative laboratory experiments reveal the ...
Oasis Labs is building a privacy-first cloud computing platform on blockchain. With privacy built-in in every layer of the platform and a new blockchain architecture, Oasis is the first smart contract platform to provide security, privacy, and high scalability. Oasis technology’s unique properties and capabilities enable a broad spectrum of ...
Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by TechFuture Politics author Jamie Susskind argues that rapid and relentless innovation in a range of technologies will transform the way we live together. Calling for a fundamental change in the way we think about politics, he describes a world in which certain technologies and platforms, and those who control them, ...
Most electrochemical technologies that operate under ambient conditions require ion-conducting polymer electrolytes. These polymers are passive in that electric bias drives ion migration in the thermodynamically favored direction. Recently, my group engineered two important features into passive ion-selective polymers to introduce the active function of photovoltaic action and demonstration of ...
Join us for a conversation with Tina Seelig and two alumni guests. Seelig is a professor of the practice within the Department of Management Science & Engineering (MS&E), faculty co-director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) and author. At Stanford, Seelig has taught courses on on creativity, innovation and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Conscious Business: How Leaders Are Embedding Sustainability Principles in Their OrganizationsBusinesses are taking the lead on climate change initiatives. This panel gathers leaders at organizations that go beyond reducing their ecological footprint to demonstrating sustainability and generating a greater value with fewer resources and emissions. These leading firms are addressing both environmental impacts and the transformation of organizational culture. They are showing how to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
From the Accelerating Universe to Accelerating ScienceTwenty years ago, astronomers were astonished to learn from observations of exploding stars that cosmic expansion is speeding up. We attribute this to a mysterious “dark energy†that pervades the universe and makes up 70% of it. Scientists are working in many ways to learn more about the nature of ...
David Hochschild was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to the California Energy Commission in February 2013 and fills the environmental position on the Commission. In 2001, as Special Assistant to San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, he launched a citywide $100 million initiative to put solar panels on public buildings. He ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10 Genera, Free Members & Students
A Lost Library? Leonardo’s Books - RESCHEDULEDThroughout his life, Leonardo da Vinci made lists of books. His lists grew over time as a reflection of his desire to gain an education and explore different kinds of knowledge. Professor Carlo Vecce from the University of Naples will discuss Leonardo’s library based on his highly acclaimed recent book, ...
If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the flim-flam man, join us, your friends. We are a group who informally discuss the latest in science or pseudoscience over good eats & ale. Sponsored by Bay Area Skeptics.WHY: Because we’re curious creatures.
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
taste of science: Genomics and public healthPathogen genomics and public healthIt's been said that big data is new oil, tofu etc. In this talk, we'll interact over pint(s) to understand how big data in healthcare can be utilized to investigate the effectiveness of treatments in Type-2 Diabetes. We'll discuss the oppurtunities, challenges and limitations of big ...
WALOP/PASIPHAE: A uniquely deep, accurate and efficient tomographic survey of Galactic magnetic fieldsGalactic magnetic fields permeating through dust clouds lead to partial alignment of non-spherical dust grains along the field lines. Starlight passing through these dust clouds gets partially linearly polarized due to selective extinction. Measuring this polarization offers in principle, a way of tracing the magnetic fields as well as probing ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Downhole permanent DAS monitoring of CO2 geosequestrationTime-lapse (TL) seismic is widely used in CO2 geosequestration projects for both monitoring the behavior of the injected fluid in the target reservoir and demonstrating absence of unwanted migration out of primary containment. However, issues with land access and relatively high cost are only few of the downsides of the ...
Forefronts of Cosmology: Beyond Standard Model Physics with Upcoming CMB Instruments Upcoming new instruments to measure the polarized CMB promise to provide discriminatory limits on inflation, the number of light relic particles, and the sum of the neutrino masses, ushering in a new era of using the CMB as a probe of particle physics. Achieving these science goals requires highly sensitive ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Using HST: Looking Inside SN 1987A and Making Better Measures of Cosmic ExpansionThe Hubble Space Telescope has been the perfrect tool for studying SN 1987A, providing a way to dissect the expansion geometry and infer the 3D distribution of the stellar debris that was ejected 31 years ago. Together with radio and x-ray observations, the HST data provide stringent limits on emission ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Ultrafast Microscopy of Quantum-Confined NanostructuresThe Ultrafast Nanomaterials Lab at Cal State East Bay explores materials at the nanometer scale that exhibit surprising properties due to quantum-confinement effects. I will overview our lab development to uncover transient dynamic behaviors of photo-excited charge carriers and their effects on local electric fields on very fast timescales in ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Creatures of the NightlifeThe creatures come out at NightLife as the Academy transforms into a spine-tingling and outrageous night of supernatural science.This year, The Boulet Brothers take over our annual Halloween drag show and costume contest with their signature sinister twist. These drag queens are the creators and hosts of Dragula, the cult ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22 General, $18 Members
Alternatives to our current reality begin with imagination. Explore creative visions of tomorrow, reflect on imagined futures past, and encounter science fiction turned fact at Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman.SCHEDULEAuthor Maggie Shen King in Conversation With Patricia Cariño Valdez7:00 p.m. | Kanbar ForumJoin Maggie Shen King in conversation with Patricia Valdez ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Life on Mars: Does it exist, what might it look like, and can we bring it home?Join us for a night of PubScience! Dr. Rachel Mackelprang, professor at CSU Northridge, will speak about her work with the Mars Sample Return program. In the next decade, NASA will send a rover to Mars that will return home with samples from the planet's surface. What clues will those samples give us ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
SciComm Studio 011: The Future of ExperienceNew media technologies such as augmented and virtual reality, data science, 3D visualization, and interactive storytelling will radically transform the our experience of cultures, past and present. Meet practitioners who are exploring the transition as cultural institutions move away from screens toward an embodied experience. We welcome Sarah Kenderdine of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free, RSVP Required
500 Years of Leonardo, 1519-2019: A Lost Library? Leonardo’s BooksThroughout his life, Leonardo da Vinci made lists of books. His lists grew over time as a reflection of his desire to gain an education and explore different kinds of knowledge. Professor Carlo Vecce from the University of Naples will discuss Leonardo’s library based on his highly acclaimed recent book, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Mini-Med School: UCSF Health Hub: A New Healthcare Growth StudioUCSF has a long history of pioneering innovation and advancing its bold vision for health worldwide. Whether it’s a new drug molecule, medical device, digital health application, or care process, our goal is to ensure that innovation reaches our patients and benefits patient care. UCSF leaders in innovation--representing a wide ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15, students free with ID
Post-Fire Debris-Flow Early Warning: The Case for Forecast-Based Warning SystemsPost-re debris flows can initiate after only a few minutes of intense rain, and during the first storm following wildfire.Early warning systems must provide sufficient time to make informed decisions and take reasonable preventative action.If you're relying upon real-time measurements of stream ow or rainfall in your watershed to decide ...
