February Bird WalkWhile winter birds are still abundant in the Garden, this month we will be looking for the earliest of our spring migrants with our guide, Chris Carmichael, PhD. Masks are required during this walk. We suggest bringing binoculars if you have them, and layers in case it ...
The fast growth of portable power sources for transportation and grid-scale stationary storage presents great opportunities for new battery chemistries. 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 ...
Bat diversity around the world includes remarkable adaptations, including species that are highly specialized to drink nectar and pollinate flowers. Worldwide, bats pollinate about 500 different plant species, some of which are commercially important, such as durian in southeast Asia, columnar cacti that produce pitaya fruits in Mexico, and, of course, ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Wednesday, 02/09/22
Targeting the Immune Exoproteome - LivestreamDr. Aaron Ring, Yale University, will present his lab’s efforts to engineer cytokine pathways for cancer immunotherapy and novel approaches in systems immunology to profile functional autoantibody responses.Register at weblink to attend.
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 ...
Where: Cost: Free
Spatial and Temporal Variability in Processes Regulating Estuarine Fouling Communities - LivestreamEstuarine invertebrates experience high interannual variability in abiotic conditions. Additionally, estuaries are hotspots for biological invasions, and increased stress-tolerance among introduced species could change invertebrate species interactions. Using sessile invertebrates, I investigated how processes influencing communities change spatially and temporally in Tomales Bay, CA. Over the summers of 2018 - ...
At the beginning of the 20th century Einstein changed the way we think about Time. Now, early in the 21st century, the measurement of Time is being revolutionized by the ability to cool a gas of atoms to temperatures millions of times lower than any naturally occurring temperature in the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Artificial Intelligence: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - LivestreamArtificial Intelligence (AI) is a remarkable technology that has profoundly impacted our lives. It now beats humans at some of their own games. How did we get here? In this lecture, Abu-Mostafa will describe the scientific journey of AI since the 1980s, as well as Caltech's foundational role in its ...
The more we learn about other worlds, the better we understand our own. Astronomers today ask: what makes a world habitable? What creates and sustains an environment friendly to life? NASA has several new missions ready to address this topic, from the Parker Solar Probe, studying our Sun’s wind; to new ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 02/10/22
Cold Air Rises: Profound Effects of Vapor Buoyancy on Earth's Climate - Livestream The molar mass of water vapor is less than that of dry air, making humid air lighter than dry air at the same temperature and pressure. This effect is known as vapor buoyancy and has been considered negligibly small in large-scale climate dynamics. Here we use theory, reanalysis data, and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Distribution System Planning: DERs and the Smart Grid - LivestreamAndy Eiden and Angela Long will discuss Portland General Electric's (PGE) efforts to address Oregon's aggressive electricity decarbonization legislation. They will discuss PGE's distribution resource planning and distributed energy resources forecasting methods.Register at weblink to attend online.
The International System of Units (the SI), the modern metric system, has recently undergone its most revolutionary change since its origins during the French Revolution. The nature of this revolution is that all of the base units of the SI are now defined by fixing values of natural constants. Our ...
Looking for a hot night out on the town? Slip into something comfortable and take an intimate look at sex - you know, the transfer of genetic information through sperm and eggs, which has resulted in evolution and specialization among species over time. From the lengths we’ll go to for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
NightlifeCalling 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 ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.75 - $15.25
Where is the Wild After Wildfire? - LivestreamForests that have experienced fire are vibrant, dazzling, full of life, and rapidly regenerating. Wildflowers and thousands of tree seedlings are bursting from the earth; the air is full of birdsong. The flowers attract insects, which attract birds and smaller mammals, which in turn attract the raptors and larger mammals. ...
Everyone has experienced the call. “This is Alex from the credit card company. We have a refund we want to give you that has to be deposited directly into your bank account. What is your bank account number?†or words to that effect. Or maybe “Alex†(or “Vickiâ€, or “Joshâ€) ...
