Shoreside Fish - CanceledA Shoreside at MSI promises to be a fun morning of exploration and discovery! At our beach front facility participants will work as a team to pull in a large seine (net) to catch local fishes, identify common Bay fish, touch and examine local sharks, and learn the difference between ...
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 ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 06/21/20
World Giraffe Day - CanceledWith less than 80,000 giraffe remaining in the wild, the time to act is NOW. Learn about Oakland Zoo's giraffe population and giraffe in Africa, and participate in activities that help these animals in the wild. 100% of the proceeds for this event goes to giraffe conservation.
The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the most rapidly changing habitats in the world. Like so many marine mammals, leopard seals must adapt to surviveâ - but are they equipped to do so? To better understand the ecology of leopard seals and their ability to cope with this environment, researchers ...
Where: Cost: Free
World Localization Day - LivestreamAfter COVID-19, we can return to stressful disconnected lives and climate catastrophe or we can slow down, scale down and rebuild our connections to each other and to the Earth.Our friends at Local Futures are hosting an online festival of ideas and inspiration in celebration of World Localization Day. The goal? To inspire ...
Where: Cost: Free
Monday, 06/22/20
AI for Intelligent Financial Services - LivestreamAfter more than 30 years in academia researching in the area of AI, both as a student and as a faculty member, I joined J.P. Morgan to create and head an AI research group. In this talk, I will present several concrete examples of the projects we are pursuing in ...
Where: Cost: Free
Enterprise AI: The most untapped opportunity for novel and impactful AI work - LivestreamEnterprise AI is the most untapped opportunity for impactful work in AI today. Enterprise AI is the application of AI to traditional industries outside of software industry such as Energy, Manufacturing, Banking and Aerospace. C3.ai as a leading enterprise AI software provider for accelerating digital transformation has a unique position ...
Where: Cost: Free
Astronomy on Tap: Los Angeles - LivestreamWe’ll hear from Dr. Ayra Udry, California Institute of Technology, on “Space Rocks!†and Dr. Paz Beniamini, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, on “Extremely Bright and Incredibly Distant: Gamma Ray Burstsâ€. In addition, we will host interactive astronomically-themed pub trivia. In addition, we will host interactive astronomically-themed pub trivia. The ...
Where: Cost: Free
Travels in Ice Age America - LivestreamCraig Childs is a writer, wanderer and contributing editor at High Country News, commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, and teaches writing at University of Alaska and the Mountainview MFA at Southern New Hampshire University. His books include Atlas of a Lost World: Travels in Ice Age America (02019), Apocalyptic Planet ...
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 ...
Nobel Prize-winning professor of Physics at Stanford University and twelfth U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will explore the lessons learned from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and how to achieve deep renewables penetration. Chu will be interviewed by Arun Majumdar and Sally Benson, co-directors of Stanford's Precourt ...
Where: Cost: Free
Telehealth Policy and Reimbursement Issues in the Era of COVID-19 - LivestreamDue to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, serving patients remotely is no longer a matter of convenience, it has become imperative for telehealth stakeholders, organizations and providers alike to understand and provide care in a safe and secure manner. However, due to the rapid increase in demand for telemedicine as a ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Chemistry of Color - LivestreamJoin us for a wonderful introduction to the chemistry of color, and to the special structures of colorful substances in plants, and in animals and minerals as well. This will include those that can be used as dyes on fibers. Learn about anthocyanins, tannins, flavonoids, and more!Speaker: Margareta SequinRegister at ...
Where: Cost: Free
LASER - Online Art, Online Exhibitions' (Part 1) - LivestreamWhich art is "exhibited" online (as opposed to just "documented")? What is an online exhibition of art? The World-wide web "is" an exhibition of offline art, and any artist's website is an exhibition of the artist's physical art: but is that really an "exhibition"? or is it just the equivalent ...
Where: Cost: Free
Mental Health at Work Now: Voices from Leading Companies - LivestreamThe importance of workplace mental health in the United States has steadily gained traction in the last few years. And for good reason. Up to 80 percent of Americans will struggle with a mental health issue during their lifetime. The coronavirus pandemic and the protests following the murder of George Floyd ...
In this online talk, Dr. Jiang-Ti Kong will present a brief history of acupuncture and, relatedly, traditional Chinese medicine before diving into the modern science literature examining pre-clinical and clinical evidence on acupuncture analgesia. She will review the neural mechanisms common to both acupuncture and chronic pain that form the theoretical basis for the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 06/24/20
AI Talks in HealthcareMagnimind Academy presents AI Talks in Healthcare. We are starting a new talk series where we will host top AI experts in different fields of data science, biotech, and medicine. You will have a chance to learn the most recent trends in the field which may inspire you to transition ...
