Global AI: Reframing the Conversation - LivestreamThis event will showcase diverse perspectives on human-centered AI with a focus on decolonial values, AI innovation that centers underrepresented languages in technology development, and the use of AI tools in tackling misinformation in global contexts.See weblink for presentation topics and speakers, and to register
Where: Cost: Free
Coastal Walk at Pillar Point BluffJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for an afternoon walk 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 ...
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is a major contributor to global sea level rise, with concerns about the possibility of the ice sheet becoming unstable and causing irreversible retreat on decadal to centennial timescales. While the timing of self-sustaining retreat is challenging to estimate, it is largely controlled by ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Behind-the-Scenes Look at Pupping Season - LivestreamIt’s pupping season at The Marine Mammal Center: a time when our pens are filled with starving, young animals in need of care that Center staff and volunteers work to provide.Please join Veterinarian Dr. Mattison Peters as she describes a typical day at The Marine Mammal Center during our busiest ...
Where: Cost: Free
Virulent: The Vaccine War - LivestreamRecent years have seen the dialogue around vaccines devolve into a highly contentious, emotionally fraught firestorm, an ongoing collision between scientists and charlatans, truth and lies. Virulent: The Vaccine War is an invitation to think again, exposing the myths and laying bare the facts about vaccine science, its history, and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Technology and Diplomacy: The Rise of Multilateralism in the Bay AreaWe will explore the practice of tech diplomacy and the impacts of geopolitics, the opportunities and challenges it represents both for diplomatic representations and tech companies, and their mutual interactions.In 2018, Diplo, in cooperation with Swissnex in San Francisco, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, and the Geneva ...
Where: San FranciscoCost:
After Dark: See for YourselfThe Exploratorium is your playground after dark! Wander the galleries, sip a cocktail, and choose your own adventure with 600+ interactive exhibits. Can a garden transport you to another place? What memories are stirred by the scents of different plants? And how do sunflowers fit so many seeds in their ...
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, our alligator with albinism), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic ...
The modern “paleo†diet movement makes many assumptions about what our ancient human ancestors ate. But are these assumptions based on actual evidence? Presenting a variety of lines of evidence for prehistoric human diets including early human, animal, and plant fossils, ancient stone tools, DNA, and living human and chimpanzee ...
Where: Cost: Free
International Ocean Film FestivalThe 20th annual Internation Ocean Film Festival is dedicated to using film as a medium to increase public awareness of the environmental, social, and cultural importance of marine ecosystems and foster a spirit of ocean stewardship, IOFF is now the premier venue in North America for ocean-related films.Every year, IOFF ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies by day
Friday, 04/14/23
Alcatraz City Cruises' Community Day by the Bay!Alcatraz City Cruises hosts their first "Community Day by the Bay" on Friday, April 14 at the Pier 33 Landing in San Francisco. This free, day-long event will include prizes and a range of family-friendly activities that combine hands-on fun with informative education stations suitable for all ages!Education stations provided by:The Parks ...
Known worldwide as a legendary financier, philanthropist, medical research innovator and public health advocate, Michael Milken will detail his inspiring crusade to accelerate cures and treatments so more people around the world can live longer, healthier and more meaningful lives.Milken believes a multitude of health advancements are within reach, including ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members in person, $10/Free web
Deception Detection and Social Engineering Attacks - LivestreamHumans are naturally concerned about being deceived, so having assistance in identifying malicious verbal or nonverbal behaviors that may indicate deception would be extremely beneficial. With its emergence in courtrooms, detecting lies and deception has attracted the attention of psychologists, law enforcement professionals, and cognitive scientists. Despite extensive research in ...
Where: Cost: Free
Sonoma State University Astronomy Public Viewing NightsJoin members of the Sonoma State Physics - Astronomy department for public astronomy viewing. See weblink for map to the site.Event is weather dependent. Check the weblink prior to attending for last minute cancelations.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
International Ocean Film FestivalThe 20th annual Internation Ocean Film Festival is dedicated to using film as a medium to increase public awareness of the environmental, social, and cultural importance of marine ecosystems and foster a spirit of ocean stewardship, IOFF is now the premier venue in North America for ocean-related films.Every year, IOFF ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies by day
Saturday, 04/15/23
Spring Baylands Bioblitz with Environmental VolunteersJoin the BioBlitz.club and Environmental Volunteers for a Spring BioBlitz in the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve and Byxbee Park.Spring is a wonderful time for flowers, pollinators, as well as courting or nesting birds. Join us to learn about some of our native and non-native species, become a community scientist ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Bringing Back the Natives Virtual Garden TourThis delightful collection of native plant gardens ranges from Al Kyte’s 45-year-old wildlife oasis to brand new installations, from large lots in the hills to small front-yard gardens, from local native plants to natives from throughout California, and from gardens designed and installed by owners to those designed and installed ...
Where: Cost: Donation requested
Tri-Valley Innovation FairThe Tri-Valley Innovation Fair is a fun and amazing event that connects everyone to the excitement of science, engineering, and technology. Over 80 exhibitors will showcase the region’s diverse accomplishments and rich learning opportunities. Meet people who make innovation happen in local companies, schools, and community organizations. Interactive hands-on activities ...