Where: Cost: Free
Virtual Telescope Viewing - CanceledJoin our resident astronomers on Facebook Live and YouTube 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 available ...
Despite their high theoretical specific energy of 2,600 Wh kg-1, the commercialization of Li-S devices is hindered by irreversible capacity loss from the dissolution of polysulfide intermediates in the electrolyte solution. We report novel strategies to design reactive sites for polysulfide adsorption in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to improve capacity retention ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
VIPER - A Next Great Leap in Mapping Water on the Moon - LivestreamNASA is sending a mobile robot to the surface of the South Pole of the Moon to get a close-up view of the location and concentration of ice and other resources. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is the first resource-mapping mission on another celestial body. VIPER will ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 02/12/22
Turtle Observer Program on Mt. Tam Marin Water is enlisting the help of community scientists to protect the western pond turtle by monitoring habitat conditions, recording their behavior, and educating the public during the spring when they are most visible. The Turtle Observer program is great for individuals, small groups or whole families. Kids typically make ...
A Child's Botanical Valentine Tea - LivestreamOur annual Botanical Valentine's Day Tea Family Program tradition returns as an at-home tea party and Zoom program. Enjoy a celebration of herbs and flowers as we use all of our senses to explore these fragrant edibles (kit included) and talk about their many uses. Finish the fun by making ...
Where: Cost: $25 General, $20 Members
Afternoon Hike at Mindego Hill - FULLJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful 5-mile hike from the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve to the top of the POST-protected Mindego Hill. You will be guided by POST ambassadors who will share details about how we protected this beautiful property featuring panoramic views of redwood ridges and ...
As the oil and gas industry comes under increasing pressure to decarbonize, companies are responding in several ways. A common denominator underlying most of them―reducing emissions from core operations, exploiting existing oil and gas assets for decarbonization purposes, launching new low-carbon business lines―is the technology and broader forms of innovation ...
Like many areas of AI, present-day NLP is data-driven. As a result, the available benchmark datasets are the primary factor in shaping the field itself. This has wide-ranging consequences for research, technology, and increasingly for society. How do we conceptualize different tasks, and which tasks receive the most attention from ...
Where: Cost: Free
Quantum Nanophotonics Hardware: From Nanofabrication to Quantum Circuit Mapping - LivestreamPhotonic systems are the leading candidates for deterministic quantum sources, quantum repeaters, and other key devices for quantum information processing. Scalability of this technology depends on the stability, homogeneity and coherence properties of quantum emitters. Here, color centers in wide band gap materials offer favorable properties for applications in quantum ...
The theory describing dark matter remains completely unknown, and requires new search ideas to resolve its identity. It turns out that stars and planets can be ideal playgrounds to discover dark matter. In this talk, I will review a range of dark matter searches using celestial objects, including neutron stars, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Bridging the process-pattern divide in ecology and evolution - LivestreamDr. James T. Stroud is an evolutionary ecologist that explores the processes responsible for the generation and maintenance of large-scale patterns of biological diversity, primarily using lizards as a model system. Specifically, his research focuses on bridging this process-pattern divide by studying how ecological and microevolutionary processes - those able ...
Where: Cost: Free
Energy, Engineering, Education, and Everything - LivestreamDrawing on Dr. Swisher's two decades of teaching clean energy and climate solutions at Stanford and state universities, we'll explore new models for teaching and learning with a mission to avert climate change and achieve sustainability, which are also the charge of Stanford's new School.Speaker: Joel Swisher, Western Washington UniversitySee ...
Slugs & Steins : What is the Dark Matter? - LivestreamFour fifths of the matter in the universe is made of something completely different from the "ordinary matter" we know and love. I will explain why this "dark matter" is an unavoidable ingredient to explain the universe as we observe it, and I will describe what the fundamental, particle nature ...
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 02/15/22
Weekday Morning Hike at Rancho Cañada del Oro - FULLJoin 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 ...