From museums to monuments and texts to traditions, the 3rd Int'l Congress on DigitalHERITAGE brings together leaders from across the cultural heritage world to explore the science and technology of saving the past.  Being held for the first time in North America here in San Francisco, this summit on digital tools, 3D, VR, ...
What do a famous French dentist, Snow White, and a Victorian gentleman with a pesky toothache have in common? They are a few of the harassed, horrified, and often hilarious figures you can find in Open Wide: 500 Years of Dentistry in Art. Join the UCSF Archives and Special Collections ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Observational constraints on the structure of gamma-ray burst jets and lessons from GW170817Motivated by GW170817 we examine observational constraints on the angular structure of gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets. First, the relatively narrow observed distribution of the early X-ray afterglow to prompt gamma-ray energy ratio implies that at any angle that gamma-rays are emitted the Lorentz factor must be large. Specifically, the Lorentz ...
Big Advantages of Going Small: Nanostructured Perovskite-phase Cesium Lead IodidePerovskite-phase cesium lead iodide (CsPbI3) possess three almost too-good-to-be-true properties for photovoltaic and electroluminesence applications and one Achilles heel: it is not stable under ambient conditions. This talk will provide an introduction to CsPbI3, highlighting our contributions to identifying and understanding some of its remarkable chemical, physical and functional properties. ...
Visit our facilities and find out why small is such a BIG deal! Tour the Stanford’s fabrication and characterization labs to see how researchers make and see at the nanoscale. 3 x 1 hour tours, starting every hour on the hour.Registration opens October 19th for these tours.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Cosmological signatures of sub-MeV dark matter freeze-inDark matter could be a thermal relic of freeze-in, where the dark matter is produced by extremely feeble interactions with Standard Model particles dominantly at low temperatures. The simplest sub-MeV dark matter models with freeze-in include models with a kinetically-mixed dark photon mediator, or equivalently models where dark matter is ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
October Night HikeFace your arachnophobia or bathe in your arachnophilia on Friday, October 26th! Come on a naturalist-led walk into Joaquin Miller Park where we'll look for the many spiders inhabiting the park. We'll be armed with UV flashlights and look for fluorescing scorpions, and we’ll be looking and listening for bats!Ages ...
Awesome cutting-edge science talks with UC Berkeley graduate students, science trivia, locally roasted coffee, pinball, and more! Join Micah Brush (Physics) and Wren Suess (Astronomy) to find out how we are trying to learn the cosmic secrets of dark matter and galaxy formation.
Where: EmeryvilleCost: Free
Artful Design: How We Shape Technology, and How Technology Shapes Us Join us for a talk that explores the deep intersections of design, art, and technology, drawing from Ge Wang’s new book: Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime (A MUSICOMIC MANIFESTO) -- a design manifesto, in comic book form, about how we shape technology in today's world, and how ...
Join KQED in kicking off the 2018 Bay Area Science Festival with a special screening event featuring its award-winning science series, Deep Look. Meet the producers and hear harrowing tales of how they captured the fascinating imagery for some of Deep Look‘s creepy creature videos including black widows, flesh eating ...
Experience spectacular night sky viewing. Chabot’s three large historic telescopes offer a unique way to experience the awe and wonder of the Universe. Check out celestial viewing day and night. Our observatory deck offers breathtaking views 1,500 feet above the Bay. The observatories at Chabot Space & Science Center are ...
From museums to monuments and texts to traditions, the 3rd Int'l Congress on DigitalHERITAGE brings together leaders from across the cultural heritage world to explore the science and technology of saving the past.  Being held for the first time in North America here in San Francisco, this summit on digital tools, 3D, VR, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $400 - $620 + fees
The Brain is a Social Organ: Neuroscience in PsychotherapyUnderstanding the science of the brain can be the key to understanding the biological power of the "talking cure," according to Dr. Louis Cozolino, our Fall Symposium featured speaker. A facile lecturer, Cozolino elucidates complex scientific ideas using anecdotal clinical material and stories, making neuroscience relevant to psychotherapists of all ...
Where: OaklandCost: $140-$180.
Guided Nature Walk Experience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our 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 and flower-carpeted oak woodland. Guided Nature Walks begin at 10:00am ...
Come enjoy a showcase of science, technology, and engineering from businesses, museums, and universities throughout Contra Costa County. Over 25 interactive exhibits and demos! Attendees will explore the STEM fields, discover new interests, and create lasting memories. Plenty of free parking available! Event is held Rain or Shine!
This celebration will be the high point of the Bay Area Science Festival in the North Bay. Families are encouraged to attend this fun interactive event - it’s all designed to get kids excited about STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Examine formula racer engineering and race your own ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: FREE
Science Saturday: Bats, Spiders, and SnakesOur most popular Science Saturday of the year is back! Join us for Bats, Spiders, and Snakes; an up close look at some of the misunderstood and helpful creatures of the night! We will have live bats and spiders on display at the Museum, and will be an official partner ...
The fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) have been around for generations, and will continue to grow, expand, and shape our world and future in the years to come. In order to give daughters and granddaughters the tools that they need to succeed in a STEM career, parents, ...
Start your Halloween celebration early with special Halloween-themed activities in the Ingenuity Lab and Animal Discovery Room. Pumpkins will fly during this annual outdoor event featuring our friends from UC Berkeley’s Pioneers in Engineering (PiE) program. Join us on the Hall’s C-level lawn and watch as a giant trebuchet sends ...
You are invited to a behind-the-scenes tour of our Parasitology Lab where you’ll have the chance to see live parasites (worms and protozoa)! You’ll also get to hear about our research to discover drugs to treat parasitic diseases that affect millions of people worldwide.Please enter Genentech Hall from the Koret ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Come explore the EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park and learn how solar panels, a living roof, and other green technologies make this facility a functioning example of sustainable solutions. The tour will focus on the history of Heron’s Head Park, the sustainable systems of the EcoCenter, and the restored wetlands ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The History of SausalitoIn commemoration of the 125th Anniversary of Sausalito. But, the best place to start is at the beginning. Sausalito changed with the times, rolled with the punches, reinvented itself multiple times and became a quaint slice of Americana with all the right ingredients for a really good story. Meet Ranger ...
Join local author Betty-Ann Kissilove in a group reading of Great Ball of Fire! A Poetic Telling of the Universe Story. For readers from 8 to 80, this beautifully illustrated book tells in verse the story of our universe, from the Big Bang to the formation and emergence of life ...
Are we alone in the Universe? How did we get here? What does a giraffe have in common with a mosquito? What makes extremophiles extreme? Who’s to say? Join us for an exciting discussion of these and many other questions around understanding the survival of life in the Universe with ...
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 into the fox’s nature and ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project - 10th Anniversary Celebration Please join us as ACR Avian Ecologist Scott Jennings gives a short talk on shorebird responses to the Giacomini wetland restoration as part of the afternoon science symposium of the 10-year anniversary celebration of the creation of the Giacomini Wetlands in Point Reyes. Click here for more information on all ...
Come take a closer look at the sea cliffs at New Brighton State Beach. The rocks forming these dramatic cliffs are part of the the Purisima Formation, which is exposed along the California Coast from Point Reyes to southern Santa Cruz County. The rocks at New Brighton Beach were deposited ...
Where: CapitolaCost: $10 per vehicle park entrance fee
Black holier than thou!I will explain how supermassive black holes are the root cause of a wide range of phenomena seen in galaxies and I will point out examples of these things that you can see with your own telescope.Speaker: Martin Gaskell, UC Santa Cruz
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sensory Tricks and Science TreatsWe will trick your senses and dazzle your mind. Come share with us the joys of inquiry through illusions, magic tricks, logic puzzles and philosophical exploration, while drinking special concoctions from our cash bar.We welcome you to bring your own math puzzles, games, illusions, or magic tricks to share!This is ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5
Sunday, 10/28/18
Fall Birding Walk at the UCSC Farm Join us for an introductory birding walk at the UCSC Farm. This guided walk along the Farm's trails and roads will feature a leisurely pace with frequent stops to observe, identify, and appreciate the local birds and their interesting behaviors. All levels of birding experience are welcome. Bring binoculars if ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $10 General, $5 Members, Free students
From museums to monuments and texts to traditions, the 3rd Int'l Congress on DigitalHERITAGE brings together leaders from across the cultural heritage world to explore the science and technology of saving the past.  Being held for the first time in North America here in San Francisco, this summit on digital tools, 3D, VR, ...
This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk TalkThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Science Fiction Turned FactScience fiction has predicted many things. Some have come true (think touch screens, submarines, bionic limbs), others, not so much - or at least, not yet. If you’ve ever wondered where your flying car or rocket belt is, or why you don’t yet have a robot servant, find out at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Admission to the Exploratorium
Want to make your imagined world become true? Want to create your own fantasy world and play with it? Holographic Augmented Reality (HAR) can make it happen for you! Learn how to create your own holographic AR experiences in this introductory workshop hosted by Integem Inc. (www.integem.com). This event is ...
The so-called “fine-structure constant†is a deeply important number in physics. It describes the strength of the electromagnetic force between fundamental particles. This means, among countless other things, that it gauges the interaction between all the atoms and molecules in our bodies. Of the fine-structure constant, physicist Max Born said, ...
Where: AlamedaCost: Free
TEDxPaloAltoSalon: Imagine AnewHear from great minds re-imagining the future and driving change with projects such as levitating cars, life-saving medical discoveries, the future of leadership.Dr. Anita Sengupta is a rocket scientist and aerospace engineer who developed technologies to explore Mars, asteroids and deep space. She teaches spacecraft, entry and landing system design ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $70.
Meteorites in AntarcticaMeteorites fall all over the earth, but they are best preserved and recoverable from the blue ice areas of Antarctica. The combination of relentless katabatic winds and slow movement of glacial ice in these areas concentrates meteorites that have fallen over tens to hundreds of thousands of years. Meteorites hold ...
From museums to monuments and texts to traditions, the 3rd Int'l Congress on DigitalHERITAGE brings together leaders from across the cultural heritage world to explore the science and technology of saving the past.  Being held for the first time in North America here in San Francisco, this summit on digital tools, 3D, VR, ...
