Testing GR and the Massive Black Hole Paradigm with Infrared InterferometryAdaptive optics (AO) imaging and spectroscopy of the central star cluster in the Galactic Center over the past three decades have established that there is a concentration of 4 million solar masses associated with the compact radio source SgrA*, presumably a massive black hole. In 2017 we put into operation ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
MegaMapper: a spectroscopic instrument for the study of Inflation and Dark Energy MegaMapper is a proposed ground-based experiment to measure Inflation parameters and Dark Energy from galaxy redshifts at 2 < z <5. A 6.5-m Magellan telescope coupled with DESI spectrographs achieves a multiplexing of 20,000. MegaMapper would be located at Las Campanas Observatory to fully access LSST imaging for target selection.Speaker: ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Radar Technology, History and Future TrendsRadar Technology has been around for over 100 years and has made a huge impact in our lives. This presentation will review the history of Radar Technology from the origins of Electromagnetics to present day applications in our everyday lives. It will also cover future developments and trends as this ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
The Next Frontier of Low-Mass Galaxy FormationSatellites of the Milky Way (MW) have long provided stringent tests of cosmic reionization, cold dark matter, and the physics of galaxy formation on the smallest scales. However, there is growing evidence that the MW satellites may not be broadly representative. Compared to the MW, satellite systems throughout the local ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
'Chasing the Thunder'"Chasing the Thunder" is a high-seas documentary about the Sea Shepherd’s epic 110-day, 10,000-mile chase of the “Thunder,†considered the world’s most notorious poaching vessel. Across two seas and three oceans, the marine activists hunted the fugitive fishing ship through massive ice floes, storms-tossed seas, a near collision and violent ...
Transforming, re-imagining, re-assembling, re-thinking, changing, combining: they’re all part of the art of the remix. Access your inner DJ, play around with mixing up all kinds of art, experience music that’s been rearranged, and discover remixed advances in science at After Dark: Remix.=============Rice in Remix: CRISPR Edition With Nicholas Karavolias7:30 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 17.95 advance, 19.95 door, AD members free
Cafe InquiryCenter for Inquiry San Francisco's monthly get together to talk about whatever interests us.
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Fermented NightlifeWe’re breaking down the science of fermentation, showing you the chemical magic behind kombucha to chocolate and everything in-between.Fermentation transforms many of the foods you love, and we're inviting some of the Bay Area’s best purveyors of fermented foods to show you how.Learn about koji, the mold that gives many ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Searching for Life Beyond Earth The concept of the Habitable Zone (HZ) was once the only way to estimate the chances of a planet to support life. The past decades of exploration in the Solar System and the study of terrestrial extreme environments have shown that the subsurface and interior of several planets and ...
Where: NewarkCost: Free
Heavy Weather: Balancing Joy and DespairNearly half of all Americans are dealing with a new mental stressor: climate anxiety. Whether from reading the news, coping with the immediate trauma of a natural disaster or fearing for a warming planet, according to the American Psychological Association, climate anxiety is undermining our health and well-being. What’s the solution ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Astro Night: Galaxies Across Cosmic TimeFor a century, astronomers have studied galaxies--- immense systems made up of gas, dust, dark matter, and stars--- to help us understand our place in the vast night sky. In this talk, I'll start by taking you on a journey through human time, from how early astronomers learned that the ...
The Farallon Islands, part of the City and County of San Francisco, is a National Wildlife Refuge located 27 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge. Cold ocean currents and other environmental factors there lead to high ocean productivity and a thriving marine wildlife ecology. Biologists working for PRBO/Point Blue ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
'The Love Bugs' - a documentary filmOver the course of 60 years, Lois and Charlie O’Brien, two of the foremost entomologists and pioneers in their field, traveled to more than 67 countries and quietly amassed the world’s largest private collection of insects. He was the Indiana Jones of entomology and she was his Marion Ravenwood. Their ...