 Cellular proteins continuously undergo non-enzymatic covalent modifications (NECMs), which alter protein structure, function, stability and binding-partner affinity. These chemical modifications accumulate under normal physiological conditions but can also be stimulated by various changes in the cellular environment, such as redox state and metabolite concentration. The half-life of histones is among ...
Whales have been on this planet for longer than humans have walked upright. Are they intelligent? Linguists contend that even the most intelligent non-human animals lack a communication system that could be called language. But could whales prove an exception?Biologists have studied whales for decades and quickly realized that they ...
Topological insulators and superconductors host exotic boundary states with unique properties such as Dirac dispersion and chiral spin texture. The helical and chiral edge modes of a two-dimensional TI can carry dissipationless currents while similar modes in topological superconductors are expected to be (the elusive) Majorana fermions which are thought ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Two Talks: Popping the Science Bubble - LivestreamGood Viruses: Powerful Tools Deliver a Next Generation of Life-Saving MedicinesViruses are conventionally known as the bad guys: societal antagonists that can cause destruction in our bodies, sicknesses, birth defects, and even death. Adam introduces a whole different class of viruses - those that are being programmed as research tools ...
Chad Hyatt has made a name for himself in Northern California and beyond by sharing his delicious spin on wild mushroom cookery at public and private events. Both an expert forager and classically trained chef, he has cooked in a variety of restaurants and private clubs around the San Francisco ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 02/16/22
Clean Hydrogen - Blue vs Green Hydrogen and its role in our energy future - LivestreamHydrogen is emerging as an important, potential zero-emission transportation, industrial and energy storage fuel. But there are many ways to make hydrogen and not all of them are climate friendly. Colors have been used to indicate how the hydrogen is made. Green hydrogen for example indicates hydrogen that has been ...
Where: Cost: Free
This Way to the Universe ... and to the Edge of Reality - LivestreamModern physics provides a stunning view of the universe on scales both vast and miniscule, and, of course, on the scale of our everyday lives. In his new book, This Way to the Universe: A Theoretical Physicist's Journey to the Edge of Reality, Dr. Michael Dine describes humanity's - and ...
Where: Cost: Free with discount code
Coastal acidification in estuaries: lessons of vulnerability and exposure from the Eastern oyster - LivestreamPredicting exposure and vulnerability of estuarine ecosystems to coastal acidification requires a good understanding of global ocean acidification as well as the complex, existing spatial and temporal gradients in carbonate chemistry. To anticipate effects of coastal acidification on coastal species, like the Eastern oyster, it is crucial to characterize existing ...
Where: Cost: Free
Climate Change and Drought - LivestreamCalifornia’s ecosystems are undergoing a tremendous and rapid shift as a result of warming and drying - telltale fingerprints from global climate change observed on a regional scale. In this three-part series, our invited experts will delve into the “how,†“why,†and “when†of the complex feedback loops in our ...
Where: Cost: $10 Donation Requested
From Healthy Whales to Healthy Oceans - LivestreamWhales are iconic ocean animals that hold special places in the hearts of manyâ€"and are a critical link in the structure of healthy marine ecosystems. Our research team has developed tools and novel approaches to studying the underwater lives of these ocean giants. New information on how much food whales ...
