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
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $25
Saturday, 06/27/20
AI in Fashion Retail Industry WorkshopOne of the many industries AI has great potential is fashion retail industry. Ranging from visual search (which is expected to have a market of $28.5 billion in 2027) to personalized recommendations, AI can scale up data analytics for lower operational costs and better marketing.AI can also provide a social ...
Where: Cost: Free
Summer Science Symposium - LivestreamThe Summer Science Symposium, hosted by a high school student, gives high school aged science enthusiasts a platform to share their interests in the life sciences and chemistry. Students are asked to prepare a 4 - 7 minute slide presentation to be given live to an audience of parents, peers, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Astrobiology Under Our Feet & Out to the Stars - LivestreamThe Age of Astrobiology has begun. We have a whole Solar System - and a galaxy of star-warmed worlds beyond - to explore for life. How do we look for life here and way out there? How will we know it when we find it? Our exploration begins at Earth. ...
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
Baylands Scavenger HuntInterested in a fun, educational event in the Baylands that you can do while social distancing? On Saturday, June 27th, the EV will be hosting a Baylands scavenger hunt. This game will guide you through the preserve, while allowing you and your family to maintain social distancing from other participating ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Sunday, 06/28/20
Butterflies of the UC Botanical Garden - LivestreamJoin our resident caterpillar lady Sal Levinson and butterfly guy Sarab Seth for an illustrated slideshow of butterflies found in the Garden at this time of year. We'll learn about their life cycle, host plants, and more! Our fun Zoom event is suitable for all ages and includes a live ...
Come ooooo and ahhhh at the science behind these big booms! Where do fireworks come from? Who invented them? What causes their beautiful colors, and how do the bursting shells create such different patterns? Join us for some real illumination, and learn the difference between a jerb and a lance.Sessions ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with Admission
Monday, 06/29/20
What's the Matter with Matter? - LivestreamDuring these sessions, using bicycles as an example, we will explore materials science, classification of materials, materials selection, and important materials properties. You will learn how bicycles have evolved over a century and how inventors and engineers have chosen materials to fabricate bicycles, based on their unique properties to increase bicycle performance, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Effective Science Communication WebinarAre you a high schooler interested in science? Are you thinking of ways to make a difference amid the current COVID-19 pandemic? The way we communicate about scientific research plays an important role in how our society responds in a crisis. Join us for a discussion with two infectious disease ...
Where: Cost: Free, but RVSP required
Tuesday, 06/30/20
What's the Matter with Matter? - LivestreamDuring these sessions, using bicycles as an example, we will explore materials science, classification of materials, materials selection, and important materials properties. You will learn how bicycles have evolved over a century and how inventors and engineers have chosen materials to fabricate bicycles, based on their unique properties to increase bicycle performance, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Animal Intelligence and the Search for Life Beyond Earth - LivestreamWhat can animal intelligence tell us about the possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? And how can the ways we recognize intelligence on our own planet inform how we might interact with extraterrestrial intelligence?Historically, humanity has believed we were the most advanced form of intelligence. Yet research is ...
We're all becoming close observers of the scientific literature on COVID-19, tracking as best we can data on transmission, risk, fatalities, and implications for different groups. Marm Kilpatrick will outline the challenges in understanding this data, and in interpreting models and projections. In his talk, he'll offer what he thinks ...
Calculating and Reducing Your Individual and Household Carbon Footprint - LivestreamJoin the Berkeley Climate Action Coalition's Environmental Health Working Group for a discussion on how to calculate your environmental footprint and actions you can take to live more sustainably. Each household and individual in California has the power to protect the climate and keep California cool; see how you compare ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 07/01/20
1st Workshop on Scientific-Driven Deep Learning (SciDL) - LivestreamDeep learning is playing a growing role in the area of fluid dynamics, climate science and in many other scientific disciplines. Classically, deep learning has focused on an model agnostic learning approaches ignoring any prior knowledge that is known about the problem under consideration. However, limited data can severely challenge ...
