Understanding the Interiors of Neutron StarsNeutron stars have long beckoned to physicists from many fields as realms of extreme physics beyond what we can test in terrestrial laboratories.  In the realm of nuclear physics, the lure is that the cores of neutron stars are several times denser than atomic nuclei and yet are technically cold; this ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The story of how low frequency radio waves connect space, underground, and everything in between The simple act of recording very low frequency (VLF) radio waves (3-30 kHz) is incredibly simple, yet unlocks a bevy of connections across science and engineering. Â Lightning releases VLF energy which travel thousands of miles, allowing lightning to be characterized, geolocated, and integrated into weather forecasting. VLF waves reflect from ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Time to change a paradigm: non-specific effects of vaccinesUnknown to most people, vaccines were never tested for their effects on overall health before being introduced. Everybody was so certain that vaccines only affect the target infection that it did not seem necessary. Our population-based epidemiological studies in one of the world’s poorest countries, Guinea-Bissau, have now revealed that ...
Explore the many converging facets of identity on this journey to the center of the self. Question your assumptions, weigh your psychic baggage, and dare yourself to try on a new persona as you explore both self and society. Come as you are and let’s take a look in the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Tiny NightlifeThis week, we’re shrinking NightLife down to size with a celebration of all things tiny, miniature, and microscopic.Interested in downsizing and shrinking your footprint? Learn about the how-tos and challenges of living that tiny home lifestyle.See what NASA advisor and Spacehack.org founder Ariel Waldman found when she traveled to Antarctica ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $10 General, $5 Members, $15 at door
The Science Of Magic - With Live DemonstrationsFrom ancient conjurers to quick-handed con artists to big ticket Las Vegas illusionists, magicians throughout the ages have been expertly manipulating human attention and perception to dazzle and delight us (or scare us, or steal our watches). Of course you know that the phenomena of cognitive and sensory illusions are ...
Where: Castro ValleyCost: FREE
Friday, 05/24/19
Quantum Computing with Superconducting QubitsQuantum entanglement is a very real effect, in which (usually nearby) quantum states of real materials can become so very well connected that acting on one component will strongly affect the other. This effect of entanglement, which can be present in materials not used for quantum computing as well, plays ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Small scale structure of the IGM: A Dark Matter Tale The intergalactic medium (IGM) plays a unique role in constraining the (small scale) matter power spectrum, since the low-density, high redshift IGM filaments are particularly sensitive to the small scale properties of dark matter. The main observable manifestation of the IGM, the Lyman-alpha forest, has provided important constraints on the ...
I will describe our efforts to understand and design stiffness-changing soft matter with inspirational structure and rheology. Polymer networks and fibrous elastic components are common themes across the three different stories. First, a new design paradigm experimentally realized: soft solid materials that can change stiffness by up to 100 times ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Astronomy 101: Sights of the Cosmos, Intro to AstronomyThis event provides a different introduction to astronomy than our Intro to the Night Sky talks. During this hour, you'll gain an appreciation for the size and scale of the cosmos and our place within it. You'll see many examples of the beautiful objects visible in the night sky, learn ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Saturday, 05/25/19
Gardening with Nature in MindJoin renowned environmental educator Judy Adler in this in-depth tour of her half-acre Walnut Creek garden. Judy’s suburban garden, part farm, part classroom, part nursery, and part nature preserve, features happy chickens, a rainwater harvesting system, a pond, and many California native and/or pollinator-friendly plants. Judy’s was one of the first gardens ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: $35
Science Saturday: Water WildWe're making a splash during this last Science Saturday of the school year, as we dive into the wonderful world of water. What is a watershed? Where can you find a steelhead? Find out while we explore all-things aquatic while completing a craft, activities, and more.
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 ...
Learn what Treasure Island was planted on - and what was planted on Treasure Island for the Golden Gate International Exposition. Today, Treasure Island’s soil is being reinforced with fill from the Caldecott Tunnel’s fourth bore. Did you know that its perimeter was built in 1937 using boulders from the ...