Where: Cost: Free
February LASER Event - LivestreamSam Kriegman (Harvard Medical School) on "Computer-designed Organisms" Rachel Rossin (Media Artist) on "The vocabulary of art in the age of virtual and crypto cultures" Laura Marks (Simon Fraser Univ) on "Soul-Assemblage Media"See weblink to register
Working at the intersection of technology and biology, architect and designer Neri Oxman is calling for a fundamental shift in the way we design and construct the built environment - to one that aligns with principles of ecological sustainability.Oxman and her team draw on multiple scientific fields to invent new ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: TBA General, Free for members
When and where life originated on Earth, and if, or where, life exists elsewhere in the cosmos are some of the biggest unanswered scientific questions of our time. Simple organic materials in meteorites and comets are often cited as potential sources for the initial organics which seeded prebiotic evolution on ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nerd Nite SF # 122: Glass, Ecology, Identity!Speakers:Nate Watson, Executive Director of Public Glass, San Francisco’s only public glass studio and school. He will be getting nerdy about glass art with us, and sharing how he’s improved access to glass making.Dr. Suzanne Pierre, Principal Investigator of the Critical Ecology Lab. She will be nerding out about developing ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 Advance, $15 at door
Thursday, 02/17/22
Habitat Talk: Woodlands - LivestreamThis talk is the first in a series by the LNHS Vascular Plants Recorder and eminent botanist Mark Spencer looking at key habitats and describing their features and the plants that characterise them. This initial talk will look at woodlands.Register at weblink to receive connection information
Where: Cost: Free
Midday Science Cafe - Into the Blue Again: Water flowing underground - LivestreamJoin us for our first Midday Science Cafe of 2022 as we take a look at Earth’s most valuable resource, water, stored beneath the Earth’s surface. First, we’ll hear from Dr. Federico Munch, who will take us on a journey deep beneath the surface to learn about the “deep water ...
Take a virtual tour of the Garden’s Asian Collection with Horticulturist Eric Hupperts. This stunning collection represents the diversity found on the world’s largest continent, with strong representation from the Himalayas, western China, and Japan. This year, 2022, marks 90 years since the initial donation of rare and noteworthy rhododendron ...
Low Carbon Scenarios and Policies for the Power Sector in Botswana - LivestreamClimate change is a global issue. However, the discussions for mitigation of GHG emissions tend to revolve around the large emitting countries and the countries below are overlooked. African countries may have a small contribution to the global GHG emissions at the moment, but the population of this region is ...
Wine has been around for thousands of years and often evokes images of rolling hills and rustic chateaus. Technology is something that is usually not associated with Wine. With industry challenges such as increasing competition, high energy costs, droughts, fires, and labor challenges wineries are turning to technology for help. ...
The fastest, repeated-use movements on the planet are produced by small organisms that have harnessed energetic control of elastic materials to propel their movement. Whether the bullet-like impacts of mantis shrimp hammers or the bizarre leaps of legless larvae, these systems exemplify how biological systems explore the limits of physics ...
NASA’s Perseverance rover has been hard at work exploring the Red Planet hundreds of millions of miles from our planet. Here on Earth you can experience a full-scale, lifelike model and some out-of-this world programs starting with tonight’s After Dark.Since landing on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021, Perseverance has been ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Noise Pop NightlifeGet amped for the return of the official Noise Pop Festival pre-party featuring a special outdoor performance from Kamaal Williams and more. Full event details coming soon!
Grab your friends or a date, and join us for a tasty pop-up version of Science of Cocktails, our beloved fundraiser focused on mixology science. At Science of Cocktails @ After Dark, you’ll enjoy experiments by the glass in the VIP lounge. Enjoy an all-inclusive open bar with specialty cocktails ...
Wildfires swept through California again in the summer and of 2021. While forest thinning and controlled burns may help reduce the risk of future fires, laws that protect old-forest species that are associated with dense canopies and big, old trees often slow the pace and scale of these treatments. However, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Virtual Telescope ViewingJoin our resident astronomers on Facebook Live and YouTube 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 available ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 02/18/22
Toward Cognitive Search - Using Machine-Learning on Digital Media Collections - LivestreamThe CHM collection contains a vast audio and video collection with more than a thousand video-recorded oral history interviews with technology pioneers and innovators. Since current users must painstakingly sift manually through each video to find what they’re looking for, the collection is vastly underutilized.Thanks to a grant from the ...
Lyn will take us on a journey through the solar atmosphere or Chromosphere, viewed best through the H-alpha line at the red end of the spectrum and thus visually produces a “red Sunâ€. Not only are we going to look at the usual features found in the Chromosphere, prominences, filaments ...
