SynBioBeta 2019: The Global Synthetic Biology SummitSynBioBeta is where tech meets bio and bio meets tech.Meet the innovators and companies, find new opportunities, partner up and discover the potential of the biological industrial revolution. We loved our time at Mission Bay Conference Center, but our industry and our attendance have outgrown that facility, so we’re very ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
Two KIPAC Tea TalksDirect Imaging of Habitable Exoplanets* (*In the Next Decade)Direct detection and detailed characterization of habitable exoplanets is a key science goal of future observatories. Although space-based telescopes will characterize exo-Earths in the late 2030s, extreme adaptive optics (ExAO) on extremely large ground-based telescopes (ELTs) has the potential to enable such ...
Learning from small scales in weak lensing and CMB data Weak lensing of photons by large scale structure is sensitive to both the growth of the (lensing) structures and the expansion history of the universe. The large number of modes available on small scales have the potential to constrain cosmological parameters beyond what is achievable in the linear regime, but ...
How well do you understand the links between housing policy and our climate goals? Many current housing policies undermine our ability to reduce transportation emissions the biggest source of climate pollution in California. These policies also affect issues of environmental justice, equity, building electrification and affordability. Come learn about these ...
A look at the gigantic animals that roamed Fremont area as well as the rest of coastal California. Irvington area of Fremont is one of the best preserved site of these fossils. Families will learn about sabertooth cats, mammoths, camels, mastodons, and many more large animals.There are 4 activities at ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Super-Human Operator: Controlling Accelerators with Machine LearningParticle accelerators are used every day in a wide range of scientific, medical and industrial applications. But did you know that the task of operating these machines is far from mundane? For example, for every experiment at SLAC’s X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source, human operators regularly adjust several ...
The activities of the vast majority of fishing vessels in the world have remained unquantified and largely opaque due to a lack of technology. With newly developed hardware solutions that harness solar power and cost-effective cellular networks to transmit data, it is becoming possible to provide vessel tracking systems at ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
CITRIS Research Exchange - 5G Tech and Policy5G wireless networks hold great potential, enabling unprecedented advancements in linking robots, cars, and other sensor-enabled technologies and infrastructure to revolutionize cities. While the future of smart cities may bring gains in sustainability, mobility, and economic opportunity, ensuring these benefits are felt by all community members remains a significant challenge. ...
Governments subsidize R&D through a mix of interdependent mechanisms, but subsidy interactions are not well understood. This paper provides the first quasi-experimental evaluation of how R&D subsidy interactions impact firm behavior. I use funding rules and policy changes in the UK to show that direct grants and tax credits for ...
The Changing Forest Fire Patterns in Central and Northern CaliforniaLarge wildfire occurrence has increased noticeably throughout central and northern California over the last 10-15 year. Climate more conducive to fire spread and changing vegetation (fuel) complexes are readily cited causes of this. This presentation describes the historical context for large wildfire occurrence in northern California using a newly discovered ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Intelligence: Mundane or a Miracle?How do you define intelligence?  Intelligence is a fuzzy concept defined by scientists as “a level of cognitive complexity.†For centuries, humanity thought that we were the most advanced, and hence, a unique expression of intelligence on Earth. We believed a series of improbable events that cannot be repeated elsewhere triggered ...
Black holes are cosmic objects that are so small and dense, that nothing, not even light can escape their gravitational pull. Until recently, no one had ever seen what a black hole actually looked like. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a global array of radio dishes, linked together by ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Thursday, 10/03/19
The Event Horizon Telescope: Imaging a Black HoleThe Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) array operating at the shortest possible wavelengths, which can resolve the event horizons of the nearest supermassive black holes. Observing at mm radio wavelengths enables detection of photons that originate from deep within the gravitational potential well of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium: Debbie Powell from PG&E - CANCELEDEditor's Note: This speaker is canceled. However, Tatjana Rmus from PG&E will speak on Oct. 10 instead. See our listing for details.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 ...
Machine LearningMachine learning methods have allowed us to create many powerful and practical models from data to develop many new and life changing technologies. Understanding the underlying algorithms behind the methods provides insight into how the data is being used to learn patterns and achieve the specific goal. This talk will ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Hacking STEM: Modernizing and Democratizing STEM EducationThe jobs of today will not be the jobs of tomorrow. Globally schools are being asked to prepare students with future-ready skills. However, to engage the leaders of tomorrow, teachers need access to the right materials today. These materials need to be easily obtainable, affordable and reflect the mandated academic ...
How are you shaped by the genes you’re born with, and by your environment? How do your body's trillions of cells work together to create a human self? At our brand-new exhibit collection, Cells to Self, you can use microscopes, digital models, and firsthand interactions with cells to explore how cells ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, $14.95 explO members, AD members Free
Cafe InquiryCenter for Inquiry San Francisco's monthly get together to talk about whatever interests us.
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Sharktoberfest NightlifeIt’s time to raise a glass for NightLife’s annual salute to brews and the ocean’s most legendary apex predators. Sip your way through a pop-up beer hall with libations on tap from local brewery favorites, including Uncommon Brewers, Magnolia Brewing, Laughing Monk, and Black Hammer Brewing.Groove to tunes spun by ...
California is a globally significant biodiversity hotspot. With roughly 6,500 native plant taxa, the Golden State boasts similar botanical diversity to Japan and New Zealand. It’s mild climates and rugged landscapes have also made California a highly desirable place to live, with a population close to 40 million people and ...
First Friday: Spooky ScienceIf there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Scientists!October’s First Friday is all about spooky science. Learn about the science of fear, say hello to some creepy crawlers, and hear scientific explanations for things that go bump in the night. Science is so fun… it’s scary!
This month hear from SETI Senior Research Scientist, Margaret Race. Her lecture, Behind the Scenes Planning - To the Moon and Beyond, gives you an exclusive look into the important prep work that the public never sees before hitting the launchpad.If you’ve ever been curious about the search for extraterrestrial ...
Where: OaklandCost: $5
Saturday, 10/05/19
Hayward Fault Walking TourOver the last million years, the natural beauty of Fremont has been shaped by the Hayward Fault. Instructors will be leading these 'ground breaking' tours and exposing the science and beauty of the Hayward Fault. This fault is one of several active faults in the world actually creeping at 5 ...
Join the Greater Farallones Association, Marin County Parks, and renowned ornithologist and marine biologist Peter Pyle for a day of restoration and exploration on Bolinas Lagoon’s Island. After an early birding walk, we’ll remove invasive plants that interfere with normal tidal flow. As we work, we will learn about dynamic dune ...
Where: BolinasCost: $25, lunch included.
The Climate Reality ProjectGet the latest facts on the climate crisis, and tips on how together, we can solve it.Climate Reality Leadership Corps member Harriet Harvey Horn will deliver the most current version of Al Gore’s Climate Reality presentation (as seen in the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth") that aims to answer three key ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: 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
Family Science & Astronomy Festival + MakerspaceFamily Science and Astronomy Festival is a day of free learning and fun for the young and young at heart. Featuring planetarium shows, science workshops, astronomical observations, public safety demos, and more.The CSM Library Makerspace offers drop-in crafting, electronics, media and tinkering workshops.The events culminate in a key note lecture by ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
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.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
What To Do With the Body: An Environmental PerspectiveThis talk presented by Deborah Meckler will address both conventional and imaginative ways of dealing with human remains in a massively populated world, with an eye to how these death care activities affect Earth’s ecosystems and resources. She will discuss the evolving death-care choices and necessities world-wide as well as ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Illuminating Dark Matter - CANCELEDDark matter is the cosmic parent of all vast structures in the night sky, including our own Milky Way galaxy. Yet, we know so little about this mysterious stuff that constitutes over 80% of the material universe. This talk will illuminate our universe’s elusive dark matter, highlighting the ingenious methods ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Observe the Moon NightThe Foothill College Astronomy Department and the Peninsula Astronomical Society would also like to invite you to join in on NASA's Observe the Moon Night at the Foothill College Observatory. The first quarter moon on Oct. 5 provides a prime opportunity to join people around the world in taking a ...
