Disrupted Energy Markets: Fossil Revival or Renewable Opportunity? - LivestreamAs Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and other economic pressures disrupt global energy markets, even insiders are scrambling to make sense of this moment. Is this when fossil fuels strike back or when renewables surge to gain market share? Or can both be true in different ways and time frames?The Biden ...
Where: Cost: Free
How to Make a Star We come from the stars. What if we could touch them? In this talk on building stars, telescopes, and communities, Dr. Nia Imara will present efforts to create the first 3D-printed stellar nurseries, with the aim of shedding light on the complex structure of star-forming environments; efforts to develop a ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
The TESS Mission: A Search for E.T. - LivestreamAs one of the most advanced photometric survey instruments, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has observed tens of millions of stars since 2018. Many of these stars display variable light output caused by various natural sources, including transits by surrounding exoplanets. With thousands of planet systems now known thanks ...
In the past two and a half decades, more than 4000 planets have been discovered orbiting other stars beyond our own Solar System. This has sparked a revolution in astronomy as we realize our Solar System is not alone. However, we still don’t know if our Solar System is rare ...
3D Navigation Method for the Visually ImpairedThe visually impaired must currently rely on navigational aids to replace their sense of sight, like a white cane or GPS(Global Positioning System)-based navigation, both of which fail to work well indoors. The white cane cannot be used to determine a user’s position within ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 05/19/22
What’s Next for Earth + Think Resilience - LivestreamWe live in a time of tremendous political, environmental, and economic upheaval. How can artists better understand and examine these interconnected crises, from pandemics and pollution to biodiversity loss and global warming? This conversation between Michele Guieu and Post Carbon Institute senior fellow, Richard Heinberg, will shed light on both the complex crises ...
Space: the final frontier? Discover the many wonders - and the myriad dangers - of our universe in an out-of-this-world show from astrophysicist and on-air host Paul M. Sutter. Choose your own adventure, just beware of black holes along the way! And while the universe is vast, capacity for this ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Dig into the mysterious side of the plant kingdom and uncover the secrets behind the world’s strangest flora.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.75 - $15.75 depending on entrance time
Science of Cocktails @ After Dark - SOLD OUTAt Science of Cocktails @ After Dark, you’ll enjoy:Experiments by the glass in the VIP loungeAll-included open bars serving beer and wine, specialty cocktails, and slices by Square Pie Guys*A special pop-up AMA with scientist, educator, and author Paul SutterFull access to After Dark - play with hundreds of interactive ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $75 General, $65 Members
The widespread belief that most birds have little sense of smell is a myth. Birds can produce complex scent signals that communicate with other birds. Scents play an essential role in birds’ lives, including mate choice. Birds also use smell in foraging and navigation.Danielle’s research has uncovered how birds produce ...
Against all odds, mangrove forests seemingly do it all. Learn how these amazing coastal ecosystems transform hot, muddy, salty swamps into thriving nurseries for marine life and above-ground habitat for other wildlife - and do more of their fair share of carbon storage.Featuring:Dr. Cinda Scott, Center Director at The School ...
Count your halosOne of the strongest predictions of the standard cold dark matter paradigm is the hierarchy of structure down to Earth-mass scales. However, individual self-bound clumps of dark matter--"halos"--are difficult to detect directly. Instead, we use galaxies as lampposts for halos. By counting galaxies, we can measure the underlying population of ...
In Town Star ParyWe plan to have a short introduction to night sky of the day followed by an observing session where SJAA volunteers will share views from their personal telescopes. Please refrain from bringing your own telescopes. If you like to be a volunteer with or without a telescope please email at ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Saturday, 05/21/22
Direct Imaging of Exoplanets - LivestreamThe exoplanets field has been revolutionizing astronomy over the past 20+ years and shows no signs of stopping. The next big wave of exoplanet science may come from direct imaging of exoplanets. Several non-habitable exoplanets have already been imaged from the ground and NASA’s next two flagship missions (Roman Space ...