Persey's First Year on Mars - LivestreamSince landing inside the 45 kilometer (28 mile) wide Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021, Persy has been busy observing the Mars environment, capturing images, and collecting samples for future retrieval. As we reach the first anniversary of Perseverance’s landing, members of the Mars Mission team will give a rover ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission, free online
X-ray astrophysics enabled by microcalorimeter spectrometers - LivestreamX-rays from astrophysical objects provide a view into some of nature’s most violent and extreme environments. Telescopes sensitive to 0.1-100 keV photons provide unique probes of accreting black holes and the warped spacetime around them, clusters of galaxies - the Universe’s most massive gravitational potential wells, the growth and evolution ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 02/19/22
Turtle Observer Program on Mt. Tam Marin Water is enlisting the help of community scientists to protect the western pond turtle by monitoring habitat conditions, recording their behavior, and educating the public during the spring when they are most visible. The Turtle Observer program is great for individuals, small groups or whole families. Kids typically make ...
Where: Cost: Free
#NoToPlastic Community Clean-UpsBe part of the solution! Join other wildlife enthusiasts to help our local wildlife by cleaning up important habitats in Oakland.Meet at the Lower Entrance to Oakland Zoo (in front of the Zimmer Auditorium) at 9:45am; shuttle departs at 10:00am sharp for cleanup site.Location of cleanup will be a different ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Mars Rover Landing Anniversary Party!Join us in celebrating the first anniversary of NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Mars! Since landing on February 18, 2021, Perseverance has been hunting for signs of ancient microbial life in order to collect and store samples of Martian rock and sediment to be retrieved by planned future missions for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Investigating Space: Space TourismLook at the next big mission in private space travel and discuss the industry’s next steps with Space.com senior writer, Mike Wall.2021 was a big year for space tourism, as Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin both launched their billionaire owners to suborbital space and SpaceX flew the first-ever all-private crewed ...
In this talk, Don Macholz will introduce Charles Messier and the comets that he discovered. He will then move on to the Messier Catalogue and the previously missing objects. We will see where the Messier Objects are distributed throughout the sky. We recognize 110 Messier Objects but two major astronomy ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sunday, 02/20/22
Morning Hike at La Honda Open Space Preserve - FULLJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful hike at Lower La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve where you’ll experience the area’s sweeping views and gorgeous rolling grasslands! The preserve is over 6,100 acres, of which POST has contributed 5,200 acres. You will be guided by POST ambassadors on the ...
Where: La HondaCost: Free
Mars Rover Landing Anniversary Party!Join us in celebrating the first anniversary of NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Mars! Since landing on February 18, 2021, Perseverance has been hunting for signs of ancient microbial life in order to collect and store samples of Martian rock and sediment to be retrieved by planned future missions for ...
The Poetry of ScienceScience and art have long been closely linked together, from George Washington Carver to Maria Sibylla Merian. Today, scientists find avenues across disciplines and artistic mediums to convey scientific concepts to inform, engage, and inspire.The Union of Concerned Scientists invites you to a conversation between four scientists who have connected ...
Are we alone? Avi Loeb, Harvard’s top astronomer, doesn’t seem to think so. He believes that our solar system was recently visited by advanced alien technology from a distant star. In 2017, scientists in Hawaii observed an object soaring through the sky, moving too fast along a strange orbit for ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members and with code above
The Future of Quantum Materials - LivestreamQuantum materials, such as superconductors, graphene and topological insulators, are materials with "exotic properties" and great promise. A panel of experimentalists describes how these materials will enable many important technologies of the future, from energy to quantum computing.Register at weblink.
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 ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nutrient-sensitive transcripts as biomarkers of in situ physiological state in marine phytoplankton - LivestreamPhytoplankton impact ocean food webs, nutrient cycles, and global carbon biogeochemistry, yet traditional bulk methods to study them are often inadequate to measure relevant rates and dynamics that influence ecosystem function. Current methods lack taxonomic resolution and/or use sampling schemes with limited spatial or temporal resolution and therefore, the mechanisms ...