Where: Cost: Free
Digital Grid Summer Series: Lessons learned from Utilities and IT companies - LivestreamIn June, EPRI and Stanford University Bits and Watts Initiative co-hosted a virtual workshop, that brought together utility and information technology companies to discuss the development of a data platform and enabling technologies to achieve the Digital Grid vision. This interactive panel series will provide an opportunity to take this ...
Where: Cost: Free
swissnex Fireside Chat: Imagining New Realities 002 - LivestreamWork, education, economy, social life: the corona crisis is rapidly accelerating the digitization of important areas of society, and it is deeply impacting every aspect of our lives. How will this structural transformation of society play out in the long term? In a series of fireside chats, the trending informal ...
What's the Matter with Matter? - LivestreamDuring these sessions, using bicycles as an example, we will explore materials science, classification of materials, materials selection, and important materials properties. You will learn how bicycles have evolved over a century and how inventors and engineers have chosen materials to fabricate bicycles, based on their unique properties to increase bicycle performance, ...
Where: Cost: Free
CO2 Capture and Storage Project in the Brea Olinda Oil Field: Presentation and Discussion - LivestreamThe Stanford Center for Carbon Storage invites you to attend a presentation, workshop and discussion on Bridge Energy’s Carbon Capture and Storage project proposed for the Brea Olinda Oil field in the LA Basin. This will be a highly interactive event and feedback is requested.RSVP at weblink to obtain Zoom ...
Where: Cost: Free
Pop-up Summer Seminar - LivestreamDr. Ed Carpenter will host a seminar on current research on Marine Plastic Pollution. New for our summer seminars, reading assignments! For this discussion a recent Washington Post article,  From national parks to the deep sea, plastic pollution is showing up wherever scientists look.See weblink for connection information.
Where: Cost: Free
Marijuana Addiction in the Age of Legal Weed - LivestreamGeneration X writer Neal Pollack thought he had it all: a good writing career, a strong marriage, even a lucrative 3-day run on "Jeopardy"! That brought him national attention. Like many in his generation, he also smoked a lot of marijuana. He had discovered that food, music and even his ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 07/02/20
What's the Matter with Matter? - LivestreamDuring these sessions, using bicycles as an example, we will explore materials science, classification of materials, materials selection, and important materials properties. You will learn how bicycles have evolved over a century and how inventors and engineers have chosen materials to fabricate bicycles, based on their unique properties to increase bicycle performance, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Highlighting Results from the HAWC Observatory - LivestreamLocated 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
Lunch Break Science - LivestreamMeet Leakey Foundation grantee Lauren Schroeder and learn what it takes to study the skulls of early humans. This short interview is part of The Leakey Foundation’s weekly video series Lunch Break Science.Speaker: Lauren Schroeder, University of Cape TownRegister at weblink to obtain connection information.
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark Online: Racism in Science - LivestreamScience isn’t neutral. Science is carried out by people, and can be shaped by their beliefs, social values, blind spots, and biases - and while it can reveal the impacts of racism, science is also historically and currently embedded with racist and inequitable practices. As concerns such as racialized bioethics ...
Where: Cost: Free
City Star Party - Presidio - CANCELEDCome 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, 07/03/20
AI Talks in Healthcare - LivestreamThis week, we are going to have our third "AI Talks in Healthcare" webinar. We will host Jochen Kumm who is the CEO of Pr3vent - a company dedicated to the early detection and prevention of vision loss in newborns.Speakers: Jochen Kumm, CEO of Pr3vent; Chirag Patel, Stanford; Ryan Spitler, ...
Where: Cost: Free
CuriOdyssey’s Virtual First Friday Family NightsMeet exciting science educators, wildlife keepers and children’s musical performers for an interesting and fun family event on CuriOdyssey’s Facebook page. See how exciting science can be with Kate the Chemist, Dr. Kate Biberdorf, science entertainer and author of the best-selling book “The Big Book of Experiments," as she performs her ...