Where: PleasantonCost: Free
20th Anniversary KIPAC Community DayJoin us to celebrate KIPAC's 20th anniversary! This event will take the form of an astronomy festival, featuring numerous stations of live demonstrations, experiments, and hands-on activities. A series of mini science lectures will also be running in parallel, introducing the latest discoveries made by KIPAC in the field of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Sunset Hike at Mindego HillJoin 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 ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
International Ocean Film FestivalThe 20th annual Internation Ocean Film Festival is dedicated to using film as a medium to increase public awareness of the environmental, social, and cultural importance of marine ecosystems and foster a spirit of ocean stewardship, IOFF is now the premier venue in North America for ocean-related films.Every year, IOFF ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies by day
Sunday, 04/16/23
Bringing Back the Natives Virtual Garden TourThis delightful collection of native plant gardens ranges from Al Kyte’s 45-year-old wildlife oasis to brand new installations, from large lots in the hills to small front-yard gardens, from local native plants to natives from throughout California, and from gardens designed and installed by owners to those designed and installed ...
Where: Cost: Donation requested
Presidio: Changes Through TimeJoin the National Park Service and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the GGNRA!This half-mile, level walk shows the historical changes to the Presidio, from the Spanish fort all the way to the new Tunnel Tops. Who benefitted from these changes, and who did not?Learn about the people who lived here, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
5th Annual Data Science Forum 2023: Tech for Social GoodThe Data Science Forum is the largest data science-related event at UC Berkeley. It is an annual all-day career-driven event hosted by the Data Science Society at Berkeley, SAAS, and Big Data at Berkeley. The forum invites prominent speakers to share and discuss with students current revolutions in the Data ...
Join us along with our community partners Peninsula Open Space Trust and Bat Conservation International for a special presentation about the basics of bats, San Jose bats, and what you can do in your own yard to help! Bats are vital to healthy ecosystems and human economies worldwide. Yet these ...
Where: Cost: Free
International Ocean Film FestivalThe 20th annual Internation Ocean Film Festival is dedicated to using film as a medium to increase public awareness of the environmental, social, and cultural importance of marine ecosystems and foster a spirit of ocean stewardship, IOFF is now the premier venue in North America for ocean-related films.Every year, IOFF ...
Wildfire Modeling: Challenges, Progress, and OpportunitiesWildfires are a significant part of the global fire safety problem. Each year they burn millions of acres of land, lead to loss of life, and cause billions of dollars in damages. Just in the U.S. the adjusted impacts of wildfires exceeded $100 Billion over the past 22 years. A ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Response of Weyl fermions - topological protection, fragility and cooperationTopological electronic materials host exotic boundary modes, that cannot be realized as standalone states, but only at the boundaries of a topologically classified bulk. Topological semimetals, whose bulk electrons exhibit chiral Dirac-like dispersion, host Fermi-arc states on their boundaries. These surface bands disperse along open momentum contours terminating at the ...
Design of the first fusion laboratory experiment to achieve target gain > 1The inertial fusion community have been working towards ignition for decades, since the idea of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) was first proposed by Nuckolls, et al., in 1972. On August 8, 2021 and Dec 5th 2022, the Lawson criterion for ignition was met and more fusion energy was created than ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Resilient and Renewable Power for California High-Speed RailCalifornia High-Speed Rail will serve as the backbone for a modern, integrated statewide passenger rail network that will connect California’s urban, suburban and rural communities with fast, frequent service. It will be the first rail system in the world to run on 100% renewable energy and is setting up a ...
When a professional astronomer looks through a small telescope, they see the same things amateur astronomers do. In this talk, astronomer Matthew Shetrone will discuss some of the wonderful things we all might see through backyard telescopes like the library's own 4.5 inch reflector telescope, and the connections between the ...
Biologic and Resource Analog Investigations in Low Light Environments (BRAILLE) is a multi-year, NASA-funded Mars analog project centered around fieldwork in volcanic caves at Lava Beds National Monument in Northern California. We are motivated to search for evidence of life on Mars beneath its surface - and one way to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
 Stanford marine biologist Ceyenna Tillman on A Unique Case Study in Fish Behavior - We don't often think of fish as individuals with independent minds, making their own decisions about how to react to the world around them. We often study them through important and informative large-scale lenses such as ...
The world today is facing unprecedented economic, social, and environmental dynamics. As the global community continues to navigate these changes and challenges, political leaders seek to articulate fresh visions on how countries may steer a clear course. President Petro will provide a perspective from Latin America on the critical issues ...
In this talk, I will discuss the development of new methods for controlling and cooling atoms based a one-way wall that utilizes photon entropy. This construction realizes the historic thought experiment of Maxwell’s demon for large ensembles, exactly as predicted by Maxwell. It is now being applied to atoms as ...
