Broken symmetries in living matter - LivestreamActive processes in living systems create a novel class of non-equilibrium material composed of many interacting parts that individually consume energy and collectively generate motion or mechanical stress. In this talk, I will discuss experimental tools and conceptual frameworks we develop to uncover laws governing order, phase transitions and fluctuations in systems in which individual components break ...
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The Alignment Problem - LivestreamThe real risk with AI is not that it will "turn on us," but rather, the danger has always been about being careful what we wish for. The real risk is the Midas Curse: that we build a powerful system able to learn by example but are somehow imprecise or ...
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Astronomy on Tap Los Angeles - LivestreamWe’ll hear from Casey Honniball: “Water on the Sunlit Moon†and from Kishalay De: “How Merging Stellar Corpses are Connected to the Calcium in Your Bonesâ€. In addition, we will host interactive astronomically-themed pub trivia.
Data Science for Managers Workshop - LivestreamThe AI Era: Opportunities and Challenges A Brief Introduction to Machine Learning Models:Decision TreeKNeighbours ClassifierRandomForest ModelGradient Boosting RegressorSVMNeural NetworksAgenda:10:50 am - 11:00 am Arrival and socializing11:00 am - 11:10 am Opening11:10 am - 12:50 pm Abdullah Karasan, " Data Science for Managers Workshop"12:50 pm - 1:00 pm Q&ASpeaker: Abdullah Karasan, ...
Let’s celebrate the return of Pacific Grove's monarch butterfly population during Science Saturday Magnificent Monarchs. Get an up close view of live butterflies, follow their migration, and learn how to garden with butterflies in mind.See weblink for Zoom button.
Where: Pacific GroveCost: 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 ...
The computer revolution, known by the moniker Moore’s Law, is rolling past its fifty-year march. As one of the most significant advancements of human civilization, this revolution has been enabled by a confluence of breakthroughs in science and engineering. Now this progress is at cross-roads facing slowing down of traditional ...
Studying Hot QCD with Jets - LivestreamThe phase diagram of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) has been studied with ultra-relativistic heavy ion collisions. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have been delivering heavy ion collisions (Pb+Pb) along with reference data of pp and p+Pb collisions since 2010. With its unprecedented reach in energy, LHC explores new regions of the ...
Follow the inspiring journey of environmental activist ​Greta Thunberg, who also has Asperger’s Syndrome, as she impresses everyone from UN delegates, to Hollywood A-listers in the intimate documentary "I Am Greta". The story of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is told through compelling, never-before-seen footage in this intimate documentary from ...
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Phasing Out Fossil Fuels in Bay Area Buildings - LivestreamCalifornia has declared a goal of being carbon-neutral by 2045. To reach that goal, buildings will need to transition to using electricity rather than natural gas. But the state has lagged on enacting the necessary regulatory changes. In that leadership vacuum, the Bay Area has picked up the slack, with ...
 Join us for a virtual conversation with Lisa Feldman Barrett to explore fundamental questions, like why we even have a brain and what that means for all of us.When we think about the larger issues in our own society, and for humanity as a species, we don't often focus on ...
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The persistent sediment delivery problem in rivers - LivestreamMoving sediment from continents to coasts is a fundamental job of rivers. However, humans have dramatically altered how rivers move sediment leading to declining suspended sediment delivery in many rivers around the world. Rarely are we able to look both upstream and downstream of basin outlets to measure where and ...
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Histories of Communicating Science Beyond the Recent West - LivestreamWe are often told science communication originated alongside professionalised science in Western Europe a few hundred years ago. Yet cultures all over the world and throughout time developed unique conventions for communicating their knowledge within their own societies and with others.This webinar will discuss how we might rethink science communication ...
The afterglow of the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), is one of our best tools to study the beginning of the Universe and how it works. Find out how we look at this “baby picture†to infer how our Universe works, what it has taught us, and what ...
Decoding Innovation - The Innovation Delusion and the Maintenance Mindset - LivestreamWithout doubt, technological innovations are tremendously important. We also hear about innovation everywhere: books, magazines, white papers, blogs, classrooms, offices, factories, government hearings, and the list goes on. But for all this discussion, do we really have a good understanding of what “innovation†means, and its proper place in society? ...
