Marine Science Sunday: Marine Mammal Parents and PupsIn preparation for Valentine's Day, this month we celebrate love under the sea with Marine Mammal Parents and Pups in a fun, educational way for both kids and adults. We recommend teaming our free classroom program with a Guided tour at 11am, 1pm or 3pm for a truly immersive marine mammal experience. Read ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
50th Anniversary: The Amazing 747Join Faride Khalaf for a mechanical journey on board one the greatest airplanes in aviation history. You will marvel at the amazing Boeing 747 and its four decades of extraordinary service. With colorful slides, he will give you a closer look at the anatomy of these giants; you will browse ...
Where: San CarlosCost: Free with admission
Sunday Funday: Let's Hear It For the Girls!Join us in celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science, with Scientific Adventures for Girls! Discover some of the contributions and major scientific advances that women have made throughout history. Draw your idea of a "scientist" to add to our art gallery, then get creative with a hands-on ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission, free for members
Storytelling Basics for Climate ResiliencyExplore how storytelling can improve communication around planning projects that are addressing the challenges of global climate change. By analyzing sample videos created to promote awareness and engagement, participants will learn how to tell impactful stories that effectively communicate the issues of density, sustainability and community resiliency as they relate ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Livermore Reads Together: Spare Parts Reader's TheaterVolunteer readers from the Livermore Shakespeare Festival offer this rendition of the book, directed by Donna Blevins.Livermore Reads Together 2019 is a community reading program sponsored by the Friends of the Livermore Library, featuring the New York Times bestseller Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Monday, 02/11/19
The Connection between Large Scale Structure and the Cosmic Microwave BackgroundCosmic microwave background (CMB) photons were initially released at recombination, less than half a million years after the big bang. In the nearly 14 billion years since, they have been scattered and lensed by intervening structure, imprinting a complex pattern of additional intensity and polarization anisotropies onto maps of the ...
New tools for probing classical and quantum nanomaterialsIn this seminar, I will discuss two domains of condensed matter pysics elucidated by new tools: thermal motion in nanomechanical structures and quantum electron transport in 2D materials.By picking up individual carbon nanotubes and coupling them with electrostatic gates and optical cavities, we directly read our non-equilibrium dynamics and observe ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Physics achaeology: unearthing a 45 year old quantum spin liquid - RESCHEDULEDI will introduce the topic of quantum spin liquid as a prime example of emergent behavior in strongly interacting system. Recently a new example, 1T-TaS2 has been discovered. Surprisingly this material has been thoroughly studied for 45 years as a charge density wave material but its spin liquid property has ...
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a 27 km circumference hadron collider, built at CERN to explore the energy frontier of particle physics. Approved in 1994 after 10 years of prototyping of the main accelerator components, it was commissioned and began operation for data taking in 2010. The design and construction ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
People and Robots SeminarDespite massive interest in self-driving cars, the problem of how to ensure the reliability and safety of intelligent autonomous systems remains unsolved. In this talk, I will discuss approaches to safe autonomy based on Algorithmic Improvisation, a framework for automatically synthesizing systems with random but controllable behavior. Algorithmic improvisation can ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
THE KEYS TO INNOVATION: PRIMING YOUR BRAIN TO PERCOLATE BRILLIANT IDEASWhat Physicists Do seriesDr. Ransom Stephens will describe the neural processes that percolate insights into consciousness: the physics of lateral thought, the power of perspective, the value of novelty, and how your brain selects and rejects ideas before you’re even aware of them. Dr. Stephen is a scientist and technologist ...
The flows of complex fluids link fundamental research questions to potential applications, both in industry and for understanding natural phenomena. In this talk I discuss two research questions that we have studied recently: (1) Although flows at modest Reynolds numbers at a T-shaped junction is a geometry where one should ...
