How do astronomers model gravity? - LivestreamNewton's simple formulation of gravity perfectly describes our solar system. However, at galaxy-size scales, understanding the subtler effects of gravity is best accomplished through computer simulations. I'll describe the state-of-the-art simulations that model gravity and the historical work in the field, along with some novelties astronomers uncovered along the way.Speaker: ...
The only way humanity can achieve sustainability is by Closing the Carbon Cycle. Closing the carbon cycle is achieved when CO2 harvested from the atmosphere is The only way humanity can achieve sustainability is by Closing the Carbon Cycle. Closing the carbon cycle is achieved when CO2 harvested from the ...
Mary Nichols is the former Chair of the California Air Resources Board, where she occupied the attorney seat. She has served on the Board under Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (1975 - 82 and 2010 - 18), Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (2007 - 2010) and Governor Gavin Newsom (2019 - present). She ...
California King Tides Project: January 11-12The California King Tides Project is asking the public to safely photograph the highest high tides of the year, arriving January 11-12. 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 ...
A Non-credit Short Course with Andrew Fraknoi Spend eight weeks getting off this planet to think about the possibility of intelligent life among the stars.When a Silicon Valley billionaire recently gave $100 million to UC Berkeley to step up the search for evidence of extra-terrestrials, the experimental search for messages or ...
Several oceanic and atmospheric mechanisms have been put forward to describe the response of the tropical Pacific to global warming. Still uncertainties persist in their interaction and relative importance, with projections varying substantially across climate models. Adding to this complexity is the time-scale dependance of specific processes, wherein the wind-driven ...
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California King Tides Project: January 11-12The California King Tides Project is asking the public to safely photograph the highest high tides of the year, arriving January 11-12. 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 ...
Where: Cost: free
Wednesday, 01/13/21
Bay Visions 2021: “The Power of Plants Will Protect the Bay' - LivestreamBay Visions 2021, a FREE virtual symposium that will provide an inspiring look at adaption, regeneration, and the powerful role plants play in mitigating the challenges facing San Francisco Bay.Speakers include Karina Nielsen, Professor and Director, Estuary & Ocean Science Center, San Francisco State University; Dr. Katharyn Boyer, biology professor ...
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Grey Matters: What the History of Vaccines Can Tell Us About the Future - LivestreamIn record time, the world has three COVID-19 vaccines but our resumption of normal life hangs on the success of making and distributing hundreds of millions of doses. Will people take them? There are also serious equity issues as to who has access to vaccine. Asking Americans to place their ...
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Thursday, 01/14/21
'Pandemic19': Behind the Scenes with Frontline Doctors - LivestreamLearn about the making of a timely new documentary that reveals a side of the coronavirus pandemic often unseen by most people.Pandemic19Â is a short documentary film that captures the story of three doctors in the United States fighting COVID-19 from pre-to-post surge, told through their own reflective, humanizing voices, while ...
Winter rains bring the return of the Garden's resident newts for their epic migration to our Japanese Pool for mating season! Learn about the fascinating adaptations and lives of these native animals with Dr. Paul Licht, UC Botanical Garden Director Emeritus. He will share his wealth of knowledge about the ...
Learn about some of the common species, wildlife injuries, and ailments they see at Wild Care, a wildlife rehabilitation center situated on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. From Bald Eagles to Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, learn why wildlife rehabilitation is important and how you can reduce your impact on our wild neighbors. This program will ...
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Talking about chronic illness, care, and Covid - LivestreamJoin Academy-Award Nominated Filmmaker Jennifer Brea and anthropologist and writer Megan Moodie for an evening of conversation and reflection on chronic illness, the global crisis of care, and Covid-19.As the numbers of the chronically ill grow rapidly worldwide due to what is being called “long Covid,†there is much to ...
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What You Need to Know about the COVID Vaccines - LivestreamWith two vaccines approved for emergency use in the U.S., the next major hurdle in the fight against the pandemic will be getting people immunized. In the U.S. alone, distributing vaccines to over 300 million people will present an unprecedented logistical challenge. The accelerated pace of vaccines development has given ...