Muir WoodsListen to stories and a short history of Muir Woods as a National Monument. Learn about Coast Redwoods and fire practices of the Coast Miwok. For ages 5 and older.Ranger Jackson Lam is part of the Community Programs & Outreach team with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area of the National ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Innovation in Space and Beyond: Meet former NASA Science Chief Thomas ZurbuchenJoin us on April 18, 2023, as we welcome Swiss-American astrophysicist Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, the former Science Chief at NASA, for a special talk about the role that teamwork plays in innovation and pushing scientific boundaries in the field of space research.Having led the team for the development of the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Two Talks: Popping the Science Bubble - LivestreamAntibiotic Resistance and Intracelular Adaptation of PseudomonasSpeaker: Naren G Kumar, Optometry & Vision Science, UC BerkeleyShades of Risk: How Safe are Artificial Food Colors for Kids?Speaker:Ruwan Thilkaratne, Epidemiology, UC BerkeleyZoom: http://bit.ly/PtSBBerkeleyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/berkeleypubliclibrary
Where: Cost: Free
Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century - LivestreamApplying mathematical tools In sustainability with Eugene Fiorini, Founder and Director of Fiorini & Associates. See weblink for Zoom information.Part of 2023 Earth Stewardship Symposium
More than 80% consumer Internet traffic is for videos and most of them are recorded videos. Meanwhile, many organizations (such as national parks, vacation resorts, departments of transportation) provide real-time visual data (images or videos). These videos allow Internet users to observe events remotely. This speech explains how to discover ...
With hundreds of bird species found throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, we are fortunate to have several birding organizations dedicated to appreciating and conserving the birds here. In the second part of SFBBO's Birding the Bay Area series, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society and Sequoia Audubon Society will share ...
Wendy will talk about the hunting and eating traditions in two mushroom loving regions: Southwest China, and south central Africa, and contrast those traditions with ours here in North America.She is currently a resident of Mendocino County. Wendy was a newsletter editor and speaker coordinator for the MSSF. She has ...
Where: Cost: Free
Long Now: Resisting DystopiaJoin us for a thought-provoking conversation between two Hugo award-winning science fiction authors, Becky Chambers and Annalee Newitz. Known for challenging classic science fiction tropes such as war, violence, and colonialism, both authors create vivid and immersive worlds that are filled with non-human persons, peace, and a subtle sense of ...
A chance encounter with an undiscovered coral reef system became Antal Borcsok’s life mission. With perseverance and lots of help this reef system went from unknown in 2010, to being a Marine Protected Area recognized by the Honduran Congress in 2018. Today Antal and his wife Alejandra co-own the first ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Commercial Kitchens in an Electric Era - LivestreamWith California's ambitious climate goals in the balance, scaling up electrification beyond new residential construction is an important priority for many businesses. As businesses are bringing employees back to the office, it’s the right time to consider electrifying break rooms, cafeterias and other dining areas. Hear from pioneers in the ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has focused on a paradigm in which intelligence inheres in a single agent, and in which agents should be autonomous so they can exhibit intelligence independent of human intelligence. Thus, when AI systems are deployed in social contexts, the overall design is often naive. Such a paradigm ...
International Dark Sky Week eventWhat is light polution? How you can help. Why it matters.Featuring Don Jolley: "The Ground Overhead and the Stars Underfoot"
Where: Point Reyes StationCost: Free
SETI Talks - Do ETs Watch Us? What Do They See?Let’s assume that extra-terrestrial civilizations exist in our galaxy. Like us, they are conducting their own SETI research to find us, see us and study us. What would they see? What methods could they use to learn about us? What technologies have they invented to see and listen to us. ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
'Field Guide to North American Flycatchers' - LivestreamMeet the author and illustrator behind the brand new in-depth field guide on the two challenging genera of North American Flycatchers. Lee and Birch will discuss their many projects over the years, why they work so well together. They will give us a tour of their new publication and show ...
Virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) wearable displays strive to provide perceptually realistic user experiences, while constrained by limited compute budgets, hardware, and transmission bandwidths of wearable computing systems. This presentation describes two different ways in which a greater understanding of the human visual system may assist in achieving this goal. ...
The modern “paleo†diet movement makes many assumptions about what our ancient human ancestors ate. But are these assumptions based on actual evidence? Presenting a variety of lines of evidence for prehistoric human diets including early human, animal, and plant fossils, ancient stone tools, DNA, and living human and chimpanzee ...
Peter is a long-time Bay Area mycologist and microscopist, and has studied mycology at University of Washington and SFSU. He has been very active in microscopy outreach and education around the SF Bay Area, and is an emiritus president of the San Francisco Microscopical Society and a former instructor in ...
Cannabis Toxicology: The Good, The Bad, and The Risky by Dr. Echo Rufer(Legal) cannabis is more popular (and available) than ever, but how do you make decisions about healthy use? Is natural safer than synthetic? Does a super high THC concentration actually matter? What was the deal with the “Vapegate†...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 online, $12 at door
Thursday, 04/20/23
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource 50th anniversary celebrationJoin us for a full day of talks and panel discussions looking at the past, present and future of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL). This event is open to the public with required advanced registration if you attend in person. See weblink for link to the stream to attend ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Curbing Climate Change through Carbon Removal - LivestreamStringent climate change targets, including lowering the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, will require both a decline in global emissions of CO2 and an increase in CO2 removal. CO2 removal describes an array of natural and technological strategies that capture and remove CO2 from the air and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Silicon Valley Leaders SymposiumSince Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Register ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
“Beyond Zero†Documentary Screening & Related Presentation2023 Earth Stewardship SymposiumFilm (82 min.): After a life-changing epiphany, the CEO of a global public company embarks on a high-stakes quest to eliminate all negative environmental impacts by 2020. To succeed, they must overcome deep skepticism, abandon the status quo, and ignite a new industrial revolution. Beyond Zero offers ...
The 6th Generation of Mobile Wireless - LivestreamThe first commercial 5G deployments were in March of 2019 - barely three years ago and the path to 6G is already a few years under way. It is without a doubt that 6G will be evolution and revolution beyond 5G, but some of the differences are already quite clear. ...