It's Electric! Mobility This panel, moderated by CARS Executive Director Stephen Zoepf, will feature companies that seek to catalyze electrification of transport, each focused on a different sector of the market. From an all-electric chassis to electric mobility services at scale to fast & portable electric chargers to electric, highly-utilized AVs, this Energy ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
New Approaches to Looking for E.T.For six decades, a tiny group of scientists has probed the cosmos for evidence of aliens. Is this an endless quest, or could we soon learn of other beings in the nearby universe? We’ll discuss the latest efforts to uncover the extraterrestrials, as well as some disturbing ideas that could ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Cold and Ultracold Molecules for Quantum Information and Particle PhysicsWide-ranging scientific applications have created growing interest in ultracold molecules. Heteronuclear bialkali molecules, assembled from ultracold atoms, enabled the study of long-range dipolar interactions and quantum-state-controlled chemistry, and recently have been brought to quantum degeneracy. There are currently several approaches to producing ultracold molecules: atom association, magnetic, electrical, centrifugal, off-resonant ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Food Politics 2019: Nutrition Science Under SiegeNutrition science is under attack from statisticians and the food industry. Who stands to gain and what might be lost?Speaker: Marion Nestle, NYU, emeritaRegister at weblink
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Odd Salon: SpectacleJoin us at Public Works SF for six short stories of grandiose visions and impractical performances, immense exhibitions, and displays that inspire wonder and curiosity. See weblink for stories and speakers
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 - $25
Free Bay Currents talk: Zen and the Art of Mushroom HuntingCelebrate the beauty and wonder of the Bay Area's fungi with Debbie Viess, co-founder of the Bay Area Mycological Society. Debbie will share her deep fungal fascinations and knowledge gained from more than 25 years hunting, studying, documenting, and teaching about fungi. Photos and stories will illuminate where fungi live, ...
Dr. Vandana Shiva advocates for a more equitable and sustainable food system that uses indigenous knowledge and a wide diversity of crops. She sees a return to nature and organic methods of farming as a solution for both food insecurity and climate change. As a founder of the Navdanya initiative ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $40 General, $20 Students
Cell mechanics by atomic force, traction force, and ion conductance microscopyI will present the development and application of novel scanning probe instrumentation and methods in the field of cell mechanics. Using force clamp force mapping (FCFM), an atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging mode that combines force-distance curves with an added force clamp phase, we observed that the creep ...
Erin is currently a researcher at the University of California Merced. Her research interests focus on earth observations to address the multiple stressors acting upon the earth’s systems under threat for water and food security and biodiversity including: changing hydro-climate, land use, water projects, species introductions, sediment, nutrient and carbon ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Is Santa Clara County Prepared for Wildfire?Climate change brings the prospect of larger, more dangerous wildfires in the future - perhaps like those that have recently devastated parts of California and the Bay Area. What actions are being taken in Santa Clara County to prepare? With this expert panel we’ll discuss the role of land use ...
Where: San JoseCost: $10 General, Free for Members
Food Waste Composting as a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy from AgricultureLandfills represent the third largest contribution of methane (CH4) emissions to the total US greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory. In the state of California alone, food waste represents 18.1% of total solid waste production; however, the potential for CH4 emission is large because it encompasses a large fraction of labile C. ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Teacher Workshop: Monarchs and Silkworms Collecting Data on Diverse organisms and their Life CyclesLearn how to bring living life cycles displays into your classroom. Teacher can get the option of getting milkweed plants and silkworm eggs. Monarch eggs and catepillars (if available can also be collected). Lesson Plans include: Collecting data on arthropod and other small organisms in the environment; butterflies and moths; ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Socio-Technical Innovation for a Low Carbon Energy FutureThe most daunting challenges facing energy planners today are the decarbonization of energy systems to mitigate climate change, and the provision of reliable, affordable and clean electricity to over one billion people without access. These challenges will require not only an extensive redesign of the existing electricity infrastructure, but also ...
What should we expect from the next generation of space telescopes? What key scientific questions will they help answer? Do we have the technology we need to operate them in 20-30 years?To address these issues, NASA selected four large space mission concepts to study and consider as possible future Large Strategic Science ...
Mapping the lives and deaths of 10,000 nearby galaxies with MaNGAThe SDSS-IV MaNGA survey is obtaining resolved spectroscopy for thousands of nearby galaxies, providing new insights on key questions regarding galaxy growth, the regulation of star formation, and its eventual suppression through “quenching.â€Â The largest integral field survey of galaxies ever conducted, MaNGA maps the spatial distribution and chemical composition ...
Zero Waste in Design and ConstructionThe current waste and plastic pollution crisis is considered one of the world's top environmental issues. New programs and policies are being developed locally, however, to combat this crisis and encourage sustainable practices, with new initiatives aimed at decreasing plastic consumption and construction waste. Join sustainability and design experts to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for Members
The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of WorkAutomation and robotics are changing our lives quickly - everyone knows that. But digital disruption goes much further. In The Globotics Upheaval, Richard Baldwin, one of the world's leading globalisation experts, explains that exponential growth in computing, transmission and storage capacities is also creating a new form of "virtual" globalisation ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
CHIME: The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping ExperimentCHIME is a new interferometric telescope at radio frequencies 400-800 MHz. The mapping speed (or total statistical power) of CHIME is among the largest of any radio telescope in the world, and the technology powering CHIME could be used to build telescopes which are orders of magnitude more powerful. Recently ...