Where: Kansas CityCost: Free
January LASER EventRichard Halpern (Cultural Historian, NY University, Retired) on "What is Tragedy good for?"Christian Kohler (Lawrence Berkeley Labs) on "Environmental Building Technologies"
NOTE: SCHEDULE CHANGE TO 6:30 STARTThe history of eugenics is often characterized as a cautionary tale of life in the bad old days, when assumptions about genetic determinism provided a respectable veneer of “pseudoscience†that enabled barely submerged racism, xenophobia, and blatant discrimination against those with disabilities to take root ...
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After Dark Online: VaccinesThe coronavirus vaccine has arrived - and along with it, a lot of questions. How do we know it's effective? How do we know it's safe? Who will get it, and when? Tonight, we’ll be joined by UCSF Chair of the Department of Medicine Dr. Bob Wachter and UCSF Chair ...
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NightSchool: Arctic Life - LivestreamArctic explorers join us from the northern polar regions to talk about life found there - from microorganisms that live in sea ice to belugas and wolverines - and why biodiversity research and conservation in this region have never been more critical.EVENT HIGHLIGHTSIñupiaq Inuit wildlife and conservation biologist Victoria Buschman ...
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Friday, 01/15/21
'Human Nature': Talk with Jennifer Doudna, Adam Bolt, and Walter Isaacson - LivestreamScience holds the potential to shape our planet and every living thing in it. One of the greatest science stories of a generation culminated in 2020 with Nobel Prizes awarded for the groundbreaking achievement of two women whose discovery of a revolutionary tool called CRISPR allows us to edit genetic ...
Lack of awareness or the refusal to acknowledge racial-cultural dynamics within teams perpetuates systemic inequities, corrodes psychological well-being, and limits personal and scientific breakthroughs.In this webinar, Aziza Platt will help you understand the impact of systemic iniquity at both a personal and societal level and provide tools to assess racial-cultural ...
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Galactic Archaeology - LivestreamThe goal of Galactic Archeology is to reveal how galaxies are built by looking at the current visible evidence and inferring the past. This requires knowledge of some of the most difficult aspects of Astronomy: determining ages, distances for individual stars. Using the APOGEE survey and augmenting with the GAIA ...
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Galactic Archaeology: Uncovering the construction of the Milky Way - LivestreamThe goal of Galactic Archeology is to reveal how galaxies are built by looking at the current visible evidence and inferring the past. This requires knowledge of some of the most difficult aspects of Astronomy: determining ages, distances for individual stars. Using the APOGEE survey and augmenting with the GAIA ...
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 ...
Join 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 focus on rearing butterflies! Our fun Zoom event is suitable for all ages and ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Virtual Bioblitz LaunchBe part of this special edition of MLK Jr. Day of Service and discover how you can become a community scientist and contribute to parks and beyond!Come learn more about how community science is a movement to empower everyone to participate in building better knowledge to care for the world ...
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Tuesday, 01/19/21
This Moment in Climate with Michael Mann and Leah Stokes - LivestreamClimate change was a leading issue for more voters in 2020 than any other election year. With a promising new pro-science, pro-climate action administration coming in 2021, there are more pathways - and far greater political will - than ever before to transition to a clean energy economy.Now, the question ...
In the effort to identify the cause of the lower atmospheric concentration of CO2 during ice ages, the potential impact of the Southern Ocean, the circumpolar ocean around Antarctica, has long been recognized. I will describe an increasing body of nitrogen isotope evidence - from the organic matter bound within ...
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NOVA 'Secrets in Our DNA' Screening & Panel Discussion - LivestreamSome 30 million Americans have sent their DNA to be analyzed by companies like 23andMe and AncestryDNA, hoping to obtain clues to family origins and forecasts of their future health. Some users have found family members and discovered lurking genetic risks. But what happens once the sample is in the ...
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Two Talks: Popping the Science Bubble Effect of Moisture Content and Fuel type on EmissionsSpeaker: Priya Garg, UC BerkeleySweat It Out - What can molecules in sweat tell us about our health?Speaker: Mallika Bariya, UC BerkeleySee weblink for Zoom or Facebook links.