Where: Cost: Free
NightLife: StonedIt’s 4/20, you know what that means: let’s get stoned…by celebrating the wonders of geology! Wait, what were you thinking?Featured programming:From mammoths and whales to clams and snails, the Bay Area is home to some pretty cool fossils. Learn about the fascinating relics that live right beneath our feet with ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20.25
Startup Bites - Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, and ICT Pitch NightDon't miss your chance to connect, and expand your international network in the field of cyber, data, and ICT. Meet startups from our Innosuisse Bootcamp as well as from the Swiss VentureLeaders program during this pitching and networking event.Register at weblink
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
After Dark: Landscape Is HomelandCelebrate Earth Day as we honor our landscape’s original care keepers and explore the complex bonds that Indigenous communities have with the land that gave birth to them. Oral narratives often explain that these communities are not just from a land, but of a land: their very bodies and existence ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Moving for a Greener Future: The Climate Case for Public Transit Join San Francisco Transit Riders for a panel discussion and Q&A with transit and climate leaders from across the city! In honor of Membership Month and SF Climate Week, SFTR is hosting a panel discussion, on the importance of public transit in addressing San Francisco's climate goals, reducing greenhouse gas ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $5
Astronomy on Tap Santa Cruz: How to Build an ExoplanetIn 1995, the first exoplanet-planet orbiting another star- was discovered around a sun-like star. Everything we knew about planet formation and evolution was informed by our solar system until then. Fast forward almost 30 years later, and there are 5000+ exoplanets discovered to date. It turns out, exoplanets are as ...
Climate Change, SF Bay Birds, & Real SolutionsYou’ve probably heard about climate change, but do you know how it will impact Bay Area birds? Do you want to learn real solutions that can actually solve, and avoid, climate catastrophe? Juan Pablo Galván MartÃnez will answer all these questions and more during this important conversation.Speaker: Juan Pablo Galvan ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
NightSchool: Hard Core - LivestreamWe’re digging deep - and coming back with cores. Do the layers in these long cylinders of ice, soil, wood, or diatomaceous deep-sea sediment hold secrets about our planet’s past, present, and future? Of *cores* they do.Ages 21+
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 04/21/23
DNA DayActivities include a poster session highlighting UCSC's cutting edge research, resource fair, photo booth, hands-on strawberry DNA extraction, and other fun activities.
Speaker: Mimi Shiraasu-Hiza, Columbia UniversityAttend in person or online.
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Deep Clouds on JupiterDeep clouds on Jupiter are seen in cyclonic vortices, convective storms, and over a broad high-latitude expanse beyond 45 degrees north. Time-series Hubble imaging, combined with Juno lightning detections, shows that these deep clouds are often associated with convective storms, but they can linger after convection concludes, or appear before ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
In Town Star PartyCome join San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) for an evening of stargazing.Event details: Events are held at the parking lot of our headquarters, Houge Park San Jose. Event duration is 2hrs. SJAA volunteers will share night sky views from their personal telescopes.Please refrain from bringing your own telescopes (Binoculars are ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Saturday, 04/22/23
Coyote Valley Earth Day Celebration!This Earth Day, celebrate with us at Spreckels Hill for this free special event for the whole community.During this celebration you can enjoy family-friendly crafts, games, and an opportunity to share why you love Coyote Valley. Spreckels Hill was permanently protected as open space in 2019 and is not yet ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Earth Day at the RefugeThis year, the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and partners are celebrating Earth Day and 50 years of Endangered Species Act in a big way - and it will be fun for the whole family! The event will be an open house, with time to explore, learn ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Earth Day Seabird Science Family Workshop - First SessionJoin us at our Pier Classroom over the water near Crissy Field for a feather-filled seabird experience in celebration of Earth Day. Activities include identifying seabirds from the pier using binoculars and learning about seabird life cycles and adaptations. We will have seabird artifacts and a giant chutes and ladders ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
Earth Day: Seeing Earth from SpaceFor Earth Day we invite you to a showcase of science, both on Earth and from space.  The first Earth Day in 1970 successfully channeled the spirit of activism into a global movement towards environmental action and awareness of what we now call climate change. The issue of climate change persists ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Landscape Is Homeland FestivalThis Earth Day weekend, come together for a day of celebration and programming presented in partnership with the Association of Ramaytush Ohlone and the American Indian Cultural District. Join Indigenous artisans and community members as they share practices, stories, and food that are deeply rooted in the California landscape. Enjoy ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Morning Hike at La Honda Open Space PreserveJoin 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 a POST Ambassador on ...
Where: La HondaCost: Free
Berkeley Bay FestivalConnect with the Bay and our local community through live music, performers, food, hands-on educational activities and free boat rides.This free family-focused event celebrates the Bay, its local wildlife, and the people and agencies dedicated to its protection. Over 30 environmental and wildlife conservation organizations from around the Bay will share ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Earth Day Seabird Science Family Workshop - Second SessionJoin us at our Pier Classroom over the water near Crissy Field for a feather-filled seabird experience in celebration of Earth Day. Activities include identifying seabirds from the pier using binoculars and learning about seabird life cycles and adaptations. We will have seabird artifacts and a giant chutes and ladders ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15
Home Electrification FairThere are plenty of good reasons to switch from gas to electric: Health. Safety. Longterm savings. And of course, climate. And there are a lot of good questions:Where do I start? Oven? EV charger? Heat pump?Do I need to upgrade my electrical panel?How do I find contractors I can trust?What ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Free National Parks DayAdmission to most US National Parks is free today, the first day of National Park Week
Join Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Santa Clara Open Space Authority, and Santa Clara County Parks as we co-host the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. The film program will also be available virtually to all who register for the event, available to watch from the ...
