Exploring Planetary Systems Orbiting Nearby StarsThe NASA Kepler mission revealed that our Galaxy is teeming with planetary systems and that Earth-sized planets are common, but most of the planets detected by Kepler orbit stars that are too faint to permit detailed study. Excitingly, the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched in April 2018 and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Quantifying Watershed Behavior using Geophysical MethodsQuantifying how terrestrial systems respond to climate change and other perturbations is challenging due to the complexity of associated processes that occur from bedrock-to-canopy and over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. This presentation describe the development of several new approaches to help bridge these compartments and scales ...
Come for an evening of learning about how foods have changed over centuries and how they are being modified today. Â Use of modern tools of genetics allows researchers to make changes in the genetic makeup of some foods we use and eat in a than we have made such changes ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
SuperSight: Spatial Computing and the Evolution of EyesThe human eye is amazing. It contains 120 million photoreceptors, discerns 10 million colors, blinks in less than a tenth of a second, and aside from the brain, is the body’s most complicated organ. But, for all of its sophistication, the human eye hasn’t evolved in thousands of years. That’s ...
Mirrors, arguably the first “virtual reality†technology, lie at the intersection of nature, culture, and self-recognition. Once small, rare, and owned only by the wealthy, today mirrors are everywhere and are key to many modern tools, from HDTVs to solar-power plants and space telescopes. Reflect on mirrors and the nature ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
NightLife Spotlight: FlightSoar with NightLife as we explore the wonderful world of flight.Get your late-night science wings while learning about the science of flying with birds, butterflies, and bats.Learn about the evolution of flight in a wide range of creatures with specimens from our scientific collections, from fossils to terrestrial arthropods and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
New Mapping of the Rodgers Creek Fault: It's longer and more complex than we thought+ Remote sensing technology reveals surface traces of the fault covered by trees and buildings+Greater fault length and linkages to neighboring faults make larger earthquakes possible+Fault complexity has implications for hazards from ground shaking and surface fault ruptureSpeaker: Suzanne Hecker, USGS
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Friday, 05/31/19
Alcatraz Historic Garden TourBeginning in 2003, the Garden Conservancy formed a partnership with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the NPS to rehabilitate the Historic Gardens of Alcatraz. Join Shelagh Fritz (Project Manager of the Gardens), to learn about the preservation process of a cultural landscapes: through the planning stages, preparation of ...
Twilight HikeTake advantage of this rare opportunity to experience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve as dusk arrives and the animals start to appear. Our twilight hikes are on select Fridays throughout spring and fall. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: $20 suggested donation
Saturday, 06/01/19
Blossoms and Bugs Bioblitz at Potrero Meadows, Saturday, June 1, 11AM to 2PMIt’s that time of the year when the mountain is blooming and buzzing. Join us for a closer look at the flowers and bugs of this special meadow habitat. We will photograph and identify the living things we see using iNaturalist with the goal of contributing new scientific knowledge for ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Neurobiology of MoralityUntil recently, morality and religion have been closely linked. From well before the time of the ancient Greek philosophers, religion has guided our moral judgments. Contemporary moral psychologists provide compelling evidence that humans - whether male or female, atheist or religious, American or Aboriginal - make remarkably similar moral judgments. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Monday, 06/03/19
A first look at a super massive black holeOn April 10, 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a very long baseline interferometry experiment, released the first image of a black hole resolved to event horizon scales. I will discuss the image of M87 and aim to convince the audience that a flux depression in the image is necessary ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Yes, Your Research May Indeed Be Useful... Many graduate students may wonder whether their research may one day be useful to industry. This presentation offers hope to current students (in a touch-in-cheek manner) that yes, your research may indeed be useful beyond your degree and the ERE Department. In fact, it may have greater impact than you ...
Fueled by advances in software, computation, microelectronics, and large optics fabrication, a novel type of sky survey will begin in 2022. In a rapid campaign of 30 second exposures, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will cover the southern sky deeply for ten years, opening a movie-like window on objects that ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 general, $12 members and seniors
Join us at Public Works SF for six stories of compelling evidence and undeniable corroboration, of credible theories and inferential arguments, and the measure of truth and spiritsStories from the odd corners of history, science, art, and adventure.WHAT: Six storytellers bring strange-but-true stories from history, science, art and adventure, to the stage, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 - $25
David Byrne: Good News & Sleeping BeautiesDavid Byrne has become a scholar and promoter of new good ideas that work in the world.He finds them in health, education, culture, economics, climate, science & technology, transportation, and civic engagement. He has great examples and great slides--as you might expect from an acclaimed visual as well as musical ...