Where: Cost: Free
Moon Mash Up - LivestreamJoin us on Facebook Live for a a mash-up of Moon-themed activities! We’re bringing together our Moon rocks, one-of-a-kind lunar telescope images, astronomers and more. With a full, bright moon on Friday night, this is the perfect time for a lunar celebration.Look forward to:A closer look at Chabot’s TWO real ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 07/04/20
Virtual 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 be ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 07/05/20
State-of-the-art Clinical Named Entity Recognition in Spark NLP Workshop - LivestreamDeep neural network models have recently achieved state-of-the-art performance gains in a variety of natural language processing (NLP) tasks. However, these gains rely on the availability of large amounts of annotated examples, without which state-of-the-art performance is rarely achievable. This is especially inconvenient for the many NLP fields where annotated ...
Chad Holliday, Chair of the Board, Royal Dutch Shell plc, will be interviewed by Arun Majumdar and Sally Benson, co-directors of Stanford's Precourt Institute for Energy.Register here to obtain connection information
Where: Cost: Free
LIVE! Merlin Sheldrake and Michael Pollan on Entangled Life - LivestreamThe Bay Area Book Festival's #UNBOUND virtual series will be featuring biologist and visionary Merlin Sheldrake about his new book, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures, in a LIVE conversation with local bestselling writer and journalist Michael Pollan (How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma), co-hosted by Green Apple Books. Merlin ...
Where: Cost: $20
A Good Direction for Poor Air Quality - LivestreamAt the height of the global pandemic, roughly a third of the world’s population was under some form of lockdown. As a result, daily transportation use plummeted and, with it, air pollution as some of the most polluted cities reported massive decreases in particulate matter. Wuhan, China experienced a dramatic ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members
Wednesday, 07/08/20
Digital Grid Summer Series: Technology Innovation Panel - LivestreamEPRI and Stanford University Bits and Watts Initiative co-hosted a virtual workshop, that brought together utility and information technology companies to discuss the development of a data platform and enabling technologies to achieve the Digital Grid vision. This interactive panel series will provide an opportunity to take this vital conversation ...
Aquaculture is the fastest expanding segment of the global food system and generally relies on wild-caught marine animals as key ingredients in feeds for fishes and shrimps. Farmed seafood production is expected to continue to increase around the world, accompanied by a rising demand for nutrient-dense ingredients harvested from the ...
We now know that not all viruses are bad for us: for example, viruses play a role in the human microbiome. More importantly, viruses are drivers of genetic innovation and therefore of the evolution of life. While we have no definitive evidence of when the first virus emerged, we can ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 07/09/20
The Dark Side of Science: Misconduct in Biomedical Research - LivestreamScience builds upon science. Even after peer-review and publication, science papers could still contain images or other data of concern. If not addressed post-publication, papers containing incorrect or even falsified data could lead to wasted time and money spent by other researchers trying to reproduce those results. Several high-profile science ...
Where: Cost: Free
What Would a Green Stimulus for California Look Like? - LivestreamAn unabashed reference to the New Deal set of programs championed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s, the long-gestating idea for a Green New Deal leapt into the public consciousness in 2019 after Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts introduced the ...
Speaker: Bruno Olshausen, UC BerkeleyRegister at weblink to receive connection information
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark Online: COVID Conversations - LivestreamIt’s well-documented that African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans are overrepresented in cases of, and deaths from, COVID-19. Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Jennifer Frazier in conversation with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo as they discuss why this disease is having a disproportionate impact on these communities and what steps we can take ...
Where: Cost: Free
NightSchool: How To Design A Coral Reef - LivestreamHow 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
Virtual Movie Night: 'Mercury 13'The SETI Institute will show Mercury 13 for our July 9 movie night. There will also be live interviews with Gena Nora Jessen - one of the original 13 - and David Sington, director of the 2018 film.Mercury 13 tells the remarkable story of astronauts who had the right stuff, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 07/10/20
AI Talks in Healthcare - LivestreamMagnimind 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
Virtual Family HikeJoin us for a virtual hike and program with special guest James Wilson, Supervising Naturalist with the East Bay Regional Park District for the whole family. Sit back, relax, and let us do the walking. In this special segment we’ll explore things to come to light at night in the ...
