Marine Science Sunday: Top Predators: Orcas and SharksThe size, strength and skills of the ocean's top predators are simply one of a kind. This month we celebrate National Wildlife Day with those animals that rule the ocean in Top Predators: Orcas and Sharks! Come learn more at Marine Science Sunday - fun educational programs for kids and adults! ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free with Admission
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk Talk & Raptor ReleaseThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Medicine in the Garden: Fall EquinoxLast season we found over 40 medicinal plants during our plant walk led by clinical herbalist Lisa Sanderson-Fox. In our ever changing garden we will again enjoy an herbal walk! Afterwards we will make herbal vinegars to boost our immune system this fall and winter. Melanie Molina will lead participants ...
Counter Culture Labs is proud to be hosting the American Society for Microbiology Agar Art Contest Come and learn how to make colorful and unique living art. Design your own art piece using our colorful bacteria, and then submit your piece for a chance to win.In this hands-on workshop, participants will be ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10
Monday, 09/23/19
Tests of new physics with the Lyman-alpha forestThe Lyman-alpha forest (the correlated absorption seen in the spectra of high-redshift quasars) is a uniquely powerful probe of new physics in the cosmological model - whether that be properties of the neutrino, the nature of cosmic inflation or the phenomenology of dark matter. The challenge lies in robustly disentangling ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Particle physics beyond the Standard Model (and other fun) with clusters of galaxies Clusters of galaxies provide superb laboratories for exploring new particle physics. They represent the most massive dark matter objects in the Universe, making them an important laboratory for probing dark matter decay and annihilation signatures. However, in this talk, I will highlight how the transparency (or lack thereof) of the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Atom Defined Fabrication Comes of Age: Binary Logic and an Ising SimulatorThe long persistent barriers to atom-defined fabrication in silicon have been overcome. In the last year or two A.I. enabled printing and editing of atomically-perfect ensembles has become routine. I will discuss atomic circuitry composed of individual silicon surface dangling bonds that has the potential to address the shortcomings of ...
EXPLORING PLANETS ORBITING NEARBY STARSThe NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission launched last year and is finding hundreds of planets orbiting nearby stars. The TESS mission will probe the compositional diversity of small planets, investigate the formation of planetary systems, and set the stage for the next phase of exoplanet exploration: the quest ...
In the field of engineering, dimensionless numbers frequently help to characterize the state of a system. I will present a series of vignettes about unusually large dimensionless numbers that arise in brain science. These can indicate issues that are poorly understood, and in some cases clearly misunderstood.Speaker: Markus Meister, Caltech
Introduction of PyTorch and Transfer LearningPyTorch is the fastest growing framework to build deep learning algorithms. In this one hour seminar, we will cover the state of the art of deep learning. We will provide an intuitive understanding of model development in PyTorch.To solve real-world problems , we will introduce Transfer Learning, where you can ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Tuesday, 09/24/19
We Are the WeatherIs clinging to habits and cravings destroying our future? An outspoken critic of factory farming and animal-centric diets, Jonathan Safran Foer writes that stopping climate change begins with a close look at what we eat - and don’t eat - at home for breakfast. At the office, industry leaders such ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Tests of new physics with the Lyman-alpha forest The Lyman-alpha forest (the correlated absorption seen in the spectra of high-redshift quasars) is a uniquely powerful probe of new physics in the cosmological model - whether that be properties of the neutrino, the nature of cosmic inflation or the phenomenology of dark matter. The challenge lies in robustly disentangling ...