Using Research for Regulatory Development: Direct Potable Reuse in CaliforniaIn several places throughout the world, water scarcity is driving communities to pursue new water resources such as the potable reuse of wastewater. The State of California has long been a leader in the field of indirect potable reuse, where purified effluents are routed through environmental buffers (e.g., aquifers or ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
A brain-inspired electronic learning machineContrastive learning algorithms have recently been proposed for training physical networks such as mechanical, flow and electrical networks to perform arbitrarily complex machine learning tasks not by minimizing a global cost function as in artificial neural networks, but in a manner more similar to the brain, using only local information. ...
Molly Schumer is an Assistant Professor in Biology. She is interested in genetics and evolutionary biology. After receiving her PhD at Princeton, she did her postdoctoral work at Columbia and was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows and Hanna H. Gray Fellow at Harvard Medical School. Current ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
What Physicists DoSpeaker: Tomi Akindele, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Nuclear fusion powers the stars, and the goal of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is to bring this game-changing energy source to Earth in a controlled laboratory setting. After many decades of research by a cast of thousands, for the first time ever, a laser-driven ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tuesday, 04/25/23
Shaded Fuel Break: Lessons Learned Post Wildfire in the San Vicente Redwoods - LivestreamWhat to learn more about how four land trusts implement land conservation and fire resiliency? Join a variety of practitioners who come together to manage fuels on private conservation land critically located adjacent to high-fire risk communities in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Susie Petrie, Senior Stewardship Project Manager at Peninsula Open ...
Amy Westervelt has made a career out of exploring the underbelly of the oil industry through complex and compelling storytelling. From her investigative series Drilled to her latest project Light Sweet Crude, focused on the new wave of "oil colonialism," Westervelt dives deep into the true crimes of the fossil ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members in person
Groundwater Rise Adaptation: Insights from Miami and San Rafael - LivestreamSea level rise has increased the urgency of adapting to groundwater rise. As the Bay Area experiences higher and higher water tables, it must contend with a greater frequency of flooding, potentially compromised underground infrastructure and structural foundations, increasing liquefaction risk during earthquakes, and movement of soil contaminants. Join us ...
Anomalous hydrodynamics of low dimensional quantum systemsThe field of hydrodynamics of quantum systems has experienced a revival in the past decade, as an effective theory describing how many-body quantum systems evolve from local to global equilibrium. This has been largely driven by the advent of new experimental platforms, from strongly interacting ultracold gases to pristine solid-state ...
Our human lives involve remarkable forms of practical organization: diachronic organization of individual activity; small-scale organization of shared action; and the organization of institutions. A theory of human action should help us understand these multiple forms of human practical organization and their inter-relations. I argue that a key is our ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Swiss Cyber Night at RSA2023 is set to be pivotal for digital technologies, presenting significant opportunities as well as potential risks. On one hand, we are seeing tremendous advances reaching the masses, like ChatGPT and generative AI.On the other hand, the global discussions around the regulations of technology and the volatile global geopolitical environments ...
Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things â€" each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and documenting their discoveries. Ultimately, they lost their lives in a 1991 volcanic explosion, leaving a legacy that forever enriched our knowledge of the natural ...
Where: Cost: Free
What Feces Can Tell Us About the Health of the Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales - LivestreamThe Southern Resident killer whales are one of the most studied and well-known endangered species on the planet, yet efforts to save them have been largely unsuccessful. How can research be translated into meaningful policy or action to guide their recovery to reverse the declining trend in the population? In ...
 The geometry of the ancient Greeks took place on an ideal, infinite, flat plane. In the millenia since then, mathematicians have opened our minds to the more general and flexible geometries of curved spaces - from the fabric that makes up our clothing, to the spacetime around a black hole. ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Wednesday, 04/26/23
Coastal Walk at Cowell-Purisima TrailJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful walk along the Cowell-Purisima trail that POST helped create by protecting adjacent farmland. While it may be foggy, we hope to catch gorgeous views of the ocean, nearby farmland, and glimpses of harbor seals, pelicans, hawks, rabbits, and whales during the winter ...
Killer whales are not universally loved. Through history and in many different places of the world their story is one of fear and persecution. Marine mammal biologist and cofounder of The Whale Center in Andenes, Norway Hanne Strager talks about her research in Norway and her book The Killer Whale ...
The question that has intrigued copyright professionals since the mid-1960s is whether computer-generated texts and images would be eligible for this law’s protection. Early on, the consensus was that artificial intelligence (AI) is just a tool, like a camera, so humans could claim copyright in machine-generated outputs to which they ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Revealing connections in the sea: insights into the processes shaping the spatial distribution of marine fishesUnderstanding the spatial distribution of species, as well as identifying the underlying mechanisms influencing these patterns, are essential to properly understand how biodiversity is generated and maintained in the sea. The scale at which these patterns occur can illuminate evolutionary and ecological processes influencing these patterns, which in turn are ...