Offered annually since 2013, Aero Design Challenge explores the engineering design process with an aerospace-themed project and competition for Grades 5-12. Each program includes a series of foundational experiences in the Hiller Aviation Museum’s exhibit gallery and lab spaces, after which teams of 3-4 students work together to design, build, ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free
The abundance and dark matter structure of galaxies in alternative dark matter modelsStrong dark matter interactions are proposed to alleviate the tension between observations and theoretical predictions in CDM. Among different interaction channels, self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) models have received considerable attention. However, most models and simulations have so far neglect the contribution of the baryons. First, I will present a combination ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Fate of Supernova-Heated Gas in Star-Forming Regions of the LMC: Lessons for Galaxy Formation The Magellanic System is an excellent, nearby case-study in galaxy formation and galaxy dynamics. As the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC) orbit around each other, they fling material behind them, forming the Trailing Magellanic Stream, an immense reservoir of gas that may someday fall into the Milky ...
Since its purchase of Fayetteville shale from Chesapeake in 2011 and Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Permian shale from Petrohawk,  BHP has invested billions of dollars in developing and applying new technologies for unlocking these resources. My focus in this talk would be around BHP’s efforts in subsurface characterization and production ...
Get a special guided tour of our newly opened Habitarium and CA Trail exhibits. Guests will learn all about our interactive learning space and our new resident animals.Registration required, and opens on October 19 at weblink
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is an experiment that is being performed on a global array of millimeter wavelength telescopes that span the Earth from Hawaii to Chile and from the South Pole to Arizona. With the full array, it is capable of imaging the event horizons of the supermassive ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
ELECTRONS IN NANOSTRUCTURESDavid Goldhaber-Gordon, Stanford, studies how electrons organize themselves and flow on the nanoscale. He will discuss how in such submicron devices, quantum effects and electron interactions are important, which confounds intuitions gleaned from larger-scale electronics and opens new regimes of physics.
Physics at LHCb (Large Hadron Collider Beauty Experiment)I will describe the LHCb experiment that studies decays of baryon quarks (mass of 5 GeV), and charm quarks (1.5 GeV), and show how studying these particles we are sensitive to physics and new particles at very large mass scales of several TeV and up. Specific measurements of CP violation ...
Claudia Perlich advises Dstillery’s machine learning efforts that power digital intelligence and programmatic advertising for marketers and media companies. With more than 50 published scientific articles, she is a widely acclaimed expert on big data and machine learning applications, and an active speaker at data science and marketing conferences around ...
A discussion surrounding several more controversial topics related to power generation:the ongoing role of coal in the global fuel mixthe modest global contribution to CO2 emissions from California and the U.S.the true cost of renewables and the faster declining cost of natural gas powered generationthe impact on CO2 levels of ...
How can artists, scientists, and designers collaborate to develop new methods of public engagement around marine conservation awareness? swissnex San Francisco will host a conversation with Marie Griesmar, artist, diver, and science communicator, currently based in San Francisco as a Pier 17 Science Studio fellow. Marie will provide insights into ...
Why do we need natural history museum collections? The millions of specimens contained in the six natural history museums at UC Berkeley have provided the building blocks of data from which scores of researchers have described new species, unraveled complicated kinships among organisms, and discovered how organisms evolve and adapt ...
Join UCSF neuroscientists for a deep dive into our most complex and fascinating organ. Hands-on activities will spark your brain, inspiring talks will inform your brain, and food and drink will fuel your brain!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
How the Internet Failed and How to Recreate It The internet as it exists might destroy our world. In the developed countries, its arrival has corresponded to bizarre political dysfunction, while in the developing world, ethnic rivalries that had been waning have been re-ignited in the most grotesque fashion. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The internet was ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free, registration required
Nerd Nite East BayDoing the Devil’s Work: Bay Area Satanism and Political Activism.Modern Satanism has a long history in the Bay Area, from Anton LaVey to decades of left wing political work. Far from being baby-eating devil worshippers, modern Satanists act as an adversary against the mainstream, combining occult aesthetics with activism to ...
Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen is the founder of Openwater whose goal is to see deep into the body with the detail of a high resolution 3D camera. The implications are broad for both healthcare and for communication directly with thought .Previously she was an engineering executive at Facebook, Oculus, Google[x] ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Tuesday, 10/30/18
Splitting growth and geometry to test ΛCDMIn my talk I plan to discuss some work in progress I've been doing in the context of DES, which we call a growth-geometry split analysis. The goal of the analysis is to perform a consistency test of LCDM by comparing constraints from large scale structure growth and expansion history. ...
Maximizing LSST science with probabilistic data products LSST will produce massive catalogs including detected objects down to unprecedented floors in signal-to-noise ratio, opening the door to a new space of potential discoveries, from illuminating the dark energy accelerating the expansion of the universe to revealing the physical processes underlying transients and variable stars. The anticipated deluge of ...
Explore what you eat: do you know about the biology, chemistry, physics and even math of your food? Get hands-on with science to find out! Join Cal scientists for some fun, food-related (and spooky!) investigations at the South Berkeley Farmer’s Market.
Join us as we discuss the basics of beekeeping and bee safety, as well honey bee biology and life inside the hive. Community members will have the opportunity to put on a bee suit and see inside a live beehive! Once suited up, watch as Planet Bee Educators open up ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The Dynamic Local UniverseProf. Louis Strigari (Texas A&M Univeristy) will give the October 30, 2018 Applied Physics/Physics colloquium
We will handle molecules of living things like water, carbon dioxide, fat, aspirin, caffeine, chlorophyl, and break them, toss them, and modify them, using hologram virtual reality visualizations with HTC Vive or Oculus Rift headsets.Registration required. Sign up at weblink starting October 19th.This tour also offered on November 1
The Gladstone Institutes is an independent state-of-the-art biomedical research institution that empowers its world-class scientists to find new pathways to cures. It brings together over 350 scientists who use visionary science and technology in cardiovascular biology, immunology, neuroscience, and stem cell biology to overcome unsolved diseases. Discover how Gladstone labs ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
What Do the Midterm Elections Mean for the Environment, California and the Nation?The 2018 election will change the balance of power in California and the nation. While the factors that have driven climate change and drought are on the rise, environmental actions, policies and agencies face rollbacks and cutbacks. The outcome of the November vote on candidates and ballot initiatives will likely ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Physics at Berkeley has a long history of game-changing research, pioneer scientists, world-class students, and Nobel prizes. Find out how we are learning about the fundamental physical qualities of atoms with mind-bending accuracy in the atom interferometry lab of Professor Holger Müller and the ultracold atomic physics lab of Professor ...