 Python, pandas, scikit-learn are essential tools for any Data Scientist today. They are user friendly and rely on the popular Python syntax that is easy to read and implement for Data Science work. However, any Data Scientist who has used them knows that the limits they have are real when ...
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Integrating Planning with Nature - LivestreamOver the next century, the San Francisco Bay Area is poised to face three major challenges: adapting to a changing climate, adding infill development to accommodate a growing population and maintaining natural and working lands in the face of development pressure. Despite appearing to be disparate, these problems are deeply ...
Above our life sustaining atmosphere resides an international team of scientists living onboard an orbiting complex we know as the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS is the crowning achievement of many nations. It symbolizes a new beginning in the exploration of space. In the early days of space travel, ...
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Thursday, 12/03/20
Climate & Clean Air Zoomposium #2On October 1, we convened 11 elected officials, environmental luminaries and environmental justice leaders to discuss the potential creation of a statewide ballot measure ahead of November 2022 that could generate significant new funding to accelerate the deployment of transportation, infrastructure and other technologies to finish cleaning our air and ...
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Equitable Practices in Distance Learning - LivestreamJoin us for a stimulating discussion with a diverse panel of educators and non-profit leaders about the impact distance learning has on the educational landscape and challenges moving forward.Register at weblink to receive connection information.
Underwater Happy Hour - LivestreamJoin us Atlas Obscura and expert hosts Stephanie Joseph and Ethan Angelica as we explore the underwater world of the New York Aquarium's one-of-a-kind exhibits. During this one hour online experience, you'll get to take a look at some of the aquarium's incredible exhibits, including the new exhibit dedicated to ...
From the ‘noble fir’ to the ‘humble pine’, join us for a virtual tour highlighting the Garden’s remarkable collection of conifer trees with UCBG horticulturist Gideon Dollarhide. We’ll explore via Zoom the unexpected origins, distinguishing features, and unique uses of this special group of plants. Get to know these winter ...
Where: Cost: $5 General, Free for members
Challenges & Opportunities in Plastic Recycling & Disposal - LivestreamBased on his decades of experience in the industry, Mike Biddle, Evok Innovations, will share his perspectives on plastic end-of-use options, the plastic pollution crisis, and where he sees opportunities for researchers and entrepreneurs to make an impact.Register at weblink to receive Zoom information.
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December LASER Event - LivestreamIan Hodder (Stanford/ Anthropology) on "What we learn from studying Çatalhöyük, one of the world's earliest societies"Miriam Dym (Visual Artist & Systems Thinker) on her visual art based on infinitely variable and interactive pattern systemsVijaya Nagarajan (Univ. of San Francisco/ Theology and Religious Studies) on "Embedded Mathematics in Southern India's ...
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Astronomy on Tap Santa Cruz: - LivestreamWe can't typically see black holes, but this month we will be discussing the exciting events that light them up.At the center of most galaxies lies a supermassive black hole (SMBH), larger than our entire solar system and millions of times more massive than our Sun. Despite the considerable influence ...
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Global Habitat Restoration documentaries and Panel Discussion - LivestreamThree short documentaries about the success of Indigenous people around the world who are restoring their marine habitat. Enjoy three short films, then join filmmaker Gemma Cubero del Barrio and EOS Center's Habitat Restoration expert Dr. Kathy Boyer on December 3 at 6:30 PM PST for a panel discussion of ...
After Dark Online: Celestial - Rising Tides - LivestreamIn December and January, San Francisco Bay will see king tides, extreme tides caused by three colliding factors: the sun and moon aligning - a full moon - while both are at their closest points to Earth. However, the sea level in the Bay is constantly rising, and today’s king ...
Learn about mountain lions and bobcats, our fellow west coast residents, and the habitat they roam - from the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s historic use area in the Olympic Peninsula down to the Santa Cruz mountains.Ages 21 +See weblink for connections to Youtube and Facebook to watch.