Where: Cost: Free
Family Nature Walks - Baylands Nature PreserveEnvironmental Volunteers’ Family Nature Walks program is designed to help students and their families get to know our local open space areas. Small family groups will be guided by a knowledgeable environmental educator during an exploration of a local open space. These small groups will be introduced to fun nature-based ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
World Fish Migration Day Festival Organizations from around the world are organizing celebrations for World Fish Migration Day. Join us at the Seymour Center for a family-friendly festival. Engage with UC Santa Cruz researchers sharing their salmon-y science and community organizations highlighting how they protect and maintain the local fishery.See weblink for activity and presentation schedule
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Investigating Space: Back to the Moon NASA’s Artemis mission hopes to return humans to the Moon by 2025. How are they going to get there? Get a sneak peek at the Orion spacecraft, designed to take humans farther than we have ever gone before! In this latest installment of Investigating Space, learn more about the fascinating engineering ...
Discover the wonderful creatures of the Garden -- birds, butterflies, newts, frogs, lizards, foxes, snakes and more! Program includes a copy of the “Illustrated Guide to the Common Animals of the East Bay Hills†to take home! (one per family) All ages welcome. Children must be accompanied by ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $25 General, $15 General Child, $23/$13 Members
Earthquakes occur by overcoming fault friction, and therefore quantifying the resistance of faults is central to earthquake physics. Both static and dynamic friction values are required, and the latter is especially difficult to determine on natural faults. Perhaps the only way to solve the problem is to drill into a ...
This seminar will summarize insights from the 36th Energy Modeling Forum study (EMF36) on the magnitude and distribution of economic adjustment costs of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Under the Paris Agreement, countries have committed to emission reduction targets - so-called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) - in order to combat ...
Where: Cost: Free
Mechanisms of lipid quality control and ferroptosisJames Olzmann is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Molecular & Cell Biology and Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology at the University of California, Berkeley and an Investigator at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in San Francisco. Dr. Olzmann earned his B.S. in Biology at the University of Michigan and his ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Two talks: Discovering Secrets of Galaxies - LivestreamThe First Stars & GalaxiesAishwarya Balivada from Purdue University will briefly review the timeline of our earlier Universe, up until the Epoch of Reionization. Then describe the period, the instruments (telescopes) used to detect what is going on in the period, and the large scale structures she's been studying. Her ...
While volunteering at AbilityPath, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing services to people with disabilities, I realized a major problem some people faced was not access to technology but being able to use it. Specifically, the high levels of fine motor control needed to use the interface (such as mice, ...
Results from conventional direct-current (galvanostatic) operation during charge and discharge provide important key performance indicators such cycle life, capacity retention and rate performance. Systematic and smart adaptation of this technique can reveal precious additional information and can uncover underlying operation mechanisms and possible failure sources. In parallel, chemical-analytical methods cannot ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
May Butterfly Walk - First Session - FULLJoin Sally Levinson, 'caterpillar lady', and Sarab Seth, 'butterfly guy,' for a guided, family friendly, one hour walk through the Botanical Garden in search of butterflies. Bring binoculars if you have them. This walk follows uneven terrain, with areas of paved and unpaved trail.Register at weblink
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
May Butterfly Walk - Second Session - FULLJoin Sally Levinson, 'caterpillar lady', and Sarab Seth, 'butterfly guy,' for a guided, family friendly, one hour walk through the Botanical Garden in search of butterflies. Bring binoculars if you have them. This walk follows uneven terrain, with areas of paved and unpaved trail.Register at weblink
Measurements of the afterglow of the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background, have allowed physicists to piece together much of our modern understanding of the origin, composition, and evolution of the Universe. Future measurements hope to answer tantalizing questions ranging from the transient nature of the radio sky to the ...
Where: Cost: Free
The Race to Free Washington’s Last Orca in Captivity - LivestreamJoin the American Cetacean Society, San Francisco Bay Chapter for an inspiring presentation by Howard Garrett, founder of Orca Network. Mr. Garrett will speak about his organization’s efforts to return Southern resident killer whale, Tokitae, to her native habitat. Tokitae (“Tokiâ€) was captured from the L pod in 1970 at ...