Have you ever wondered how sea level rise will impact Lake Merritt, and all of Oakland? Are you aware that existing heat in the oceans will cause the seas to rise for centuries, no matter how much carbon emissions are reduced today? Do you have an inkling of why ocean ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
First Friday: International Observe the Moon NightInternational Observe the Moon Night is a worldwide celebration of lunar science and exploration held annually since 2010. One day each year, everyone on Earth is invited to observe and learn about the Moon together, and to celebrate the cultural and personal connections we all have with our nearest neighbor. ...
This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free with Admission
34th Annual Wildlife FestivalYSI would like to invite you to join us for our 34 th Annual Wildlife Festival this fall! Come out and see YSI’s Owl Ambassadors during our Raptor Review, enjoy story time with Smokey Bear, and finish the day off with Conservation Ambassador’s “Zoo to You†program on stage with ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free ($6 parking)
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
City Star Party @ The ExplOratoriumCome join us for our monthly San Francisco City Star Party. SFAA members provide telescopes for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to check the SFAA website for the latest updates…bad weather or overcast skies will cancel!
Changes in Industrial and Power Sector Carbon Capture: Higher Incentives/Lower CostsRelatively few industrial carbon capture or power sector carbon capture projects have been done in the U.S. in recent years for pollution control purposes. That is, carbon capture is widely used in industries such as natural gas processing and urea fertilizer manufacturing, where carbon capture is required for production purposes. ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Diagnosing quantum chaos in many-body systems using entanglement as a resourceClassical chaotic systems exhibit exponentially diverging trajectories due to small differences in their initial state. The analogous diagnostic in quantum many-body systems is an exponential growth of out-of-time-ordered correlation functions (OTOCs). These quantities can be computed for various models, but their experimental study requires the ability to evolve quantum states ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
ADVENTURES IN NANOMAGNETISMThe foundations of our modern society rest on storing and moving electron charges. Imagine what more we could discover and do if we could also manipulate electron spins, or the intrinsic magnetic moment of electrons. James Lee will describe his research to date along these lines in magnetic thin films ...
CryoEM and CryoET Automation: Where are we now and what do we still need?The dramatic improvements in the progress of cryo electron microscopy (cryoEM) and cryo electron tomography (cryoET) over the last five years has been accompanied by the adoption of a high level of automation. However, there are several automation challenges that remain to be addressed in the areas of specimen preparation, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Searching for Axion Dark Matter Below 1 micro-eV: the Dark Matter RadioOne of the most enduring mysteries in particle physics is the nature of the non-baryonic dark matter that makes up 85% of the matter in the universe. The QCD axion, originally proposed as a solution to the strong CP problem in QCD, is one of the most strongly motivated candidates ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Cutting Edge of Energy Innovation: Three SnapshotsEutectic Liquids for High-Energy Density Flow BatteriesWind and solar resources are abundant, but intermittent, requiring advanced energy storage options. Flow batteries can offer scalability, long cycle-life, and power-to-energy tunability, however, they have low energy density. In order to achieve high-energy density flow batteries, we employ eutectic mixing properties for the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Half-Earth: How to Save the Natural WorldFeaturing the Horace M. Albright Lecture in Conservation and the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation Distinguished Lectureship in Biodiversity, with biologist and naturalist Edward O. Wilson, award-winning actress and environmental advocate Glenn Close, and other special guests.
The near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are a population of objects on orbit around the Sun that cross or come near the orbit of Earth; remnants of material from the early solar system that never accreted into planets. NEAs are accessible targets for space missions, but also pose a hazard due to potential ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 10/08/19
Two KIPAC Tea TalksModelling ExoplanetsSpeaker: Laura Schaefer, StanfordTBASpeaker: Aurel Schneider, Univ. of Zurich
Take a deep dive in robotic applications for good and discover how to get into robotics with networking, mentoring opportunities, and demos from impressive student groups and supportive community organizations including Women in Robotics/SVR. The key note will be by robotics industry leader and UC Berkeley professor Anca Dragan; the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Analytic covariance of the redshift-space galaxy power spectrumA robust analysis of the covariance of the galaxy power spectrum is crucial for cosmological parameter estimation. The traditional process of obtaining the covariance involves simulating thousands of mocks. I will present an analytic approach for the full covariance matrix which is more than four orders of magnitude faster than ...
Water is extremely common on Earth but also one of the most mysterious of compounds in which the solid form (ice) floats on its melt. Bulk water is celebrated as an excellent solvent, particularly of polar compounds, and also as a relatively inert medium. It is often said to be ...
 Speaker: Paula Welander is a microbiologist who received her undergraduate degree from Occidental College in Los Angeles. She pursued her PhD studies in microbiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and completed her postdoctoral studies at MIT in the Departments of Biology and of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. ...
Monitoring and Predicting the California Current System with Global and Regional ModelsGiven the ecological and socioeconomic importance of the California Current System (CCS), there is broad interest in monitoring and modeling its variability on multiple timescales. To that end, regional ocean models have become indispensable tools for leveraging available observations to predict conditions in unobserved locations and understand physical and biogeochemical ...
Speaker: Simone Alin, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory and University of Washington School of Oceanography
Where: Bodega BayCost: Free
An Evening of Mushroom LoreAuthor and mycologist Lawrence Millman combines ecological, ethnographic, historical, and contemporary knowledge in his research and writings. His latest work, Fungipedia, takes us on a mycological journey - from John Cage and Terrence McKenna to mushroom sex and fairy rings.His work explores the lives of individuals like African American scientist George Washington Carver, ...
Cosmological Weak LensingWeak gravitational lensing is a unique technique to map the distribution of dark matter in the universe. It is also a sensitive probe of dark energy, large scale structures in the universe, and cosmological parameters. We will first briefly describe the principles of weak lensing. We will then review the ...
Join Point Reyes National Seashore and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary for a live "ship to shore" video chat with scientists from the E/V Nautilus. Ask questions, hear from the team about what they are seeing and learning about this unique deep sea ecosystem in the national marine sanctuaries offshore ...
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 and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: ...
If we are what we eat, what will we be in the future? From plant-based proteins to food-delivery systems to the integration of robotics and technology in food production and even serving the landscape of what and how we eat is changing rapidly. Explore what’s new in our diets and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, $14.95 explO members, AD members free
Conversations at the Library: Keith Humphreys / Healing Addiction in AmericaThe numbers are staggering. According to the latest statistics, approximately 20.6 million Americans have an addiction. In recent years, an opioid crisis has rippled across America, leaving people and their communities devastated. But there is great hope - a wide range of treatments are available and effective. Join us for a ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Drugs, Plants, Brain, MindFor millennia, humans have cultivated relationships with psychoactive plants and fungi â€" relationships embedded within and guided by ritual frameworks honoring the powers of these plants and fungi as allies. As cultures have evolved, so also have these plant-fungal-human interactions. Our current era is one of reduction of organisms to ...
7:00-7:25: Irving Weissman(Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine) on "How normal stem cells regenerate the body but sometimes lead to cancer"Besides the more famous embryonic stem cells, there are also adult stem cells, and, unfortunately there are also tumor stem cells...Read more7:25-7:50: James Ferrell(Stanford/ Systems ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Remembering the Loma Prieta Earthquake 30 Years Later: Looking back to see how far we've comeThe Loma Prieta earthquake ended decades of seismic tranquility in the Bay Area - Is the earthquake threat in the Bay Area real and imminent?Up to $80 billion in earthquake mitigation investments have been made since the Loma Prieta earthquake. Are we safer?Learn how Loma Prieta has led to improvements ...