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COVID-19 Mutations & YOU - LivestreamSanta Cruz Works will conduct a Town Hall wherein a distinguished panel of experts will answer all of your questions about the new COVID-19 mutation. You learn what UCSC and our community leaders are doing to test and combat the virus.Register at weblink to receive connection information.
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An Evening Cruise into the Virgo Cluster - LivestreamIn 2020, we took a cruise to the center of the Milky Way. In 2021, we leave the comfort of our home galaxy and head to the Times Square of the Universe - the Virgo Cluster. Along the way, we will visit a whole zoo of different galaxies, the biggest ...
California has an extremely diverse 'mycoflora', with over 4,000 species of macro fungi documented. Modern taxonomical tools have shown that this is just the tip of the iceberg. This talk will highlight some of the recent discoveries, and how you can help move mycology forward.Speaker: Noah Siegel
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Wednesday, 01/20/21
A Healthy Society Series: Communicating Science (in a Science-Skeptical World) - LivestreamAs a driver of global health, prosperity and planetary sustainability, science pervades all realms of human activity. The COVID pandemic of the past year and the prospect of its eventual resolution have put science (and scientists) at the forefront of an international cultural conversation. Yet communicating facts and credible research ...
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Full-Spectrum Science: LASERS! - LivestreamJoin Exploratorium scientist Ron Hipschman for colorful explorations of the physical world - in this case, lasers! Find out what's special about laser light, how it's made, and how it's used in everything from Blu-ray to eye surgery to fusion energy research.See weblink for YouTube and Facebook Live links.
Small molecule transformations, such as CO2 or N2 reduction, in biology and solar fuels chemistry require multi-electron and multi-proton reaction sequences. The goal of synthetically realizing these reaction types provides a rich landscape for exploring new ideas in the design, synthesis, and characterization of inorganic and organometallic molecules. This talk ...
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Efficiently Protecting Software Innovations on a Global Scale - LivestreamTo be competitive, software companies often employ designers and developers in different locations and countries to implement and update different versions of software. With this increasing workforce in other countries, software company competition can also stem from other countries, and can provide different flavors of a software product to different ...
The Arecibo Telescope may have tragically collapsed last year, but it doesn’t mean the end of the era of giants in astronomy. Giant ground-based telescopes currently being built will get their first light this decade. The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) and the Giant Magellan Telescope ...
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are mysterious events that were discovered only in the last decade by astronomers. They last a few milliseconds at most but are extremely bright sources of radio waves. They are so bright that we can spot them from distant galaxies. Although we are not fully certain ...
Computer vision systems are now capable of surpassing the performance of human experts in fields like radiology and dermatology. Can they also help us discern real videos from deepfakes - videos manipulated by artificial intelligence? This presentation will provide an overview of the state-of-the-art machine-learning models for detecting deepfakes. It will also present evidence ...
Selection bias occurs when the method by which a statistical sample is obtained prevents the sample from accurately representing the population about which one wishes to draw inferences. As straightforward as the issue may seem, selection bias is among the most pernicious perils of statistical inference. In this lecture, Dr. ...
Insects are the most abundant and diverse group of animals, and have co-evolved with plants over hundreds of millions of years. Insects living on plants face a variety of mechanical problems, which has far-reaching ecological and evolutionary consequences.In this talk, Dr Walter Federle, University of Cambridge, will show the important ...
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Vision 2022: Climate & Clean Air Zoomposium #3Over the past several months, SPUR and Move LA have convened a series of panels laying the foundation for a statewide ballot measure that would generate the funding necessary to accelerate the deployment of climate change-abating transportation, infrastructure and other technologies. In October, we heard from elected officials, environmental luminaries ...
 Journalist Annie Jacobsen is well known for her best sellers The Pentagon's Brain, Area 51 and Operation Paperclip. In her latest book, First Platoon, she investigates "warfare, good and evil in the age of biometrics, the technology that would allow the government to identify anyone, anywhere, at any time." Come ...