Science on Tap - Why was the weather forecast wrong? And what does that mean for climate change?The biggest challenge in weather forecasting is predicting whether it’s going to rain, and if so, how much. One reason for this difficulty is that the clouds that produce the rain are not well understood. This same challenge is important for predicting climate. Clouds affect climate in a variety of ...
Biomolecular NMR is widely applied to basic research in protein structure and dynamics, and can be exploited in a multitude of ways for drug discovery and manufacturing, including characterization of ligand binding for small-molecule drug development, and identification of structural changes in protein therapeutics during storage.Correspondingly, there are hundreds of ...
Where: Cost: Free
So You Want to Decarbonize a Building? - LivestreamIn the United States, approximately 35% of the nation’s 2019 carbon footprint was a result of energy use in buildings (and almost 50% when including embodied carbon). This number is even higher in densely populated public transportation-reliant regions like the Bay Area. Therefore, decarbonizing buildings themselves can play a massive ...
Panos Moutis will discuss how machine learning and artificial intelligence are fitting tools for operational control of hybrid renewable energy systems.Speaker: Panos Moutis, Carnegie Mellon UniversityRegister at weblink to receive Zoom information
Without phytoplankton, single-celled organisms that live in the water, life as we know it would not exist. Join our speakers to explore the histories of these fascinating organisms that cause beautiful, blue luminescent oceans or deadly red tides. Learn about the current state of phytoplankton in Monterey Bay and around ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: Conversations About LandscapeSpark 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. Tonight we feature practitioners from the fields of geography, ecology, environmental sciences, policy, design, and the arts who ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Do Droughts Affect Groundwater Quality? A California Story - LivestreamSpeaker: Zeno Levy, USGS Research Geologist Groundwater is an important source of drinking water for millions of Californians, and billions worldwide.Conventional wisdom is groundwater quality is "slow" to respond to drought. New study links rapid increases of agricultural contaminants in drinking-water wells to intensive pumping of California aquifers during drought. Results highlight vulnerabilities ...
Where: Cost: Free
NightLifeCalling 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 ...
Many of us have heard stories of people who got lost or injured in the wild and were able to survive for days. Have you ever wondered how they did it, and what you would do if you found yourself in a similar situation?Our local open spaces are designed to ...
Ericka Johnson, PhD, professor of gender and society, Linköping University, Sweden, has a new book on the prostate entitled, "A Cultural Biography of the Prostate." She examines the gland from a societal and historic point of view; the mistreatment and manhandling of men and their prostates throughout history, how the ...
Join us for this introductory session for a new weekly hands-on workshop series around Kombucha Science! Today we will be giving an overview of kombucha science and the upcoming workshops. We will also brew a big batch of kombucha, and perhaps start some trays for vegan leather. Bring a jar ...
Where: OaklandCost: $10
After Dark: Wondrous FungusThe fascinating qualities of fungi are manifold and sometimes mind-blowing. Tonight at After Dark, discover some fun facts about the beautiful, diverse, and curious fungus kingdom, including mushrooms, yeasts, and molds. Get up-close views of majestic microscopic fungi, see the surprising ways fungi can be used as art materials, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Pieter is the CEO and co-founder of SkyGeo. He leads the overall company strategy and direction. Pieter is an entrepreneur who has held executive roles in early stage technology companies, developing new products for enterprise customers in the last 2 decades. He started his career as a geologist at Shell, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Mechanically Imaging the Chemical Bond - LivestreamAbout a half century ago, Richard Feynman noted that characterizing the microscopic structure of materials would be a lot easier if one could just look and see where the atoms were. In some ways, “seeing atoms in a molecule†is now feasible fulfilling Feynman’s suggestion.  In particular, recent advances in atomic ...
In the 21st century humanity faces three formidable and intertwined challenges: (i) climate change, (ii) geopolitical instability, and (iii) economic and social inequality. There is one tool that is key to the resolution of all three challenges: energy! The availability of plentiful, clean, reliable and affordable energy will power climate ...