The "teenage" brain tests reality, seeks novelty, and is notoriously impulsive. In their new book, (not childhood but)Â Wildhood, Harvard biologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD, and science writer Kathryn Bowers explore telling similarities in teenage brains and behaviors across species. Of Wildwood, Frans de Waal says, "The wild adventure of adolescence has ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Chem trails, hollow earths, and other strange ideasFrom rejection of evolution and plate tectonics to questions about chem trails and crystal energy, many introductory science students come to class with strange ideas about the earth. Can animals predict earthquakes? Is the Earth hollow? Is climate change a hoax? Spoiler alert: no. Steven Newton, who teaches at the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Friday, 10/11/19
Two KIPAC Tea TalksBlue Galaxies: Exploring the Origin of Nebular Emission in the Early UniverseSpeaker: Kirk BarrowSpinning and Connecting (in) the Cosmic SpiderwebSpeaker: Mark Neyrinck, Univ. of the Basque Country
Controlling the exact atomic structure is an ultimate form of materials engineering. Atomic manipulation and atom-by-atom assembly can create functional structures that are hard to synthesize chemically. Defects at the one- or few-atom-scale have intriguing properties that can be applied to fields like quantum engineering (e.g. nitrogen vacancy center, single ...
Controlling the exact atomic structure is an ultimate form of materials engineering. Atomic manipulation and atom-by-atom assembly can create functional structures that are hard to synthesize chemically. Defects at the one- or few-atom-scale have intriguing properties that can be applied to fields like quantum engineering (e.g. nitrogen vacancy center, single ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Pluto’s atmosphere dynamics and volatile transport investigated with numerical climate modelsPluto’s tenuous atmosphere is mainly nitrogen and is in solid-gas equilibrium with the surface nitrogen ice. Over the past three decades, different Earth-based observations hinted at an exotic and dynamical atmosphere as they revealed (1) a much warmer atmosphere (70-100 K) than the surface (40 K), with a strong inversion ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Adult Night Hike and SipThe journey begins at sunset from the Center into the beautiful surrounding redwood forest. The 4-5 mile hike will be lit by the light of the moon. Along the way, you’ll learn about the local history and ecology of the forest and hear interesting stories and facts about the harvest ...
Where: OaklandCost: $30 General, $27 Member
An Evening With Dr. Jane GoodallEsteemed ethologist and conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, will start off Wildlife Conservation Expo weekend with a special Friday evening talk. Jane will share fascinating stories about her studies on wild chimpanzees in Gombe National Park beginning in 1960, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 - $80
Green FridayJoin volunteers from the local chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby, a non-profit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change, to learn more about the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763). If passed, the EICDA would reduce U.S. carbon emissions by 40% in just ...
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. Guided Nature Walks are no more ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: $20 suggested donation
All Things Fall With David HerlockerVisit Martin Griffin Preserve throughout our limited Fall Season, with Nature Guide-led walks, activities, or materials to open your eyes to our lovely preserve in a different way each week. Visitors are also welcome to hike our trails on their own, scoop up a newt at the ponds, peer at ...
As Above As Below is an Astro/Neuro/Art exhibit that aims to cultivate and optimize dialogue between artistic and scientific inquiry through collaborative exchanges. Â In this Origami Workshop, Mark will guide you in building the nearby galaxies, called "The Council of Giants", out of fabric and paper, and folding your own ...
Every year, WCN’s Wildlife Conservation Expos provide a unique opportunity to bring together wildlife’s most ardent supporters with some of the world’s leading conservationists to connect, share stories, and make life-long friendships. At Expo you can hear what it’s like to live and work in some of the most remote parts of the world ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $100 General, $50 Students
Invertebrate InvestigationSpend the morning touching and discovering the vast differences between Rocky Shore and San Francisco Bay invertebrates (animals without backbones) and then enjoy creating a take home craft. Great for young and older minds alike and for anyone who loves to get hands on with cool creatures.
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20
Adaptive Optics for Telescopes Large and SmallIn the past 20 years, adaptive optics (AO) technology to remove image blurring due to atmospheric turbulence has come a long way. In this talk I will describe the basic principles of AO and laser guide stars; a bit of AO history; its current status on 8-10m telescopes; and future ...
This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Monday, 10/14/19
Cosmic Shear in the Year-3 DES data: 2-point and 3-point correlationsThe cosmology analyzes of the Year-3 (Y3) data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) is at full speed ahead. Our preliminary weak lensing sample contains 120 million objects over 4200 square degrees of sky and is the largest shape catalog to date. This statistical power comes at a price: the ...
A new trust framework is emerging - fueled by social, economic and technological forces that will profoundly alter how we trust, not only what we see and read online, but also one another. At the same time, technology is influencing how we behave and relate to one another, with important ...
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting area has been investigated for decades as a means to convert sunlight to fuels. To date, PEC still faces many challenges, ranging from low efficiency, poor stability and noncompetitive cost. I will present two examples of our recent efforts in overcoming some of the challenges facing ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
An Atomic-Scale Look at Point Defects in 2D SemiconductorsPoint defects in semiconductors are of great technological significance in semiconductor industry and have been proposed more recently as a room temperature qubit platform. In two-dimensional semiconductors such as transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers, defects have an even larger impact on material properties, but offer exciting possibilities as atomic quantum ...
The first major experiments at SLAC were the electron proton scattering studies at End Station A in the late 60’s. The deep inelastic scattering yielded a complete surprise - the electrons were scattering off charged points in the proton. Follow up experiments showed the analogous behaviour for the neutron and ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost:
Switches, sensors, and new shapes: from design of new functions to cellular consequences of allosteryI plan to discuss our most recent work in computational protein design (we have designed new, modular small-molecule sensors that function in living cells, and new protein shapes with atom-level control). I will then focus on a more biological problem: How do protein switches control diverse protein functions in the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
THE SEARCH FOR RARE EARTHQUAKE-LIKE PRECURSORS: MAXENT MOUN-SPIN RESONANCE MgO STUDYAccording to Prof. Dr Freund (NASA Ames) currents of positive holes in the earth's crust are precursors of earthquakes; Menlo Park seismologists are not so sure. MaxEnt Muon-Spin research yields indirect evidence, these itinerant positives holes are indeed present in MgO; earthquake warnings of weeks (not seconds) ahead are well ...
Road transportation, which accounts for 22 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, is undergoing a major transformation with the advent of ridesharing, autonomous driving, and vehicle electrification. Collectively these technologies, in conjunction with renewable sources of electricity, have the potential to dramatically reduce the negative impact of road transportation on the ...
Natural sources, such as plants, fungi and microbes, have historically provided compounds with potent pharmaceutical properties. While it can be challenging to build complex natural products in a lab using existing chemistry methods, Nature has perfected these biosynthetic pathways. The work described leverages the power of Nature’s tools for building ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Two KIPAC Tea TalksI am data science and so can you!: My experience as a physicist in a technology start-upSpeaker: Sean McLaughlin, StanfordThe Polarization Behavior of Blazar JetsSpeaker: Lawrence Peirson, Stanford
Cosmic Shear in the Year-3 DES data: 2-point and 3-point correlationsThe cosmology analyzes of the Year-3 (Y3) data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES) is at full speed ahead. Our preliminary weak lensing sample contains 120 million objects over 4200 square degrees of sky and is the largest shape catalog to date. This statistical power comes at a price: the ...
Clean Energy Systems (CES) has developed game-changing technology that is revolutionizing the power industry by eliminating the traditional exhaust stack and making zero-emission power a reality.Speaker: Keith Pronske, Clean Energy Systems
An Evening with Dr. Laurie Marker, Director of Cheetah Conservation FundLearn about the cheetah, its plight and the holistic approach that the Cheetah Conservation Fund has been utilizing to protect the world’s fastest land animal. The Cheetah Conservation Fund focuses on community education and wildlife-friendly farming techniques to allow cheetahs and humans to coexist. One of its most successful programs, ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10 - $30
Innovation in Sleep MedicineMany hard-charging professionals pride themselves on their ability to work long hours and get by on 5 or 6 hours of sleep. But the truth is that they’re shortchanging themselves. Sleep isn't a luxury. It’s a necessity for optimal functioning and optimally your brain needs 7 to 8 hours of ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Free Bay Currents Talk: (Green) Power to the PeopleBringing sustainable energy, low carbon emissions, and green jobs to low-income people is the passion of Zach Franklin of Bay Area non-profits Grid Alternatives and Rising Sun Center for Opportunity.Stories of struggle and success illuminate why these efforts matter for workers, volunteers, and all of us affected by global warming. Bay ...