Humans rely on the sensations of itch, touch, and pain for a broad range of essential behaviors. For example, acute pain acts as a warning signal that alerts us to noxious mechanical, chemical, and thermal stimuli, which are potentially tissue damaging. Likewise, itch sensations trigger reflexes that may protect us ...
The latest climate science supports what millions of people and animals are experiencing daily: the impacts of climate change are hitting harder and faster than expected, posing grave threats to human health and planetary health. We are already pushing against multiple global tipping points that could unleash abrupt and irreversible damage ...
For this special After Dark, we invite you to view the acclaimed documentary Human Nature in advance and join us for a live conversation with executive producers Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner, bioethics expert Alta Charo, and staff biologist Dr. Jennifer Frazier.Human Nature is a provocative exploration of the biggest ...
NightSchool dedicates a night to Lepidoptera, the order of insects that include the very recognizable, (often) colorful, scale-winged moths and butterflies.EVENT HIGHLIGHTSExplore specimens from the vaults of the Academy’s vast entomology collection with collection manager Chris Grinter. He’ll show you a wide range of audience favorites, from extinct species to ...
Speaker: Alexis Cartwright-Taylor, University of Edinburgh, School of GeoSciencesSee weblink for connection information
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Saturday, 01/23/21
Mushrooms of the Garden - LivestreamBotanical gardens are obviously known for their plants, but with plants come fungi. In fact, the diversity of plants and fungi are coupled through their many ecological interactions. The UC Botanical Garden is a great place to showcase the fungal side of life, particularly during the rainy season when mushrooms ...
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, 01/25/21
AI at the exascale - LivestreamIt is no coincidence that the rise of AI as a valuable tool for science has come at an interesting time for computing, where the end of Moore’s Law has meant that energy constraints are increasingly driving hardware innovation. AI is playing a growing role in shaping computing architecture, even ...
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Weird New Worlds - LivestreamWith literally thousands of exoplanet candidates discovered to date, we now know of a few relatively Earthlike worlds -- and many many more planets very different from those in our own solar system! Beth will discuss what we know already about these worlds and what we will be learning in ...
With all of the concern around disinformation online, what can be done about it? One proposal is to improve digital literacy, but what does this mean and how should we do it? In this talk we'll discuss research showing how different kinds of people encounter, process and detect (or not) ...
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Magnetic Textures in Quantum Materials - LivestreamQuantum materials are rapidly emerging as the basis for possible novel computation devices. However, fully understanding the interplay between magnetic and electronic excitations are preventing us from realizing their full potential. In my talk I will show how realizing the microscopic magnetic textures in quantum materials is crucial to the ...
What is the Universe made of? In modern cosmology only 4% of the universe is deeply understood, while the other 96%, Dark Energy and Dark Matter, remains a mystery. The Vera Rubin Observatory, currently under construction, will observe billions of galaxies, billions of stars in our own galaxy the Milky ...
For decades, the world’s governments have struggled to move from talk to action on climate. Many now hope that growing public concern will lead to greater policy ambition, but the most widely promoted strategy to address the climate crisis - the use of market-based programs - hasn’t been working and ...
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From the Black Hole Conundrum to the Structure of Quantum Gravity - LivestreamHaving a complete quantum theory of gravity has long been a major goal of theoretical physics. This is because a naive merger of quantum mechanics and general relativity---though it works in certain limited regimes---suffers from major theoretical problems. A particularly acute one arises when one considers the quantum mechanics of ...
Speaker: Nikki Seymour, StanfordSee weblink for Zoom information
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'The Planets - Mars' NOVA Virtual Movie Night and discussionJoin your TeamSETI friends for Movie Night, featuring an episode of NOVA's docuseries The Planets about Mars. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, will host the viewing, and Dr. Lori Fenton, a planetary scientist who studies climate change on Mars, will join us as a special guest to ...