Where: Cost: Free
From Impossible to Inevitable: Chile's Path to Net Zero - LivestreamChile has undergone an energy revolution that has changed the country's climate and energy policy. In 2013 large coal and hydro projects were in line, which were ultimately shelved and replaced with plentiful and economic renewable energy. In 2021, 24% of all energy in the country came from solar and ...
Where: Cost: Free
How to survive wavy waters when you're a microalgae? - LivestreamAdrien Burlacot is an algal physiologist specialized in the study of photosynthesis and bioenergetics of algal cell. Adrien is a physicist by training, he received a BS and MSc in Engineering from the Ecole polytechnique (France). He has a PhD in Plant Science from the Aix-Marseille University (France) and did ...
Cultivating Equity-Focused Change in University Physics Departments - LivestreamDiscipline-based education research has made great strides in understanding how to foster more equitable and effective education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). However, there still has yet to be widespread adoption of reforms in university STEM departments. Our project seeks to understand how departments can implement sustainable, large-scale ...
WeightWatcher (WW): is an open-source, diagnostic tool for analyzing Deep Neural Networks (DNN), without needing access to training or even test data. It can be used to:* analyze pre/trained PyTorch, Keras, DNN models (Conv2D and Dense layers)* monitor models, and the model layers, to see if they are over-trained or ...
 Many of us are captivated by the behavior of wild animals: a pride of lions fighting off a clan of hyenas, a honeybee dancing to communicate the location of food, the crazy acrobatic courtship displays of male lance-tailed manakins. What is it like to be a biologist who studies the ...
Be our virtual guest for the launch of GOES-T, the third satellite in NOAA’s advanced GOES-R series, the Western Hemisphere’s most advanced weather observing and environmental monitoring system.The GOES-R program is a collaboration between NOAA and NASA. NASA manufactures and launches the satellites and NOAA funds and operates them and ...
This talk exposes a profound and growing injustice that major technology companies have propagated through every level of the judiciary under the guise of protecting data privacy. The Supreme Court has repeatedly proclaimed: “In our judicial system, the public has a right to every [person’s] evidence.†Yet, for over a ...
Video clips recently released from the military, and the observation of an object with a potentially strange trajectory around the Sun, have reignited interest in the question of UFOs and the existence of intelligent alien life. This talk will explore the current state of knowledge about the probability of life and ...
Long Now continues our dialogue with the acclaimed writer Kim Stanley Robinson around COP26 and his most recent book The Ministry for the Future. Clean energy advocate & author Ramez Naam will join Robinson on stage after the talk for a further discussion.Tackling topics from carbon quantitative easing, to political ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: TBA General, Free for members and online
Dr. Friedemann Freund, world-renowned scientist with the SETI Institute and the NASA Ames Research Center, discusses the future of earthquake forecasting at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 3, via Zoom. This event is presented free of charge by Valdosta State University’s College of Science and Mathematics and is open to the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Data-driven Control of Distributed Energy Resources - LivestreamAlejandro Dominguez-Garcia (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) will discuss how to ensure proper voltage regulation across a power network with distributed energy resources (DER) and how to use DERs for secondary control.Register at weblink to receive Zoom information
DevOps combines software development and IT operations principles to accelerate software release cycles. Derived from the agile methodology, DevOps can complement your software development practices with a continuous feedback loop to gain new efficiencies as you plan, develop, deploy, and operate your modern applications. CI/CT/CD utilizes these agile DevOps principles ...
The last decade has seen a dramatic capture of digital material for machine learning production. This data is the basis for sense-making in AI, not as classical representations of the world with individual meaning, but as mass collections: ground truth for machine abstractions and operations. OpenAI’s GPT-3 language model is ...