Come see how UCSF scientists are turning cells into superheroes by engineering immune cells to kill cancer! Researchers in Dr. Wendell Lim’s lab are programming T cells, the armed guards of the immune system, to kill cancer cells while leaving healthy tissues untouched. The Lim Lab will lead you through ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Mini-Med School: Blood Pressure: How High is too High and How Do I Lower it Safely?We all have concerns about our health, but when should we ignore them and keep fingers crossed, and when should we see the doctor? With the internet a part of our daily life, does ready access to information ameliorate or amplify these concerns? We have assembled a group of leaders ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15, students free with ID
Professor Jackson will discuss sources of methane and carbon dioxide and opportunities to reduce them. The methane work will describe a new global fluxnet synthesis for methane from wetlands and other habitats and measurements of natural gas released from oil and gas infrastructure. The CO2 component will include global trends ...
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25. With it comes big responsibilities for organizations. Jeff Jonas, data scientist and Privacy by Design (PbD) advocate, will do a deep dive into this new law and its ramifications to the data management community, including some ...
Join us for a conversation with Adam Pisoni, founder and CEO of Abl Schools, an educational resource management software. Before founding Abl Schools, he founded a web-design startup, Cnation, which led him to join Geni, a genealogy website. From ideas rooted in his time at Geni, Pisoni later co-founded Yammer, ...
This halloween, as the sun goes down, Mission Science Workshop’s exhibits come to life and take over the Workshop for one haunted evening! Join us - if you dare - to explore the spooky side of science… Walk inside the belly of a (real!) whale, dissect an eyeball, meet the ...
Where: OrindaCost: $5 General, $1 students & K-12 Teachers
Thursday, 11/01/18
Magnetic reconnection in AGN jetsMagnetic reconnection is invoked as an efficient particle accelerator in a variety of astrophysical sources of non-thermal high-energy radiation including, but not limited to, the jets of active galactic nuclei (AGN). The energy dissipation and particle acceleration processes during magnetic reconnection can only be studied from first principles with fully ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Metabolic Syndrome and Mental HealthModern health means metabolic health. The main pathway to chronic diseases today is the breakdown of our finely tuned metabolic machinery inside, due to processed food, lifestyle and â€" mental health? Stress and depression have potent effects on our behavior and creating imbalance of hormones such as glucose, insulin and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Have you heard about the Makers Lab in the UCSF Library? The Makers Lab is UCSF’s makerspace, or a creative, DIY space, where you can gather to make, invent, tinker, and learn. During the 60-minute pop-up, Makers Lab staff will provide an introduction to the space, technology, and supplies. Never ...
Neuroscape uses a cutting-edge approach to improving brain function -building a bridge between neuroscience and consumer friendly technologies.Take a peek inside our center to see how video games are being developed to support treatment of brain disorders such as ADHD, Autism, Depression, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease. Neuroscape Research ...
Shedding Light on Dark Matter with the CMB: Implications for EDGES 21cm SignalIn this talk, I would like to review how the Cosmic Microwave Background (in particular its temperature and polarization anisotropies) can be used to perform both direct and indirect detection of Dark Matter. In a first part, I will show how the CMB can be used to put stringent constraints ...
Speaker: Daniel M. Kammen, Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL); Professor in the Energy and Resources Group (ERG); and Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy.Note new location.
We will handle molecules of living things like water, carbon dioxide, fat, aspirin, caffeine, chlorophyl, and break them, toss them, and modify them, using hologram virtual reality visualizations with HTC Vive or Oculus Rift headsets.Registration required. Sign up at weblink starting October 19th.This tour is also offered on October 30.
Discover what it’s like to be a molecular biologist at UCSF and the Gladstone Institutes. We invite you to join us for a lab tour hosted by the Cancer Cell Map Initiative (www.ccmi.org) where you get to learn how we make maps of cells and explore the effects of cancer ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
After Dark: Vs.Is thinking about the world in terms of dichotomies all good or all bad? Do direct comparisons help or hinder understanding? Investigate the relationship between this versus that via matter, microorganisms, ecology, and human behavior.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.95 advance, $19.95 at the door
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco.Cafe Inquiry is a social event hosted by the Center for Inquiry|San Francisco.For more information or if you have questions please email sf@centerforinquiry.net
Scientists and science enthusiasts are mourning the passing of Stephen Hawking, one of the great minds and spirits of our time. In this introductory, non-technical talk, Andrew Fraknoi will briefly summarize Hawking’s life, and talk about the importance of his scientific work. He’ll focus particularly on Hawking’s work merging the ...
What is dark matter? For decades, firm astronomical evidence from observations of stars and galaxies has indicated that most of the matter in the universe cannot be seen directly with telescopes. Instead, this matter must be observed indirectly through its gravitational pull on the objects that we can see. This ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Social Implications of AIIf anyone can make provocative predictions about technology and its impact on business and our everyday lives, it is Tom Siebel. One of Silicon Valley's most successful entrepreneurs for more than four decades, he remains at the forefront of enterprise software, big data, cloud, the Internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning - formerly at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $30 General, $20 Member, other options on website
Virtual Reality Technology Treatment for Mental IllnessVirtual Reality (VR) has been used for two decades to treat a variety of mental illnesses effectively. Recent technological developments in VR are offering even more potential. Embodied and immersive VR is being explored to treat body image disorders and psychosomatic illnesses. It also has potential to rewire implicit and ...
