Midday Science Cafe - Leveraging the Quantum Realm: How Small Physics Solves Big Problems - LivestreamWhat does the world look like on the smallest scales? In this Midday Science Cafe, you'll hear from two scientists conducting experiments in the quantum world to quickly tackle problems on a real-world scale -- problems that would otherwise take centuries to solve! We'll hear from Dr. Sara Mouradian who ...
Where: Cost: Free
My Love Affair with the Brain - screeningHonoring Women's History Month, Marian Diamond Day, and Brain Awareness Week, we are proud to present a virtual screening of My Love Affair with the Brain: The Life and Science of Dr. Marian Diamond, an award-winning documentary that brings the viewer right into the heart of science and into a deeper understanding ...
Where: Cost: Free
Planet Nine: A Giant Illusion? - LivestreamAstronomers have hypothesized the existence of a mystery planet responsible for the weird orbit of asteroids in the outer part of the solar system.Kevin Napier, physicist at the University of Michigan, led research based on new data of recently discovered Extreme Trans-Neputnuan Objects (ETNOs) collected by ground-based telescopes. In this ...
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The Age of Big Wildfires: Confronting an Urgent Health Threat - Livestream2020 marked the West’s worst fire season in modern history, with over four million acres burned in California alone. This session will explore the role of climate change in accelerating the frequency and scale of wildfires, new evidence of the health and equity impacts of wildfire exposure, and the opportunities and challenges we ...
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STEM Leadership & the Women Who Power ItIn celebration of Women’s History Month, the Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is hosting a virtual event of influential women in STEM from multiple industries. Join us for inspiring conversations and hear about journeys of perseverance, challenge, and success.Please visit link for more information and to register.
Oxygen is both vital and toxic for life. A mismatch of oxygen supply and demand underlies countless clinical conditions ranging from inborn errors of metabolism (e.g. mitochondrial disease) to the leading causes of death (e.g. stroke, heart attacks, and respiratory disease). We strive to unlock the mysteries of how the ...
In this talk, Basav Sen will discuss what a progressive internationalist agenda for US climate policy must look like in the years ahead for the US to truly become a good-faith partner to the rest of the world in addressing the climate crisis. He will dispel the myth that “Trump ...
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Building a Better World through Tech for Collaboration - LivestreamKicking off the 2021 Fellow Awards, CHM will honor collaborative software pioneer and entrepreneur Raymond Ozzie.Ozzie will be presented with the CHM Fellow Award, joining distinguished past honorees, such as Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, NASA mathematician and “hidden figure†Katherine Johnson, internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee, and ENIAC programmer Jean Bartik.Ozzie ...
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After Dark Online: Shifting SpringWhat is the meaning of spring? It may seem clear: a seasonal shift as the days lengthen and warm, blooms start to appear on trees, and birds and bees get busy. But the signs of spring may be different for different people, organisms, and ecosystems - and they may vary ...
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Breaking Space News - LivestreamWhat’s going on in space? Chabot’s Breaking Space News live stream shines a light on recent and upcoming events in space exploration, astronomy, and any other startling or amazing things going on in the solar system and universe beyond.Watch on Facebook and YouTube
Not all science is done in the lab. Scientists go to great lengths, and sometimes extremely dangerous ones, to get answers to their questions. Hear the thrilling tales of several researchers and how they approach their work by land, sea, and air.Ages 21+
Astronomer and educator Andrew Fraknoi will take you to the most intriguing future “tourist destinations†among the planets and moons in our cosmic neighborhood.Stops will include the 4,000-mile lava channel on Venus, the towering Mount Olympus volcano on Mars (three times the height of Mount Everest), the awesome Verona Cliffs ...
Plant scents from flowers, fruits, leaves, or tree barks are composed of complex mixtures of volatile organic compounds. People have used these fragrant mixtures since ancient times to produce lotions, oils and perfumes. While contemporary perfumes and other scented products consist, to a large extent, of synthetic materials, the inspiration ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, $5 Members
Wildflowers of the Bay Area - LivestreamWildflower season in the Bay Area is upon us, but even seasoned hikers and naturalists can get confused by the diversity of beautiful flowers we have in our area. To help us hone or native wildflower knowledge, Peninsula Open Space Trust has invited Andrea Williams, Director of Biodiversity Initiatives at ...
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The Detection and Confirmation of Gravitational Waves - LivestreamPredicted in 1915 by Albert Einstein, gravitational waves are tiny oscillations in the actual fabric of space and time. It took a collaboration of scientists and universities more than fifty years to develop the technology to reliably isolate these faintest of signals from the cosmic background. Known as the LIGO ...
Does chocolate really grow on trees? Join our Saturday morning Zoom program to learn about the wonderful cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) and its native habitat, the tropical rainforests of Mesoamerica. Discover some of the history of this beloved fruit, how its seeds are turned into chocolate, and why monkeys are ...
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
Sunday, 03/21/21
Water Management, Climate Change, and Salmon Health: The Story of the Sacramento River - LivestreamPerhaps nowhere else in the world is water resource management and fisheries management so connected as in California. A vast array of dams and reservoirs in the state provide freshwater for public use, but also impact the health of salmon. For example, in the Sacramento River, the spawning grounds for ...