'Social Forestry' by Tomi Hazel VaardeThe Ecology Center and book publisher, Synergetic Press, presents the official release of Tomi Hazel Vaarde’s book, Social Forestry: Tending the Land as People of Place with an intimate book signing with renowned author, Tomi Hazel Vaarde. This book is a must for anyone who wants a reciprocating relationship with their communities, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Lessons from the Covid WarAs the formal COVID-19 emergency comes to an end nationally and locally, a growing number of reports and investigative bodies are beginning to explore what went wrong and right with the country’s response to the COVID crisis. One of the most important is the COVID Crisis Group (CCG), a team ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members in person, $5/Free web
Peninsula Gem & Geology SocietyNeil Delfino will be giving us a presentation on field trips that are near to the Bay Area. These are locations where agates, jaspers, magnesite, agatized magnesite, and possibly a few other useful rocks are found. None of the sites involve 4X4 travel. Examples of the rocks to be found ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
The Legendary Alto and Research at the EdgeWhat if we had a time machine that could help us invent the future? In 1973, the innovators at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) had exactly that. The Alto computer transported computing 15 years into the future with its groundbreaking features and functions. A half century later, how we live ...
The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Dec. 25, 2021, and commissioning was completed in early July 2022. With its 6.5 m golden eye, and cameras and spectrometers covering 0.6 to 28 μm, Webb is already producing magnificent images of galaxies, active galactic nuclei, star-forming regions, and planets. Scientists ...
Nature makes a variety of small molecules with unique chemical structures and sometimes useful biological activities to enhance and improve human health. However, naturally-occurring small molecules can also have detrimental effects on human health and the environment as a whole. One major example of this are harmful algal blooms that ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Thursday, 04/27/23
Educator Workshop: Unstable Table (K-5) - LivestreamBuild your own Unstable Table! Experience a classic Exploratorium tinkering project, then bring it back to your classroom. In this activity, tinker with objects on a platform to figure out how to balance them in ways that don’t always look like they should be possible. Arrange and rearrange objects on ...
Henry Gonzalez, Deputy Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), will discuss the GCF's climate projects, specifically focusing on climate mitigation and adaptation perspectives.See weblink for stream information
Where: Cost: Free
Videogame Science and UFOs - LivestreamWhat’s a videogame programmer doing analyzing UFO videos? And why should people trust what a programmer has to say when people with PhDs in physics disagree with him? In many ways, videogame programmers make ideal UFO investigators: the simple math used to make 3D objects move in a virtual setting ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: Genetic GhostsParents share more than just DNA with their children; they pass down biological information from past lives: genetic ghosts. These ghosts come in many forms, from cells to antibodies to bits of ancient DNA. Children inherit cells from their mothers - actual cells that persist through their lives. Offspring can ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Gravity Never Sleeps - Landslide Science and Risk Reduction - LivestreamLandslides contribute to the cascading hazards from wildfire, flooding, earthquakes, and climate change.Learn about the latest science and technologies for detecting, survelling and forecasting landslides.Learn about the new National =Strategy for Landslide Loss Reduction.Speaker: Jonathan Godt, USGS Landslide Hazards Program CoordinatorSee website for link to Microsoft Teams to attend.Â
Throughout the millennia, total solar eclipses have instilled fear in some people while inspiring others, as the Sun’s wispy corona reveals itself in fleeting moments lasting anywhere from seconds to under 7 minutes. The recognition that the Sun’s corona is the extension of the solar atmosphere into space, together with ...
Silicon Valley's 'Possible Self' STEAM experiential/Expo “Possible Selfâ€Â is a STEM experiential family event unlike any other. The mission of the "Possible Self" experiential is to stimulate and increase the interest of our youth in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) by presenting and producing exciting demonstrations, hands-on, engaging experientials, geeky games, historical exhibits, stage performances and more ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free to the Public and Vendors
This Science Saturday it's the Fossil Festival at the PG Museum! Come to the museum to see some of the coolest fossils in our collection, as well as fossils from some of our special guest community partners! Visit the Nature Exchange and get 100 extra credits if you bring in ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
EV Ride and Drive: Electrify your Ride Test drive electric vehicles (EVs) at the Sunnyvale Community Center. You can ask owners and experts questions about EVs. Attendees can ride along as passengers or take the driver seat in various EV models. Take a test drive to get a ticket for the on-site complimentary food truck. Take e-bikes ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Stewardship Saturday: Exploring Land and Sea (for High-Schoolers) we are excited to invite you to learn more about the terrestrial and aquatic animals The Marine Mammal Center and Lindsay Wildlife Experience care for! Through this event you will discover more about wildlife conservation careers, practice climate change communication, analyze the similarities and differences between various marine mammals and terrestrial ...
Where: LafayetteCost: Free
DART: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test - LivestreamNASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, is the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test, demonstrating one method of asteroid deflection technology. As part of NASA’s larger planetary defense strategy, the DART mission proved that a spacecraft can autonomously navigate to a target asteroid and intentionally collide with it, a ...
Josephine Hubbard and Lisa Walker are researchers in the SETI-Templeton Humpback Whale Research team within the McCowan-Vandeleest Laboratory of Biobehavioral Complexity, co-directed by Brenda McCowan, which seeks to understand how spatial and mathematical relations of networks relate to the content and quality of relationships and how such variation influences a diversity of ...