Where: AlbanyCost: 0
New Ice Age Fossils Uncovered in FremontConstruction to expand 680 Freeway have uncovered new fossils of Pleistocene Age (Irvingtonian). Caltrans has paleontology moniters that make sure all fossils are recovered during construction. This lecture will go over the early finds of mammoths, mastodons, sabertooth cats, short faced bear, and other megafauna. Exhibits at the Children's Natural ...
Veteran Bay Area journalist Don Lattin will give a talk and slide show.Don draws from two of his books, The Harvard Psychedelic Club - How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America, and his most recent book, ...
Speaker: Maureen R. Hanson is the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics. She received a B.S. degree at Duke University and a Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from Harvard University. Her lab aims to understand the mechanism of RNA editing in chloroplasts and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Symposium on Connections between the SF Bay & Greater Farallones Sanctuary Join sanctuary advisors, scientists, ocean managers, community members, and students, for an information-sharing symposium to explore ecological, oceanographic, and anthropogenic connections and influences between the San Francisco Bay and the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary just beyond the Golden Gate.Please note that parking is limited. We recommend carpooling and giving ...
One year ago, the IPCC’s released its SR15 report, which has focused public debate and activism upon demands to stabilize global temperatures at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Ironically, these demands come at a moment at which it is increasingly clear that limiting warming to 2C will be extremely challenging, much ...
Conversations About Landscape: Feel the Heat - Climate Impacts on Communities, Workers, and Vulnerable PopulationsThe most serious and direct consequence of climate change for human health is the projection of longer and more severe heat waves in the future. Heat exposure is the leading cause of weather-related fatalities in the nation and disproportionately affects low-income communities and outdoor workers across California and worldwide.Join public ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free, RSVP required
RACE your FACTs: Making AI work for EnterprisesThere is renewed interest among companies these days to implement and deploy AI models in their business processes either to increase automation or to improve human productivity. AI models are making their way as chatbots in customer support scenarios, as doctors' assistants in hospitals, as legal research assistants in the ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Encounter with Ultima Thule: The Most Distant Object Humanity Has Ever ExploredAfter a successful encounter with Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft, for the first time flew by a member of the Kuiper Belt of icy objects beyond Neptune. This particular object, officially called 2014MU69, but informally named “Ultimate Thule†(meaning the farthest place beyond the known world,) turned out to be ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($3 parking)
Nerd Nite SF #113: Sharks & Seaweed & TBA!“Art & Algaeâ€In her newest book, “The Curious World of Seaweedâ€, author and artist Josie Iselin interweaves the science of seaweed with tales of pioneering women scientists and beautiful images of marine algae. Dive into the wondrous and surprising world of these foundational organisms.Speaker: Josie Iselin is a photographer, author ...
From 2012 to 2018, Bill Weihl was Director of Sustainability at Facebook. He built a team that directs work on sustainability and energy efficiency across the company, driving projects to track and reduce the company's environmental footprint in all aspects of its operations. They also drove cross-industry collaborations, including playing ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $10
How Dangerous are Microwaves?The physics behind non-ionizing radiation and a tale of two books titled ‘Zapped‘†with Warren Wiscombe Ph.D. of NASA Goddard.
Join Brian Day, of NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, for a presentation on Exploring Planetary Surfaces with NASA’s Solar System Treks. Learn about NASA’s Solar System Treks project that is producing a suite of online interactive visualization and analysis portals. There are now seven web portals in the program ...
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 and political issues that shape our life and society.Pat ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
LITQUAKE: The State of Water: Understanding California's Most Precious ResourceAward-winning writer Obi Kaufman offers an illustrated guide to the ways we conserve, use, abuse and restore water--the source of life and habitat in California.Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas, turns his attention to the Golden State's most complex and controversial resource: water. In this new book, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The New Jim Code: Race, Caceral Technoscience, and Liberatory Imagination in Everyday LifeFrom everyday apps to complex algorithms, technology has the potential to hide, speed, and even deepen discrimination, while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to racist practices of a previous era. In this talk, Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, presents the concept ...
Evolving Shorelines Happy Hour - Adapting to sea level rise in our communityOne Tam partners, Marin County Parks and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, are about to embark on developing designs to adapt Bothin Marsh Open Space Preserve and the Mill Valley / Sausalito Pathway to climate change and sea level rise. Come out and talk with us to find out ...
Adaptive Optics is a technology that detects and corrects changing distortions in optical systems. It has been applied to great effect during the past decade to correct astronomical telescopes for blurring due to turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. This talk will describe how Adaptive Optics works, and how it is ...
Drop, cover, and hold on . . . to After Dark: Earthquakes, where we’ll commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta quake and look ahead to the latest in earthquake preparation, safety research, and building practices. And don’t miss the return of Everything Matters, which picks up with element ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, 14.95 explO members, AD members free
Automotive Ethernet and Functional SafetyOver the past several years there has been an upheaval in the automotive networking space as a number of mega-trends drive major changes:The trend towards a user defined car,Autonomous vehicle technology,ElectrificationThe presentation will cover these changes taking place in the in-vehicle-networking space, with an emphasis on automotive Ethernet and the ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Seismic NightLifeWe’re bracing ourselves for vibrations during Seismic NightLife, including on the dance floor. On the 30th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, we’re digging back into seismic matters and ‘80s culture. Look back at the City’s major 20th-century earthquakes through historic images, and look to the future with experts in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Conservation of Waterbirds of the North BayFor 30 years, Audubon Canyon Ranch has been studying the ecology of wintering and migrant shorebirds and waterbirds in the Bay Area. Find out what they've learned, as well as the results of their 50 years of work on herons and egrets throughout the Bay. This will include a presentation ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5 donation for non members.
Introduction to GardeningWith the pending rains, fall and winter are the best time to plan and implement your garden plans.Learn gardening techniques to help care for your landscape, maintain aesthetic, and keep it looking fresh! Desmond Murray (Presidio Seed Ecologist & Longtime Bay Area Gardener) will emphasize natural pruning techniques, fertilizing, pest ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged
Two KIPAC Tea TalksExoplanet SpectroscopySpeaker: Tom Greene, NASA AmesProspecting for quadruply lensed quasars in the past decade and the nextQuadruply lensed quasars ("quads") are used to study several important astronomical problems, including the abundance of LIGO-mass primordial black holes. But quads are rare, with only one out of every 3000 quasars lensed into ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
The influence of melting and viscosity on the thermo-chemical evolution of Earth and other rocky planetsIn this presentation I will firstly show results from numerical simulations of global mantle convection to explore the effects of melting on the thermo-chemical evolution of terrestrial bodies. I applied the models to investigate (i) how does melting-induced crustal production affects the interior state and surface behavior of an Earth-like ...
Join the Astonomical Society of the Pacific in celebrating their 130th anniversary with speakers and activities for all. Planetarium Shows3:40 PM, 6:30 PM, 8:45 PM, 9:30 PM. Lines begin 30 minutes prior outside the planetarium.  Thornton Hall.Portable Planetarium2:00 - 2:30 PM, 3:30 - 4:30 PM, 6:00 - 7:00 PM. Student Services ...
Miniaturized and rationally assembled nanostructures exhibit extraordinarily distinct physical and chemical properties beyond their individual units. This talk will focus on structured metal nanoparticle lattices that show unique diffractive coupling with lattice spacings engineered close to the wavelength of light. Collectively coupled plasmonic nanoparticles induce sharp, intense lattice ...
This talk describes complementary synthetic strategies to enhance the photoluminescence and photoredox properties of organometallic complexes. We have addressed the long-standing challenge of designing efficient and stable blue-phosphorescent molecules, currently the most significant technological hurdle in OLED technology. Our efforts have resulted in new designs for blue-emitting iridium complexes, using ...