What About Climate Change and the Impact on Ocean Life? - LivestreamWhat is the evidence of climate change?What impact do we see on ocean life?What adaptations might we expect from human and marine mammals alike?Join us as we explore these crucial questions with three experts in the field in a panel discussion moderated by ACS San Francisco Bay Chapter Board Member ...
Utilizing Amazon's scale, speed and innovation, the Sustainability organization includes teams executing the work of The Climate Pledge; Sustainable Operations (renewable energy and energy efficiency, buildings); Sustainability Science and Innovation; Social Responsibility and responsible supply chain management; Circular Economy; Sustainable Products, packaging and shopping; Sustainability Technology; Sustainable Transportation; and social ...
The development of genome-resolved metagenomics has provided a robust method to recover complete or near-complete genome information for entire communities of bacteria, archaea, and viruses from the environment. In this seminar, Alexander Jaffe will demonstrate how this technique can be applied to illuminate the biology of Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) ...
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The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values - LivestreamWith the incredible growth of machine learning (ML) over recent years has come an increasing concern about whether ML systems’ objectives truly capture their human designers’ intent: the so-called “alignment problem.†Over the last five years, these questions of both ethics and safety have moved from the margins of the ...
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Preview to Mars Perseverence Landing - LivestreamBriefing on the upcoming Perseverence Rover landing on Mars, which will occur on February 18.Speakers:Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters Lori Glaze, director, Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters Matt Wallace, Mars 2020 deputy project manager, JPL Allen Chen, Mars 2020 entry, descent, and landing lead, JPL Ken ...
How do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A session with ...
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Marine turtle conservation in Peru - LivestreamI will be talking about sea turtle conservation in peru, some of the challenges and also opportunities we have identified over the past decade. Our experience had been for a long time working with fishing communities, and it has been a learning process. Collaborations down the road had been crucial ...
Nowhere are the consequences of a warming climate more pronounced and observable than in the polar regions of our planet. Frozen Obsession follows the 18-day, 2,000-mile Northwest Passage Project expedition through the extreme and stunningly beautiful Canadian Arctic Archipelago aboard the Swedish research icebreaker Oden, in search of clues to ...
Intermittent piped water supply is common throughout urban India, but continuous, fully pressurized supply (“24Ã-7 waterâ€) is the Government of India service norm. Employing a matched-cohort research design, we compare eight wards with intermittent water supply and eight wards that were upgraded to continuous supply in a demonstration project in ...
While the coronavirus pandemic has kept many of us sequestered from one another, it has also allowed us time to experience our cities in a new way. A slower pace for many has opened up space to sit with and observe our immediate surroundings and our natural environment. To celebrate ...
Where: Cost: Free event but an RSVP is required.
Thursday, 01/28/21
Enterprise-scale Sustainability and Emerging Global Challenges - LivestreamU.S. C3E Ambassadors Britt Ide & Judy Dorsey will present how the ESG (Environmental, Social, & Governance) movement is driving enterprise-scale sustainability and clean energy. Britt, a corporate director at NorthWestern Energy, will speak to the impact of the ESG focus of large investors like State Street, Vanguard, and Blackrock ...
Black Holes: Space Warps, Time Machines, and the Science that Won the 2020 Nobel Prize with astronomer Andrew Fraknoi In this non-technical mini-course, we will learn about the theory and experiments behind one of the most remarkable phenomena in science the gruesome and powerful places in the universe called black holes. Formed through ...
Join avid teen birder Fiona Gillogly, age 17, for a talk about her journey as a birder over the past 6+ years. Fiona will share some key early experiences that encouraged her, how mentors have had a profound impact on her, and how her passion for nature journaling supports her ...
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AI-Driven Photorealistic Human Digitization - LivestreamIt is unquestionable that photorealistic digital humans will become ubiquitous in society, whether in the form of AI assistants or as fictional characters on viral media or as our own virtual self for social interactions. While currently creating a convincing digital human involves an expensive and lengthy procedure from a ...
The popularity of houseplants has grown steadily since shelter-in-place began. Learn more about the science of tending your own, the wide diversity and origin of indoor greenery, and meet some fellow fans of photosynthesizers.See weblink for YouTube and Facebook links.
