Graphic novelist and art mentor, Aaron Southerland, will hold a series of cartooning vibe sessions focused on outer space. The sessions are dedicated to the artsy students who desire to create and continue working on their own cartoon and comic characters. Aaron will provide guidance on drawing techniques using a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Direct detection and characterization of exoplanetsDirect imaging is a method to detect and study extra solar planets, which consists of spatially resolving the light of the planet from the light of the star around which it is orbiting. The method is currently sensitive to young gas giant exoplanets that still radiate the heat from their ...
What is going on with the huge pieces - plates - that constitute Earth’s crust? Plate tectonics is ultimately responsible for the earth’s highest mountains and deepest oceans, also for most earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. It was first proposed in the mid 1960s, after the discovery of DNA, and ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Potentials and Pitfalls of Second Generation Biofuel ProductionBiofuel production in the U.S. has garnered increasing attention since the 1990s due to a national interest in energy independence and potential impacts of fossil-fuel-related climate change. Switchgrass, a grass native to the Midwestern United States, improves soil quality, stores carbon deep in the soil, and provides habitat for birds. ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Tuesday, 06/18/19
Alcatraz Waterbirds TourThis class will look beyond the prison walls of Alcatraz to the natural wonders of the island. Nine different waterbird species breed on Alcatraz during the summer months, the easiest to see being gulls, cormorants, pigeon guillemots, snowy egrets and black-crowned night herons. Waterbird docent, Corny Foster, will lead the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
Maximally constraining dark energyIn this talk I will sketch how combining observational bounds from cosmology with insights from theoretical particle physics allows us to test gravity with unprecedented precision, in particular zooming in on the nature of dark energy. In doing so, I will highlight the interplay between gravitational wave constraints on gravity ...
Ever look up at the night sky and wonder what’s all that up there? Have you been following the news about the black hole and the event horizon and would like to understand more about these phenomena and other Astronomy concepts? Join us and get a download on what’s hot ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Big Screen Science: Rocky IVAt the height of the Cold War, one movie envisioned a world where the U.S. and the USSR were brought together - by boxing. Join us as we celebrate America's birthday a couple of weeks early as we dissect the science of ROCKY IV. Are there limitations on the force ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12.75
Wednesday, 06/19/19
Colloidal Heat Engines: Extracting Work from Bacterial Activity and Non-conservative ForcesArtificial microscale heat engines are prototypical models to explore the mechanisms of energy transduction in a fluctuation dominated regime. This talk will first discuss our experiments to realize a micrometer sized active Sterling heat engine operating between two nonequilibrium reservoirs with different activities of the bacteria. At high activities of ...
Biology is no longer destiny. Our DNA doesn’t determine our health and disease prospects, as geneticists once believed. According to the new science of epigenetics, the vast majority of our genes are fluid and dynamic -and their expression is shaped by what we think and what we do. Our genetic ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: sold out!
Human Intuition, Decision Analysis, and the Value of InformationOur intuitive decisions are subject to all kinds of biases and fallacies according to extensive research in the psychology of judgment. Decision analysis provides practical tools to help bring greater rationality to important decisions. Decision analysis has long been intertwined with computer science. John von Neumann, famous for the “von ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #109: Shaping SF, Otherworldly Geometry, and Cell Biology!June gloom increasing your sense of doom? Follow our nerdy beacon to the Rickshaw, where we’ll dig down through decades of fill to SF’s foundations, confound the flat-earthers by imagining a donut-shaped world, and watch cells do the splits. Just add music, alcoholic beverages, and Miss Arepita and boom - ...
Beyond the Marvel of a Nest: The Survival Challenges of Birds and How We Can Help ThemWith the dramatic decline in bird populations and insect species, how can we help birds flourish in our cities and backyards? With the hope of protecting their continued survival, artist Sharon Beals has photographed and documented the intricacies of birds’ nests and their occupants. Beals will cover the feat of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free for Members, $7 Student
Beyond the skin we live in, clothing and accessory is a ubiquitous human visual identity. It can be a strong marker of culture, values, and resources. It can define how we see ourselves or how we want to be seen. Get your hands on contemporary wearable designs, Â catch a fabulous ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Skin NightlifeThis week, NightLife gets under your skin. Explore the shape-shifting, color-changing, and ever-evolving nature of this complex organ in our new exhibit, Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity.Explore the exhibit through pop-up talks by Academy scientists and other experts and get close-up with scientific specimens, including thick-skinned armadillos, rhinoceros, turtles, and ...
Woodpeckers have captured the human imagination for generations. The distant sounds of pecking, flashes of red plumage, and inevitable disappearance into the shadows of the forest evoke a sense of wonder about these extraordinary yet elusive creatures. Jeffery Martin’s lecture and close-up high definition video explore the foraging strategies of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 donation for non members.
Friday, 06/21/19
Silicon Valley Energy Summit 2019Silicon Valley Energy Summit is the premier annual event for people in Silicon Valley and beyond connected with sustainable energy. Participants gain insights on the latest energy technologies, corporate practices, market trends and emerging government policies. They interact with more than 400 other participants from the world’s largest IT companies, ...
Where: StanfordCost: $300 General, $200 Gov/NP, $100 Retired, $50 Stdnt
SF Design Week: Open House @ swissnexHow will the world collaborate and create in the future? Join us at our third annual SF Design Week Studio Crawl open house highlighting our role in building relationships between design, research, and workspaces.Anchored within swissnex San Francisco at Pier 17, the Living Lab is a testing ground to explore ...
Speaker: Dr. Aaron Barth, UC IrvineTickets on sale April 17.
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $25
Saturday, 06/22/19
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.
Dr. Lea Hirsch is a recent graduate of the UC Berkeley astronomy program, having earned her PhD in August 2018. As a graduate student at UC Berkeley, she carried out some of her first astronomical observations at Lick Observatory, so she is thrilled to be returning to the mountain. Lea's ...
Marine mammals make the craziest sounds! Ranging from the loudest noises of any animals (blue whales) to the songs of humpback whales to elephant seals which sound kindof like evil chickens, each marine mammal has their own voice. Come learn more at What Are Marine Mammals Saying and test your ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: FireworksCome ooooo and ahhhh at the science behind these big booms! Where do fireworks come from? Who invented them? What causes their beautiful colors, and how do the bursting shells create such different patterns? Join us for some real illumination, and learn the difference between a jerb and a lance.Presentations ...
