COVID-19: the scientific basis for what we know and the exit strategy it provides - LivestreamMarm Kilpatrick will give a broad overview of the vast scientific literature on COVID-19 including mechanisms of transmission; high and low risk activities; fatality, including impacts on different ages and people with pre-existing conditions; challenges in understanding current levels of transmission & what this means for relaxing lockdowns; and how ...
Astronomy 101: Sights of the Cosmos, Intro to Astronomy - LivestreamThis event provides a different introduction to astronomy than our Intro to the Night Sky talks. During this hour, you'll gain an appreciation for the size and scale of the cosmos and our place within it. You'll see many examples of the beautiful objects visible in the night sky, learn ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Sky this Month - LivestreamJoin Chabot’s astronomers, with Gerald McKeegan & Don Saito on Facebook Live for a short tour of May’s nighttime sky. Learn to recognize many of this month’s constellations and bright stars, and even learn a little about celestial navigation!See weblink for connection information.
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 05/23/20
Armchair Star Party (Online)Join San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) astronomers in our first Armchair (virtual) Star Party. We will take you on a guided tour of the night sky and Introduce you to astronomy gear. We plan to have our members share live views (weather permitting) of heavenly objects from their homes as ...
Where: Cost: Free
Free Telescope Viewing - LivestreamJoin our resident astronomers on Facebook Live every Saturday evening live from Chabot’s Observation deck! Each week, our astronomers will guide us through spectacular night sky viewing through Nellie, Chabot‘s most powerful telescope. Weather permitting we will be able to view objects live through the telescopes and our astronomers will ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 05/24/20
Solar Observing - OnlineIt’s there for us year round, lighting our days and providing energy for our lives, so maybe it’s time to give it a closer look. Join SJAA for amazing and detailed views of the Sun, and be assured that we’ll be using special telescopes that will keep your eyeballs perfectly ...
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 05/26/20
Lessons Learned: Ramping Up Telehealth Services During COVID-19 - LivestreamServing patients remotely is no longer a matter of convenience, it is imperative for patients and providers alike to provide just in time care in a safe and secure manner.The evolving challenges of providing remote point of care support for vulnerable populations through telehealth and telemedicine is a global challenge, ...
Native Bees of the Bay Area - LivestreamDid you know that there are 150 species of native bees in the Bay Area? Join Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) for a fun chat with artist and writer Obi Kaufmann, as we share about some of our favorites! He'll be joined by POST's Director of Conservation of Science Peter ...
Where: Cost: Free
Hard Earth Series: Seeing the light: Harnessing rural electrification to boost development - LivestreamHuman development depends on electricity. But, around the world, rural areas often lack power. How to best bring them electricity in ways that both spur economic development and help curb global warming? It’s a knotty question. Electricity to pump groundwater can facilitate more productive agriculture. But it also wastes groundwater, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Odd Salon Online: RESILIENTWe’re taking the salon online! Join speakers from both the San Francisco and New York City chapters for an evening of stories of strength, silver linings, and kicking ass during some of history’s darkest chapters.Unfettered from our usual theaters on opposite coasts, we are excited to bring a first ever ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 05/27/20
NASA and SpaceX Launch Watch Party - LivestreamWatch along with Chabot’s astronomers as we witness NASA and Space X’s historic launch. At 1:33 p.m. PST, watch the launch of the first astronauts from American soil since 2011. NASA astronauts will fly to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft.Astronomers from Chabot Space and Science Center ...
Where: Cost: Free
COVID Conversations: What We Know About the Coronavirus from Genetics and Population Testing - LivestreamJoin Exploratorium Senior Scientist Jennifer Frazier in conversation with Dr. Joseph DeRisi, Professor of Biochemisty and Biophysics at UCSF and Co-President of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. Dr. DeRisi is an infectious disease specialist who uses new technologies to identify and understand viruses, and played a role in identifying SARS in 2003. Derisi ...
Where: Cost: Free
Art Meets Science: Transforming Data into Information, Information into Insight - LivestreamEver wonder how people seem to have those “light bulb†moments? It is not luck, a cosmic coincidence, or obvious from crunching the numbers. These moments are really built upon the “Ah Ha†lifecycle: transforming data to information to insight to action. This goes beyond the traditional deep analytics and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Science on Safari: tourist photographs as a tool for wildlife monitoring - LivestreamAnimal populations have declined on average by 60% since 1970, and it is predicted that around a million species are at risk of extinction. In the face of this, protected and wildlife areas are critical to conservation efforts. Unfortunately, many are underfunded and lack the resources for even basic wildlife ...
Where: Cost: Free
Skeptics in the Pub: Millbrae - CANCELEDScience 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
Thursday, 05/28/20
What It Will Take to Reopen Cities - LivestreamThough most California cities are still operating under a state-led shelter-in-place mandate, cities across the country are beginning to test the waters by reopening the portions of their economies that had previously been shuttered to limit the spread of COVID-19. But with several Asian cities, including Hong Kong and Singapore, ...
Where: Cost: $20 General, Free for members
Resolving black holes with infrared interferometry - LivestreamPhase-referenced infrared interferometry with the new instrument GRAVITY at the VLT is sufficiently sensitive to study black hole systems with sub-milliarcsecond angular resolution. I will discuss the first results on spatially resolved kinematics of the quasar broad emission line region. In the Galactic center, GRAVITY has allowed the detection of ...
Where: Cost: Free
COVID-19: Can Homemade Masks Help? - LivestreamNovel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) spreads through droplets containing virus particles when infected individuals sneeze, cough, or speak. A healthy individual can get infected by inhaling droplets. Face masks can offer a physical barrier against virus transmission. This is particularly true for SARS-CoV-2 virus that are shed by symptomatic, pre-symptomatic, and asymptomatic ...
Where: Cost: Free
Rails to Tidal Wetland Restoration - LivestreamJoin us online as Jules Evens, Principal, Avocet Research Associates and author of Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula, talks about California black rail ecology and his research into their use of restored tidal wetlands, including the Giacomini Wetlands. Jules Evens conducts wetland monitoring, biological assessments, and survey populations ...
Where: Cost: Free
Virtual NightLife #5 - LivestreamGet a taste of the outdoors while we’re all mostly indoors. We’ve asked some of the most interesting adventurers we know - ncluding entomologist and ant expert Dr. Brian Fisher and special guests from REI - to bring some wilderness directly to your home.Log-on for this experimental showcase, streaming live ...
