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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.
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
Join us at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory for a 90-minute unique and family friendly tour experience. The tour will begin with a short film, “Making Science Happen,” then visitors will get a peek inside the lab’s facilities. Hear about the ways in which SLAC is a leading force in scientific ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Two KIPAC Tea TalksBenefits of sparsity in gravitational lens modelingSpeaker: Aymeric GalanLens monitoring and time-delay measurement for a precise determination of the Hubble constantSpeaker: Martin Millon, EPFL, Switzerland
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 ...
In embryonic development, cells read the program encoded in their DNA to become cell types such as those found in muscle, liver or brain. The goal of Professor Hernan Garcia’s lab is to uncover the rules behind these decisions to predict and manipulate developmental programs. Find out how the lab ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
A Discovery of Pulsars: A Graduate Student's TaleThis year's Emilio Segrè Lecture will be presented by Jocelyn Bell Burnell. In her presentation she will describe how pulsars were inadvertently discovered, describe some instances where they were 'nearly' discovered, and outline the properties of these amazing objects.
July 2019 was the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first steps on the surface of the Moon. In that time, the Apollo missions, a fleet of robotic probes, and observations from Earth have taught us a lot about Earth’s surprising satellite. In this non-technical talk, Andrew Fraknoi will look at the ...
Where: OaklandCost: $5
First Friday: SleepWhat exactly does sleep do for your body and mind? What do researchers know about the science of sleep, and why do we dream? Learn about all of this and more at our Pajama Party First Friday! Join us for fun party games, hands-on activities and even listen to a ...
Where: OaklandCost: $5
Banning Facial Recognition TechnologyThis year, San Francisco became one of the first major U.S. cities to ban the use of facial recognition software by police and other agencies. But what does the ban really mean for citizens of the Bay Area? How else is this technology being used? What other actions can be ...
In Climate Change Summit, communities work together to weigh different stakeholder positions to solve a relevant problem that requires a nuanced understanding of climate issues. For 2019, our problem is about dam renovation or removal. Participants are randomly assigned into one of eight stakeholder positions and then guided through a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Probing Fundamental Physics with Strong Gravitational LensingIn general relativity, the presence of matter can curve spacetime, and the path of a light ray will be deflected as a result. This process is called gravitational lensing, analogous to the deflection of light by (e.g. glass) lenses in optics.In rare and extreme cases, light can take different paths ...
Build your own oragami-based microscope! After we assemble our microscopes we will take to the Bay to collect our own live plankton samples and test our our creations
During the 9th annual Discovery Day at Oracle Park experience hundreds of dynamic demonstrations, engaging experiments, and geeky games led by Bay Area scientists and engineers.Highlights:Discover the mysteries of science with UCSF! Learn how our bodies work: how cells divide, how we hear, how neurons communicate with each other and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Storytime Science for Childrenin us the first full weekend of every month for Storytime Science! Enjoy a science-themed storybook read aloud followed by a simple related activity geared toward very young children.Exploring, observing, questioning, and learning are our watchwords here at the Exploratorium. When matched with a story, it’s even more fun! Each ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Admission
Jazz under the StarsCome peer through our telescopes and see craters on the Moon, the visible planets, star clusters, and more while we listen to CSM's very own KCSM Jazz 91 FM. Dress warmly. Free parking in Marie Curie Lot 5. Directions are available on the Maps, Directions & Parking page.This event is weather dependent. Latest ...
