Wearable technologies have the potential to transform healthcare by providing continuous measurements of physiological parameters. Sensors that passively monitor physiological pressure without using electronic components are ideal as contact lens type devices because they are easy to interface with the cornea and the external environment. In our group, we developed ...
Where: Cost: Free
Life Finds a Way and The Impacts of Food Trade - LivestreamProduct of Mexico: The Socio-Environmental Impacts of Food TradeStep into any supermarket in the US and you are likely to find crisp spinach, creamy avocados, and sweet raspberries year-round. As US supermarkets have become increasingly able to provide year-round access to popular produce, other countries - such as Mexico - ...
Salt marshes lay at the edge of the land and sea with animals in these habitats exposed to the pressures of both realms. This is especially true for sparrows breeding in California's coastal marshes where they must cope with high salinity and daily tidal flooding. Adaptations to these challenges drive ...
How can tools and technologies help us “see†aspects of the environment, both natural and built, that are otherwise hidden to the human eye? And how are these new visions of landscapes - from cities to forests to oceans - supporting a new understanding of the world around us? Tonight ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, Free for members
This week at NightLife, explore Pop-Up Magazine’s FIELD GUIDE, a new audio experience and art project made for and inspired by the world around us. Roam the museum for a collection of stories that explore our natural environments in new ways. Plus, go behind the scenes with a Q&A session ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.50 - $22
Micromitigation: Fighting Air Pollution with Activated Carbon - LivestreamWe would like to invite new members to join Counter Culture Labs' Micromitigation Meetup alternate Thursdays. We will be discussing ways to deploy existing adsorption technology using commodity granulated activated carbon for the mitigation of air pollution. We welcome those interested in both the environmental justice and technical engineering aspects of ...
Misinformation is a complex problem pervading many aspects of society, with technological, psychological, social, and cultural aspects. Countering misinformation requires tackling the many-headed beast from a variety of disciplines and directions. The 4D Project synthesizes four research themes: Detect, Deconstruct, Debunk, and Deploy. Detection involves training machine learning models, in collaboration ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 08/13/21
Evening Tours of Lick Observatory - SOLD OUTThe event will last approximately 4 to 6 hours. Visitors should be prepared to walk about one mile during the evening, including taking stairs. Events are held rain or shine.The tour will start at the main building’s Visitor Center. Participants can learn about the unique history of the world’s first ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $75
Saturday, 08/14/21
Nature and History WalkExplore fascinating nature and history along Cerrito Creek and over Albany Hill. We'll repeat our May walk with leaders Karen Sorensen, local historian and author of two books on Albany history; Margot Cunningham, Albany's natural-areas manager and longtime Albany Hill volunteer steward; and Susan Schwartz, head of Friends of Five ...
Throughout history, the Universe has had a way of turning our grandest thoughts upside down. Now, we see that the cosmos is dark: dominated by dark matter and dark energy. With the Dark Energy Survey imaging 1/8th of the night sky - and mapping more than 100 million galaxies - ...
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, 08/15/21
Science Sundays: Fascinating Fish Bones: Archaeology for the Future of Fishers and Fisheries - LivestreamAt coastal archaeological sites, thousands of fish bones represent the discarded remains of past meals. Fish bones provide important clues about how people of the past lived and how their daily activities shaped the identity of coastal residents, their relationships, and their interaction with the surrounding environment. Plus, an understanding ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members.
Afternoon Hike at Pillar Point BluffJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for an afternoon Hike at Pillar Point Bluff just north of Half Moon Bay! You will be guided by a POST representative who will share details about the area’s interesting natural history, from the coastal scrub habitat to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve that hosts tide ...
Where: Moss BeachCost: Free
Evening Tours of Lick Observatory - SOLD OUTThe event will last approximately 4 to 6 hours. Visitors should be prepared to walk about one mile during the evening, including taking stairs. Events are held rain or shine.The tour will start at the main building’s Visitor Center. Participants can learn about the unique history of the world’s first ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $75
Monday, 08/16/21
Measuring and Improving Engagement in Online Learning - LivestreamWith a lot of learning shifting online, many students turn their cameras off, making it impossible for teachers to understand whether their students are engaged. Teachers feel that they are teaching a vacant wall of icons while students are unable to show that they are engaged without inviting discomfort. This ...
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 08/17/21
Two Talks: Popping the Science Bubble - LivestreamFriendships Across Space and Time: Looking at Plants and their Microbial PartnersSpeaker: Anna Scharnagal, UC BerkeleyCan I Pick Your Brain? Computational Methods for Brain Network AnalysisSpeaker: Jennifer Cummings, UC Berkeley and UCSF
Long Now is delighted to welcome back speakers Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley to be our first in-person talk of 02021. Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine, is the subject of their new book and their talk for us; a timely and resonant topic that they began ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, Free for members
Climate change has shifted from a looming global threat to a pervasive contemporary challenge to the resilience of marine ecosystems and the communities they support. Environmentally-informed decisions across time horizons - from days to decades - are critical for meeting this challenge. Current global models yield skillful predictions of basic ...
Where: Cost: Free
Afternoon Hike at Rancho Cañada del OroOn this moderate to strenuous 4-mile excursion, you’ll explore the Mayfair Ranch - Longwall Canyon trails of Rancho Cañada del Oro. Expect around 500 ft. of gradual incline/elevation.This wonderful preserve rests in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountain Range and is a hub for wildlife, such as deer, bobcats, ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Peering into the body - with less risk - LivestreamMost medical imaging devices - X-rays and CT scans, for example - use radiation to peer into the human body to produce images and other data that can help care providers arrive at a clinical diagnosis. But there are health risks associated with too much exposure to radiation, even in ...
Where: Cost: Free
SETI Talks: Can we define life? Should we? - LivestreamWhat is the difference between you and a rock? Are stars alive? Is a computer virus a living being? These may seem like easy questions, but scientists have struggled to formulate a universal definition of life, to draw the line between the living and the inanimate. Can life even be ...
Where: Cost: Free
A robot CHIP (COVID Help Intelligent Patro) to enforce social distance & serve - LivestreamThe entire world is hurting because of COVID-19. We must stop its spread, stabilize its curve, and make better preparations for future outbreaks. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, counties have published safety guidelines that prompt people to socialize responsibly, and several cities are instituting social distancing circles in public parks. Many ...
Where: Cost: Free
How Your Family Can Land on Mars and Explore the Solar System - Using NASA’s Solar System Treks - LivestreamRight now, NASA’s Perseverance rover is beginning its epic exploration of the ancient lakebed in Mars’ Jezero Crater while the Curiosity rover continues its investigations in Gale Crater. Using NASA’s Mars Trek data visualization portal, we’ll fly to Jezero and examine up close the amazing terrain that is Perseverance’s new ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #119: A clock, some milk, and a dash of fungal affliction!Hello friends. Ever wonder what it’s like to get suffocated by your own skin? Well then do we have the talk for you! Gordon Lau will explain chytrid fungus and make you feel better about not being an amphibian. We’ll also be learning about another animal phenomenon perhaps a bit ...