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
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $25
Armchair Star Party (Online)Join San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) astronomers in our second Armchair (virtual) Star Party. We will take you on a guided tour of the current night sky and introduce you to the tools of astronomy. SJAA members will share live views (weather permitting) as well as long exposure photos of ...
Lick Observatory has been doing ground-breaking research since its opening in 1888. 30 years after Lick Observatory established itself as a world leader in astronomical research, the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic hit the United States. Pandemics create challenging times for any organization, so how was Lick Observatory affected by the ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $50 General, $90 Preferred, $199 VIP
Virtual 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 be ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 07/12/20
Five Things Only Experienced Data Scientists Knows - LivestreamDuring this talk, Daliana Liu will discuss what are the most important elements in data science that most people didn't learn in school; and why a data scientist's day-to-day can be very different from what you expected; how to remain your passion while providing values to your company and get ...
Where: Cost: Free
Monday, 07/13/20
A virtual fireside chat with Dr. Anthony Fauci (Livestream)Join Dean Lloyd Minor as he hosts a virtual fireside chat with Dr. Anthony FauciDean Lloyd Minor will host the government's leading infectious disease expert--Dr. Anthony Fauci--for a virtual fireside chat that contextualizes COVID-19's recent resurgence, highlights our path to overcoming the pandemic, and answers your pre-submitted questions.*Date and time subject ...
Where: Cost: free
Understanding Living Systems through Scientific Computing - LivestreamComputing is revolutionizing our approach to scientific discovery, which previously depended solely on experiments and theory. Sophisticated computer simulations of systems ranging from drugs interacting with proteins to the interiors of stars allow us to design new medicines and understand galactic evolution. This session will introduce participants to the power ...
Where: Cost: Free
Ask-an-Astronomer: Alex Filippenko - LivestreamUC Observatories Virtual Event Series with Astrophysicist and Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley Alex Filippenko.Zoom linkTo submit a question ahead of the event for Ask-an-Astronomer please email social@ucolick.org
Where: Cost: Free
Slugs and Steins: Mercury in Coastal Fog - Evidence for Bioaccumulation in Food Webs - LivestreamMercury is a naturally occurring element that is released to the atmosphere by human activities - approximately 4000 metric tons each year. Coal combustion, gold mining, and other industrial processes are the main culprits.Peter Weiss-Penzias, Ph.D., an associate researcher in the Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology at UC Santa ...
Where: Cost: Free
How Would You Build a Machine that Sorts Cells? - LivestreamThe session will begin with a discussion of why investigators need to characterize the properties of cells and sort them, and how this is relevant to treating disease. We will then look at a LEGO model of a “cell sorter†that utilizes motors and sensors to sort colored marbles. Lastly, ...
As an old adage notes, it’s difficult to find a black cat in a dark room, especially when there is no cat. Conspiracy theories have always been prevalent in the United States, but today they seem to be especially popular, from politics to popular culture, particularly on social media. In ...
Where: Cost: free: see link for registration
Live ScienceJoin us for Chabot’s new virtual program, Live Science! The Live Science series is every Tuesday morning on Facebook Live.Each week, our Science Educator, Haley will lead a live demonstration of one explosive, chilling, or thrilling reaction that cannot be done at home! We’ll ask for your observations and explanations ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Science of Flocks and Swarms - LivestreamFlocks of birds, schools of fish, and swarms of ants are all around us. We have all seen and marveled at them. But why and how do they form? This session will introduce participants to the simple universal rules that give rise to collective flocking behavior and explore them with ...
Throughout Peter Calthorpe's decade-spanning career in urban design, planning, and architecture, he has developed and practiced the key principles of New Urbanism: that the most successful places are diverse in uses and users, are scaled to the pedestrian and human interaction, and are environmentally sustainable.Calthorpe developed the concept of Transit ...