NASA’s SOFIA Open DayNASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) will be open for viewing to registered guests on Saturday October 19, 2019. SOFIA is a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 106-inch diameter telescope. Flying into the stratosphere at 38,000-45,000 feet puts SOFIA above 99 percent of Earth’s infrared-blocking atmosphere, allowing astronomers to study the ...
Where: Moffett FieldCost: Free
All Things Fall With David HerlockerVisit Martin Griffin Preserve throughout our limited Fall Season, with Nature Guide-led walks, activities, or materials to open your eyes to our lovely preserve in a different way each week. Visitors are also welcome to hike our trails on their own, scoop up a newt at the ponds, peer at ...
MSI loves sharks! Our special day invites one and all to learn about these amazing creatures while feeding and touching our local friendly leopard sharks and making a special take home craft.10:00 and 10:30 AM.
Where: Redwood CityCost: $20
The Surprises of the SunflowerFive thousand years ago, early farmers took a special interest in sunflowers. Through its continued cultivation since that time, the sunflower has evolved into an essential crop that permeates human life, whether in beautiful bouquets, as salty snacks, or as a primary source of cooking oil in many parts of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Exploring the local universe with the Hubble and James Webb Space TelescopesMost galaxies are so far away that they appear to us only as faint smudges. However, for the nearest galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood, the clarity and sensitivity of the Hubble Space Telescope transforms them galaxies from smudges into spectacular collections of individual stars. These observations allow astronomers to study ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: 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
John Reber, the Man with Grand IdeasBack in the 1940s, John Reber would look out over the San Francisco Bay and visualize a massive civil works project of dams and locks to harvest fresh drinking water, and barriers that would support railway systems and a highway. His intention was to improve the quality of life for ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
What's Next for the Blue Bin?Last year, China stopped taking most foreign recyclables. Previously, 40 percent of the United States’s paper, plastics, and other recyclable materials were sent there. Beijing’s decision threw U.S. recycling into a crisis that reaches from global political decision-making all the way down to what we decide to put into our ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
ManyaThis is a living history presentation of one of our most famous chemists, Marie Curie, and allows us to celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT) in grand style. The story starts with childhood memories that include Marie's dawning interest in science and her determination to conquer obstacles ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $8 student
Community Day at KIPACThe Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford is holding a Community Day open house. See weblink for details.
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Charon, Pluto’s Mysterious MoonPluto’s large moon Charon turned out to be far more interesting than scientists expected. Pluto was the star of the New Horizons show, but the features on Charon’s surface tell a fascinating tale of how icy worlds could form far from the gravitational influences of the giant planets. There is ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Sunday, 10/20/19
Marine Science Sunday: Creatures of the DeepThis month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
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
Science Sundays: Tales from the Intertidal: Living Where Ocean Meets LandEvery organism inhabiting the intertidal, the interface of land and sea, has a story to tell. Living in an ever-changing and narrow landscape, these organisms are faced with unique challenges threatening their ultimate survival. We can only explore this diverse habitat when the ocean has receded at low tide and ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with Admission
Monday, 10/21/19
Constraining Neutrino Mass with the BispectrumMassive neutrinos suppress the growth of structure below their free-streaming scale and leave an imprint on large-scale structure. Measuring this imprint allows us to constrain the sum of neutrino masses, Mnu, a key parameter in particle physics beyond the Standard Model. However, degeneracies among cosmological parameters, especially between Mnu and ...
Transformational changes are needed to sustain energy and water systems in the 21st century. From decarbonizing the energy sector to building a circular water economy, these systemic transitions will require large scale infrastructure design and technology innovation. This presentation will outline these associated challenges for managing high salinity brines from ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Intermediate Energy Spin DynamicsThe dynamics of quantum spin systems beyond the 'universal' low-energy/long-wavelength regime is only poorly explored, despite the fact that plenty of experimental data has become available thanks to recent advances in neutron scattering technology. This talk focuses on 'generic' properties of the intermediate energy regime, in particular properties of magnets ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Allostery and genetic information integrationI will describe recent results which show that allosteric conformational ensembles of sufficient complexity can implement any form of information integration that is achievable without energy expenditure. I will discuss to what extent this mechanism may account for the information processing which occurs during eukaryotic gene regulation, in which many ...
SHINING X-RAYS ON TOPOLOGICAL TEXTURE: INSIGH INTO MAGNETIC SKYMIONS - RESCHEDULEDRecently discovered skyrmions is an example of a topological phase that manifest in magnetic systems as a hexagonal lattice of spin vortices. Due to topological protection, skyrmions can be moved coherently over macroscopic distances with low currents compared to domain wall motion, and is therefore a potential candidate for low ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Catching and reversing a quantum jump mid-flightMeasurements in quantum physics, unlike their classical physics counterparts, can fundamentally yield discrete and random results. Historically, Niels Bohr was the first to hypothesize that quantum jumps occurred between two discrete energy levels of an atom. Experimentally, quantum jumps were directly observed many decades later in an atomic ion driven ...
Challenges in Developing New Drugs: from the Bench to the BedsideNew medicines can change lives, but the development process is time consuming, expensive and fraught with failures. Hear industry veteran Steve Hurst's view on the challenges of drug development and how these challenges are managed. This event is presented by the San Mateo Public Library’s Biotechnology Learning Center.Speaker: Steve Hurst ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Tuesday, 10/22/19
X-ray Impact on Planet Formation: an experimental viewI this talk, I will introduce how planets are formed in the disk of gas and dust surrounding young stars. Stars like classical T Tauri emit copious amounts of X-rays, in addition to ultraviolet photons, confirmed by Chandra/XMM observations of targets in the Taurus molecular cloud. Soft (<1 keV) and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Sonoma State Biology ColloquiumSonoma State University Biology ColloquiumSpeaker: Dr. W. Berkeley Kauffman, US Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Mocking the Universe & Machine Learning Approaches to Large-Scale Structure Efficient generation of accurate mock observations of the sky, tailored specifically to near-future large-scale structure and cosmic microwave background surveys, is a key technical challenge in cosmology. I will first discuss the creation of these synthetic observations, or mocks, through the use of rapid so-called ‘approximate’ simulation techniques, with a ...
Grand Challenges in IoT & Consumer-Facing Automation (over burgers & brews)Robotics and the Internet of Things is driving innovation in how we work, how we socialize, and now, how we eat. What are the unique challenges of bringing automation to consumer products and traditional brick-and-mortars? We’ll explore trends in software spanning robotics and the cloud, human-machine interfaces, and consumer-facing applications. ...
We are entering the 4th major industrial revolution. The first saw the introduction of steam and water power. The 2nd saw assembly lines and mass production. The 3rd was fueled by computers. Now, we see a 4th, marked by AI, big data, Mobile devices, Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), machine ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Marine Mammal Research in Malaysia and VietnamJoin ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter for an enthralling evening with scientist, Dr. Ellen Hines, as she reports on her fascinating Fulbright Fellowship work doing surveys off the coastline of Malaysia and measuring bones in Vietnamese whale temples!
Where: SausalitoCost: $10 suggested donation
Fungal Symbioses and Plant Ecological NichesSpeaker: Dr. Michael Van Nuland is an ecologist and evolutionary biologist interested in plant-microbiome relationships. His work combines largescale observations, mechanistic experiments, and molecular approaches to explore how plants interact with their associated microbes, why these interactions vary under different environments, and what effect these interactions have on the ecology ...
