Multiple Speakers, Long conversation - LivestreamJoin members of the Long Now Board and invited speakers for a virtual Long Conversation to reflect on the current moment, how it fits into our deeper future, and how we can address threats to civilization that are rare but ultimately predictable.Long Conversation is a relay conversation of 20 minute ...
As the COVID-19 crisis grips America and the world, the daily counts of confirmed cases and deaths have become ubiquitous. But these two numbers paint an incomplete picture about how widespread the outbreak truly is.To provide a more detailed scope of the crisis, journalist Alexis Madrigal started the COVID Tracking ...
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Cosmology in the era of multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves - ONLINEMotivated by the exciting prospect of new wealth of information arising from the first observations of gravitational and electromagnetic radiation from the same astrophysical phenomena, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) has established a search and discovery program for the optical transients associated with LIGO/Virgo events (DESGW). Using the Dark Energy ...
Fishy Thinking: Fishing as a Window into the Global Sustainability Dilemma - LivestreamIn Indonesia’s Banggai Archipelago, where once-rich marine life is dwindling, there are two types of fishers. One continues using destructive practices such as bombs and cyanide to kill fish. The other has transitioned to more-sustainable practices such as small nets and hand lines. Why the difference? The answer is a ...
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Free Bay Currents talk: The Marvelous Microbes Beneath Your Feet - CANCELEDWhat we call “dirt†or “soil†teems with little-known tiny creatures that are neither plant nor animal. These bacteria, fungi, viruses, and more are critical to healthy and climate-resilient ecosystems. Explore this hidden world and its importance with Dr. Eoin Brodie, Deputy Director of Berkeley Lab's Climate and Ecosystem Sciences ...