Sex on the Kitchen Table: The Romance of Plants and your FoodBeing your Valentine's Day evening with a fun talk from Dr. Norm Ellstrand of UC Riverside about the heat between the "beets."Norm's talk is based on his recent book, Sex on the Kitchen Table. From Amazon: At the tips of our forks and on our dinner plates, a buffet of botanical ...
Chocolate: it’s everyone’s favorite...bean? Learn at Pairings: Chocolate how the food of the gods goes from bitter fruit to beloved bar. Then taste your way through a flight of delicious demonstrations and talks for all of your senses: get your hands on some beans, hear about the chocolate-making process firsthand, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
7:00-7:25: Christopher Tyler(City University of London) on "Leonardo himself: A lifelong self-portrait"Reconstructing the life of the young Leonardo and his role as the iconic 'rock star' of his time...Read more7:25-7:50: E.J. Chichilnisky(Stanford/ Neurosurgery) on "Toward a High-fidelity Artificial Retina"How to improve artificial vision with bi-directional devices that ...
Many elements of the modern American creationist movement would be familiar to Darwin, especially the argument from design, which of course was very well known (and well-regarded) by educated people of his time. Young-Earth creationism, on the other hand, would be puzzling to him; Bishop Ussher’s 4004 BC age of ...
4th Annual Newt Nite & TriviaJoin us for our 4th Annual Newt Nite, a Valentine-themed event to remember!Take a short walk to see mating newts, followed by nature-themed trivia at the Grizzly Bar and Grill. Food and drink will be available for purchase at the grill. Dress warmly and bring a headlamp or flashlight. Amphibian amplexus, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 Donation
Lectures & Lasers - 'Kevin Deer & the 12 Mistresses of the Zodiak'Kevin Deer is a junior at Cambridge High Boarding School. After a painful rejection by the one he thought he loved the most in life, the hopeless romantic has given up on finding love. Then, through chance, or perhaps fate, he discovers a way that guarantees him to find true ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15
LifeCycle: The End of Sex?When algorithms can analyze an embryo and recommend which should be fertilized, will sex as we know it become an outdated, analog technology? Could data and wearable sensors transform the way we conceive? Join us for the first Creation event of our 2019 LifeCycle series as we examine thought-provoking questions about ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 - $15
Fly Me to the MoonBob writes astronomy books, articles, and book reviews and is recognized as an independent scholar on the history of astronomy and observing the night sky. His first book, Star- Hopping: Your Visa to Viewing the Universe, was published in 1994 by Cambridge University Press. This best-selling book was republished as ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Saturday, 02/16/19
Habitat Restoration: Keep Broom out of the ForestMadrone, oak, coyote brush and toyon are supporting a kaleidoscope of fungus in the little forest on top of Shaver Grade. Surrounding this wonderland is the ever-threatening French broom. Join us in our quest to keep this one species from upsetting the diverse native ecosystem. Meet at the gravel parking ...
Where: FairfaxCost: Free
Chocolate Tasting at The FosterHave you ever wanted to know more about chocolate and where it comes from? Take a journey from bean-to-bar as we discuss how chocolate is made, from the cacao fruit to cacao nibs to the finished chocolate. Then we will smell and taste the differences between chocolates from different origins ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $15.00
Salamander SearchUnravel the secrets of our unique newt population among the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains! Meet and touch some of our native animal ambassadors. Venture into the newt’s ecosystem to locate these and other native animals in their habitat. Recommended for ages 5+.Sessions offered 2/16 and 2/23.
Calling All Eco-Explorers! Youth ages 5-15 will be up to their elbows in FREE, hands-on activities. Learning through fun interactive, nature science experiences and regional field trips, your kids will find out all about the Bay Area ecosystem and become the next generation of Citizen Scientists! We have extended Welcome ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Is Anybody Out There?Are Fast Radio Bursts signals from ET? Or are they signals from magnetars? Is `Oumuamua an alien space ship? Or is it a rock from another solar system? Are we alone in the universe? Current and future SETI projects may provide an answer.Berkeley SETI Research Center chief scientist Dan Werthimer ...
Come join us for a full day of Valentine's workshops with the mad scientists at Counter Culture Labs. Bring your sweetie, or just come have some good nerdy fun all by yourself - we ain't judgin!Individual workshops are around $20 each. Please sign up on Meetup through the links below:* ...
Where: OaklandCost: $20
Salamander SearchUnravel the secrets of our unique newt population among the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains! Meet and touch some of our native animal ambassadors. Venture into the newt’s ecosystem to locate these and other native animals in their habitat. Recommended for ages 5+.Sessions offered 2/16 and 2/23.
