Good for You, Good for the PlanetWhat we eat impacts both our health and the health of the planet.When we think about climate change we think about our transportation systems and our power plants. However, our food choices and our agricultural systems produce 49 - 87% of human caused greenhouse gases (per studies).Most of the chronic ...
Where: SaratogaCost: Free
The Extremes of Accretion: Ultraluminous X-ray Sources and Super-Eddington PulsarsUltraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are off-nuclear X-ray sources with luminosities that exceed the Eddington limit for stellar renmant black holes. This implies either the presence of larger, 'intermediate mass' black holes, or systems that have managed to violate their Eddington limits. Prior to NuSTAR, black hole accretors were widely assumed, ...
Cloud + Deep Reinforcement Learning + Microsim: the Future of Mixed Autonomy TrafficThe question of how will self-driving cars will change urban mobility patterns is an open topic today. This talk describes scientific contributions in the field of reinforcement learning presented in the context of enabling mixed-autonomy mobility, the gradual and complex integration of automated vehicles into the existing traffic system. The ...
Aperture Lucida: a Natural History of Vision With Tristan Duke7:30 p.m. | Osher Gallery 1, Kanbar ForumJoin artist and inventor Tristan Duke as he shares his process of creative inquiry over the past two years as Exploratorium Artist-in-Residence, culminating in his new artwork and optical device Aperture Lucida. He'll provide a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, 14.95 members, $0.00 Donors & AD members
Innovation in the Data Privacy EraJoin swissnex San Francisco and The Hive for a discussion of privacy and innovation.California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has gone into effect January 1st 2020. The law is likely to have a far-reaching impact on the tech world, especially in categories like AI (Artificial Intelligence). Under CCPA, a company must ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Noise Pop NightlifeSpend an evening exploring the science of sound as NightLife kicks off the Noise Pop Music and Arts Festival with a headlining DJ set by Washed Out.Washed Out is the recording name of chillwave pioneer Ernest Greene, best known for launching the synth-heavy, bedroom-pop sound of the early 2010s, and ...
Are anticoagulant rat poisons the new DDT? Lisa Owens Viani will describe the epidemic of wildlife mortality caused by these poisons. She’ll explain their impacts on birds of prey such as hawks and owls, among many other animals. She’ll summarize proposed legislation to reduce the use of dangerous rodenticides, and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
It is time to question the standard lore about mushroom cookeryBeliefs about how to handle and cook mushrooms, where they fit into a meal, and even what mushrooms are good to eat seem driven more by superstition and tradition than by an understanding of their flavors, aromas, and chemistry. This presentation will take a more modern look at their cooking, ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
Fungi and ArtFungi can have a direct effect on art works by destroying them, and many fungal images are better described as kitsch than art. Fungi, however, also figure in many truly artistic works and have done so for much of recorded history. Taylor will touch on the above noted topics before ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Friday, 02/21/20
68th Annual Pacific Orchid ExpositionThe San Francisco Orchid Society presents this year's Pacific Orchid Exposition: "2020 - Orchids in Focus."Friday February 21 - Sunday February 23, 2020, is the main event - a show and sale with thousands of orchids on display, award judging by the American Orchid Society, educational hands-on demonstrations and information ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
Two KIPAC Tea TalksCMB lensing for the next generation of experimentsSpeaker: Dominic Beck, KIPACTBDSpeaker: Dominic Walton, Cambridge, UK
19F Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an emerging technique for in vivo imaging, showing great promise due to the favorable NMR properties of the fluorine nucleus (high sensitivity, large ppm range) and the lack of detectable fluorine signal in biological systems. Imaging agents can be designed that exhibit either a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Playing by New RulesInnovative technologies are transforming the world of sports. Whether we’re athletes, managers, coaches, or fans, innovative sports technologies are changing the way we play the game, along with the game itself. Join us at CHM with sports tech experts from the 49ers, venture capital, and Stanford to explore ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Securing Earth from Space Threats & Climate-Change EffectsAs an author and speaker, Dr. Larry Lapin presents the case for upgrading the security of our Planet from space-threats. His simple 40-minute talk is sometimes frightening, but nevertheless inspiring. Sadly, we have no true defense against big meteors. NASA gives very limited attention to extra-terrestrial hazards, with physical effort ...