Digital Grid Summer Series: University Research Panel - LivestreamIn June, EPRI and Stanford University Bits and Watts Initiative co-hosted a virtual workshop, that brought together utility and information technology companies to discuss the development of a data platform and enabling technologies to achieve the Digital Grid vision. This interactive panel series will provide an opportunity to take this ...
Where: Cost: Free
swissnex Fireside Chat: Imagining New Realities 003 - LivestreamWork, education, economy, social life: the corona crisis is rapidly accelerating the digitization of important areas of society, and it is deeply impacting every aspect of our lives. How will this structural transformation of society play out in the long term? In a series of fireside chats, the trending informal ...
Aquaculture is the fastest expanding segment of the global food system and generally relies on wild-caught marine animals as key ingredients in feeds for fishes and shrimps. Farmed seafood production is expected to continue to increase around the world, accompanied by a rising demand for nutrient-dense ingredients harvested from the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Responding to the Resurgence: What Does Our Future Look Like? - LivestreamCOVID-19 cases are surging again across the United States. Governors, colleges, sports teams and others are announcing new plans every day. It’s hard to know what to expect, or understand the shifts.Is this part of the first wave of infections, or a second one? While hospitalizations are up, why are ...
Where: Cost: Free
Simplify the IoT development process - LivestreamAs you start working in the field of IoT, many people go through a very frustrating and time consuming trial and error phase with early projects.In this free webinar we introduce the IoT Creator, a visual system builder that empowers people to create prototypes in weeks instead of months. It offers you opportunities ...
Where: Cost: Free
Selling Analytics: Getting People to Use Your Models - LivestreamWhat's harder than developing models and analytics for complex business problems? Getting people to not only look at them but incorporate them into their decision making processes. Whether you are working inside a larger firm or at a startup looking for new customers for your analytic models, it can be ...
Recent observations confirms the presence of the protein-forming acid glycine in comets lends support to cometary impact as a possible source for delivering simple amino acids to early Earth. Little is known regarding the survivability or reactivity of glycine during impacts, especially considering that condensed phase chemistry at extreme conditions ...
Where: Cost: Free
How Would You Build a Machine that Sorts Cells? - LivestreamThe session will begin with a discussion of why investigators need to characterize the properties of cells and sort them, and how this is relevant to treating disease. We will then look at a LEGO model of a “cell sorter†that utilizes motors and sensors to sort colored marbles. Lastly, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 07/16/20
Explore DNA / Hands-on Investigation - LivestreamWhat are genes? What is DNA and where do you find it? What does real DNA look like from a live cell? We will answer these questions with a short presentation, followed by a hands-on session to extract DNA from a fresh strawberry.*Students need to prepare some materials for hands-on ...
Where: Cost: Free
Cafe Scientifique - New Therapies from the Microbiome - LivestreamThe microbiome is a mess: hundreds of microbial species that vary tremendously from one person to the next. This talk will focus on new technologies that are enabling us to gain control over the microbiome and understand how it works, with an emphasis on why the microbiome contributes to common ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark Online: Algorithmic Accountability - LivestreamThe age of artificial intelligence is upon us - from the cars we drive to the way we do business, it’s everywhere. As companies increasingly rely on algorithmic decision-making and facial recognition technology becomes more widespread, researchers have broken down the veneer of technological neutrality and revealed troubling concerns about surveillance, ...
One of our most popular NightLife events gets the NightSchool treatment with short virtual lessons on the many facets of fungi. Our lineup: Maya Elson on fungi’s potential role in post-fire ecological regeneration; Peter McCoy of Radical Mycology on the intersection of mycology and art; William Padilla-Brown on cordyceps cultivation; ...
