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 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Monday, 06/24/19
Standing Rock, Climate Change and the Green New DealIn 2015, representatives of 193 nations gathered in Paris, agreed that global climate change is underway and that our use of fossil fuels is a primary cause and set goals to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. President Trump ignored these agreements; overturned environmental protection standards; ordered the commencement of the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free for Members, $7 Students
The Reentry and Recovery of Apollo 11The return of Apollo 11 to Earth was nearly as complicated as the spacecraft’s historic trip to the moon, requiring a perfect and harrowing 24,700 mph trip through the earth entry corridor. Learn about the critical events and meticulous planning that returned Neil Armstrong, ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8 Advance, $10 at door
Real-time monitoring of Twitter's network infrastructure with HeronTwitter users start and join multiple conversations every day, so monitoring and mitigating any potential network issue in real time is the key to a smooth user experience. Monitoring and analyzing a network at Twitter scale is extremely hard - and almost impossible to achieve manually. As a result, the ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Tuesday, 06/25/19
Electrification NationTo lower greenhouse gas emissions we need to stop burning fossil fuels, not only in cars and power plants, but also in homes and businesses. Switching to using all electric appliances is a great way to do this, particularly as grid electricity gets cleaner and cleaner. This movement toward “electrification†...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, Free Members, $10 Student/Senior
'Digital Cash - The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency'Please join us for the launch of DIGITAL CASH: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency. Programming will begin at 6:30p in the Internet Archive's Great Room, followed by a reception and book signing. Books will be available for sale onsite.In DIGITAL CASH (publishing June ...
Medical wearable device and designTopic 1: Accurate Sleep Monitoring by Don Aoki, SomnologySeventy million Americans have a sleep disorder, costing the US $411 billion annually. Untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can lead to stroke, chronic heart failure, high blood pressure, and other cardiovascular problems, and is a factor in many traffic and workplace accidents.A ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General, $5 IEEE Members, CES/IEEE Stud. Free
Dead Whales Do Tell Tales, Moe FlanneryAs a member of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network, the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, along with the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, responds to any dead whale that strands along the Pacific coast between the Rockport in Mendocino County and the San Mateo/Santa Cruz county line. Each ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Donations are encouraged, $10 general, $5 students
Documentary about solar powered flight around the worldPoint of No Return, the documentary following the groundbreaking flight of Solar Impulse - the solar powered airplane that flew around the world in 2016 will be shown.Two Swiss pilots make an historic attempt to circumnavigate the globe in an airplane fueled exclusively by sunlight. Their mission: to prove the potential ...
Where: OaklandCost: 12.00 general // students 10.00
Nerd Nite Silicon Valley #5: Pee, Math, and CoffeeNerd Nite is a boozy, playful, and educational lecture series found in cities all around the world. Enjoy 20 minute talks from scientists, historians, game designers, and other nerds over drinks.This month we’ll learn about the microbiome of your pee and what that means for your health, contemplate the mathematical ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Secrets of the Early UniverseVictoria Strait (UC Davis) will present observations of some of the most distant galaxies known to date and explain what they reveal about the universe at the time when they were observed, and how this is helping us piece together a picture of how the universe has transformed between just ...
Cephalopods may be known as speedy, swift swimmers, but some octopuses have been spotted sprinting on the ocean floor! Gather together with experts who contemplate the odd behaviors of octopuses’ nimble arms or legs, depending on how they’re moving. Join Dr. Christine Huffard from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and Dr. Jean Alupay from the Greater ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20
Wednesday, 06/26/19
Swarming and the future of oceanographySwarming - the cooperative group behavior of large numbers of similar vehicles - can be used for much more than light displays and sensor networks. When the instinct for swarm behavior is embodied on each vehicle in a group, it becomes a powerful management tool giving access to new modes ...
Where: OrindaCost: $5, $1 Student member and K - 12 teachers
If Robots Build the House of Today, How to Build a House Tomorrow?This discussion between architects, policy makers, designers and technologists dives into the issues raised by the “How to Build a House: Architectural Research in the Digital Age†exhibition at swissnex San Francisco. The exhibition presents the DFAB HOUSE in Switzerland, one of the first houses to be built almost entirely ...
NASA is going back to the Moon, this time with commercial and international partners that will help us explore faster and explore more. After successful efforts to commercialize low-Earth orbit, there’s a renewed commitment to this new effort, which calls for the partnership to launch and operate a new space ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Skeptics in the Pub: MillbraeScience and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub West Bay, Fiddlers Green, Millbrae sponsored by Bay Area Skeptics.If ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. If ye shun the brewer’s art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!Skeptics ...
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
Science on Tap: How Stable Is West Antarctica? One of the major concerns for the future is being able to predict sea level rise. The main contribution to error in sea level projections comes from uncertainty in ice loss from Antarctica. Antarctica is built up from two separate ice sheets, the East and West Antarctic Ice Sheets. In this talk, ...