How can we explain humanity's extraordinary evolutionary success? In this talk, psychologist Jan Engelmann will explain and explore a series of experimental studies comparing humans to one of our closest living relatives, chimpanzees. He will argue and present evidence that - maybe surprisingly - humans are not individually but are ...
 The NASA transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was launched in 2018. It is providing exquisite photometry to enable searches for new exoplanets and studies of stars and other objects. In this talk I will discuss how we are using these data to conduct asteroseismic studies of stars, by detecting intrinsic ...
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New Year’s Resolutions for the Land - LivestreamThese are the questions that more and more of our neighbors are asking themselves. As we head into the New Year, we at Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) want to help you answer these questions for yourselves and get some great ideas from others in the community! We are bringing ...
Deep Ocean to Outer Space: Plastic Pollution Solutions - LivestreamAre you concerned about the amount of plastic inside us, in our oceans, and in outer space? Join us for our December 4 webinar, where panelists will discuss the impacts of and potential solutions to plastic pollution in the ocean, as well as in outer space. This special event is ...
In this online talk, Nick Kanas (UC San Francisco, Emeritus) will explore the evolution of celestial cartography. People have observed the night sky since antiquity in an effort to predict celestial events and understand their place in the universe. Many cultures organized the stars into heavenly patterns that reflected issues ...
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Saturday, 12/05/20
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 ...
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Monday, 12/07/20
Energy Futures: Smart Grids - LivestreamUniversity of Applied Sciences in Engineering and Management of the Canton Vaud (HEIG-VD) share their research and discuss how we might face the complexity of future supply and demand of energy sources with three focused areas of research.Mauro Carpita and Mokhtar Bozorg at HEIG-VD’s new Reine laboratory test these control ...
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From Wearables to Cordless Kitchen, NFC delivers wireless power and data - LivestreamNear-Field Communication (NFC) is already in billions of devices and is popular for its "tap-to-pay" functionality, but did you know that NFC can also be used for wireless charging? It's true. NFC charging is emerging as a powerful solution for devices with power requirements up to 3W that can appear ...
Perception is limited by the information that the brain can extract from the noisy dynamics of sensory neurons. I will present a new microscope to monitor neural activity across the primary visual cortex and analyses to quantify the information conveyed by large neural ensembles. The data reveal limitations on the ...
Venture capital may not be a common career path for PhD chemistry students, but learning about how venture capital fits into the funding ecosystem is valuable to anyone interested in how innovations are commercialized. This talk will share some of my own journey from an academic career path to the ...
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Tuesday, 12/08/20
COVID-19 Misinformation: Understanding and Seeking Truth during a Pandemic - LivestreamMisinformation about the coronavirus pandemic continues to create confusion and contention along scientific and political lines. In this conversation, Berkeley faculty will help us understand the nature of misinformation in order to assess, evaluate and engage more effectively with the information resources we consult. They will discuss some of the ...
The carbonate clumped isotope thermometer is a promising proxy for the study of environmental change through time. In principle, this technique can provide a thermodynamically based estimate of carbonate mineral formation temperature and a relatively assumption-free calculation of water 18O/16O ratios. Over the past thirteen years, I have studied the ...
Join us for a special Director's talk to discover what makes UCBG one of the most plant diverse places on the planet. How did the collection come to be, what does it represent, what work is the Garden involved with, and how can you get involved. Come on a virtual ...
Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, journalist James Nestor questions the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function, breathing.Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the science behind ancient breathing ...
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Telomeres: from curiosity driven research to human disease - LivestreamTelomeres are structures made of repetitive DNA that protect the ends of chromosomes. Every time a cell divides, telomeres shorten by a small amount. This shortening is counterbalanced by the enzyme telomerase, which elongates telomeres by adding repetitive DNA to maintain an equilibrium in length. Increased telomere length enables the ...
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A Grand Tour of Remarkable Exoplanets - LivestreamExoplanets are everywhere. Astronomers have discovered more 4,000 of them and today we know that in average each star in our galaxy has 2 planets! Among them, 300 million could be habitable. That’s a lot of worlds! The SETI Institute’s Franck Marchis will give us a tour of the most ...