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Complexity Weekend May 201 CohortWe are excited to announce that we have just opened up the Participant registration for our May 21-23rd 2021 Complexity Weekend! We hope you can join this May 2021 cohort. The Pre-Weekend phase will begin in March 2021 and continues up until the interactive team-forming Weekend event starts on May 21st 2021. ...
Where: OnlineCost: sliding scale
Monday, 03/22/21
The Life Cycle of Galaxies - LivestreamOur most powerful telescopes reveal a universe filled with galaxies that come in a dizzying range of shapes, sizes, colours, and environments. How this diverse population arose over 14 billion years from the primordial Universe is a fascinating and complex story that astronomers are only now beginning to piece together. ...
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Imaging quantum spin liquid behavior in single-layer 1T-TaSe2 - LivestreamQuantum spin liquids (QSLs) are a novel state of matter predicted to arise in quantum antiferromagnets where magnetic frustration or quantum fluctuations are strong enough to prevent magnetically ordered states even down to the lowest temperatures. QSLs are believed to exist in strongly correlated Mott insulators, and are thus related ...
These are extraordinary times for immunology, vaccinology, and the world. In the few short months since its emergence, the devastating impact of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has radically transformed virtually every dimension of our lives and fueled an urgent global imperative to develop safe and effective vaccines. Since the emergence of ...
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Astronomy on Tap Los Angeles - LivestreamJoin us at 6:30PM PDT, Monday, March 22nd for a virtual Astronomy on Tap, streamed over YouTube Live. We’ll hear from Dr. Max Gronke: “Ice & Fire: How Hot and Cold Plasma Coexist around Galaxies†and from Laura-May Abron: “2021: A Climate Change Odysseyâ€. In addition, we will host interactive ...
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Deep Dive into AI and Deep Learning Infrastructure with Lambda Labs - LivestreamWe are currently seeing exponential growth in the compute requirements for state of the art Deep Learning models as well as a rise in production environments for the application of these DL models as can be seen with the year starting out with Microsoft's Turing Natural Language Generation model (17 ...
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Tuesday, 03/23/21
Humanity in Deep Space: Farming Mars - LivestreamExpeditions to Mars will face the hard problem of growing and producing diverse varieties of food. This discussion on Interplanetary Agricultureâ„¢ will explore the latest thinking surrounding plants as food, medicine, materials to support humans on off-Earth environments...as well as the role food plays in shaping life and humanity. The ...
Serving machine learning models is a scalability challenge at many companies. Most of the applications require a small number of machine learning models (often <100) to serve predictions. On the other hand, cloud platforms that support model serving, though they support hundreds of thousands of models, provision separate hardware for ...
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Climate Change as Seen from Space - LivestreamIs it possible to connect the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events with climate change? How do space-based observations of Earth support the latest in climate science?Extreme weather events are constantly in the news, from devastating wildfires to destructive hurricanes. These natural disasters have tremendous impacts on our lives ...
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The Northern Resident Orcas and Bringing Corky Home - LivestreamAt the tender age of four, Corky, a member of the A5 pod of Northern resident orcas, was captured and taken from her family for use in the theme park industry. Now, at 55 years of age, she is the longest surviving killer whale in captivity. She continues to perform ...
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Wednesday, 03/24/21
Trust Valley Meets Silicon Valley - LivestreamWe live in complex times where exploring the most pressing questions at the crossroads of technology and humanity is imperative for the future of our society. At the heart of this process, we find trust. Trust emerges as the backbone of a digital transformation that is needed to address the ...
A century ago, food was industrialized. Since then, new styles of agriculture and food production have written a new chapter of human history, one that’s driving both climate change and global health crises. Best-selling food authority Mark Bittman will offer a panoramic view of the story and explain how we ...
Where: Cost: $5 General
Overcoming Political Polarization - LivestreamIn this webinar, we’ll examine political polarization and how to overcome it. We recognize that the “us vs. them†posture in American political life is making it hard to achieve the cooperation needed to address our most pressing social and environmental problems. We are hoping to explore two drivers of ...
Chris will be presenting his plans to solo wing-foil 2,750 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean, from Half Moon Bay, California, to Oahu, Hawaii, in June and July of 2021. It will require him to complete two marathons per day, non-stop for fifty days, unsupported and completely unassisted, with only ...
In February 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic changed life as we know it in the United States, journalists Alexis Madrigal and Erin Kissane of The Atlantic started the COVID Tracking Project. The project was an effort to provide comprehensive data and to pressure public health agencies to publish better metrics ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members
SETI Talks: The search for Life on Mars with Perseverance - LivestreamNASA, together with its partners, has landed a new robotic rover on Mars. Perseverance’s safe landing is just the beginning of an ambitious effort to find past or even existing life on the Red Planet.Perseverance carries scientific instruments such as cameras and lasers. Some instruments can analyze the chemical makeup ...
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Mining Opal in Koroit, Australia - LivestreamGene McDevitt, has been mining boulder opal in Koroit, Queensland, Australia for twenty years. His presentation covers topics including the nature of Koroit opal, underground mining, open cut mining, and the challenges of living and mining in the outback. Many photos show his mining process in Koriot, local wildlife, types ...
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:UC Berkeley physicist Jeske Dioquino on "Laser Micro-imaging" - With the help of the electron microscope, researchers are taking pictures of some ...