Join us for our final Astronomy Night of 2018! This FREE event consists of a public astronomy lecture and stargazing on the roof of Campbell Hall with our fleet of telescopes. Learn all about the search for extraterrestrial life, the SETI and Breakthrough Listen projects, and how you can help ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Mini-Med School: Using Design to Make Healthcare BetterUCSF has a long history of pioneering innovation and advancing its bold vision for health worldwide. Whether it’s a new drug molecule, medical device, digital health application, or care process, our goal is to ensure that innovation reaches our patients and benefits patient care. UCSF leaders in innovation--representing a wide ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15, students free with ID
Friday, 11/02/18
23rd American World Dentistry CongressWe are hosting the "23rd American World Dentistry Congress "(Dentistry World 2018) along with external scientific association with the researches, academicians, and Students around the globe, scheduled on November 02-03, 2018 at San Francisco, USA. The theme of the conference is “Tomorrows Dentistry Today†which works with an objective to ...
Where: BurlingameCost: $799
THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENT ON LATE TIME EVOLUTION OF THE STELLAR MASS -HALO MASS RELATIONThe Stellar Mass-Halo Mass (SMHM) relation provides insight into the galaxy-dark matter halo connection. In Golden-Marx & Miller (2018), we incorporate the magnitude gap, the difference in brightness between the BCG and 4th brightest cluster member within 0.5 R200, into the cluster SMHM relation. We observe that at fixed halo ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Painkiller: How Oxycontin ignited the opioid epidemicPlease join us for a fireside chat with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Barry Meier and Paul Costello, Chief Communications Officer, Stanford School of Medicine.Barry Meier was the first journalist to shed a national spotlight on the abuse of OxyContin. He was a member of the New York Times reporting team ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Concordance cosmology and beyond I will discuss the relevance of statistical tools aimed at testing the concordance of cosmological observations and how they can be used as the most model independent test for the standard cosmological model. These statistical tests are a powerful way of assessing whether a specific model explains the observed measurements ...
Ultrafast Manipulation of Topological Phases in WTe2 NanolayersManipulation of topological invariants in quantum materials plays a key role in topological switching applications and can stabilize emergent topological phases in otherwise trivial materials. Lattice strain has been proposed as one means of tuning these topological invariants. However, conventional means of applying strain are not extendable to controllable time-varying ...
The Garcia lab studies one of nature’s abiding mysteries: how does a single cell develop into a multicellular organism? As the organism grows through a series of cell divisions, different cells adopt unique fates to become familiar cell types such as those found in muscle, liver, and our brains. Cells ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Are New Vehicle Emissions Standards Effective and Efficient?This paper demonstrates the historic effectiveness of new vehicle emissions standards at reducing local air pollution from personal automobiles, but it also argues that the efficiency of such policies is greatly reduced by the failure to use complimentary policies that accelerate fleet turnover. The project combines new vehicle certification tests ...
Each $5 First Friday at Chabot is an exciting and immersive experience for all ages! Join us each month for hands-on activities and live demonstrations that are fun for the whole family. Each month there will be new things to explore!
Where: OaklandCost: $5
November Night HikeCome on a naturalist-led hike through Joaquin Miller where we'll look for the many spiders inhabiting the park. We'll be armed with UV flashlights and look for fluorescing scorpions, and we’ll be looking and listening for bats!Ages 12+. RSVP at weblink
The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity’s biggest questions. How did life begin? What is time? What is consciousness? How much do we really know?By introducing researchers from diverse backgrounds for ...
Have you ever wondered, “How many piano tuners are there in the city of Chicago?†How would you figure it out? Enrico Fermi had a knack for quickly calculating things using back of the envelope calculations. It’s surprisingly fun to test your ability to quickly answer strange questions using general ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Say What? The Power of Communication in Raising Healthy, Engaged KidsCommunication is both an art and a science and is critical to any relationship - especially the parent-child relationship. Challenge Success is hosting our 15th annual Parent Education event on Friday, November 2nd, at 7:30pm at Memorial Auditorium. This year's event, "Say What? The Power of Communication in Raising Healthy, ...
Where: StanfordCost: $10
The Hunt for Planet NineScientists have proposed that there is a giant planet lurking beyond Pluto, a Neptune-size world orbiting the sun about 20 times the distance of Neptune’s orbit, but so massive that it may have tipped the entire solar system a few degrees sideways. A race is on to discover this as ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Saturday, 11/03/18
Mt Tam Docent TrainingVolunteer your time to assist visitors in appreciating and protecting Mt Tamalpais!We are now recruiting Visitor Center and Gravity Car Barn Museum docents! The Visitor Center and the Gravity Car Barn at East Peak attract many visitors who enjoy learning about the mountain and its natural and cultural history. Visitor ...
STEM can take you to your Possible Self! During this day long, conference style event, middle school aged students will take part in multiple Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) oriented sessions to get exposure to STEM concepts from ecology to physics! Students will sign up for activities at the ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: f
23rd American World Dentistry CongressWe are hosting the "23rd American World Dentistry Congress "(Dentistry World 2018) along with external scientific association with the researches, academicians, and Students around the globe, scheduled on November 02-03, 2018 at San Francisco, USA. The theme of the conference is “Tomorrows Dentistry Today†which works with an objective to ...
Where: BurlingameCost: $799
Bison DayThe American Bison became the officially national mammal of the United States in 2016. Join us on November 3rd in celebrating this amazing national mammal! There will be exciting opportunities to learn more about this majestic species at interactive tables in flamingo plaza. Learn more about the relationship between bison ...
Discover the world of drones with flight simulation, real flight training in the Museum’s Drone Plex, exploration of historical aircraft and more!Launch an adventure into multi-rotor flight accessible for the youngest aspiring drone aces!  Drone Rangers is designed for children ages 5-10 and includes a range of explorations into remotely ...
