When scientists see changes in an ecosystem they can often hear them as well. Monitoring different species’ sounds or bioacoustics is one method to quickly detect environmental change. But urban underwater habitats like San Francisco Bay are dominated by ship and vessel noise, which can drown out most biological sounds. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free, (RSVP required for lunch)
Basics of Mushroom IdentificationKingman Bond-Graham discovered the incredibly vast world of fungi at the age of 10. While playing on his family property in Mendocino County, he noticed thousands of mushrooms. After crafting a science project for school, he continued with his fungi fascination into adulthood.Kingman has been collecting and studying the mushrooms ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Nerd Night SF #103: Novelty Catalog, Software Disasters, and Animal Astronauts!‘Twas the nite of the nerds, and all through the Rickshaw, many creatures were stirring, ‘specially the bartenders. The slides were projected on screen at fast pace, in hopes that some learning soon would take place. Three Nerd Nite alumni this month take the stage: the first on the best ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $8
taste of science: Human Genome and Travel to MARS!Checklist for Mars: how to get humans there and back again, in one piece?What happens to the human body in space, especially, on a three-year round trip to Mars, and what are we doing to avoid it? I will give a brief overview of some of the risks of spaceflight, ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: $5
Wings of Wonder: Saving Bats around the WorldDr. Winifred Frick is Chief Scientist at Bat Conservation International and an Associate Research Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz. Dr. Frick has studied bats for nearly 20 years and has worked around the world, including places such as Mexico, Rwanda, Guinea, Fiji, and Jamaica to study ...
How can we design a strategy for the search for life elsewhere - or to understand what the future will hold for life on Earth and beyond - without extrapolating from pre-biotic chemistry and evolution? The origin and evolution of life often seems an unpredictable oddity, based on the quirks ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Thursday, 12/20/18
High tide walk on Richmond waterfrontDuring high winter tides, shorebirds cluster in bits of marsh that remain above water and water birds come close to shore. Enjoy these colorful winter migrants and talk about a future of rising tides with F5C’s president, Susan Schwartz. Wear comfortable walking shoes, dress in layers, and bring a re-usable ...
Where: RichmondCost: Free
Recent Developments in Neutrino CosmologyA robust detection of neutrino masses is avowedly among the key goals of several upcoming Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and Large-Scale Structure (LSS) surveys. In this talk, I will describe recent progress in neutrino cosmology on three fronts. Firstly, I will illustrate the wealth of information on the sum of ...
What do we really need to survive? What happens when a key ingredient goes missing? Examine some essential questions surrounding ecology, packing lists, oils, and nutrition, including the element selenium at Everything Matters.Shop Essentials With Vicente Oropeza and Dave Fleming7:00, 8:00, & 9:00 p.m. | Gallery 2 Exhibit ShopSee where the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
David Belk, MD on the True Cost of HealthcareAlameda-based doctor David Belk will be presenting the findings of his investigation into high drug prices. The drug price crisis, specifically around insulin, has already claimed many lives, and it is one of the main motivations for Counter Culture Labs' Open Insulin project, which aims to develop low-cost, small-scale technology ...
Where: OaklandCost: Donations accepted, not required
Join Exploratorium and Port of San Francisco staff between Pier 3 and 5 on San Francisco's waterfront (meet on the Bay side of the buildings) for a stroll along the waterfront to observe, photograph, and discuss the King Tide. Learn about what causes the tides, why we have King Tides ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Sunday, 12/23/18
Marine Science Sunday: Seal and Sea Lion Superstars of 2018This month we wrap up 2018 with a special Marine Science Sunday highlighting our Seal and Sea Lion Superstars of 2018. In 2018, The Marine Mammal Center rescued many California sea lions, elephant seals, harbor seals, and endangered sea otters, fur seals and Hawaiian monk seals. In fact, in the ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
King Tide WalkCelebrate winter with a beautiful short hike and lots of science at China Camp State Park! Join scientist and educator Sarah Ferner from San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve for a walk near the edge of China Camp’s tidal salt marsh during one of the highest high tides of ...
Where: San RafaelCost: Free
The King Tides are ComingJoin us for a guided nature walk to explore the King Tides in the Palo Alto Baylands. The Environmental Volunteers and the City of Palo Alto are teaming up to offer two walks. We’ll be walking from the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center to the Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter. And, ...
Are the primary colors really red, yellow, and blue? How can you get yellow from mixing red and green together? Bring your most colorful questions to this vivid presentation.Join Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman for colorful explorations of the physical world.Live at both 1:00 and 3:00!Since joining the Exploratorium in 1971, Ron Hipschman has worked as an ...