Where: Cost: Free
City Star Party - PresidioCome join the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers for free public stargazing of the Moon, planets, globular clusters and more!SFAA members with telescopes are encouraged to attend and share their views of the stars with the general public.Dress warmly. Due to the pandemic, social-distancing and masks are encouraged, but not required.Rain, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Jazz Under the StarsJazz Under the Stars is a FREE monthly public stargazing event! Occurring on the Saturday nearest the 1st quarter moon (check our Events Page), join us on the 4th floor observatory for a night of smooth jazz, bright stars, and a lot of fun! We play our jazz from CSM's own ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Sunday, 04/30/23
Community discussion: Bolinas Lagoon, Duxbury Reef, and the Bolinas Field StationPlease join Audubon Canyon Ranch and College of Marin (COM) for a presentation and discussion of the current and future science and state of Bolinas Lagoon, Duxbury Reef, and COM’s Bolinas Field Station. Post-presentation field trip led by Gwen Heistand and Joe Mueller.Please bring your binoculars for the field trip.SPEAKERSGwen ...
Where: Stinson BeachCost: Free
Easy Morning Walk at WavecrestEnjoy a refreshing morning hike along the bluffs of the Wavecrest Trail! This family-friendly hike is an easy 2-mile walk and great for all ages and levels of hikers.This serene space is surrounded by POST-protected agricultural land and open space. Many people enjoy this scenic hike because of the great ...
Where: Half Moon BayCost: Free
Urban Natives in the Bernal CutCome explore the hidden treasure trove of urban open spaces filled with natives and a potential super bloom this Spring. We will travel along the Glen Park Greenway and tour the native grass meadow. Skirting along Arlington Street to San Jose Ave we will see both the impact of transportation on ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Monday, 05/01/23
Climate and Energy in Africa: What We're Getting WrongVia the SDGs and COP, the world is committed to tackling the big global crises of poverty and climate change. But the policies for fostering net zero emissions, universal access to energy, and full employment are confused when it comes to Africa, a region that will soon be home to ...
Using proxies to assess anthropogenic effects on under-monitored equatorial Pacific reefsCoral reefs are struggling as anthropogenic warming fuels an increase in the frequency and intensity of Marine Heat Waves, causing widespread bleaching and coral death. Yet some reefs, including those in the bullseye of El Niño’s impact, endure. Uncovering their secret could shed critical new light on the mechanisms by ...
Dr. Kristy Red Horse is an Associate Professor at Stanford University’s Department of Biology and Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine. She is interested in cardiovascular development and regeneration. Current research in the Kristy Red-Horse Lab, centers on how coronary vessels of the heart develop duing embryogenesis and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Getting information from quantum black holesBlack holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, which makes them interesting for theorists trying to understand how the foundational theories of physics - quantum mechanics and general relativity - work together. I’ll describe recent progress on this problem, driven by looking at black holes through the lens ...
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with anthropogenic emissions serving as a key contributor to climate change. In the oil and gas sector, “super-emitters†are a relatively small number of methane sources that are disproportionately responsible for a large fraction of total methane emissions. However, advances in remote sensing technologies ...
Using new and published marine fossil radiocarbon (14C) measurements, a tracer uniquely sensitive to circulation and air-sea gas exchange, we establish several benchmarks for Atlantic, Southern, and Pacific deep-sea circula- tion and ventilation since the last ice age. We find the most 14C-depleted water in glacial Pacific bottom depths, rather ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Symmetry, topology, and the many faces of condensed matterSymmetry is powerful principle in physics, allowing us to make exact statements even in regimes where controlled calculations are challenging or impossible. Thus, understanding the ways in which different types of symmetries can constrain phases of matter is an important component of understanding what nature is capable of. Â In this ...
Increasingly severe and frequent floods and droughts inevitably spur calls for higher levees, bigger drains, and longer aqueducts. But as we grapple with extreme weather, a hard truth is emerging: our development, including concrete infrastructure designed to control water, is actually exacerbating our problems. Because sooner or later, water always ...
With hundreds of bird species found throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, we are fortunate to have several birding organizations dedicated to appreciating and conserving the birds here. In the third part of SFBBO's Birding the Bay Area series, Madrone Audubon and Napa-Solano Audubon will share a few of their ...
The nature of dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries of the modern era. All the matter that we see makes up just one sixth of the total mass of the Universe - there’s five times as much again in this mysterious stuff we call ‘dark matter’. We know ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Wednesday, 05/03/23
Polycentric governance in the Sacramento-San Joaquin DeltaDr. Rittelmeyer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior at UC Davis where she researches science integration into policy in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Her dissertation examined perceptions of flood risk through interviews, media coverage of past flood events, and the timing of floods during ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Thursday, 05/04/23
Climate Displacement in the Shadow of War: Feminist Refugee Perspectives on Hydro-disaster“Climate-related migration,†“disaster mobility,†and “climate refugees†have become salient topics in the last decade in both the political and scholarly realms. Most of the discourse looks to the future, with mass migrations expected in the wake of ever more severe climate change. These climate mobilities tend to be regarded ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Drop. Cover. Hold On.Amy Williamson from UC Berkeley Seismology Lab presents a talk on earthquakes in California.