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Wednesday, 12/09/20
The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees - LivestreamOur distinguished panel will discuss how beleaguered nonprofits are struggling to deal with the increased challenges for desperate refugees and aid workers in the Middle East and elsewhere during the COVID-19 crisis.Dr. Niveen Rizkalla will present findings from her timely research with an emphasis on Syrian refugees and aid workers ...
The use of data science in healthcare has been rapidly accelerating for several years, although data science applications designed to understand and address mental health problems have lagged behind the rest of the field. In many ways, however, mental health is the perfect application for healthcare data science: the burden ...
Most people have a pretty strong sense of right and wrong and can be quick to judge others through that sharply focused ethical lens. What if everything you accepted about the notions of right and wrong changed… and all of a sudden you were the one being judged? History has ...
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Electric Vehicles (EV) 101 - LivestreamThinking about buying an electric car? Curious about the benefits of driving all-electric? Interested in clean transportation?Our Electric Vehicles (EV) 101 workshop will discuss the wide variety of vehicles on the market today, and their respective ranges. Other topics of discussion include home and public charging, available rebates and incentives, ...
We are confronting a challenging Pandemic paradox. Just as vaccines have begun to show promise and new coordinated policies provide a sense of optimism, the virus onslaught rages uncontained producing a wave of death and disease exceeding anything we have seen. Stanford virus expert Dr. Bob Siegel will discuss humanity’s ...
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Thursday, 12/10/20
After Dark Online: Celestial - Solar Eclipse - LivestreamOn December 14, the shadow of the moon will cross Earth in a rare event called a total solar eclipse. For a small portion of Earthly observers - in this case, those in a narrow stripe across South America - the moon will be perfectly lined up between our planet ...
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Astronomy at Home - Seattle: Charting the High Frontier of Space - LivestreamHow can we find and track all of the asteroids in our solar system? How can we map space? Join us and former astronaut(!) Dr. Ed Lu as he’ll talk about his efforts mapping space with the B612 Asteroid Institute. The event will begin at 7pm and there will be ...
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NightSchool: Science Craft Fair - LivestreamWe’re teaming up with SF Bazaar to present a special virtual version of our annual Holiday Bazaar event with an evening of nature- and science-inspired crafts! Get some DIY gift ideas, craft alongside artisans and makers, and browse a hand-selected virtual “fair†to help you shop online and support local ...
The rise of Deepfakes has prompted intense coverage in the press, concern from government officials, and fear among the public. Deepfakes, along with GANs (generative adversarial networks), are a class of “generative†neural networks capable of creating highly realistic synthetic images. The widespread availability of open-source Deepfake tools means anyone ...
Magnimind 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 ...
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Snowy Plovers: The Cutest Birds on the Beach! - LivestreamIf you’re a regular visitor to Bay Area beaches or bay land parks, you may have come close to this bird, but chances are you didn’t even notice this tiny resident! San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) Biologist Jessica González will teach participants to identify this adorable bird and learn ...
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Saturday, 12/12/20
Virtual King TidesEach year, the King Tides come to the Palo Alto Baylands (and much of the California Coast!). Join us virtually over Zoom in a fun, interactive learning experience which will teach you about what a King Tides is, and why they are so exciting. This program will be offered twice ...
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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, 12/13/20
California King Tides: Dec 13-15The California King Tides Project is asking the public to safely photograph the highest high tides of the year, arriving December 13-15. Photographing the impact of these tides on beaches, wetlands, roads, harbors, and homes helps California plan for future sea level rise. Anyone with a smartphone can participate. Find ...
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Monday, 12/14/20
SABRE: Technology for Space, Technology for Earth - LivestreamSABRE is an innovative propulsion system that has the potential to revolutionise access- to-space through the introduction of space-plane launch systems. The technology that sits at the heart of SABRE is at the very cutting edge of thermal management capability. Find out how Reaction Engines, are developing this technology for ...
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California King Tides: Dec 13-15The California King Tides Project is asking the public to safely photograph the highest high tides of the year, arriving December 13-15. Photographing the impact of these tides on beaches, wetlands, roads, harbors, and homes helps California plan for future sea level rise. Anyone with a smartphone can participate. Find ...