The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD ScienceShaili Jain, in conversation with Louise Aronson, will share nuanced cartography of PTSD, a widely misunderstood yet crushing condition that afflicts millions of Americans. Jain's forthcoming book, The Unspeakable Mind, is the definitive guide for a trauma-burdened age. With profound empathy and meticulous research, Jain - a practicing psychiatrist and PTSD specialist at one ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Film: 'Plastic China'Join Zero Waste Youth USA for another screening of "Plastic China" - the film that gave rise to China's recent waste ban policy, also known as National Sword. The film profiles a young woman and her family who live next to a recycling plant, in mountains of plastic waste from ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Scorched Earth: Culture and Climate Under SiegeWildfires are breaking records as they burn through acres of Amazon rainforest, northern California countryside and even the Arctic tundra. This loss carries major implications for the global climate: The Amazon alone is responsible for removing 5 percent of the world’s 40 billion tons of CO2 emissions from the air each year. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Learn the story of California's changing ecosystems--as observed from space--from USGS Research Physical Scientist Kristin Byrd, Ph.D.How can we use images from space to help us understand changes to our coasts, range lands, forests, and wildlife habitats?How can they help to predict future changes?What more can we learn from advances ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Ecology and Conservation of Pacific Albatrosses; a Scientist’s and Artist’s PerspectiveBreck Tyler’s Presentation:Albatrosses travel thousands of miles across ocean basins, returning to land only to nest. Midway Atoll, a tiny island in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian chain, is one of the world’s largest albatross colonies, hosting more than a million nesting birds. Sharing his experiences from 30 years at Midway, ...
Learn how astronomers are using gravitational lensing to aid in our understanding of the universe. Dr. Schaan will show how naturally-occurring gravitational lenses work and how they are used to take measurements across the universe. He also will discuss what we expect to learn from current and upcoming experiments with ...
Where: Walnut CreekCost: Free
Nerd Nite Silicon Valley #8: Sarah Winchester and Bay Area SharksNerd Nite is a boozy, playful, and educational lecture series found in cities all around the world. Enjoy 30 minute talks from scientists, historians, game designers, and other nerds over drinks.Topics for Nerd Nite Silicon Valley #8Come and face your fears! We’ll take a virtual visit to the famously haunted ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Green Film Festival: 'Push' Opening Night ReceptionHousing is a fundamental human right, so why can't we afford to live in our own cities anymore? Push sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unlivable cities, and an escalating crisis that affects us all. Follow Leilani Fraha, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $60 General, $55 Members, $16 film only
Intelligent coordinated robot teams allow for the inspection of large infrastructures on land, air, water, and subsea, by combining robotic precision and speed with human intuition and abstract thinking. By recently unifying a priori system dynamics knowledge with efficient machine learning, robots are now able to learn complex manipulation tasks ...
Sophien Kamoun is a senior scientist at the Sainsbury Laboratory and a professor at the University of East Anglia. His group studies how filamentous plant pathogens, such as the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans, infect plants, and the plant processes that are modulated by these pathogens.
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Sears Point Tidal Marsh Restoration: Dissecting Rapid Ecological Change Through Multiple Lenses Dr. Michael Vasey is a passionate believer in the need for good science to inform management decisions and public engagement in the cause of conserving the San Francisco Estuary (SFE). He left a career in teaching conservation biology at San Francisco State to practice conservation biology as manager of the ...
Corey Garza is an associate professor of Marine Science in the School of Natural Sciences at California State University, Monterey Bay. His research interests are in the area of marine landscape ecology using GIS modeling and spatial statistics to study the relationship between scale dependence, habitat complexity and patterns of species ...
Evolving Economies of CannabisDesign Considerations for Legalizing Cannabis with Dr. Beau Kilmer, RAND Corporation Canada, Uruguay, and 12 jurisdictions in the United States have passed laws to remove the prohibition on cannabis and legalize supply for adults. Many of these jurisdictions allow large-scale production and retail sales, but this is not the only ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $25 General, $22 Members & Students
Green Film Festival: 'Anthropocene: The Human Epoch'Experience this cinematic meditation on humanity's massive reengineering of the planet, as scientists argue we have now entered a new epoch. The Anthropocene is a full-scale, catastrophic change that we cannot reverse completely. But we must try.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
Where: OrindaCost: $5 General, $1 students & K-12 Teachers
Peninsula Gem and Geology Society Monthly MeetingLocal mineral dealer and part mine owner Rick Kennedy will be giving a presentation on the Jackson's Crossroads Amethyst Mine of Wilkes Co. Georgia, the premier amethyst locality in the United States. The mine consistently produces world class specimens and crystals that are justifiably celebrated for pure rich purple color ...
Where: Los AltosCost: 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 ...