Eric Skaar earned his B.S. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, his Ph.D. in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis from Northwestern University, and his M.P.H. in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Northwestern University. His laboratory is interested in identifying the host and bacterial factors that are involved in this ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Rock 'n' Roll, Jazzy and Classical Solutions to the Hubble Tension Local measurements of the Hubble parameter are increasingly in tension with the value inferred from a LCDM fit to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) and baryon acoustic oscillation (BAO) data. A general class of solutions to this tension involves temporarily increasing the energy density of the Universe close to the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Hunting for life in sub-seafloor volcanoes and the explosive growth of microbiology as a data science Exploration of Earth's microbial and viral diversity is a major scientific frontier. Sequencing DNA - the blueprint of life - collected directly from the environment provides a powerful way to access the uncatalogued microbial diversity on our planet. These uncharacterized life forms are ripe with novel functions, metabolisms, the potential ...
Understanding and harnessing the coupling between lubrication pressure, elasticity, and surface interactions provides materials design strategies for applications such as adhesives, coatings, microsensors, and biomaterials. This presentation will discuss our efforts to understand how soft materials make contact and adhere under dynamic conditions in fluid environments. Measurements of interactions between ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Carl Zimmer on HeredityHeredity isn’t just about genes that pass from parent to child, argues acclaimed science journalist Carl Zimmer. We also inherit other things that matter as much - or more - to our lives, from microbes to technologies we use to make life more comfortable. Weaving original reporting with historical context ...
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
Seeing the World from Above: An Evening with Aerial Photographer George SteinmetzFor more than thirty years, George Steinmetz has been flying through the air like a bird, capturing breathtaking photographs of remote deserts, obscure cultures, and the mysteries of science and technology. His powerful work has been featured in The New York Times and in more than forty National Geographic photo ...
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 and political issues that shape our life and society.Auston ...
The Driving Success Behind Open Innovation Outcomes: A Fireside Chat with Henry Chesbrough and Tolga KurtogluOpen Innovation is PARC’s bread and butter. Since its origin, the concept has shifted into an incredibly practical and inclusive way of solving today’s and tomorrow’s problems. Companies have often looked at Open Innovation to creatively utilize the many talents in the room and across organizations. What’s next is how ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
After Dark: It's Alive!Life comes at you fast - but sometimes it’s hard to observe, because it’s too tiny or speedy or is hidden underground, or is deep in the ocean. Discover what you’ve been missing: use scientific tools to investigate living things of all different sizes, the ecosystems they inhabit, and the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, $14.95 Daytime Members
Cyberspace NightLifeThis week at NightLife, we’re exploring the many sides of the internet: the good, the bad, and the meme-worthy.Catch a screening of the internet’s funniest, most dramatic, and awww!-worthy cat videos in CatVideoFest, the offline celebration of online cat videos.Step inside the “dark web†with Sonic Internet for a demonstration ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Hardcore Natural History Series - Sea Otters: A Parasite's New HostDespite southern sea otter population growth since 1911, otters are faced with increasing challenges to their survival. One of the largest obstacles they face is a disease caused by the thorny-headed worm, a parasite known by scientists as an acanthocephalan. Since the 1960s, species of this parasite, normally found in ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $10 General, $5 Member advance, $15 at door
Friday, 10/25/19
Two KIPAC Tea TalksRelativistic outflows in neutron star mergersSpeaker: Ore Gottlieb, Tel Aviv UniversityCMB Lensing Tomography at 0<zCMB lensing tomography has the potential to map the amplitude and growth of structure over cosmic time, provide some of the most stringent tests of gravity, and break important degeneracies between cosmological parameters. I use the ...
While many people may think of California’s Central Valley as mostly monocultures of almonds and tomatoes, the landscape is also dotted with small-scale diversified farms. On these farms, you can find 50-100 different types of crops - from jujube to jicama, from papaya to moringa, from water spinach to taro, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with Admission
Novel Nanotechnology Solutions to Oncology ChallengesLiposomal nanoparticles have made important contributions to cancer therapy over the two past decades, but their limited tunability and stability hinder further progress in addressing unmet oncology needs. By harnessing the power of synthetic chemistry and nanotechnology, the Lin group has developed several novel classes of molecular nanomaterials, including nanoscale ...
Come spend an afternoon exploring the pristine Arroyo Viejo Creek and discovering the many wild species of plants and animals that live in the wild spaces within our own urban community. Learn how to submit your wildlife pictures to help exciting citizen/community projects being conducted by real scientists. Create lasting ...
Small molecule activation often requires both protons and electrons. This includes chemical transformations key to sustainable energy and environment e.g. reduction of H+, O2, CO2 and N2. Similarly, mono-oxygenation of organic molecules using molecular oxygen, a process often described as the Holy grail of chemistry, requires protons and electrons. Erstwhile ...
Have you ever wondered what happens at a government research facility? Are you interested in high energy physics, harnessing light, or nanoparticles? Join us for a tour at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and learn about the Lab’s long history of bringing science solutions to the world. Spend the afternoon getting ...
Join us for a vibrant celebration of the nature of California to kick off the 2019 Bay Area Science Festival. Discover how the University of California Natural Reserve System is cultivating tomorrow’s field scientists, providing environmental forecasting, and serving the people of California. Meet scientists working at the UC Natural ...
We will be showcasing state-of-the-art technology that Neuroscape currently uses for research on cognition-enhancing interventions. Some of this technology includes virtual reality, motion capture, 3-D brain activity visualizations that can be experienced in virtual reality, and various games that we use for interventions and assessments.RSVP at weblink
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Art + Tech Festival: Opening NightSpace is a canvas on which we write our stories, paint our dreams, and build our realities. Space is a province of the known… and the unknown. Through art, as we architect space, we envision the future.How do technologies like virtual reality allow new ways of living, being, playing, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $30 (20% off with CODEAME-20 discount code)
The Cable Guy is Watching: Pervasive Tracking Online and the Role of DNSIf you thought the big tech companies were the only ones watching you online, think again. Thanks to a major privacy hole in the internet’s infrastructure, your cable guy - Comcast, AT&T and Verizon, also known as your internet service providers (ISP) - have unfettered access to your every move ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The Future of California’s Nature: Conservation leaders in conversationIn today’s world of rapidly warming temperatures and rising seas, California’s land stewards are working hard to protect the state’s renowned biodiversity, unique ecosystems, and natural landscapes. Applying the best available science, land practices, and environmental technologies new and old is more important than ever. Achieving these goals in an ...
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. Guided Nature Walks are no more ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: $20 suggested donation
All Things Fall With David HerlockerVisit Martin Griffin Preserve throughout our limited Fall Season, with Nature Guide-led walks, activities, or materials to open your eyes to our lovely preserve in a different way each week. Visitors are also welcome to hike our trails on their own, scoop up a newt at the ponds, peer at ...
Where: Stinson BeachCost: $20 suggested donation
Art + Tech Festival: WorkshopsSpace is a canvas on which we write our stories, paint our dreams, and build our realities. Space is a province of the known… and the unknown. Through art, as we architect space, we envision the future.How do technologies like virtual reality allow new ways of living, being, playing, and ...
CSU East Bay, together with East Bay community groups, will be leading more than 50 hands-on activities, demonstrations, and talks. Experience a chemistry magic show, do some geophysical prospecting and fossil casting, touch sea slugs, bugs and other creatures, learn about your brain in the psychology playground, and so much ...
With more than 100 hands-on science, technology, engineering and math activities led by local museums, companies, schools and others, there is something for everyone at the North Bay Science Discovery Day. Discover what it’s like to be a heart surgeon using the newest life-saving technologies, explore the robot playground, go ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
Science Saturday: Bats, Spiders, and SnakesJoin us as we slither into the magical world of bats, spiders, and snakes. Learn about these amazing (and important!) animals as you visit fun and educational stations throughout the Museum. Don't miss this opportunity to meet a live animal up close, take home a creepy craft, and more.
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
International Archaeology Day at the PresidioHelp Presidio Trust archaeologists celebrate International Archaeology Day with a variety of activities and events for all ages. See 200-year-old standing adobe in the Presidio Officers’ Club, meet archaeologists from around the Bay Area, and take a look behind the scenes in the Presidio Archaeology Lab. Meet archaeologists and researchers ...
Come enjoy a day of STEAM at the Redwood City Public Library! With ten hands-on exhibits, both inside and in front of the library, families can explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math in an interactive environment. We are incredibly fortunate to have the talents of local experts to answer ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: 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
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.