Learn about four decades of waterbird research and conservation in the San Francisco Bay Area! The San Francisco Bay Area offers important habitat for nesting and migratory birds at the center of the Pacific Flyway. This region also supports a large human population, and has lost an estimated 90% of ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 07/17/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Birds of Bear Creek Redwoods - LivestreamEver wonder about a bird you heard while walking through the redwoods? Could you figure out what it is, and what it was saying?Join Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen), and San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) for a fun and educational webinar about birds ...
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
How Would You Build a Machine that Sorts Cells? - LivestreamThe session will begin with a discussion of why investigators need to characterize the properties of cells and sort them, and how this is relevant to treating disease. We will then look at a LEGO model of a “cell sorter†that utilizes motors and sensors to sort colored marbles. Lastly, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 07/18/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Virtual 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 be ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 07/19/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
What can we learn about marine mammal populations, as well as ocean and human health, by responding to stranded marine mammals on our shores? Explore what happens to a marine mammal carcass after it is taken off of the beach and undergoes a marine mammal necropsy (animal autopsy). What is ...
Where: Cost: Free
Monday, 07/20/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Cell Division on a Computer - LivestreamIn this hands-on computational workshop, we will analyze microscopy images of molecular motors and then learn about the physics and mechanics of cell division. We will also do some Python coding to model a biochemical reaction that causes liquid droplets of the chemical to divide like cells!Speakers: Kinjal Dasbiswas and ...
University Forum: The lessons of COVID for global and community health - LivestreamFeaturing Matt Sparke, professor of politics and member of the team at UCSC developing the new global and community health program at UC Santa Cruz, and Nancy Chen, professor of anthropology and former director of the UCSC Blum Center on poverty, social enterprise, and participatory governance.
Where: Cost: Free
Astronomy on Tap: Los Angeles - LivestreamThe Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover: We’re Going to Mars (again)!Speaker: Dr. Nina LanzaExploring Mars (and Earth) from your CouchSpeaker: Dr. Alistair HaydenYouTube link
Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy co-directors, Prof. Sally Benson and Prof. Arun Majumdar, will lead a conversation with The Honorable Colette D. Honorable, Partner at ReedSmith, about the Future of Energy in view of the challenging economic, political and social climate the world is facing. This session will address such ...
Where: Cost: Free
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Live ScienceJoin us for Chabot’s new virtual program, Live Science! The Live Science series is every Tuesday morning on Facebook Live.Each week, our Science Educator, Haley will lead a live demonstration of one explosive, chilling, or thrilling reaction that cannot be done at home! We’ll ask for your observations and explanations ...
Science has given us a realistic picture of what Earth will look like with uninhibited levels of climate change: increased extreme weather events, crippled economies and a world where those with the least are the hardest hit. What would a radically re-envisioned future look like? What solutions do we need ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 07/22/20
Digital Grid Summer Series: State and Federal Agencies Panel - LivestreamIn June, EPRI and Stanford University Bits and Watts Initiative co-hosted a virtual workshop, that brought together utility and information technology companies to discuss the development of a data platform and enabling technologies to achieve the Digital Grid vision. This interactive panel series will provide an opportunity to take this ...
Where: Cost: Free
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Reimagining the Nitrogen Cycle: Designing Selective Materials and Process for Wastewater Valorization - LivestreamReimagining liquid waste streams as resources can lead to recovery of valuable products and more efficient, less costly approaches to reducing harmful discharges to the environment. The nitrogen cycle has been drastically affected by humans via Haber Bosch fertilizer production, and results in net discharges of nitrogen that alter aquatic ...
Where: Cost: Free
Cell Division on a Computer - LivestreamIn this hands-on computational workshop, we will analyze microscopy images of molecular motors and then learn about the physics and mechanics of cell division. We will also do some Python coding to model a biochemical reaction that causes liquid droplets of the chemical to divide like cells!Speakers: Kinjal Dasbiswas and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Transforming Trauma - LivestreamTrauma can come at any time in the life span and have significant impact on one's life. Trauma comes early to those who have been abused or neglected as children or arrive in the world facing the challenges of poverty and discrimination. It may come later as people deal with ...