During the 8th annual Discovery Day at AT&T Park experience hundreds of dynamic demonstrations, engaging experiments, and geeky games led by Bay Area scientists and engineers. The entire ballpark is packed to the rafters with science content: on the field, at every entry/exit, and every level of the ballpark.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Family Bird WalkLet family walks become a shared time of nature learning. We’ll begin by helping kids create their personal bird watching field guides, and then head out onto the trails to find those birds. A limited number of binoculars are available to borrow. Recommended for children ages 5-10. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. Register ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Intersections: CODAME Evening at The Leonardo ConveningIn “Intersections,†CODAME showcases work that defies boundaries: Where art meets technology, experiment and play collide, and new media wander curiously in the footsteps of old. Featuring gallery installations, screenings, and performances, “Intersections†explores the surprising, inspiring, and challenging crossings of art, science, and technology.What is the purpose of creative ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20
Phantom of the Universe (new planetarium show)Phantom of the Universe is a new planetarium show that showcases an exciting exploration of dark matter, from the Big Bang to its anticipated discovery at the Large Hadron Collider.The show reveals the first hints of its existence through the eyes of Fritz Zwicky, the scientist who coined the term ...
Where: CupertinoCost: 7.00
The Leonardo ConveningThe Leonardo Convening is the culminating event of our 50th anniversary. The event’s aim is to initiate a challenging, vital network-wide experience. The event is designed to bring together attendees from diverse disciplines and experiences. We want this event not only to celebrate 50 years of building our network but ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 215
Sunday, 11/04/18
Aero Workshop: HelicoptersPut your engineering skills to the test in the Aero Workshop! Each session is a special 2-hour mini design challenge designed for children ages 8-12. Each workshop centers on a particular problem in aerospace illustrated by a pair of hands-on experiences. Participants then work in small teams of 3-5 to ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free with admission
The Leonardo ConveningThe Leonardo Convening is the culminating event of our 50th anniversary. The event’s aim is to initiate a challenging, vital network-wide experience. The event is designed to bring together attendees from diverse disciplines and experiences. We want this event not only to celebrate 50 years of building our network but ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 215
Monday, 11/05/18
New Directions in Galaxy Formation and Cosmology Following the First High-z 21-cm DetectionOn March 1st, the EDGES collaboration reported the detection of a sharp absorption signal in the all-sky radio spectrum at ~80 MHz. This frequency is roughly consistent with early theoretical predictions for the global 21-cm signal, a sky-averaged spectral signature of neutral hydrogen atoms in the intergalactic medium before cosmic ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Neutrino Torquing We show how galaxy spin alignment directly measures the initial tidal field, thus doubling the information content of galaxy surveys. The initial density field can be recovered to $ksim 1$ using spin alignment and non-linear galaxy displacement reconstruction, separately. By measuring two scalar fields, we measure the gravitational field of ...
Increased demands of high energy density, long lasting batteries, low cost and safe batteries for applications in consumer electronics, electric vehicle and grid with renewable energy integration present great opportunities and challenges to the society. This seminar will review the status of existing battery technology and present the challenges, opportunities ...
'Nature in the City' MapThe program will begin with an introduction to the map and a pop-up exhibit. The Nature in the City map may just be the first of its kind. A collaboration among artists, scientists, mapmakers, and more, it seeks to express the built world of San Francisco within the larger, older, unfolding, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Revolutionary Materials Path for Computing beyond CMOS TransistorsComputing is at a momentous point as devices approach the 10 nm dimensions even as new breakthrough AI/QC architectures evolve. In this talk, I will outline the framework that combines the energy/dimension scaling (Moore’s law), computer error rates (Shannon computing) and modern AI architectures. I also outline how the next ...
People and Robots SeminarThe promise of driverless vehicles to transform the urban mobility experience is contingent on them behaving well within the human driving and pedestrian ecosystem. Driverless vehicles must behave in a socially acceptable manner. This talk will unpack what this means and explore how the technologies for achieving this.Speaker: Liam Pedersen, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Sketching Big DataA "sketch" is a data structure supporting some pre-specified set of queries and updates to a database while consuming space substantially (often exponentially) less than the information theoretic minimum required to store everything seen, and thus can also be seen as some form of functional compression. The advantages of sketching ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
THE PHYSICS OF 2-D MATERIALSDr. Jairo Velasco of UC Santa Cruz, a recent recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, presents his research on the characterization and control of Dirac fermions within nanoscale p-n junctions.
Digitalization, data sets, computing, technology, analytics are all rapidly advancing. Our energy analytics approach and collective tool kit of models and capabilities has advanced considerably over the past decades.  Today, we are at yet another precipice of change, with exponential increases in data availability, advanced analytics (including AI/ML/NNs), and scalable ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Toy Models‛Toys’ here have a special sense: objects from daily life which you can find or make in minutes, yet which, if played with imaginatively, reveal behaviors that puzzle good physicists for a while. (In particular, if you can buy one from a toy store, it's almost certainly not a ‛toy’ ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the EarthOur Earth is just one of ten billion trillion planets in the Universe. Using the latest science, in this talk we'll see that we’re likely not the first time a technological civilization has emerged from planetary evolution. More important, all those other worlds and other possibilities have a lesson to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members and Seniors
How Do We Become “Robot Proof†in Our Professional Lives? How Will AI Put Humanity Back to Work?In this talk, Vivienne Ming will address the challenge that technology is changing faster than culture, and many of the jobs available today will soon be radically de-professionalized by automation and AI. How can society adapt to this change? How do professionals maintain their value in this ever-developing technological climate?Speaker: ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tuesday, 11/06/18
Two KIPAC Tea TalksTBASpeaker: Vera Gluscevic, Institute for Advanced StudiesThe GRB-170817A afterglow: simulations, light curves, and radio imagesSpeaker: Jonathan Zrake, Columbia
A Perturbative Treatment of Intrinsic Alignments Intrinsic alignments (IA), correlations between the intrinsic shapes and orientations of galaxies on the sky, are both a significant systematic in weak lensing and a probe of the effect of large-scale structure on galactic structure and angular momentum. In the era of precision cosmology, it is thus especially important to ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
IndieBio Demo DayIndieBio, an SOSV accelerator, is the world’s leading seed-stage biotech accelerator. At IndieBio, we are devoted to building startups dedicated to solving humanity’s most pressing problems with life itself. Our 4-month program includes $250K funding, lab space, and mentorship to foster the next generation of biotech entrepreneurs.Come see the culmination of IndieBio's ...