Do you love birds and want to know how you can help study them? Then join San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory citizen scientists Barbara Coll and Jan Hintermeister on a fun bird walk to look for residential and migratory birds in the mudflats, ponds and creeks of Charleston Slough. Participants ...
If the earth didn’t have an atmosphere, would we see the stars all day long? What is the difference between a CT scan and an MRI? If you could ask a scientist a question, what would it be…? Here’s your chance! Send your questions to Science at Cal at our ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Art + Tech Festival: Closing NightSpace is a canvas on which we write our stories, paint our dreams, and build our realities. Space is a province of the known… and the unknown. Through art, as we architect space, we envision the future.How do technologies like virtual reality allow new ways of living, being, playing, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $30 (20% off with CODEAME-20 discount code)
Who can become a scientist? From media to textbooks, the answer too often is very narrow. This event will feature a collection of short films that tell the stories of how underrepresented scientists have succeeded because (and not in spite) of their identities, culture, and life experiences. Called “Background to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Sunday, 10/27/19
Art + Tech Festival: SalonSpace is a canvas on which we write our stories, paint our dreams, and build our realities. Space is a province of the known… and the unknown. Through art, as we architect space, we envision the future.How do technologies like virtual reality allow new ways of living, being, playing, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 (20% off with CODEAME-20 discount code)
Step into the (close-toed) shoes of a scientist and explore biology at this community-wide science event! Come to the Innovative Genomics Institute(IGI) on Berkeley campus to experience a range of activities designed for visitors of all ages. Discover the fascinating power of DNA, the instruction manual for life. Hear from scientists ...
This month we celebrate Halloween with a creepy collection of stories about the animals that live in the deepest parts of the ocean! Learn how elephant seal's can dive to 5000 feet and stay underwater for 2 hours at a time without imploding (!), find out how a sperm whale ...
Where: SausalitoCost: 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. ...
Explore the wonder of mathematics, art, performance and magic! Spend the afternoon exploring puzzles and games, and engaging with mathematics through magic tricks, movement and visual art. You will be amazed at the beauty of mathematics and how it shows up everywhere in our lives.Â
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Shore Tour at the Hayward Area ShorelineJoin us for an interactive tour of the Hayward shoreline. The Shore Tour is part of the Hayward Area Shoreline Planning Agency’s efforts to engage the public in their planning for the future resilience of our shoreline. Join our team of naturalists and planners for a walk along the shoreline ...
The Big Bang theory, describing the origin of our universe, is very well established today. We have ample evidence that the universe originated from a hot "singularity," then expanded and cooled over time. Nevertheless, there is still a missing piece of the cosmic puzzle: How did the first stars form?! This ...
In 1931, Winston Churchill declared: "We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under suitable medium." What suitable medium is that?! Beyond chicken, can the tissues of cow, pig, and fish really be grown in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Full-Spectrum Science with Ron Hipschman: Science Fiction Turned FactScience fiction has predicted many things. Some have come true (think touch screens, submarines, bionic limbs), others, not so much - or at least, not yet. If you’ve ever wondered where your flying car or rocket belt is, or why you don’t yet have a robot servant, find out at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Admission
Monday, 10/28/19
Searching for supermassive black hole binariesSupermassive black hole binaries (SMBHBs) are a natural byproduct of galaxy mergers. Yet, they remain undetectable at small separations. A promising method is to identify quasars with periodic variability. I will discuss candidates identified in time-domain surveys, as well as ongoing efforts to confirm their binary nature. I will also ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
End of Life Options for People Developing DementiaHaving dementia is the greatest fear shared by most people as they age. One needs to plan for the time when you may no longer have a clear mind and the ability to make decisions about your own medical care. The advance directive (AD) in its usual format is insufficient ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Free for Members, $8 Students
The power sector will likely play a pivotal role in a low-carbon future, and successfully integrating different energy networks will be a key component of that future. Urban energy centers are large and growing. Meeting their heating, cooling and electrical energy demands is both a challenge and an opportunity. We ...
In spite of the growing excitement and participation in the technology sector, there has still been great inequality and bias against certain groups. Many researchers suggest that the “stereotype†that surrounds computer scientists - commonly expressed as geeky, awkward, male, genius, and the like - contributes to this imbalance of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
How do emerging light harvesting materials form, transform, and transport energy at the nanoscale?We are interested in the optoelectronic properties and the spatiotemporal nature of photogenerated energy carrier transport of emerging semiconducting materials, broadly defined. These materials include not only semiconductors who basic building blocks are atoms but also those made of small particles or molecules, including the aggregates of molecular pigments involved ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SENSORS AND SPECTROCOPY GROUP AT VIAVI SOLUTIONS - RESCHEDULEDThe sensors and spectroscopy group of Viavi Solutions produces the MicroNIR NIR spectrometer as well as binary multispectral (BMS) filters. The variety of scientific fields used in both instrument development and applications will be discussed. Presented by Valton Smith.Editor's Note: This talk will be rescheduled for November 18
Learn about the complex molecular machines that underlie cancer. Experience UCSF’s state-of-the-art electron microscopy and mass spectrometry facilities and explore the techniques we use to understand protein structures and their functions in cellular processes. Our mission at the Cancer Cell Map Initiative is to enable a new era of cancer ...
Genetic engineering and editing allow us to modify plants in various ways. Questions have been raised about the environmental and human-health effects of these technologies to modify the genetic information in crops and foods. What is the history of genetic modification of plants, and what impact might these technologies have ...
Human Nature is a provocative exploration of CRISPR, a scientific revolution giving us unprecedented control over the building blocks of life. Where do we draw the line between curing disease and designing our children? How will this new power change our relationship with nature and evolution? To begin to answer ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Nerd Nite East Bay: Barnacles, Chevron Richmond, Martian AtmosphereShaped By Chevron: How Oil, WWII and Migration Created Richmond In an echo of the corporate towns of America’s past, learn why Chevron was built in Richmond or, more accurately, how Chevron built Richmond around the massive oil refinery. See how World War II and the second Great Migration bifurcated ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8 Advance, $10 at door
Tuesday, 10/29/19
Two KIPAC Tea TalksBerti: Testing Galaxy Assembly Bias with PRIMUSThe "halo model" of galaxy evolution assumes all properties of a galaxy are determined statistically by the mass of its dark matter halo. While this assumption yields predictions that largely agree with observations, the full picture of the connection between galaxies and halos is ...
From dark matter to observed skies, creating a universe with state-of-the-art simulations Preparations for upcoming cosmological surveys such as LSST can benefit greatly from the use of simulated observations, however creating realistic galaxy catalogs is an incredibly complex and challenging task. In this talk I will first discuss how such simulations can aid in the interpretation of modern cosmological datasets. I will ...
Ever wonder how plants live? Or what DNA really looks like? Get hands-on with (maybe even spooky!) science to find out! Join Cal Scientists for some cool, food-related investigations at the South Berkeley Farmers’ Market. Subject to reduced hours or cancellation in event of inclement weather.
The event would be an opportunity for teachers, parents, students and all community members to tour the different parts of the Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT). The materials donation department, the teacher collaboration space, and the research and develop labs. The tour of the facility would culminate in several design ...
Go behind the scenes at the only academic marine laboratory on San Francisco Bay, San Francisco State University’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center, located on the Tiburon peninsula in Marin County. Meet our scientists and take a deeper dive into the environmental research they are doing in San Francisco Bay ...
Come and discover the inner workings of a cell! See how electron microscopes are used to peer deep into the world around us and even into our very own cells. We’ll take a hands-on look at how samples are prepared for imaging with electrons. Then, we’ll delve into the rugged ...
The Downtown Oakland Dojo is for youth age 7-17 to explore coding & technology in a fun and social environment. Try out different coding languages and get hands on with making digital creations using the Raspberry Pi. Bring a laptop if you can. Children must be accompanied by a parent ...
