Fast Radio Bursts - LivestreamFast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are short (few millisecond) bursts of radio waves observed from cosmological distances. Their origin is presently unknown, yet their rate is many hundreds per sky per day, indicating a not-uncommon phenomenon in the Universe. In this talk, I will review the FRB field and present new ...
A Healthy Society Series: Healthier Rural America - Toward a Better Future - LivestreamMoving America forward will take more than a vaccine. As we are finding today, many parts of our nation have been left behind and are not able to share in the great American dream. Rural America is at the focus of attention now because it is our food production center, ...
How do you create a digital coral reef so large and complex it will fill a 75-ft. planetarium dome screen? Get a behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the Academy’s latest show, Expedition Reef, with production designer Mike Schmitt and animator Ken Ackermann - members of the Academy’s award-winning Visualization ...
Where: Cost: Free
BioFutures: Mandatory Genetic Fingerprinting - CANCELEDIf someone is arrested for a federal crime, law enforcement officials are allowed to take a sample of their DNA. And last fall, the Justice Department approved the collection of DNA from the tens of thousands of people detained in immigration detention centers. UC Berkeley Law professor Andrea Roth will ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with After Dark Admission
City Star Party - PresidioCome 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!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Friday, 06/05/20
Highlighting Results from the HAWC Observatory - RescheduledLocated on Sierra Negra in Puebla Mexico, the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory is one of the world's premier facilities for exploring the universe at γ-ray energies exceeding 100 TeV. Large field-of-view and high duty cycle observatories like HAWC enable deep, unbiased surveys of the TeV sky. Sensitivity to ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Soul of Design: Exploring the Neuroscience of Beauty - LivestreamOur living and work spaces can have a profound effect on us in both subtle and very direct ways. The experience of beauty promotes healthy brain chemistry, which in turn can make us feel better and inspired in our daily lives. In this online event, Lisa Staprans discusses how to ...
Where: Cost: Free
Stanford Astronomical Society Virtual Stargazing Event - LivestreamWe will have members from our core group share interesting facts about astronomy for a general audience and take questions along the way. We will answer questions you may always wondered about including: - What's a black hole? - What constellations can I find tonight in the night sky and ...
Where: Cost: Free
First Friday: Robots - CANCELEDFrom the Jetsons to Star Wars to Wall-E, Robots have intrigued kids and adults for generations. As reality catches up with science fiction, bots are as exciting as ever! Join us for this droid-tastic First Friday and cheer for your favorite fighter in Roomba Battle, play Heads Up with Alexa, ...
Where: OaklandCost: $5
Saturday, 06/06/20
Illuminating Dark Matter - LivestreamDark matter is the cosmic parent of all vast structures in the night sky, including our own Milky Way galaxy. Yet we know so very little about this mysterious stuff that constitutes 85%(!) of the material universe. We don’t know what it’s made of, we don’t know where it came ...
Where: Cost: Free
Fantasy Flights to the Moon - LivestreamThis talk is in part based on the same section in my new major lunar observers handbook, Luna Cognita. The 3-volume set is scheduled to be published by Springer before the end of this year. Harrison Schmitt of Apollo 17 wrote the Introduction. The book is available on Amazon right ...
Join 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 ...
SkeptiCal 2020 will be back in 2021! SkeptiCal is the annual Northern California conference focusing on science and skepticism.We are part of a national skeptical movement begun in the 1970s and 1980s by Carl Sagan and other scientists who were concerned about the public embrace of various pseudosciences.We seek to improve ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: TBA
Monday, 06/08/20
World Oceans Day Celebration - LivestreamWorld Oceans Day is a global movement to celebrate, protect, and preserve Earth’s life support system. Join us for discussions and films that explore the sights and sounds of the sea, from the lapping shoreline of San Francisco Bay to the call of a deep-diving whale off of the Pacific ...
'Surviving in the Lagoon' - Q&A by marine scientists - LivestreamIn the heart of the a vast ocean, the atolls of the Pacific are like oasis in a sprawling desert. Each one contains a unique and breathtaking environment. Where the reef breaks, the ecosystem of the lagoon flourishes.Filmed in UHD and extreme slow motion, this film captures exclusive wildlife behavior ...
Catherine Blish is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine and an Assistant Director of the Stanford Medical Scientist Training Program. Her clinical focus is on infectious diseases. She received her PhD in Immunology from the University of Washington School of Medicine, where she ...
Where: Cost: Free
International Ocean Film Festival - Surviving in the Lagoon - CANCELEDThis stunning film takes us on an adventure to the most remote atolls of French Polynesia in the middle of the immense Pacific Ocean. The lagoons are like passageways between two worlds, breaches in the coral that allow communication with the ocean. Follow the convict surgeonfish from larval growth to ...
Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz will explore the role of energy innovation in the post-pandemic economic recovery, and the dual challenge of increasing access to energy while reducing the sector's environmental impact. Moniz will be interviewed by Arun Majumdar and Sally Benson, co-directors of Stanford's Precourt Institute for ...
Where: Cost: Free
Climate Action in the Covid Era: Data, Reporting, and AccountabilityThe Covid crisis has laid bare the need for real-time, comprehensive, and publicly accessible data - the climate crisis demands no less. Join Ken Alex, Alicia Seiger and Michael Schmitz as they discuss how to fill the existing climate data gaps and why it’s time to move beyond an approach ...
The ocean provides critical services to life on the planet, absorbing 93 percent of the heat from anthropogenic warming and a quarter of human carbon dioxide emissions each year. However, rising ocean temperatures and carbon dioxide levels also change the marine environment - pH and oxygen levels fall, ocean currents ...
Global warming, air pollution, and energy insecurity are three of the most significant problems facing the world today. This talk discusses the development of technical and economic roadmaps to convert the energy infrastructures of homes, cities, countries, and the world to those powered by 100% wind, water, and sunlight (WWS) ...
Gene editing is revolutionizing agriculture by changing how we design, produce, and consume food. But how is this technology being used, and what does this mean for farmers, consumers, and society at large? We'll take a holistic journey through the history of plant breeding to understand how this cutting-edge technology ...