Where: Cost: Free
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. Fuel up with a cocktail and prepare to roam free through six spacious outdoor and indoor spaces. Be ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
We’re kicking off Women’s History Month by hearing from local women in science at the helm of human health research. Ologies podcast host Alie Ward returns to lead a panel of Bay Area scientists as they discuss their latest discoveries amidst the ongoing pandemic. Among them is Izabela Mauricio Rezende, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19 - $17 depending on entrance time
The Conservation of Coyote Ridge - LivestreamJoin Dr. Stu Weiss, a champion for the unique history and conservation significance of Coyote Ridge. Explore the connections that exist between humans, butterflies, plants, and a rare soil type. This exciting hour-long presentation will be followed by 30 minutes for questions with the audience. Learn why our local wildflower ...
This week on NightSchool, we’re doing things a little bit differently. Alie Ward, host of the Ologies podcast, returns to kick off our annual celebration of Women’s History Month - and we’re streaming the science directly from the Academy floor. Join us as we hear from a panel of Bay ...
Marine scientist Dr. Stephen Palumbi answers our questions about whales (and other marine life) in this online encore presentation of Wonderfest's in-person February-6th event in St. Helena. With an easy-to-procure library card number, begin by watching 2021's The Loneliest Whale. [It's streaming via the FREE Kanopy service, associated with many ...
Science at Cal - First Fridays OaklandJoin Science at Cal and the Lawrence Hall of Science as we put the "A" in "STEAM" at the next First Fridays, a popular art and street fair in downtown Oakland! We'll be exploring the space where science meets art through a Cal student's gallery of Black physicists and a ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
First Friday: Into the RedwoodsGet up close and personal with live appearances by ladybugs, newts and banana slugs and films of them with KQED’s Deep Look program. Discover the mycelium network with the film Fantastic Fungi. Experience live insects with entomologist Ralph Washington Jr., take a guided hike in the Redwood Regional Park with ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 Adults, $10 Kids/Seniors, $5 Members
Why do Dark Matter Halos Die Together: An Intergalactic Murder Mystery - LivestreamGalaxies live their lives deep within massive invisible clumps of dark matter called "dark matter halos." The overwhelming gravity of dark matter halos cause their growth and evolution to control and dominate the long-term growth of the galaxies within them. This fact has been widely used to compare our largest ...
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 03/05/22
Frog Docent Program - LivestreamSpend time outdoors and become a community scientist with Marin Water’s Frog Docent Program! Help protect the foothill yellow-legged frogs, a federal and state species of special concern, by monitoring habitat conditions and educating hikers at Little Carson Falls. Learn about the frogs in the Marin watershed by joining our online ...
The content shared on social media is the largest data set on human thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in history. We use Natural Language Processing and machine learning to leverage this data for social good and psychological science. I will demonstrate how Facebook data can be used to predict depression of ...
Where: Cost: Free
Women in Astronomy - LivestreamIn the field of astronomy research, women have made some of the greatest contributions, even when access to the discipline was restricted. For example, a century ago women were enlisted to organize the data collected by new telescopes. It was these women, who were often condemned to only the most ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Unbearable Lightness of Dark Matter - LivestreamThe nature of dark matter remains one of the biggest mysteries in our current understanding of the universe. As ongoing experiments continue to rule out large regions of phase space for higher-mass dark matter (e.g. WIMPs), new ideas for the direct detection of low mass (sub-GeV) are needed. In this ...
Strong winds in Southern Ocean storms drive air-sea carbon and heat fluxes and these fluxes are integral to the global climate system. Evidence from a range of sources indicates that the wind speeds that drive these fluxes are increasing. We present results from an experiment using the Biogeochemical Southern Ocean ...
Examining Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry with DUNE - LivestreamFollowing the Big Bang, the universe was created in equal parts matter and antimatter. Yet, we live in a matter dominated universe today. Leptonic charge conjugation - parity (CP) violation provides a possible rationale to explain the matter-antimatter asymmetry we observe. Accelerator-based long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments are uniquely well-suited to ...
The most common stars in the Universe are red dwarfs. These are small, faint, cool stars that range from one-tenth to one-half the diameter of the Sun and which have extraordinarily-long lifetimes. Recent surveys have discovered Earth-size planets around several red dwarf stars, including Proxima Centauri (the nearest star to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