Where: Cost: Free
A/B Testing AI - LivestreamDespite the rapidly growing number of applications of A.I., accurately measuring the quality of A.I. solutions remains a challenge. In this talk, I will highlight the issues with traditional approaches to evaluating A.I. systems and explain how A/B testing - the gold standard for measuring causal effects - can be ...
In recent years, electric vehicle (EV) adoption has skyrocketed, driven by technological advances, rising oil costs, climate change concerns and more. There are now over 500,000 EVs on the road in California alone. With government incentives, they can be more economical to drive than traditional gasoline-powered cars, but the economic ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members
SETI Talks: Astronomy in Space: From Hubble to Roman - LivestreamTelescopes are placed into orbit around Earth or are sent farther out into space to get a clearer view of the universe.Thirty years ago, the U.S. launched the famous Hubble Space Telescope, whose unique design allowed astronauts to repair and upgrade it in space using advanced technology. It is one ...
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, 07/23/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
SFBBO Birdy Hour Talk: Impacts of Invasive Plants on Wetland BirdsLearn about the ecological impacts of plant invasion in wetland habitats--particularly the consequences to birds. Dr. Rachel Wigginton, Senior Environmental Scientist at the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, will focus on the impacts of the invasive white top (Lepidium latifolium) on the diets of Suisun Song Sparrows, a CA Species of Special Concern, in the ...
Where: Cost: Free
UC Santa Cruz Molecular Diagnostic Lab: Tales from a pandemic pop-up lab - LivestreamWe continue to highlight the science unfolding in realtime in response to COVID-19 with another special edition of the Kraw Lecture Series. Soon after the virus spread to California, a four-person team at UC Santa Cruz co-founded the COVID-19 diagnostic testing laboratory, known as the Molecular Diagnostic Lab (MDL). MDL began testing ...
Join us for a NightSchool session designed to give viewers a new appreciation of some of our favorite nocturnal animals: frogs. Our amphibian experts will focus on specific areas of interest, including local native frog species and current research into frog vision and the endangered Puerto Rican Cave Frog.See weblink ...
In June, Santa Clara County formally declared racism a public health crisis, and counties across the country are considering similar declarations. So, how did we get here: how have racist practices and bias been embedded in medical practices, and how do racism and bias within legal institutions contribute to widespread ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 07/24/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Cell Division on a Computer - LivestreamIn this hands-on computational workshop, we will analyze microscopy images of molecular motors and then learn about the physics and mechanics of cell division. We will also do some Python coding to model a biochemical reaction that causes liquid droplets of the chemical to divide like cells!Speakers: Kinjal Dasbiswas and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Mars Madness - LivestreamJoin us on Facebook Live for a night of Mars-themed activities and talks. Learn about the destination of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover, which is soon heading to Mars to seek signs of ancient life and collect rock and soil samples. RSVP on FacebookTune in to:-See one-of-a-kind Mars images from ...
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
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $25
Saturday, 07/25/20
Randall Museum's OCEAN WEEK - onlineCelebrate the amazing creatures and unique environments of the marine world during the Randall Museum’s virtual Ocean Week. The museum's website will be loaded to the gills with ocean-inspired fun, featuring science and art projects for all ages, along with games, videos, demonstrations and extra resources that families can explore ...
Where: Cost: FREE
Galactic Weather - RescheduledJust as Earth has an atmosphere, and stars (like the Sun) have coronas, galaxies are embedded in invisible halos of atomic gases. As galaxies evolve, these gaseous halos exhibit many interesting phenomena similar to rains and droughts on Earth. What do these enormous galactic climate systems look like, how are ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Very First Stars - LivestreamThe Big Bang theory, describing the origin of our universe, is very well established today. We have ample evidence that the universe originated from a hot “singularity,†then expanded and cooled over time. Nevertheless, there is still a big missing piece of the cosmic puzzle: How did the first stars ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $50 General, $90 Preferred, $199 VIP
Virtual 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 be ...