Where: LivermoreCost: Free
Saturday, 02/22/20
68th Annual Pacific Orchid ExpositionThe San Francisco Orchid Society presents this year's Pacific Orchid Exposition: "2020 - Orchids in Focus."Friday February 21 - Sunday February 23, 2020, is the main event - a show and sale with thousands of orchids on display, award judging by the American Orchid Society, educational hands-on demonstrations and information ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
The History & Mystery of the Refuge and the BayDon Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1972, but the reason the refuge was established dates back 200 years prior to when Europeans first arrived at the San Francisco Bay and changed the Bay forever. Join our volunteer, Larry, to learn about the history, and the answers ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
The Bay Model: An USACE Engineer TributeIn commemoration of Engineer Week, this program is dedicated to the USACE San Francisco District's construction of the Bay Model. This former one-of-kind scientific, hydrodynamic, engineering testing facility has accurately produced water related predictions for almost a half century. The first 30 years it was all hand operated. How did ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Pacific FlywayOur wetlands are an important stop on the Pacific Flyway, a major bird migration route. Stroll with docent Laurel Stell to learn why birds migrate, why they stop along the San Francisco Bay, and to spot the birds in action. Trail is easy and level. All ages and abilities welcome. ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Sunday, 02/23/20
68th Annual Pacific Orchid ExpositionThe San Francisco Orchid Society presents this year's Pacific Orchid Exposition: "2020 - Orchids in Focus."Friday February 21 - Sunday February 23, 2020, is the main event - a show and sale with thousands of orchids on display, award judging by the American Orchid Society, educational hands-on demonstrations and information ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
Marine Science Sunday: Marine Mammal Parents and PupsIn preparation for Valentine's Day, this month we celebrate love under the sea with Marine Mammal Parents and Pups in a fun, educational way for both kids and adults. We recommend teaming our free classroom program with a Guided tour at 11am, 1pm or 3pm for a truly immersive marine mammal experience.FREE Classroom ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Monday, 02/24/20
Uncovering the nature of dark matter with stellar streams in the Milky WayStars orbiting in the halo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, are a window into the distribution of dark matter. Tidally disrupting star clusters are especially valuable tracers, because in pristine conditions they produce thin stellar streams of nearly uniform density. I will present maps of stellar streams based on ...
For nuclear waste repository assessments, there has been a challenge of integrating two models at disparate scales: (1) complex thermal-hydrological-geochemical processes in engineered barrier systems (EBS) around each canister at the scale of meters and (2) overall performance assessment (PA) models at the scale of kilometers, including more than ten ...
Neural network and machine learning artificial intelligences (AIs) need comprehensive data sets to train on. Those data sets will often be composed of images, videos, audio, or text. All those things are copyrighted. Copyright law thus stands as an enormous potential obstacle to training AIs. Not only might the aggregate ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Fundamental particle physics with trapped molecular ions Precision spectroscopy of molecules is complementary to studies with high-energy colliders in the pursuit of physics beyond the Standard Model. Our search for an electric dipole moment in an electron (eEDM) constitutes a background free measurement of T-symmetry violation, attempting to explain the matter/antimatter asymmetry in the Universe. We choose ...
This talk presents a socio-historical anthropology of power in the high-stakes environmental justice struggle of a Black Caribbean autonomous society. Jamaican Maroon contemporary political transformations and sovereignty aspirations stand in opposition to bauxite mining that threatens their highland forest traditional territory. Although Maroon political systems were founded in the context ...
Nanomaterials and Light for Sustainability and Societal ImpactMetallic nanoparticles, used since antiquity to impart intense, vibrant color into materials, then brought to scientific attention in the 19th century as “Faraday’s colloidâ€, have more recently become a central tool in the nanoscale manipulation of light. When excited by light, metallic nanoparticles undergo a coherent oscillation of their conduction ...
Mark Coalmer is a 27-year veteran of project management and leadership. As CCUS Projects Director, he and his team at the $1B+ Climate Investments fund identify and advance promising projects and technologies to reduce atmospheric CO2. Mark has designed and led projects as an engineer and project manager and also ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
What the 2030 Climate Deadline Really MeansFor years, scientists and politicians have been saying that the climate battle will be won or lost in the next decade. That narrative was boosted by the IPCC, which contends global emissions must be halved by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050 to avoid climate catastrophe. Politicians moved quickly ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Wonderfest: Black Hole PortraitBlack holes are among the most remarkable predictions of Einstein's theory of gravity. So much material is compressed into such a small volume that nothing, not even light, can escape. In Spring 2019, the multinational Event Horizon Telescope released the first real picture of gas around a massive black hole ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Stanley Black and Decker: Edge Streaming Deep Learning for Scrap ReductionStanley Black & Decker is the world’s largest tools and storage company and the world’s second-largest commercial electronic security company. Stanley Black & Decker intends to be not just a leader, but to embrace technological change to become a disruptive force among global diversified industrials. They are pursuing this goal ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Nerd Nite East Bay: Animal Toxin Evolution, Brain Fonts, and More!Their Chemical Romance: How Animals Create, Escape and Steal the Most Potent Poisons on EarthWhy don't poisonous animals poison themselves? Learn how poisonous frogs evolved genetic resistance to their own toxins, and why you should never, ever touch a Phyllobates terribilis. See the clever ways that insects deal with man ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8 - $10
Tuesday, 02/25/20
Two KIPAC Tea TalksDESI - the largest galaxy spectroscopic surveySpeaker: Albert Chuang, KIPACUsing field solvers to simulate astrophysical plasmasSpeaker: Andrew Eberhardt, KIPAC
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Limitations to the 'basic' HOD model and beyondWe make use of the IllustrisTNG cosmological, hydrodynamical simulations to test fundamental assumptions of the mass-based Halo Occupation Distribution (HOD) approach to modelling the galaxy-halo connection. By comparing the clustering of galaxies measured in the 300 Mpc TNG box (TNG300) with that predicted by the standard (``basic'') HOD model, we ...