The world we live in is wildly complex and open-ended. Despite the excitement surrounding AI, building an artificial intelligence that rivals or exceeds human levels in dealing with that world is far more difficult than we once believed. How can we create AI worthy of our trust when solving real-world ...
Astronomy on Tap: Saturn's Rings, Star Birth, and ExoplanetsBorn with the Dinosaurs? The Origin, Age, and Remaining Lifetime of Saturn's RingsSpeaker: Paul Estrada, SETIA Star is Born: How Stars Form in SpaceSpeaker: Jim Jackson, Stratospheric Observatory for Infrafred AstronomyWhat do we Know About Exoplanets? And What's Left to Learn?Speaker: Jesse Dotson, NASA Ames
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Thursday, 09/26/19
Tip the Scales: Pushing the Limits of Computational AstrophysicsThe role of computation in astrophysics has grown substantially over the last decade, driven by the growth in computer power, sophistication of computational methodologies, and increasing data volumes. Over the next decade, the importance of computational astrophysics will continue to grow as computers reach exascale performance and data-intense observational surveys ...
Editor's Note: This event has been postponed until Spring, 2020.Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal ...
They say all the world’s a stage - and here, you can enter nature’s cabaret and encounter the high drama of nature. From mating dances to glorious bird songs, from horror stories of hunting and the elation of birth to the mysteries of perplexing landscapes, indulge in the artistry of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: 19.95 door, 14.95 members, AD members free
For Future Reference: Reckoning with the Ethics of Technology Institute for the Future (IFTF) and the podcast Reckonings invite you to join Reckonings producer Stephanie Lepp, Moment CEO Tim Kendall, and IFTF Digital Intelligence Lab research manager Katie Joseff, at IFTF for a conversation about the ethical decisions behind the technology in our lives. We’ll explore questions like:How do ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10
Understanding Bias How biased are you? According to Jennifer Eberhardt, we live in a world where unconscious bias and innate prejudices affect our visual perception, attention, memory and behavior. These stereotypes can dramatically influence and impact our education, employment, housing and our criminal justice system.Eberhardt has worked extensively as a psychologist and ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $22 General, $15 Member, $8 Student
 Learn about bat ecology, diversity, and the role they play in our ecosystem.See how scientists are using a variety of methods including capture, acoustic monitoring, and tracking, to learn more about local bat species.Find out how this information helps land managers address conservation challenges including habitat loss, emerging diseases such ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Green Film Festival: 'Walden'Through thirteen 360-degree shots, Daniel Zimmermann creates a meditative comment on the absurdity of the economic rationale that underlies our globalised world. Follow the reflective journey of a felled fir tree from a Catholic Monastery in Austria to a mysterious destination in the heart of the Brazilian rainforest.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
Friday, 09/27/19
Photography BasicsThis class is for those who have an interest in getting better photographs with their cameras. It is designed to take beginners who are using the “Auto†mode most of the time and want to use the other features to improve their results. The approach will be to make the course ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
Diffuse Galaxies As a Probe for Dark MatterLow mass galaxies provide an essential testing ground for theoretical predictions of cosmology. They dominate the counts in the Local Group and have high mass-to-light ratios, making them ideal for studying dark matter on small scales. Recent advances in telescope instrumentation have opened a new window into the population of ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Peculiar Velocities in Cosmology The Universe is not homogenous. Since the early times, its structures have grown and moved under the laws of gravity. By measuring these motions today we are able to trace the history of the Universe expansion and gravity laws and hence test the General Relativity. Peculiar velocity measurements rely on ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Transport Properties of Complex NanosystemsHeat, charge, and mass are fundamental energy carrying modes relevant to nearly all dynamic properties of interest in engineering, physics, and modern energy technologies. Here, I will discuss the design and understanding of transport properties in complex nanoscale systems where the dimensional constraints are changed systematically to reveal fundamental principles ...