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NightSchool: The Study of Humanity - LivestreamGet a crash course in anthropology, the expansive field of study that encompasses everything about our species - from human evolution to human cultures, past and present. Learn about these different research areas with an archaeologist, a sociocultural and linguistic anthropologist, a bioarchaeologist, and a mini-tour through the Academy’s anthropology ...
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Friday, 01/29/21
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:Andrea Pedretti, Co-Founder and CTO, Energy Vault, speaking on " The Strategic Role of ...
Get ready to land on Mars! The Mars 2020 spacecraft, carrying the Perseverance rover, is already close to Mars, and the rover will land on February 18, 2021. Join us Friday evening as astronomer Gerald McKeegan gives a Mars 2020 mission update. He’ll describe the final phase of the flight ...
Humanity has looked up at the stars for millennia and wondered whether we're alone in the Universe. Yet only in the past few decades have we begun to discover planets outside our Solar System: to date, we've found over 4,000 such "exoplanets." Further, we have statistical reasons to believe that ...
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Saturday, 01/30/21
Science of Whales Virtual ConferenceJoin us for our virtual conference “Science of Whales: Understanding the History - Informing Conservation Today.†American Cetacean Society conferences have a distinguished history of offering high-quality opportunities for scientists, students, conservationists, and enthusiasts to connect and exchange vital information about the latest research and efforts to conserve cetaceans and ...
Winter is a great time to see old nests revealed in trees that have lost their leaves. Join Garden education staff over Zoom for a cozy morning finding out more about some resident Botanical Garden birds and their unique nests. Mary will share a collection of real nests that were ...
Join us as we investigate the world of long-distance animal travels. Whales, birds, insects, and more will be the focus of our deeper look at these natural phenomena. Learn about the many amazing migratory birds that visit Monterey County every year and celebrate another birthday for Sandy the Whale!Marine Life ...
The history of star maps evolved into several pathways that have relevance for today’s amateur astronomer. Ancient views of the sky had mapping traditions that used both a geocentric orientation (where the stars and constellations were pictured as they were seen from the Earth) and an external orientation (where they ...
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An Astronomical Perspective on Star Clusters, Planet Earth - LivestreamThis talk will be in two parts. I will begin by sharing some results from my research on globular clusters following a brief introduction to these fascinating and ancient structures. In particular, I will focus on the role that binary stars play in cluster dynamics and show some examples of ...
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 ...
As the world transitions toward renewable energy to address the urgent need to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, it is crucial to better understand the land requirements of these resources in order to reach targets as sustainably and cost-efficiently as possible. The objective of my research is to expedite the wind ...
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Investigating the spatial and temporal dynamics of mitophagy in neurons - LivestreamDamaged mitochondria are removed from the cell via mitophagy. This pathway may be important for neuronal homeostasis, as mutations in pathway components cause PD and ALS. We used live imaging to investigate the spatiotemporal dynamics of mitophagy in primary neurons following mild oxidative stress. Mitophagy-associated proteins rapidly translocate to depolarized ...
While the precise origins and timeline of COVID-19 remain unclear, in December of 2019 doctors realized that they were dealing with a dangerous new virus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome in Wuhan, China. Despite efforts at containment, the SARS-CoV-2 virus rapidly spread around the world. As part of the national response ...
Making metal halide perovskite photovoltaics a reality: an update on state-of-the-art - LivestreamPhotovoltaic (PV) devices based on metal halide perovskite (MHP) absorbers have reached outstanding performance over the past few years, surpassing power conversion efficiency of over 25% for lab cells and with large area devices in excess of 18%. For the solar application stability, the most demanding requirement to assess for ...
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Tuesday, 02/02/21
Next Stop: The Future of Freight - LivestreamHyperloop is currently under development by a number of startups across the world, with many governments and universities commissioning studies and creating preliminary designs for the system. Join the conversation with thought-leaders and experts from Silicon Valley and Europe to learn more about the future of transportation and how these ...
