Dr. Levy will explain why there is so much excitement about recent discoveries that are changing the way we think about and treat cancer.Last year the Nobel prize in medicine was awarded to two scientists, one from Texas and one from Japan for their work on unlocking the immune system ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Beer Garden NightlifeTaste your way through a pop-up beer garden with local breweries slinging their best botanical-forward brews. Follow their stories from botanical inception to foamy finish while tasting flights from Ale Industries, Ghost Town Brewing, Henhouse Brewing, Temescal Brewing, Triple Voodoo, and more.Golden State Cider will debut their new hibiscus-infused pink ...
What stories do we see in the night sky? People have long told stories about the moon and spun explanations for they way it moves and how our view of it changes. At After Dark: Lunar Lore, learn more about the science behind our night sky and how the moon ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Hardcore Natural History Series - The Plastic Link in the Agriculture Supply ChainDaniella Russo and Greg Baxter are the co-founders of Think Beyond Plastic, the leader of a global multidisciplinary effort to identify and commercialize upstream innovations that eliminate plastic pollution, with focus on innovative product delivery systems. At Hardcore Natural History, they'll be discussing their work in agricultural supply chains in ...
Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania are all part of the Australian geological plate, or Sahul. After a brief visit to O'Reilly's, a wonderful jungle lodge near Brisbane, Australia, we'll fly to Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. Our route in PNG will take us from the lowlands in ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $5 donation for non members.
Astrophysics: The Violent Universe With our eyes, in the visual band, the Universe appears to be very quiet and static. However, this does not happen when we look at the Universe in the gamma-ray band, a very energetic light. This talk offers a look into our violent Universe in gamma rays.Speaker: Elena Orlando, Stanford
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Back to the Moon: For Science and ExplorationNASA has an ambitious plan to return astronauts to the Moon - Project Artemis. The return includes commercial and international partners with the goal of promoting a faster and more extensive exploration of the Moon as well as destinations beyond.In a fashion similar to what has been done in commercializing ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Friday, 07/19/19
Grow Redwoods for Coho Salmon: Nursery Volunteer DayJoin local community members, staff, and interns in our native plant nursery between 10am and 1pm this Friday!We will be working together to grow, tend and care for native plants used to restore critical habitat for Coho salmon in Lagunitas Creek.Please pack something to eat and join us for lunch ...
Where: OlemaCost:
Nanomaterials and Nanosystems for Catalytic, Energy and Biomedical ApplicationsNanostructured materials can be designed with sophisticated features to fulfill the complex requirements of advanced material applications. This talk describes the synthesis of metallic, metal oxide and semiconducting nanocrystals of controlled size, morphology and architecture. The nanocrystalline building blocks are used to create multifunctional systems with excellent dispersion and unique ...
We welcome you aboard the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum to learn about her service during the Apollo 11 mission and observe the night sky from the Flight Deck!USS Hornet served as the recovery vessel for the Apollo 11 & 12 lunar landing missions the spaceflights that landed the first humans on ...
Where: AlamedaCost: TBA see preregistration
Stellar EvolutionBy the middle of the 19th century, astronomers and physicists had decided that gravitational energy powered the Sun. In the early 20th century a theory of evolution had been devised with young giants and old main sequence stars, resulting in an age for the earth less than 100 million years. ...
Come early, stay late, and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with us. For one day only, the Exploratorium will be open from 10 a.m. to midnight - it’s a soiree for Earth’s own natural satellite. Experience the thrill of NASA’s newly restored footage of the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission, Members and AD members free
Apollo 11 50th Anniversary CelebrationDuring the Apollo program of the 1960s and ’70s, NASA sent nine missions to the moon. Six of them landed astronauts safely on the surface, the only times humans have visited another world. July 20, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first humans landing on the Moon on July ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Maker Lab: Open Lab @ClaremontA place to drop in and try out: *Sewing on a Babylock sewing machine *Button-making *Drawing on the ProWise whiteboard *Experimenting with a Foldscope microscope *Needle-felting *Sculpting with modeling clayNo previous experience necessary! This program is for kids with parents, teens, and adults.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Restore Creeks for Coho Salmon: Restoration Volunteer DayJoin local community members, staff, and interns at our Lagunitas Creek restoration site between 10am and 2pm this Saturday!We will be working together to water native plants and remove invasive species, restoring critical habitat for Coho salmon.Please pack something to eat and join us for lunch after we’ve finished working. ...
Faride Khalaf will take you down memory lane and visit the Apollo program in a unique way. He will focus on some of the details starting from early launch preparation to the last rocket blast that sent the gallant crew and their spacecraft to the moon. In this presentation, you’ll ...
