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
Global Energy Forum : Conversation with Frank Calabria & Paula Gold-WilliamsStanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy co-directors, professors Sally Benson and Arun Majumdar, will lead a conversation on the Future of Energy with Frank Calabria, CEO, Origin Energy, and Paula Gold-Williams, President & CEO, CPS Energy. CPS Energy is one of the largest municipal utilities in the US based in San ...
Craig Childs chronicles the last millennia of the Ice Age, the violent oscillations and retreat of glaciers, the clues and traces that document the first encounters of early humans, and the animals whose presence governed the humans chances for survival.With the cadence of his narrative moving from scientific observation to ...
Carbon emissions from human activities pose a triple threat to ocean health: warming its waters, changing its chemistry, and depleting its oxygen. The Monterey Bay Aquarium has made business changes in order to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, cut waste, support sustainable seafood production, and protect the remarkable Monterey Bay ...
Practical Machine Learning for Healthcare - LivestreamHealthcare is often cited as one of the promising areas for machine learning. Healthcare workers are overwhelmed with large amounts of new data becoming available, but are often forced to use antiquated tools to manage that data and make decisions.In this talk, Dave DeCaprio from ClosedLoop.ai will discuss some of ...
The first human mission to Mars will be humanity’s greatest adventure in space exploration in the 21st century. As with all expeditions, its success will depend on planning, which includes having well-trained explorers. Following his award-winning book Mission: Mars published by Scholastic, Dr Lee will take kids of all ages ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 08/06/20
LASER - How did life begin? The search for answers in the lab, in the field and in silico - LivestreamFor the past five years, Bruce Damer and David Deamer have collaboratively searched for evidence of the origin of life. In this talk, they will discuss their shared research journey, taking them from the study of organic compounds over 5 billion years old, to Bumpass Hell, the largest hydrothermal area ...
Hungry for green spaces? The extended retreat indoors that is 2020 has offered many of us a friendly reminder: natural environments are essential to our well-being as humans. Tonight, we’ll share stories and observations from the great outdoors and look at the ecology of the California coastline.Join online via YouTube ...
What does the COVID-19 pandemic look like through the lens of a virologist and an evolutionary ecologist? Join Dr. Shannon Bennett, Chief of Science, and Dr. Peter Roopnarine, Curator of Geology, for a fascinating dive into the complexities of our current moment.See weblink for connection links.
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 08/07/20
StorageX International Symposium - LivestreamStanford's StorageX faculty & global experts will cover materials, devices, systems, theory, simulation & economics across the spectrum of energy storage applications - from electronics & EVs, to backing up the grid & renewables.This week's StorageX International Symposium features Vanessa Wood of ETH Zürich speaking on “Advanced Imaging and Analysis: How Tools ...
Where: Cost: Free
AI Talks in Healthcare - LivestreamWe are going to have our sixth "AI Talks in Healthcare" webinar. We will host Joyonna Gamble-George who is AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Institutes of Health.About the speakers: Joyonna Gamble-George, National Institutes of Health; Chirag Patel, Stanford School of Medicine; Ryan Spitler: Stanford; Murat Baday, ...
Meet some of CuriOdyssey's animals and learn about them from a professional animal keeper! Listen to songs by children's musical performer, Renee Padgett. Just follow CuriOdyssey on Facebook and attend HERE.Meet exciting science educators, wildlife keepers and children’s musical performers for an interesting and fun family event Missed one of our live ...
Join astronomer Gerald McKeegan for an update on space news, followed by a no-math lesson in orbital mechanics. He’ll explain how NASA plans the flight path for sending spacecraft to Mars, and why it takes so long to get there. Calculators not required!
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, 08/08/20
A Look at the Universe's Binary Systems - LivestreamMore than half of all observed star systems are binaries, and their importance goes far beyond simply their prevalence. Through observing these orbiting celestial bodies, astronomers can measure the mass, temperature, size, and orbit of stars, along with their astronomical distance, providing crucial information to support today's astronomers. In addition, ...
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 be ...
Where: Cost: Free
Monday, 08/10/20
Diversity in Chemistry Career Panel Making the Transition from Academia to Industry - LivestreamPlease join us for a co-sponsored event between ACS and Atomwise. We will hear from four speakers atvarious career stages at companies in the Bay Area. The panel will be moderated by Jenea Adams, founder of the Black Women in Computational Biology Network and PhD student at the University of ...