Speaker: Margaret Shanafield, Flinders University, AustraliaSee weblink for Zoom information
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Searching for Axion Dark Matter Below 1 micro-eV: the Dark Matter Radio - LivestreamOne of the most enduring mysteries in particle physics is the nature of the non-baryonic dark matter that makes up 85% of the matter in the universe. The QCD axion, originally proposed as a solution to the strong CP problem in QCD, is one of the most strongly motivated candidates ...
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Wednesday, 02/03/21
Metal-Organic Frameworks: From Energy Storage to Drug Delivery - LivestreamAre you fascinated by crystals and porous materials? If this spark your curiosity, please come and join our lunch presentation by Prof. Adam Matzger from University of Michigan, an expert on porous materials and crystallization. In this presentation, Prof. Matzger will guide you through a journey of synthetic and functionalization ...
How do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A session with ...
Where: Cost: Free
Surviving in high-stress environments: Physiological and molecular responses of lobe coral - LivestreamCoral reefs worldwide are under threats from human activities. Reduced water quality is one of the most pressing local threats to corals living in nearshore environments, especially in Hawaii. Some corals, however, thrive in such high-stress conditions, which suggest they may be adapted to the nearshore conditions. Using genetics, physiological ...
We live in a world where over 800 million people lack basic drinking water services and more than four billion people lack access to safely managed sanitation. These people somehow go missing during the process of water and sanitation provision. My PhD journey at ERG has been a pursuit to ...
The Sun makes life possible on our planet, but we still have a lot to learn from our nearest star and how it affects us here on Earth. How do we even get close enough to study the Sun? What is space weather, and is it similar to the weather ...
Gravity made stars, stars made heavy elements, gravity and chemistry made planets, geology and biology made people, and people made telescopes.  What we would like to know is hard it all was, and could it happen elsewhere. The James Webb Space Telescope, planned for launch in October 2021, will extend ...
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Thursday, 02/04/21
Bird Flight and Co-operative Aerodynamics - LivestreamThis talk is about how birds co-operate and the mechanisms they employ to save energy during flight. The distinctive V formation of bird flocks has long intrigued researchers and continues to attract both scientific and popular attention. Through the use of novel biologging technology, and by working with the reintroduction ...
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Astronomy on Tap Santa Cruz: Photographing Far-Away Worlds- LivestreamSince the 1990s, astronomers have discovered thousands of planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy, but most of these “exoplanets†are known only by their tell-tale effects on their sun’s light. A precious handful of these alien worlds, however, have been photographed using state-of-the-art equipment attached to the world’s largest ...
How has the Bay Area’s landscape been transformed by Black leaders? Tonight, hear about the ways in which Black Bay Area leaders, both past and present, have impacted and shaped local landscapes through changes to the physical environment and by advocating for equity in Black communities.This program features:Based in Oakland, ...
Imagine breathing in that salty seaside air and come virtual birdwatching with us to explore the world of pelicans, gulls, waders, and other coastal birds.See weblink for YouTube and Facebook Live links.
Speaker: Nathaniel Miller, USGSSee weblink for connection information
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 02/06/21
Zoom Opening Reception - Plants Illustrated 2021Join us via Zoom to celebrate our 2021 virtual Plants Illustrated exhibit. We'll have members of the Northern California Society of Botanical Artists speaking as well as UC Botanical Garden staff. Bring along your favorite beverage to toast to this year's artists and their stunning work of extraordinary ...
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 ...
Join our resident caterpillar lady Sal Levinson and butterfly guy Sarab Seth for an illustrated slideshow about various aspects of color in the butterfly world. We'll learn about structural color, camouflage, warning color, mimicry, and a lot more! Our fun Zoom event is suitable for all ages.Register at weblink to receive ...
One challenge that renewable energy developers increasingly face  - particularly in land-restricted and urban areas - is community opposition to industrial development in their backyard. And when clean energy is installed, it rarely benefits low income communities and communities of color. At Shake Energy Collaborative, we are exploring a new ...