Apollo Party 21+This event is after hours and for adults only! Grab a drink and join us for space karaoke, and show off your moves on the dance floor! Enjoy live performances in our Planetarium from Blue Eternity and join the crew of a special simulated mission to the moon!Â
Where: OaklandCost: $20
Cosmic Alchemy: Neutron Stars, Gravitational Waves, and How to In 1916, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a radiant form of energy similar to light, but caused by gravity. A century later, scientists detected the first gravitational waves from two merging black holes. This landmark discovery and new way of viewing the Universe resulted in the 2017 ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Demystifying Black HolesDespite their constant presence in sci-fi, black holes remain enigmatic to most people. What are they? What do they do? Do they even really exist? In this talk, our speaker will debunk the movie tropes and discuss what exactly a black hole is, why they are so hard to find, ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Sunday, 07/21/19
Meet & Greet Hornet Crew from the Apollo 11 and 12 MissionsA special welcome to the various Hornet crew members who served on board during her years of service, including those who served aboard during the Apollo 11 and 12 recovery missions!For more information about the Museum’s Splashdown 50 celebrations, please visit uss-hornet.org/splashdown50!
Where: AlamedaCost: Free with admission
Sunday Funday: Sweet ScienceOn National Ice Cream Day, we are celebrating that sweetest of the 7 basic tastes, the ones made possible by sugars. Make your own ice cream out in the plaza and learn about the role of bees and honey with Planet Bee.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
Nest Watchers: Citizen Scientists Reveal New Information about Peregrine FalconsThe peregrine falcon was successfully removed from the endangered species list in 1999. Following this conservation achievement, the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group (SCPBRG) has continued to monitor breeding peregrine falcons in our region, with critical support from citizen scientists scattered throughout the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas. ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Monday, 07/22/19
Space Movies Aboard the HornetThe films we will be showing primarily come from the Smithsonian Channel. Because of the Museum’s Smithsonian Affiliate status, we can show these documentaries at the USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum. Come aboard to explore the future of space exploration through these documentaries while surrounded by the past ...
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 ...
We are living longer, but are we healthier? Research has shown the clear benefits of exercise for lifespan and healthspan. But what about the proliferation of fad diets, supplements, devices, and other ‘miracle’ cures? In this talk, Dr. Tranah will highlight the latest robust discoveries in human aging. He will ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Best Practices in DS on Rapid Model Development & Faster Production DeploymentA key step in the data science workflow is rapid model development in order create, test, and identify the best models to put into production. However, large gaps exist in this workflow, and the data science tool set is rapidly changing to fill those gaps. Large teams and enterprises are ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
TimefulnessWe need a poly-temporal worldview to embrace the overlapping rates of change that our world runs on, especially the huge, powerful changes that are mostly invisible to us.Geologist Marcia Bjornerud teaches that kind of time literacy. With it, we become at home in the deep past and engaged with the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, Free for members
Calling all Bay Area Teachers Come be our guests and learn all about our exciting Education Programs! To celebrate our Splashdown 50 Anniversary we are inviting all educators to come aboard and visit our amazing museum and participate in STEM DemonstrationsFREE to All Bay Area Teachers- Bring a school ID ...
Where: AlamedaCost: FREE to All Bay Area Teachers Must Pre Register
Barra de Potosà in Southwest Mexico is a little-known jewel, and it’s at a tipping point. Humpback whales breed there every winter, and resident dolphins delight visitors, but before Katherina Audley arrived, fishing was almost the only local industry and it was on the verge of collapse due to fishery ...
Where: SausalitoCost: $10 suggested donation
Wednesday, 07/24/19
Apollo Retrospective: The Past, Present, and Future of Space TravelCome aboard as we explore the past, present, and future of space exploration and space travel with experts from the private aerospace industry!We will then follow with another presentation as we look back at the history and legacy of Apollo 11 and relive the recovery of the astronauts and capsule with ...
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have enabled breakthrough levels of accuracy on a variety of tasks in vision, audio, and text. However, DNNs can be quite computationally-intensive, and highly-accurate DNNs often require a full-sized GPU server for real-time inference. To squeeze DNNs into smaller computing footprints, there are a number of ...
Where: MilpitasCost: 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
Wonderfest: Mind in MotionCould movement, not language, be the foundation of thought? Pictures (including mental movies) are remembered far better than words. Both recognition and recall - of faces, scenes, and events - are utterly wordless processes, and much of our most abstract thinking is done without words. In her new book, Mind in Motion, ...