Throughout history medicinal molecules have changed the path of human societies. The foundational art and science of synthetic chemistry powers modern strategies for the discovery and development of new medicinal compounds. This seminar will explore the interplay between target molecules, molecular design, synthetic strategy, and reaction discovery in the context ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Tales from the front lines of wrangling earth science dataBuilding the data capabilities and products needed to help enable understanding of watershed dynamics, tropical forests, carbon flux, and soil carbon. are just a few of the areas where we are working. This talk will describe the role inter-disciplinary data science is playing in helping to address these challenges. Many ...
The Miracles of MicrosurgeryThe concept of microsurgery is fairly new in the history of surgery. Microsurgery is a technique that allows the surgeon to repair one millimeter blood vessels and nerves using an operating room microscope and suture finer than the human hair. In the mid-1960s, Gregory Buncke’s father, Harry Buncke, M.D., recognized ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Mini-Med School: Snoring and Sleep Apnea: What is it and how do I stop?We all have concerns about our health, but when should we ignore them and keep fingers crossed, and when should we see the doctor? With the internet a part of our daily life, does ready access to information ameliorate or amplify these concerns? We have assembled a group of leaders ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15, students free with ID
Join us at the San Mateo Public Library for an informative talk with Stanford neurologist and sleep expert, Dr. Clete Kushida. Learn how to optimize your sleep & recognize serious sleep problems. Dr. Kushida is is a neurologist who specializes in the diagnosis and management of sleep related breathing disorders ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
San Francisco Orchid Society MeetingSkills Session: begins at 7:00pGeneral Meeting: begins at 7:30pmSkills Session: hands-on demonstrations of re-potting or other skills related to growing orchidsSpeaker: Every month we have a different guest lecturer - see our website for more info (http://www.orchidsanfrancisco.org)Plant Opportunity Table: A variety of orchids are available to all attendees at each ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Odd Salon: UnknownJoin us for stories of unsolved phenomena and secret histories, unanswered questions, uncharted territory, and enduring enigmas of science
Clarity and Transparency for MPAsSpeaker:Â The Honorable Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Distinguished University Professor and Marine Studies Advisor to the President, Oregon State University
The characteristic variability of coastal carbonate chemistry continues to provide significant hurdles for understanding coastal acidification dynamics. This talk addresses natural and anthropogenic carbon cycling interactions on diel, seasonal, and decadal time scales to estimate current and future acidification trajectories in estuary habitats typical of the northern California Current. Our ...
This paper investigates the role of income-driven differences in consumption patterns in explaining and projecting energy demand and CO2 emissions. We develop and estimate a general equilibrium model with non-homothetic preferences across a large set of countries and sectors, and trace embodied energy consumption through intermediate use and trade linkages. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Political Economy of Shifting Renewable Energy Targets: A Global PerspectiveIn order to incentivize renewables, governments often utilize the setting of targets as a clear expression of policy priority. By 2015, 173 countries had adopted at least one type of renewable energy target. While the design of targets may vary, representing various levels of ambition and commitment, they ultimately aim ...
Can the culture of STEM help reproduce inequality?The professional cultures of STEM, which give each discipline its particular “feel†and unite discipline members under a taken-for-granted system of meanings and values, are not benign. Drawing from several NSF-funded survey and interview-based studies, I argue that these professional cultures can have ...
Join us for a conversation with Emily Melton, partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). Melton began her career in entrepreneurship at DFJ, where she spent eight years building her skillset investing in companies like Meebo, Kudo and Flux. She worked at the Mayfield Fund for a just over a year, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Illuminating Biology at the Nanoscale and Systems Scale by ImagingAs a fundamental unit of life, a cell is comprised of numerous different types of molecules that form intricate interaction networks, which function collectively to give the cell its life. Dissecting the inner workings of a cell thus requires imaging methods with molecular specificity, molecular-scale resolution, and dynamic imaging capability ...
Can we use the ocean without using it up? The task is daunting given current trajectories in fisheries, plastics and other pollutants, and the increasingly serious impacts of climate change and ocean acidification. However, new scientific insights, tools, and partnerships are providing hope that it is not too late to ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
IMPACT Speaker Series - Taking Flight with California CondorsRachel Westenholme, Condor Program Manager in Pinnacles National Park will be detailing the current efforts to save California Condors.After suffering dramatic declines and dropping to just 22 individuals by the 1980s, critically endangered California condors were raised in zoos and their reintroduction back in to the wild began in the ...
Where: OaklandCost:
Hardcore Natural History: Eucalyptus: Controversial and MisunderstoodTasmanian blue gum Eucalyptus has become a prominent feature of the California landscape since it "migrated" here in the mid-19th century. Join us and sponsor Wrath Winery to discuss the history, ecology, and human impacts of Eucalyptus in California with amateur naturalist Rick Van Stolk. Rick has almost a half ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost:
The Politics and Environment at the U.S. - Mexico borderBorders create separations but they are also meeting points, as well as frontiers where new experiments in bilateral cooperation are tested. This talk will use the US--Mexico border to explore the overlaps between migration and environmental issues. As it slices between nations, a border wall would block animal migration corridors ...
