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 ...
Where: Cost: Free
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 ...
Where: Cost: Free
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 ...
Dr. Jens Madrian will outline NEOM Energy's strategy to develop the world's first 100% renewable energy system. The key focus areas will be system design goals, intermittency challenges, and key enablers for system stabilization and optimization.Register at weblink to attend.
Where: Cost: Free
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 ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
CITRIS Day 2021: Celebrating 20 Years of Impact and Innovation - LivestreamCITRIS Day is an annual public showcase of emerging research, leading-edge applications, collaboration opportunities, and societal impact of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS).CITRIS will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a virtual public showcase of emerging research, leading-edge applications and ...
Rainfall-intensity thresholds for post-wildfire debris-flow initiation are the primary criteria for issuing debris-flow hazard warnings in burned landscapes. Yet, with the expansion of frequent wildfires into a wide range of hydroclimates, there is a growing need for accurate thresholds in landscapes with few to no observations of post-fire debris-flow activity ...
Technologies for electrochemical energy conversion, storage and hydrogen production, such as fuel cells, batteries and electrolyzers have evolved as a prevailing option in achieving environmentally neutral energy and transportation sectors. Global deployment of these technologies dictates perpetual demand for improved functionality and performance of employed materials that are mainly based ...
Weird morphologies, behaviors, and physiologies have long fascinated both the scientific community and the general public. For example, just try to get off the couch after turning on Planet Earth and seeing the male birds of paradise turn themselves into ultra-black dancing discs to attract mates. Yet, how such novel ...
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All the Humpback Whales of the Pacific Ocean - LivestreamOver the past six years, Ted Cheeseman has led a team building the research collaboration and citizen science Happywhale project, gathering ID images of individual humpback whales worldwide. In the North Pacific, they have achieved a milestone: the project now has identified the majority of living humpback whales in the ...
In creating Mushrooms of Cascadia: An Illustrated Key. I wanted a book small enough to carry and use in the woods yet with a broad coverage of species, something far more reliable than existing apps, and something not dependent on cell phone coverage.    This talk will feature the mushrooms that ...
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 ...
We live in a privileged time, when at last humans have been able to directly see other stars and planets as they are being born. Needless to say, this has enabled us to answer age-old questions about how the Sun and Earth were made. It turns out the process is ...
Ten missions have been successfully landed on Mars since 1976, including six rovers that have traversed across a total of nearly 50 km of terrain on the Red Planet.  Professor Jim Bell from Arizona State University has been the lead or deputy scientist in charge of the science cameras on the NASA ...
Where: Cost: Free
Science on Tap: Hunting for new minor planetsWhy study asteroids? The scientific interest in asteroids is due largely to their status as the remnant debris from the inner solar system formation process. The probability of an asteroid striking the Earth and causing serious damage is very remote but the devastating consequences of such an impact suggests we ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
SETI Talks: UAPs: Are they worth scientific attention? - LivestreamIn June of this year, an unclassified version of the U.S. Department of Defense released its preliminary report on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). The report cataloged and investigated records of unexplained encounters seen in the sky by U.S. Navy ships and fighter jets. The report’s firmest conclusion is that the ...
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Thursday, 11/18/21
Earth at the Crossroads: Can the Study of Other Worlds Help Us Save This One? - LivestreamTantalizing new discoveries suggest that we are probably not alone in the universe. And yet, as Enrico Fermi first put in 1950: where is everybody? Are habitable worlds rare, unlikely, and therefore cosmically precious? Or is life easily overwhelmed by changing planetary conditions? Do technological societies in particular face an ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Human and Economic Costs of Climate Inaction - LivestreamAchieving a climate-safe future for California will require massive investments, both public and private, in all sectors of the economy. But people across the state are already paying a heavy price for our tepid approach to the climate crisis today. This webinar will take a deep dive into the cost ...
Where: Cost: Free
Weekday Morning 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
AI Is Transforming Health, Space, War, and More - LivestreamWhether you consider AI a tool, a partner, or a rival, one thing is certain: AI will alter your experiences and permanently change your relationship with reality. The good news? We can still decide how.What you’ll learnEric Schmidt, former Google CEO and Chairman, and Daniel Huttenlocher, inaugural dean of the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Science at Cal - Microbiomes: From fields of leaves to under the seas - LivestreamAt this month’s Midday Science Cafe, we are going on a journey through the wonderful world of the microbiome. We’ll zoom in on the communities of tiny organisms that live everywhere, from the leaves of plants to the guts of tropical reef fish, and do everything, from connecting neighborhoods of ...
Over billions of years, plants and cyanobacteria changed the Earth’s atmosphere by inhaling carbon dioxide, storing the carbon in solid biomass and exhaling oxygen. Their release of oxygen into the air made animal life possible. But how, exactly, do plants produce oxygen? Scientists have been puzzling over this for decades. ...