Where: Cost: Free
Maintenance and Invention: Lessons from Hubble - LivestreamIn her new book, Handprints on Hubble: An Astronaut’s Story of Invention, the first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope.The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. It has, ...
Fisheries and aquaculture play a critical role in food security and economic growth worldwide. Billions of people rely on fish as a primary source of protein and essential nutrients, and almost 60 million livelihoods are supported by the fishing and aquaculture sectors. It is widely acknowledged that without strong management and stewardship, ...
Which country has the best health care?The United States spends more than any other nation - an astonishing $4 trillion a year. Yet for all that expense, the United States lags behind other countries.From Taiwan to Switzerland, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel profiles 11 of the top health-care systems in the world. ...
LASER - Opportunities for Online Art/Science Interaction' (Part 2) - LivestreamWhich opportunities arise online for interaction between art and science? Much collaboration is created when people are in physical proximity, in the same campus or in the same building. Does the online world foster or deter interdisciplinary collaboration? The online world tends to create echo chambers, where one looks for ...
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, 06/25/20
Geneva Talks: Humanitarians and Technologists, unite! - LivestreamThis summer marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) in a time of turmoil and uncertainty. After the Second World War, countries across the World have signed the UN Charter in San Francisco in agreement to collectively work on a multilateral future. This year, the global pandemic not ...
Where: Cost: Free
Seeing to the Event Horizons of Supermassive Black Holes - LivestreamSupermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies power some of the brightest objects we see in the Universe; active galactic nuclei (AGN). Much remains unknown, however, about exactly how energy is released from the material falling in through the accretion disc, and from the black hole itself, to form ...
Lunch Break Science, our new summer virtual series, starts with a lecture by Leakey Foundation grantee Zarin Machanda. She explores the nature of chimpanzee communication and relationships. She discusses the complexity of interpreting the intentions of chimpanzee communications and the role past relationships play in the expression of communication.. Take ...
Where: Cost: Free
Midday Science Cafe - Clearing the Air: Empowering communities to improve air quality - LivestreamWhat chemicals make up the air around us and how does human activity influence the composition of the air we breathe? Learn how scientists measure air quality and why understanding pollution levels at the neighborhood level is important to keeping everyone in our community safe and healthy. Through meaningful ...
Where: Cost: Free
AI Talks in Healthcare - RescheduledMagnimind Academy presents AI Talks in Healthcare. We are starting a new talk series where we will host top AI experts in different fields of data science, biotech, and medicine. You will have a chance to learn the most recent trends in the field which may inspire you to transition ...
Where: Cost: Free
Storytime Science for Kids: Imagination - LivestreamJoin us for Storytime Scienceâ€"a storybook read aloud followed by a simple related activity geared toward very young children. This month, we're celebrating imagination! Maybe you have a pet unicorn and maybe you’ve heard that a unicorn should never scribble. But why? What could possibly go wrong? Never Let a Unicorn ...
This Pride month, we'll look again at the rainbow in all its glory - from its meaning in the Pride flag to the optics of real rainbows to rainbows in art and popular culture. You’ll even learn how to make rainbows of your own with Ron Hipschman, host of the popular Full-Spectrum Science ...
Where: Cost: Free
Virtual Nightlife Vol 6 - Pride - LivestreamWe’re joining this year’s virtual Pride celebrations with a special edition of our 10th-annual Pride NightLife, hosted by drag queen extraordinaire (and longtime friend of NightLife) Heklina. She’ll be performing classic songs throughout the evening, bringing the glam straight from her home to yours.EVENT HIGHLIGHTSTerry Beswick, Executive Director of the ...
Where: Cost: Free
TEDxMarin ONLINE presents: A special show on CLIMATE CHANGE - LivestreamDespite Covid-19, Climate change may be the ultimate test of our time, and the time to take action is quickly running out. Can we still change the course and alter worst-case scenarios? Will it require an unprecedented effort from all sectors of society? The answer for both appears to be ...
Where: Cost: $15 - $40
Friday, 06/26/20
Geneva Talks: Charting International Collaboration in the Digital Age - LivestreamThis summer marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) in a time of turmoil and uncertainty. After the Second World War, countries across the World have signed the UN Charter in San Francisco in agreement to collectively work on a multilateral future. This year, the global pandemic not ...
Livermore is home to several of the world’s largest science facilities. The Sierra Supercomputer, commissioned in late 2018, ranks as the second fastest computer in the world, powered by over 16,000 high performance GPUs. This computer allows scientists to study complex phenomena in a virtual setting.One important application for this ...
Where: Cost: Free
Evenings with the Stars - CANCELEDOur 'Evenings with the Stars' programs are held annually as part of our Summer Series. Each year we bring world-renowned astronomers to the summit of Mount Hamilton for a night with the "stars" you won't forget!Speaker: TBA