You’ve taken HCI classes at Stanford, but you’re curious about how reality works outside of Stanford. How do the techniques, practices and priorities in the classroom translate into HCI in the wild? As a Stanford faculty member and the principal of a UX design agency, I’ll share stories from all ...
Recent advances in high gradient cryogenic Cu structure RF research open the door to use of surface electric fields between 250 and 500 MV/m. Such structures can enable a new generation of photoinjectors with brightness an order of magnitude beyond the state-of-the-art. Further, one may accelerate these beams to GeV ...
Most scenarios for ambitious decarbonization rely on photosynthesis-based technologies for a substantial fraction net GHG emissions reductions. These technologies potentially contribute emissions reductions through providing low-emissions energy, coupling with CCS to produce energy with negative emissions, increasing the carbon content of the biosphere, or decreasing emissions from land-use change. While ...
Astronomy on Tap: Los Angeles - LivestreamWe’ll hear from Dr. Jessica Werk: “Intergalactic Immigrants†and from Dr. Zach Hafen: “Exploring the Virtual Universeâ€. In addition, we will host interactive astronomically-themed pub trivia. The event is free and open to all ages.  Join us on YouTube at this link.
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 02/09/21
Next Stop: How to Build Hyperloop - LivestreamHow will people travel in 20 years? Hyperloop is a proposed mode of transportation which consists of pods transported at high speed through the length of low-pressure tubes. These tubes are elevated off the ground due to a lack of air resistance or friction. The concept of using low-pressure or ...
Speaker: Phil Bart, Louisiana State UniversitySee weblink for Zoom information
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Getting to a Fusion Pilot Plant - LivestreamOne hundred years ago Arthur Stanley Eddington conjectured that stars are powered by fusion reactions and speculated that one day humans would generate power by fusion. Not yet.  However, private capital is flooding into fusion research driven by the lure of fusion's promise of sustainable “firm†power and optimism about ...
A compelling case can be made that we are in the early stages of another tech and economic boom in the next 30 years that will help solve our era’s biggest challenges like climate change, and lead to a societal transformation that will be understood as civilizational change by the ...
Plastic pollution is a well-known problem, gaining attention in mass media, international organizations, and amongst policymakers. Plastic, however, is not one thing but rather many different materials. The life cycles of plastics are complex - stretching from extraction to production, product development and use, to waste production - involving many ...
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The Electric Golden State - LivestreamBuildings are responsible for a quarter of California’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Significantly reducing that percentage is a necessary component of the state’s attempt to meet its goal of carbon neutrality by 2045. While cities and counties have led the way in pushing policies to promote all-electric building construction, with ...
Speaker: Cory Simon, Oregon State UniversitySee weblink for Zoom information
Where: Cost: Free
Sharing stories: How do we create experiences and pathways to help support a STEM identity? - LivestreamEngage:What is your immediate reaction to the words: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math? Why?What does it mean to have a STEM identity?How important are these words to your self identity?Explore:What experiences help support the cultivation of a STEM identity?What experiences were obstacles to cultivating a STEM identity?Informal vs Formal educational ...
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The Genius of Dogs: The New Science of Canine Cognition - LivestreamVanessa Woods and Brian Hare, researchers at Duke University, explore that question in their sensational new book, SURVIVAL OF THE FRIENDLIEST. It will change the way you think. Hare and Woods are also the coauthors of the New York Times bestselling book THE GENIUS OF DOGS. And they are eager ...
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Healthy Society Series: COVID-19 Vaccines - What We Know and What We Don't Know - LivestreamThe COVID-19 pandemic, which began in early 2019, has had significantly negative consequences for individuals, families and communities around the world, with huge economic and political effects. Short-term strategies have involved sheltering in place and social distancing, rigorous and frequent hand washing, and the disciplined use of masks. We now ...
Wonderfest Science Envoys are early-career researchers with special communication skills and aspirations. Following short talks on provocative modern science topics, these two Science Envoys will answer questions with insight and enthusiasm:Stanford neuroscientist Neil Khosla on "The Neurobiology of Consolation" - Cooperation facilitates social bonding and supports group cohesion. What aspects ...
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