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Race to the Vaccine: Exploring Public Confidence in a COVID Vaccination - LivestreamRecent developments in a COVID-19 vaccine have presented promising outlooks. A new poll just released by the Museum of Science and the Mass League of Community Health Centers, offers reasons for optimism regarding vaccine uptake, showing the vast majority of Massachusetts residents plan to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.However, even among ...
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Astronomy on Tap Los Angeles - LivestreamWe’ll hear from Dr. Auriane Egal: “Fantastic Meteors and Where to Find Them†and from Dr. Andrew Youdin: “What the Arrokoth (MU69) Flyby Teaches Us About Planet Formationâ€. In addition, we will host interactive astronomically-themed pub trivia.See weblink for YouTube Live link.
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Tuesday, 12/15/20
COVID-19 Vaccines and Returning to Normalcy - LivestreamAmid dire news of increasing COVID-19 deaths and strict lockdowns this winter, we see vaccines being approved in record time.How and when will these vaccines be rolled out to hundreds of millions of Americans? Who will be offered them first, and when will the rest of us gain access? Will ...
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Next Step - Micromobility - LivestreamIn recent years, cities are being challenged by a growing number of micromobility options. The use of traditional parking space, package delivery, and pick-up/drop-off locations are now competing with the desire to incorporate bike lanes, shared bikes and e-scooters. Demand on curb space is increasing and new micromobility providers from ...
In the midst of a pandemic and economic stress, governments have to make real-time decisions on maximizing safety and minimizing economic and personal impact. How can we use data, behavioral science, and our shared need for safety to create a more connected ecosystem where government, residents, and businesses share information ...
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Destination Health: Driving Equity in Health Care - LivestreamAs our country faces the worst economic downturn in a century due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans are experiencing financial strain, leading to food insecurity and rising homelessness. Communities of color are disproportionately impacted by both the Coronavirus and the resulting economic crisis, creating multiple barriers to health.The health-care ...
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California King Tides: Dec 13-15The California King Tides Project is asking the public to safely photograph the highest high tides of the year, arriving December 13-15. Photographing the impact of these tides on beaches, wetlands, roads, harbors, and homes helps California plan for future sea level rise. Anyone with a smartphone can participate. Find ...
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Two Talks: Popping the Science Bubble Ever wonder what the scientists at Cal are up to? Now is your chance to find out during a thrilling series of short lectures on cutting-edge research directly from Berkeley grad students and postdocs. With new speakers each month, come learn about interesting discoveries and science related issues that affect ...
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Breakthroughs in Light Medicine: Treating Dementias and Pain - LivestreamThis presentation will introduce what light medicine is, how it works, and review the medical literature as well as their extensive clinical experience in treating neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injuries, strokes, multiple sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, peripheral neuropathies, as well as nearly all painful ...
Rod Tulloss has studied the family Amanitaceae since 1978.Presently Rod is collaborating with several labs on combined morphological and genetic studies of Amanita and Limacella. He is a research associate (hons.) of the New York Botanical Garden and has received the NEMF "Eximium" and "Amicus Tyronum" awards for contributions to support ...
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Wednesday, 12/16/20
Detection of SARS CoV-2 in Wastewater to Inform Public Health - LivestreamWidespread studies conducted national and globally indicate that genes specific to the SARS-CoV-2 virus can be detected in wastewater. The ability to collectively sample both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals has lead dozens of state, cities, and universities to actively monitor wastewater to inform public health decisions. The clarity in the ...
Join us as we explore the ingredients to 16th century eye medicine with clinical herbalist, Rylan Sian of North Wind Apothecary.Take a virtual seat at the table as we smell and taste our way through 16th century eye medicine. Clinical herbalist, Rylan Sian of North Wind Apothecary will join us ...
Sea levels on the New Jersey coast rose twice as much as the global average in the last 100 years. Some coastal communities experience ten times as much tidal flooding as they did a half-century ago. Around the world, sea level is rising at an accelerating rate. The rate of ...