Carbon dioxide is one of the most attractive renewable C1 resources, which has many practical advantages such as abundance, economic efficiency, and lack of toxicity. The favorable nature as a carbon source is, however, inextricably linked to its inherent inertness. Here we report a new strategy to circumvent thermodynamic and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Green Film Festival: 'The River and the Wall'This film follows five friends on an immersive adventure through the unknown wilds of the Texas borderlands as they travel 1200 miles from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico on horses, mountain bikes, and canoes. Their mission: to document the potential impacts of a border wall on the natural ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
Green Film Festival: 'Artifishal'This film is a call-to-action documentary about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon's slide towards extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
Saturday, 09/28/19
BABEC 2019 Fall Conference: Advancing Biotech EducationPlease join us for an engaging and inspiring day of community with other science teachers from across the Bay Area! Come see our new classroom resources and learn how biotech activities can help you teach NGSS.Strategies for Strong Workforce Program FundingLearn how to engage with new state funding options for ...
Where: San BrunoCost: Free
Guided Nature Walk Experience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest and flower-carpeted oak woodland.Visitors of all ages are welcome. In order ...
Did you know that our oceans are getting noisier, that plants might grow better with classical music playing, or that NASA scientists have converted solar flares into sound waves to learn about the sun? From rabbit ears to bat echolocation, from owls in flight to dolphin sonar, the sense of ...
A Shoreside at MSI promises to be a fun morning of exploration and discovery! At our beach front facility participants will work as a team to pull in a large seine (net) to catch local fishes, set a mud grab to gather bottom samples and invertebrates, and learn the difference ...
Enjoy shark science, shark experts, shark art, shark films, shark conservation, food and live music!Event Schedule- Main Event Free!!11am: All art & science activity stations open, food truck & refreshments available.11am-1pm: Live Music - Ukulele Friends 11:30am: Special Programs (see below)1pm: Ocean Life Parade & Costume Contest2pm-4pm: Live Music - Heather Combs & Max Delaney2pm: Special Programs ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Hawk Talk & Raptor ReleaseThe Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Conditions permitting, a banding volunteer will bring up a newly banded hawk, talk about the banding program, and release the hawk in front of the crowd. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Green Film Festival: 'The Woman Who Loves Giraffes'Think the Jane Goodall of giraffes and you'd get Canadian zoologist and feminist trailblazer Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, whose unprecedented work and scholarship on South African wildlife was stonewalled by institutional chauvinism. This film highlights both her pioneering research and her timeless fight for gender equity.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
Green Film Festival: 'Golden Fish, African Fish'The Casamance region in the South of Senegal is one of the last areas of traditional fishing in West Africa, and crucial to the food safety of many African countries. But the challenges of industrial fishing companies and harsh working conditions are putting the region in danger of collapse.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
Marinship and California’s Second Gold RushDuring WWII, Sausalito (including the Bay Model building) was home to a shipyard called Marinship. Join Charles Wollenberg, history instructor at Berkeley City College and UC Berkeley for this talk and learn how the story of Marinship fits into the larger history of the "Second Gold Rush," the extraordinary process ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Green Film Festival: 'Silent Forests'Meet passionate and tenacious conservationists as they fight to stop forest elephant poaching in Arfica's Congo Basin region. Institutional challenges like corruption and lack of funding threatened to derail their attempts to save those that remain.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
Green Film Festival: 'Mossville: When great Trees Fall'As a centuries-old black community, contaminated and uprooted by petrochemical plants, comes to terms with the loss of its ancestral home, one man standing in the way of a toxic petrochemical plant's expansion refuses to give up.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
Green Film Festival: 'Ay Mariposa'Journey along this emotional odyssey in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas with advocates who show their fierce commitment to home, justice, wild beauty, monarch butterflies, and the future of the US-Mexico borderlands.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
Green Film Festival: 'Cooked: Survival by Zip Code'A life and death story about extreme heat, the politics of "disaster", and survival by zip code. This story explores the systematic ways that climate disasters like heat waves disproportionately affect lower income and marginalized communities.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
Green Film Festival: 'The Green Lie'The big companies would have us believe that we can save the world just by buying the right stuff in our own homes. In this film, greenwashing experts explore how we can fight back against the dangerous lies of big business.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
Green Film Festival: 'The Pollinators'A cinematic journey about the current international bee crisis and what it means for our food security. This film explains the problems of modern large scale agriculture and offers ideas on how it can be improved, illustrated through the migratory pollinators that are a vital cornerstone of our entire food ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $16 General, $13 Members