Everything is made of elementary particles, the stars, our planet, our bodies… One of the most ghosty and sneaky of these particles is the so-called neutrino, a neutral tiny particle that can go through entire planets like light through glass. Even if they are the most abundant massive particle in ...
This month we celebrate the work taking place to help save endangered and threatened marine mammals found along the California coast and Pacific Ocean, including the threatened Guadalupe fur seals, Southern sea otter, the rarest seal in the United States, the Hawaiian monk seal. Docent-led tours will take you around the ...
Beginning in the 1960s, a handful of young scientists headed out into the wilderness, driven to understand how nature works. Immersed in some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth - from the majestic Serengeti to the Amazon jungle, and from the Arctic Ocean to Pacific tide pools ...
This month learn why humans don’t live underwater (and all the bad things that happened when we tried), see how the East Bay urban landscape was transformed by the Black Panther Party, and hear how EBMUD is using engineering to replace 4,200 miles of East Bay pipelines.Why Don't We Live ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8 web, $10 door
Tuesday, 05/28/19
Unsolved problems in digital geoscience... and how to solve themWhat are the most pressing problems in digital geoscience? David Hilbert's 23 problems in mathematics propelled generations of researchers; today the Clay Mathematical Institute's Millennium Problems are similarly motivating. As we enter a new era of computational discovery, Dr. Hall believes a similar list of unsolved problems in geoscience, and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
One Tam: Wildlife Picture Index ProjectCome contribute to the Marin Wildlife Picture Index Project! Volunteer community scientists assist with research by helping maintain motion-activated cameras and processing photos. At this event, we view the images on the computer, identify the mammals, and enter the results in a database. New and experienced catalogers welcome, as training is ...
Examining Southern Hemisphere Humpback Whale Migratory Routes from Foraging to Breeding GroundsSouthern 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 ...
There are 4 activities at each presentation after a show presentation. Parents work with their children to learn about science. Recommended for elementary age children. Families are encouraged to attend.  Limited seating.The Oceans have many organisms from tiny diatoms (one celled plant) to shells (invertebrates) to the largest animal that ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Wonderfest: Vision in Mind & Modeling EvolutionWonderfest Science Envoys are early-career researchers with special communication skills and aspirations. Following short talks on provocative modern science topics, these two Science Envoys will answer questions with insight and enthusiasm:UC Berkeley neuroscientist Malak El-Quessny, in "Visualizing Neural Circuits: From Detection to Perception of our Sensory World," explores how neural circuits ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Wednesday, 05/29/19
Designing for Our Future: Solutions for Digital Well-Being Join Common Sense, the Stanford d.school and the Computer History Museum for a conference on technology and well-being. Featured speakers include Craig Newmark, Tristan Harris, and Dr. Jenny Radesky, who, along with other industry leaders and child health experts, will explore ethical design that creates a healthier digital ecosystem for all. ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $35 General, See weblink for free qualifications
In this talk, Angus Forbes will present recent projects that introduce current trends in the field of information visualization and explore opportunities for creating interfaces to facilitate the interactive analysis of complex scientific data. In addition to describing details about a range of data visualization projects that investigate bioinformatics data, ...
Join us for a special sneak preview of new documentary Once Was Water from director Christopher Beaver and producer Diana Fuller, the creative team behind Racing to Zero: In Pursuit of Zero Waste (SFGFF 2015). This event is a Summer Benefit for the 2019 San Francisco Green Film Festival! ONCE WAS WATERLas Vegas, Nevada: the thirstiest city ...
Astronomy on Tap South BayPutting the Science in Science FictionExplore the versions of reality presented by popular scifi films! Are they based more in science or fiction?Speaker: Nicholas Saunders, Kepler/2 Mission at NASA AmesUnderstanding Strange New Worlds: Super-Earth Exoplanets and their AtmospheresFind out how scientists perform meteorite experiments and atmospheric simulations to study exoplanets ...