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A Rainbow of Exoplanets - LivestreamWe identified an exoplanet color for the first time in 2013: HD 189733b, a Jupiter-like exoplanet was determined to be dark-blue. Since then, astronomers have discovered more than 4,000 exoplanets and found out that a significant fraction of them are terrestrial. After detecting them, the next challenge is to image ...
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Using Genetic Tools to Understand the Master Regulator: The Spliceosome - LivestreamDid you know that the DNA in your body is inert and “silent� Your cells require a constant stream of instructions to tell them what to do next, but the genetic information they need is locked away in DNA. The only way that the information in your genes is “expressed†...
Over one hundred years ago, Edwin Hubble noticed two distinct classes of galaxies; youthful Spirals with ongoing star formation, and “red and dead†smooth, faded and barren Ellipticals.The MaNGA Survey, which is mapping 10,000 nearby galaxies, will help us understand how all types of galaxies formed in the early universe. ...
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Thursday, 12/17/20
Technology and Race: The Role of Big Tech - LivestreamEarlier this month, Google fired one of its most prominent Black researchers over an email she sent criticizing the company’s efforts in both hiring a diverse workforce and removing biases that have been built into its artificial intelligence technology. Her dismissal has sparked rage both internally at Google and around ...
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Digital Transformation for Social Impact - LivestreamA global pandemic has laid bare fundamental weaknesses in the US economy and healthcare system. Other nations are grappling with their own version of these and other societal problems. Despite understandable outrage among many citizens, there are reasons for optimism about the possibilities for widespread systemic change. Among them: new ...
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December LASER Event - LivestreamDaniela de Paulis (Artist in Residence at the Dwingeloo radio telescope in the Netherlands) on her conceptual art based on space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (live from the Netherlands)Janine Marchessault (Professor of Cinema and Media Studies in the Department of Cinema and Media Arts at York University ...
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A Closer Look at.... Prostate Cancer Treatments - LivestreamExpert conversations highlighting emerging research and clinical strategies tackling a variety of diseases and topics using stem cell techniques.Speakers: J. Kellogg Parsons, Rana McKay, and Christina Jamieson, UC San DiegoRegister at weblink to receive connection information
Skeptical Inquirer Presents live online event, Timothy Caulfield, author of Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong about Everything? and host of the acclaimed Netflix documentary series A User’s Guide to Cheating Death, will make the case that even in this age of alternative facts, resistance is not futile.The spread of conspiracy theories and harmful misinformation is a ...
Lighten up your outlook as we observe the end of the sun’s journey across the horizon. The winter solstice marks the longest night of the year and return of daylight as our star reverses its apparent course in the sky. Learn about the significance of the solstice and the mechanics ...
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Friday, 12/18/20
How to build the world's biggest telescopes- LivestreamIncreasing our knowledge of how the universe works has always been enabled by technological development. From the invention of the telescope by Galileo, over 400 years ago, to the development of 8 to 10 meter class telescopes and the launch of the Hubble telescope at the end of the last ...
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Saturday, 12/19/20
The Neuroscience of Death - LivestreamWe present to you, just in time for the holidays: death!What actually happens to the body and brain when we die? What does it feel like? What's the deal with near-death experiences?We will end the year with a bang by diving into the neuroscience and philosophy of death and dying. ...
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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 ...
 It may feel like we are far apart this 2020, but the universe wants to remind us of the things that bring us together.Join us in celebrating a once in a lifetime viewing of the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Astronomers will be live streaming via Zoom from the Montgomery ...
Where: Cost: Free... though donations are welcome!
The Great Conjunction Virtual Telescope ViewingJoin Chabot astronomers virtually on Facebook and YouTube for a rare celestial event! Every 20 years, Jupiter gets very close to Saturn as seen from Earth, an event astronomers call “conjunction.†This year, the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction will be especially close, the closest in 800 years. The planets will be so ...
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Wonderfest: Madame Curie - LivestreamWonderfest is delighted to present Madame Curie, a new musical-theater tribute to Earth's most accomplished female scientist. As Maria Sklodowska was becoming Marie Curie, she emigrated 1000 miles from Poland to France, overcame xenophobia and sexism, and pioneered our understanding of radioactivity. In the process, she earned Nobel prizes (plural!) ...
