Denialism: From Climate Change to COVID-19 - LivestreamThe preponderance of scientific evidence collected over the course of the past several decades shows that anthropogenic climate change is occurring. However, as documented by historians and journalists, the fossil fuel industry worked to obscure the science and delay action. Parallels have been drawn between these efforts and recent attempts ...
Where: Cost: Free
Temperature-Driven Disease Outbreaks Impact Oyster Aquaculture in Tomales Bay - LivestreamThe talk will focus on Priya Shukla’s PhD research which is a collaboration with the Hog Island and Tomales Bay Oyster Companies to develop strategies for improving oysters’ ability to withstand temperature-driven disease and outbreaks. The talk will also cover her work using bivalves to track ocean acidification as part ...
Where: Cost: $15 General, $10 Members
Weekday Morning Hike at Rancho Cañada del OroJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for an excursion where you’ll explore the Mayfair Ranch - Longwall Canyon trails of Rancho Cañada del Oro! You will be guided by POST Ambassadors who will share with you the history of the preserve, the region, and the importance of conservation in the area. The ...
Professor Luca Caricchi will be introducing the fundamentals of the machine learning approach he used to estimate pressure and temperature of crystallisation, and melt in equilibrium with clinopyroxene and amphibole. He will also present an application of this approach to St. Kitts (Lesser Antilles), Mt. Etna and Colli Albani (Italy) ...
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Flat Bands in Flatlands - LivestreamIn a flat band system, the charge carriers’ energy-momentum relation is very weakly dispersive. The resultant large density of states and the dominance of Coulomb potential energy relative to the kinetic energy often favor the formation of strongly correlated electron states, such as ferromagnetism, nematicity, antiferromagnetism, superconductivity, and charge density ...
Recent increases in homelessness in the United States have been described as a nationwide emergency. The negative impacts of homelessness on communities and individuals are well-established, including significant impacts to health, safety, and social and economic equality. To address the effects of increasing homeless populations, particularly in cities on the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Ask Me Anything (AMA): on Machine Learning - LivestreamHave a question on Machine Learning and related areas that has been unanswered for long? Here’s your opportunity to get insights into cutting edge research that is driving innovation. Professor, book author, and SIGKDD Innovation Award winner, Pedro Domingos will be hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session with the ...
Where: Cost: Free
NOVA Universe RevealedAn exclusive preview screening of the widely acclaimed science documentary series "NOVA Universe Revealed".The wobble method. The transit method. These may sound like strategies for getting home after from the bar, but they're actually two different ways that powerful telescopes detect planets hundreds and thousands of light-years away. These exoplanets, ...
The map of humanity isn’t settled -- not now, not ever.In the 60,000 years since people began spreading across the continents, a recurring feature of human civilization has been mobility - the ever-constant search for resources, stability and opportunity. Driven by global events from conflicts, famine, repression and changing climates ...
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 ...
Kameale Terry is the Co-Founder and CEO of ChargerHelp, Inc. an app that enables on-demand repair of electric vehicle charging stations. As the former Director of Programs at EV Connect, Kameale structured and led teams to execute electric vehicle infrastructure projects and programs in the U.S., Australia, and Canada for ...
November LASER Event - LivestreamAlbert Russell Ascoli (UC Berkeley/ Literature) on "Dante and the Invention of Italian, Italians, and Italy" (on the 700th anniversary of his death) Kat Mustatea (Playwright & Technologist) on "Augmented Reality and the Decaying Book" Neil Shubin (University of Chicago) on "Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 11/11/21
After Dark: See For YourselfSpark your curiosity at After Dark! As the sun sets, we’ll hit the rainbow lights, turn the music up, and open our doors, inviting you to take your imagination out to play. Be ready to bring fresh eyes to old favorites and uncover phenomenal new experiences. Â
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Expand your notion of neon beyond commercial signage with a night dedicated to neon: a glowing medium that has inspired adventurous artistry and represents fascinating science.Learn all about the history and science behind neon, plus the medium’s bright, artistic applications, in a talk with Meryl Pataky and Kelsey Issel, co-founders ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19 - $16.50 depending on entrance time
Well-informed skepticism is crucial, especially in an era of Internet-amplified mis/disinformation often employed to create doubts about well-established science. That was famously the case with Big Tobacco’s use of PR agencies, front groups and think tanks, but climate doubt creation turns out to use the same tactics and often the ...
Barchan dunes are crescentic windblown features that emerge when the sand supply is limited and the wind is approximately unidirectional. The complex morphology of barchan dunes is influenced by of the environmental conditions in which they form. For that reason, barchans are routinely used to investigate arid climates on both ...
Dr. Alicia Taylor, California Department of Toxic Substances Control, will cover her early education, what drew her to environmental chemistry, and in particular, environmental toxicology. She will share some tips for early career scientists on how to network, specifically on how to prepare for conference networking and the importance of ...
Where: Cost: Free
Raptor FestJoin POST and Santa Clara County Parks for an educational experience like no other: Raptor Fest! This incredible event will highlight very important species of raptors, who play an integral role in the health of our ecosystems!This free educational event will feature presentations and a chance to visit local wildlife ...
Where: San JoseCost:
Sunday, 11/14/21
Afternoon Walk 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: Cost: Free
Monday, 11/15/21
Taking Stock of COP26 - LivestreamIn 2015, delegates from 196 nations entered into the legally binding treaty on climate change known as the Paris Agreement, which set a goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2 and preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.†Yet in August of this year, the United ...
The fast growth of portable power sources for transportation and grid-scale stationary storage presents great opportunities for battery development. The invention of lithium ion batteries has been recognized with Nobel Prize in 2019. How to increase energy density, reduce cost, speed up charging, extend life, enhance safety and reuse/recycle are ...
Where: Cost: Free
Exploring the Cosmos with Superconducting Detectors - LivestreamOur group at JPL has recently deployed a state of the art SNSPD camera at the Palomar 200-in telescope for NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communication project. This camera will act as the downlink receiver for the Psyche spacecraft (launches in 2022) to demonstrate the viability of laser communication links for ...
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Making the cells that make the face: Neural crest cell development across species - LivestreamDr. Crystal Rogers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology at UC Davis. Dr. Rogers received her PhD from Georgetown University with Dr. Elena Silva Casey and did her postdoctoral work with Dr. Marianne Bronner at Caltech. The Rogers’ Lab studies the molecular mechanisms ...
Form Energy is a battery technology company founded in 2017 focused on developing a new class of multi-day energy storage systems that enable a reliable, secure, and fully-renewable electric grid year-round. At its founding, Form sought to understand the dynamics of deeply decarbonized grids to inform our battery requirements. Form ...
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What must change for things not to stay the same? - LivestreamHave you ever felt that the more things change, the more they stay the same in relation to diversifying the scientific community? Indeed, over the past fifty years, while the demographics of the higher education science community have changed, those changes have far from kept pace with national demographic shifts, and the ...