Energy storage is at the center of transformative technologies including electric transportation, wind and solar electricity, energy management for utilities and customers, replacement of gas peaker plants, and electric flight for air taxis, package delivery and short-haul passenger service. These emerging uses require next generation batteries custom designed for the ...
Molecular understanding of biological recognition processes is surely a major prerequisite for future drug design. Protein-ligand binding is favorable when the change in free energy ï„G=ï„H-Tï„S is negative. Therefore, calorimetry is a very powerful biochemical tool. Up to now, calorimetric measurements are all based on heat transfer and are thus ...
Until recently, it was widely believed that the brain was hardwired from childhood and resistant to any remodeling in adults. Breakthrough research and clinical practice has recently shown that our brains are remarkably plastic across the human life span. Neuroplasticity accounts for functional self-improvement at any age, often remarkable recoveries from ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Natalie Batalha made Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people on Earth. She has discovered approximately 4,000 new planets - some of which may turn out to be capable of supporting life. She was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Nerd Nite Silicon Valley #11- Nerd Nite Meets NASADestination Station: Sharing the wonders of YOUR International Space StationWant to hear from an astronaut about his experience on the International Space Station? Nerd Nite is excited to host NASA Astronaut Nick Hague and team members from the ISS National Lab. Be there and be square!
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga Angustirostris) of Point Reyes National SeashoreJoin us for a captivating evening exploring the world of Northern elephant seals with Professor Doreen Gurrola of Dominican University of California, and five of her students.Northern elephant seals, once a highly endangered species along our coast, are now found in many rookeries from Northern California to Baja California, Mexico. ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
The Autonomous Revolution - SOLD OUTFor the third time in the history of humanity, civilization is undergoing epic cultural transformation - a cultural phase change.Artificial intelligence and virtual environments are creating a world of abundance in which our institutions are changing form, obey different rules, use different methods, and behave contrary to our intuition.We are ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
How to build a personal planetariumPlease join the Mt. Diablo Astronomical Society for our general meeting featuring award-winning educator and MDAS member Jeff Adkins, who will conduct a workshop on how to build a simple pinhole-based planetarium projector. Adkins, who teaches astronomy and physics at Deer Valley High School in Antioch, and at Los Medanos ...
There is an increasing interest in applying methods based on Machine Learning Techniques (MLT) to problems in aviation operations. The current interest is based on developments in Cloud Computing, the availability of open software and the success of MLT in automation, consumer behavior and finance involving large database. Historically aviation ...
The internet has been hailed as a leveling force that is reshaping activism. From the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter and #MeToo, digital activism seemed cheap, fast, and open to all. Now this celebratory narrative finds itself competing with an increasingly sinister story as platforms ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Alma Project: Cultivating cultural capitals in STEM through reflective journalingReflective journaling has been shown to promote positive, meaningful learning experiences.At San Francisco State University, the AlmaProject was created to support connections to the life experiences of STEM students through reflective journaling. Pulling from frameworks in Ethnic Studies and social psychology, the Alma Project aims to make learning STEM inclusive ...
Me vs. We: What Matters Most for Climate Action?Where does change begin? Addressing the climate challenge requires incremental and transformational change on both personal and systemic levels. That means altering our personal habits as citizens, consumers, employees and parents.At the same time, society needs to fundamentally modernize the food, transportation, building and energy systems. That mind-blowing amount of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Tectonic Setting and Structural Analysis of Mt. Diablo and VicinityIt has long been recognized that many of the geologic features exposed in the eastern Coast Ranges of the San Francisco Bay Area are due to a component of Pacific-plate-boundary contraction. This study uses regional cross sections, constrained by surface geology, petroleum wells, and map analysis, to infer the geometry ...
Where: OrindaCost: $5 General, $1 Students & Teachers
Mind, Matter, and the Search for MeaningWorld-renowned physicist Brian Greene offers a captivating exploration of the cosmos and our ongoing quest to understand it.Greene takes us on a journey across time - from our most refined understanding of the universe’s beginning to the closest science can take us to the very end. He also explains the ...
