10,000 a Day Turn 65 in America. The Rise of Family Caregivers of the Elderly - LivestreamThe U.S. population is aging. The number of Americans aged 65 and older will more than double over the next 40 years, reaching 80 million in 2040. The group most often needing help with basic personal care, adults ages 85 and older, will nearly quadruple between 2000 and 2040. Aging ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members
Labside Chats: A Conversation with a Scientist : Suzanne Alonzo - LivestreamTune in for the next Labside Chat with Suzanne Alonzo, professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz. Explore the evolution and expression of mating and reproductive behaviors of fishes.Join the conversation! Submit your questions in advance for Suzanne, then watch the conversation to hear the answers during ...
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Medical Devices by UroDev and IntelliFlow for People with Disabilities - LivestreamDerek Herrerawill discuss his experience as an entrepreneur in the Medical Device Industry. Specifically, he will discuss methods used to identify unmet needs in the industry and techniques to develop solutions to address these issues. Derek will discuss strategy development and the foundation for UroDev Medical and the IntelliFlow Bladder ...
Coots are often overlooked by birders because they are so common. Dr. Bruce Lyon has been studying the reproductive antics of American coots for the past two decades and has discovered that there is far more to this bird than meets the eye. He will highlight some of his discoveries ...
The Higgs boson was discovered in 2012 at the world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland. This particle plays a unique role in fundamental physics. It gives all of the known elementary particles, including itself, their masses. To do this, it must transmit a ...
March LASER Event - LivestreamMonica Smith (UC Los Angeles) on "Urban Art: The First 6,000 Years"Brian Knutson (Stanford) on "Toward a deep science of affect, motivation, and choice"Sophia Moskalenko (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism) on "Radicalization and Martyrdom"Register at weblink to receive connection information
The San Francisco Amateur Astronomers (SFAA) is excited to offer a Zoom-based Observing Basics Virtual Bootcamp series, open to newcomers and observers at all levels. This 4-part series features a robust agenda to help you make the most out of your stargazing time and equipment choices. (Members and non-Members are ...
The California coast is renowned for its whale-watching, and spring's the perfect time to spot gray whales migrating north. To mark the occasion, join us for an evening exploring the science of gray whales and their annual 10,000-mile journey.Ages 21+See weblink for Youtube and Facebook links.
Join a live conversation with acclaimed author and essayist Nathaniel Rich on the subject of his latest book, Second Nature, a collection of Rich’s artfully crafted science reporting on the upsetting effects of environmental exploitation and the stories of individuals who seek to correct them. In the context of the anthropocene, ...
Explore the sweet-side of science as Science Saturday turns its attention to Bees, Wasps, Honey, and Hives. Do all bees make honey? How do you tell a wasp from a bee? Do all bees sting? Find the answers to all of your buzzing questions as you complete a craft, and ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Solar Safe Water For All - LivestreamIn honor of Women’s History Month and World Water Day, join us for an exciting talk from the founder of Solvatten, Petra Wadstrom. She will talk about her company’s solar safe water system, that provides people living in developing countries with safe and hot water in a portable, environmentally friendly ...
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Truth is Stranger than Fiction - Livestream"Truth is Stranger Than Science Fictionâ€. Humankind speculated about the existence of planets orbiting other Suns for hundreds if not thousands of years before their existence was finally confirmed. During that time we invented and depicted many new and now iconic sci-fi worlds - mysterious planets with exotic landscapes, orbiting ...
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 ...
Human intelligence is beyond pattern recognition. From a single image, we're able to explain what we see, reconstruct the scene in 3D, predict what's going to happen, and plan our actions accordingly. In this talk, I will present our recent work on physical scene understanding---building versatile, data-efficient, and generalizable machines ...
While it is considered to be one of the most promising hints of new physics beyond the Standard Model, dark matter is as-yet known only through its gravitational influence on astronomical and cosmological observables. I will discuss our current best evidence for dark matter's existence as well as the constraints ...
Brad joined the Global CCS Institute as CEO in August 2011, bringing extensive knowledge and experience on Australian and international energy and climate policy issues.Prior to the Institute, Brad spent almost eight years as CEO of the Energy Supply Association of Australia, steering the organisation through a period of significant ...
Biological tissues as mechanical metamaterials - LivestreamIn multicellular organisms, properly programmed collective motion is required to form tissues and organs, and this programming breaks down in diseases like cancer. Recent experimental work highlights that some organisms tune the global mechanical properties of a tissue across a fluid-solid transition to allow or prohibit cell motion and control ...
Many organizations are actively working on diversity, equity, and inclusion, but how does this work differ from decolonization and anti-racism? In this webinar, Skyller Walkes will explore the differences and outline how you and your institution can create paths to engagement, at both the individual and organizational level, with honesty ...
Where: Cost: Free
Genius Makers: Idealists, Big Tech, and AI - LivestreamBefore it began to change our world for better or worse, an eclectic group of idealistic academics from across the globe spent decades trying to build artificial intelligence, often in the face of enormous skepticism. As their ideas came of age and began to supercharge everything from talking digital assistants ...
Join Botanical Dyer extraordinaire Sasha Duerr to discover a world of beautiful color from the traditional palette of Hawai'i.Register at weblink to receive Zoom information.
Where: Cost: $25 General, $20 Members
Basic Science Lights the Way: Expanding Access and Acceptance in Science - LivestreamImplicit bias and institutionalized racism hinder diverse perspectives from pursuing or participating in the sciences. Two esteemed biologists and an emerging quantum physicist consider the changes required to redress this problem and create equitable academic communities.This talk features Diana Bautista, Charles D. Brown, and Tyrone B. Hayes, moderated by Colette ...
 Classic ML approaches to AI cannot provide a full scientific understanding of the inner workings of the underlying models.This raises credibility issues due to the lack of transparency and generalizability.Explainable AI is an emerging approach for promoting credibility in mission-critical areas (e.g., Medicine) by combining ML with explanatory techniques that ...
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Wednesday, 03/31/21
Decarbonizing the Grid - Storage Integration including but also Beyond Batteries - LivestreamLarge-scale battery storage systems are increasingly being used across the power grid in the United States. Over 90% of large-scale battery storage power capacity in the United States was provided by batteries based on lithium-ion chemistries. Beyond battery (Lithium-ion), we also need to advance other long-duration storage technologies to decrease ...
Join us for this very special Ubiquity Ventures event open to the public. On Wednesday, March 31st, we will celebrate the recent news of NASA's Perseverance Rover landing on Mars with a Ubiquity event focused on the search for life beyond Earth and how "software beyond the screen" is playing ...
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The Power of Stories: Writing the Future of Our Planet - LivestreamTogether, we are writing the future of our planet. In the same way that we are living with the deeds and decisions of the past, the choices made and actions taken by those of us alive today will bear direct impact on the generations who come after we are gone. ...
The disproportionate burdens of climate change borne by the Global South are numerous and increasingly well-documented. While the effect of the climate crisis in the South is starting to receive its due coverage in a current moment of heightened awareness, the centuries long relationship between the two also deserves deeper ...
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On the Origin of Life - LivestreamFrom the Big Bang to the emergence of humans… we’re asking the age-old question: what is the origin of life? While this question has fascinated humans for centuries, recent breakthroughs have been made that bear remarkable implications. Join us for this special Science at Cal Lecture celebrating the UC Museum ...
What image comes to mind when we think of a scientist? For a very long time, the most prominent image would have been a man in a white lab coat. But in the 21st century, we all know that scientists actually come in a variety of genders, colors, and outfits ...