The Science and Technology Center on Real-Time Functional Imaging, STROBE, is addressing major imaging science challenges through the integration of several areas of imaging science and technology. This multi-million dollar NSF funded research project, involving 5 institutions across the country, includes researchers at UC Berkeley whose labs focus on electron ...
In this lecture, Harvard-trained physician Akil Palanisamy will describe the outlines of a comprehensive road map to heart health, sharing research on the optimal heart-healthy diet, cutting-edge nutritional science, key vitamins and supplements, and the evidence-based practices and techniques of integrative medicine. He will share practical tips on what to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Come explore CRISPR, a revolutionary gene-manipulating technology, with UCSF scientists. During this 90-minute experience, you will engage in hands-on activities, interact with UCSF graduate students who use CRISPR, and tour a research laboratory. Tour is suitable for ages 13 years and up.RSVP required at weblink.Room N114
Our environment is the result of billions of years of interaction between geological and biological forces. Early naturalists worked to observe and document this environment, resulting in the science we know today. What would our current environment look like to a naive naturalist? What will the sediments of our time ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Nerd Nite Silicon Valley #9: Ancient Automatons & Super Sensors!Killer Automatons and Evil Fembots of Ancient GreeceDriverless cars, ships powered by thought, killer robots and replicants, sexbots, fire-breathing bronze bulls, eagle drones, giant animatronic mollusks! Modern Sci-Fi? Nope. All these techno-marvels and more were dreamed up 2,500 years ago in ancient Greek mythology.Speaker: Adrienne Mayor, research scholar in Classics ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Wednesday, 10/30/19
Berkeley-Inclusive Intelligence AI SymposiumTo ensure sustainable success, organizations are turning to new approaches to lead their transformation in a digital age. Technology and data hoarding aren’t the answer. It takes a more thoughtful strategy to create durable value from analytics. Humans, ethics, diversity are a large part of the equation to foster a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
CITRIS Research ExchangeAs the amount of available data increases, the human ability to locate, process, and analyze it is strained and eventually overwhelmed. To address this challenge for nonproliferation analysts, we have been designing a large-scale multimodal retrieval system to help analysts triage and search open source science, technology, transaction, and news ...
Stephen Wright is a professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto in Canada. He received his PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 2003, working with Deborah Charlesworth, and did a postdoc at the University of California, Irvine, with Brandon Gaut. His primary research interests concern ...
During 2013-2014, China launched a nation wide real-time air quality monitoring and disclosure program, a watershed moment in the history of its environmental regulations. We present the first empirical analysis of this natural experiment by exploiting its staggered introduction across cities. The program has transformed the landscape of China’s environmental ...
Learn about the Presidio’s archaeological process and excavations during this one-hour tour. See standing Spanish adobe in the Presidio Officers’ Club before moving to the state-of-the-art lab and collections facility where artifacts are cleaned, catalogued, studied, and curated. It’s a unique opportunity to see the behind-the-scenes workings of an archaeology ...
Join us as we discuss the basics of beekeeping, honey bee biology, and life inside the hive. Have the opportunity to put on a bee suit and see inside a live beehive! Once suited up, watch as Planet Bee Educators open up a hive and point out the honey, pollen, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Of bancas and coconuts: conducting cetacean research in the PhilippinesCetacean research in the Philippines is a relatively young field. With only a handful of research projects dedicated to cetaceans and a few local marine mammal researchers covering the vast coastline of 7,641 islands with 28 species of marine mammals known to occur to date, it is a challenging and ...
At the UCSF Human Performance Center, we partner with other scientists and clinicians at UCSF and in the Bay Area to study biomechanics, exercise physiology, and sleep & athletic performance. During this tour, you’ll get a glimpse into a number of the mechanisms we use to evaluate performance and have ...
Natural wonders, natural disasters, technological leaps, and environmental portents. The BAMPFA Art Study Centers present a special Five Tables viewing of art with a scientific bent. Works on view include: a barnacle-encrusted tea bowl from a 500-year-old Vietnamese shipwreck; the unique refractive “fingerprint†of a camera lens placed on a ...
Most of the diversity of living things around us is microscopic. These microbes do a lot of very important jobs for the ecosystem, and for us. From microscopes, to bacterial cultures, to DNA sequencing, learn about how scientists “see†these very important microorganisms. Try using some of these techniques yourself ...
There’s a terrifying new flu epidemic and your team are the only ones that can prevent a global outbreak. Travel across the globe collecting data, then come back to the lab to race against the clock to build the most effective vaccine. You’ll have to use your investigation and communication ...
Gladstone Institutes bring together over 350 scientists who use transformative science and technology in cardiovascular biology, immunology, neuroscience, and stem cell biology to overcome unsolved diseases. On this tour, you will be able to explore Gladstone labs and learn how their state-of-the-art biomedical research is helping scientists to find new ...
From abandoned mining towns to towns long underwater, come learn about maps and the ghost towns they depict at the Earth Sciences & Map Library. Explore featured maps and other documents of ghost towns and other abandoned places. Librarians and other speakers will be on hand to discuss the stories ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
New Deal to Green New DealThe Green New Deal has raised hopes for a major push to address climate change and social injustice. Is it just pie in the sky? Not at all. The original New Deal of the 1930s brought a revolution in conservation and public health, worker rights and wages, income and regional ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Engineering the FutureCan oil companies reinvent themselves as clean energy providers? Lord John Browne attempted it for over nearly two decades as CEO of British Petroleum. Credited with strengthening BP’s balance sheet and leading a successful “Beyond Petroleum†rebranding campaign, Browne ultimately stepped down after a series of disasters and heavy criticism ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Yes, You Could Help Build the Next Disruptor!! Samaira Mehta has been featured on the Today Show & CNBC while gracing the pages of Time Magazine & Vogue. She has won the Youth Entrepreneur Award and her initiative "Yes, One Billion Kids Can Code" is taking Silicon Valley by storm!Samaira's ...
You will use a virtual reality headset to handle, break apart and assemble familiar molecules from water and carbon dioxide to saturated fat, ATP (the energy that runs living things), and sulfuric acid.RSVP needed to attend at weblink.
Can oil companies reinvent themselves as clean energy providers? Lord John Browne attempted it over more than a decade as CEO of British Petroleum, where he led the company's “Beyond Petroleum†rebranding campaign. In his new book, Browne argues that the solution to reducing emissions and addressing climate change is to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Geologic and geophysical framework of Mt DiabloBased on the upcoming article “Structural and seismic hazard implications of geologic map and potential field geophysical observations at Mount Diablo, California†Mount Diablo has been characterized as a large overturned anticline, but its actual structure is more complex. Offset geologic units and gravity/magnetic anomalies show the mountain is bisected ...
Where: OrindaCost: $5 General, $1 students & K-12 Teachers
Have you ever wondered how scientists research and protect birds? Then join The San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory’s Biologist Ben Pearl for an engaging science talk about the work SFBBO does to study and conserve the Western Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus), an adorable bird that is so rare it ...
Join us for a smorgasbord of bite-size science talks. Be educated and entertained by engaging talks from veterans of UC San Francisco’s popular Grad Slam and Postdoc Slam competitions, who will present their research in just three minutes using language that everyone can understand. Audience trivia contest, too! Afterwards, you’ll ...
Creatures of the NightLifeThe creatures come out at NightLife as the Academy transforms into a spine-tingling and outrageous celebration of supernatural science on the spookiest night of the year.For this special Halloween edition, drag queen extraordinaire Heklina hosts our annual Halloween drag show and costume contest outside on the West Garden stage.Inside, African ...
There’s a terrifying new flu epidemic and your team are the only ones that can prevent a global outbreak. Travel across the globe collecting data, then come back to the lab to race against the clock to build the most effective vaccine. You’ll have to use your investigation and communication ...
Join us at the Exploratorium for a special pop-up Halloween salon, featuring six stories of spooky science, spectral visitations, ghostly encounters, and uncanny experiences.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, $14.95 Daytime Members
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