Have you ever wondered about the coloration of intergrades in flickers? Dr. Stepfanie Aguillon will be talking about her ongoing work using genomic sequencing to understand coloration differences between (eastern) yellow-shafted and (western) red-shafted flickers using these iconic intergrades.Speaker: Stepfanie Aguillon, Stanford
Conventional wisdom suggests that knowledge and imagination - science and fantasy - are deeply different from one another. However, new insights into childhood development challenge this distinction. In fact, exactly the same abilities that allow children to learn about the world also allow them to imagine alternative worlds. Research in ...
Connect, play, and get inspired in the glow of luminous sculptures big and small, as eight artists turn up the radiance at Pier 15. Explore our spacious galleries to discover captivating light art by Michael Brown, CHiKA, Nick Dong, Alicia Eggert, Ekene Ijeoma, Luke Jerram, Burt Libe, and Ames Palms. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Calling all creatures of the night: explore the nocturnal side of the Academy at NightLife and see what's revealed. With live DJs, outdoor bars, ambiance lighting, and nearly 40,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude the albino alligator), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic Shake ...
North America’s bird populations have declined by approximately 3 billion birds since 1970 and two-thirds of North America’s bird species now face an even greater risk of extinction due to climate change. Mike Lynes will discuss the threats California birds face from climate change and how Audubon California is working ...
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 ...
Witness a nearly total lunar eclipse! On this special night, the Moon will be darkened by the Earth’s shadow will occur for much of North America. Join our astronomers for a live stream on Facebook or YouTube through Chabot’s most powerful telescope, Nellie! Event ends Friday at 2:30 AM
Lawrence Berkeley Lab Virtual TourIn response to COVID-related social conditions, Berkeley Lab is offering virtual tours of its facilities to the public. These are pre-scheduled, live, interactive, one-hour long presentations by Lab staff and scientists. Participants will learn about the Lab's fascinating history, ground-breaking discoveries, and contributions to COVID-19-related research.Join a Zoom Webinar to ...
Speaker: Gautam Gowrisankan, Columbia UniversitySee weblink for Zoom information, or attend in person
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
From Astrometry to Discovery - LivestreamThe unprecedented high precision of astrometric data released by the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission provide us a new map of nearby stars and the Milky Way we have never seen before. In this talk, I will discuss a brief history of astrometry, the importance of astrometry, and new discoveries ...
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Introduction to modern narrow band filters & Coloring with Narrowband Images using Pixel Math- LivestreamFor this meeting we will have two speakers. Gert will talk about narrowband filters, and Kai will talk about Coloring with Narrowband Images using Pixel Math.Amateur astronomers in light polluted areas like our region in northern California use filters to reduce the effect of light pollution and give better visual ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 11/20/21
Water Management in The Era of Climate Change: California and Michigan Experience - LivestreamIt is recommended that participants prepare for this event by reading The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here - by Hope Jahren. The panel event will convene panelists from Michigan and California. Both states are experiencing the effects of climate change, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Holiday Rock, Gem, and Lapidary Show and SaleThe Santa Cruz Mineral and Gem Society invites you to the annual holiday sale organized by members of the club. Come and see wonderful gifts of nature and art from around the world - gems, jewelry, rocks, minerals, and lapidary arts. Browse the bargains and pick up some great gifts ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: FREE
Saturday Cinema: Trip the Light FantasticIn celebration of the opening of Glow: Discover the Art of Light, we put a spotlight on short, kinetic films that dance! These exuberant films express joyful movement in luminous and colorful ways. Featuring:Light Play: Black/White/Gray by artist Laszlo Maholy-Nagy (1930, 6 min.) The ephemeral elements of light play off of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
The Group 70 Amateur Telescope Project - LivestreamThirty years ago, a group of EAS telescope makers had the crazy idea of obtaining the 70 inch backup mirror blank originally cast for a very well known telescope here in California. It wasn’t just talk; they actually bought it and founded a California non profit called “Group 70â€, and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Mars 2020/Perseverance Rover: Searching for Life on Mars - LivestreamIn this event, Pablo Sobron, SETI Institute, will talk about his experience as a member of NASA’s Mars 2020/Perseverance Rover Science Team and their mission to seek signs of ancient life on the Red Planet.Register at weblik to receive connection information
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 11/21/21
Holiday Rock, Gem, and Lapidary Show and SaleThe Santa Cruz Mineral and Gem Society invites you to the annual holiday sale organized by members of the club. Come and see wonderful gifts of nature and art from around the world - gems, jewelry, rocks, minerals, and lapidary arts. Browse the bargains and pick up some great gifts ...
Bull kelp forests experienced unprecedented losses along 220 miles of coastline in Northern California beginning in 2014 after the onset of a large marine heatwave and the local extinction of sunflower sea stars (sea urchins primary predator). These losses have had devastating consequences to the region’s communities, economies, and fisheries. ...
Where: Cost: $10 General per household, Free for members