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
NightLife: Feel the ForceThe force is strong with this NightLife.You have been invited on a mission to party like a rebel in a galaxy not-so far, far away. Gather the droids, alert the Jedis, load up your X-wing, and get ready for an epic galactic adventure featuring a live lightsaber duel, cosmic marketplace, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
After Dark: RootsUncover the underground life of plants! Find out how plant roots serve up necessary carbon, water, and more for healthy life - then hear from researchers about how roots adapt to climate change. Get an up-close look at root systems, and learn about the vast underground networks that connect plants ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
The Insect Crisis is a Human CrisisInsects can seem to be everywhere, all at once, sometimes to an annoying extent. Three out of four every four known animal species on Earth are insects, after all. But these dazzlingly adept creatures, which pre-date the dinosaurs, are suffering a silent yet hugely consequential crisis, with their numbers plummeting ...
The incomparably dynamic theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku is a correspondent for CBS: This Morning, host of two weekly science radio programs, and the author of many books including The Future of the Mind, Physics of the Impossible, and The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $49
Friday, 05/05/23
Bair Island Walking TourJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a walking tour at Bair Island! You’ll be guided by POST ambassadors who will share the history of this beautiful protected space, information about the species that live there, and what you can do to contribute.This easy 1.5 mile walk with little to no ...
First Friday Climate Series: What is Weather?Ever wonder what happens in our atmosphere that can make it cold and rainy one day and hot and dry the next? Weather is a series of events that result in some amazing and downright fascinating effects. But how does this all work? Come learn from meteorologists and scientists how ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 General, $10 Kids/Seniors, $5 Members
Cutting-edge technology is revolutionizing human origins research and changing the way we understand our uniquely human traits. In this lecture, Gordon P. Getty Award laureate Dr. Carol Ward will guide us through the process of finding fossils and using modern approaches to unlock their secrets.Attend in person or online
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, Students and Leaky members Free
Drop-in anytime between 9 am and 11 am to bird with us! SCVAS volunteers will be stationed at Palo Alto Baylands on the north side of the duck pond with binoculars to help you identify the huge variety of shorebirds and ducks that call the Bay Area home. No RSVP ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
One Tam Forest Health TourWalk and talk with One Tam partner staff through a Forest Health project area. Learn more about the why's and how's of One Tam's work to help improve the health and resilience of Mt. Tamalpais'Â forests. Led by Danny Franco, Project Manager at the Parks Conservancy, and Suzanne Whelan, Volunteer Coordinator ...
'All the Little Things' - EcoCenter Family EventIn this special public program, join the Environmental Volunteers to learn about the importance of the "little things" in our ecosystem - insects, decomposers, etc. Discover how these organisms that we don't always see help the environment in big ways. This event will feature 3 separate activity stations, each with a ...
 Every human's previous encounters with reality are the source of internal mental predictions that help to shape future experiences. So, seeing the "real world" (or hearing sounds, or feeling pain, or ...) involves a personal, ideosyncratic filter/kaleidoscope. This prediction-based theory of mind is quite hopeful. More than a facile version ...
Where: Cost: Free
WHISPERS FROM THE COSMOS: The Dawn of Gravitational Wave AstronomyVirtually everything we know about the Universe has been discovered from the study of photons --- light in all its myriad forms from radio waves, to visible light, to x-rays and beyond. At the dawn of the 21st century, advanced technology is providing access to the Cosmos through detection of ...
Observations of turbulent dissipation in the coastal ocean from an autonomous underwater vehicleThe location and intensity of mixing in the world’s oceans is a fundamental topic of modern oceanography, yet the range of dynamical scales in oceanic flows has challenged efforts to quantify when and where dissipation of mechanical energy occurs. Such knowledge is essential to global climate science and prediction. Although global ocean models can resolve ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Landscape of Particle Accelerators, Snowmass Planning for Future, and Ultimate CollidersFor over half a century, high-energy particle accelerators have been a major enabling technology for particle and nuclear physics research as well as sources of X-rays for photon science research in material science, chemistry and biology. We will briefly review recent advances worldwide to increase the energy and improve the ...
Mike Morgan will share his reflections and lessons learned from 30 years as a leader and venture investor in a range of energy businesses that have seen significant transitions, including: natural gas infrastructure, residential solar, batteries + AI, and energy-optimizing software.Michael Morgan is Founder, Chairman and CEO of Triangle Peak PartnersAttend ...
Ravi Majeti(Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine) on "Stem Cells and Reprogramming in Human Acute Leukemia"TBA ... Thomas Haakenson(California College of the Arts) on "Kurt Schwitters and the Space, Sound, Sexuality of Dada Resistance"The year 2023 marks roughly the centennial of some of the ...
The nature of dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries of the modern era. All the matter that we see makes up just one sixth of the total mass of the Universe - there’s five times as much again in this mysterious stuff we call ‘dark matter’. We know ...
The birth of stars is one of the most complex problems challenging modern astrophysics. Understanding their origins is of fundamental importance to many areas of astronomy, from exoplanet studies to cosmology. While the study of the initial conditions of star formation in molecular clouds has accelerated during the past couple ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Colonial and imperial histories and contemporary realities often lead to the framing of marginalized populations’ linguistic practices as learning impediments, thereby scapegoating them as primary causes of educational and broader societal problems. This presentation draws on critical decolonial perspectives to understand the historical and contemporary consolidation of borders delimiting languages, ...
Women in AstrophysicsThere are proportionally more women in astrophysics than in many other branches of physics, but they are still in a minority. For many years the IAU (International Astrophysical Union)  has recorded separately its male and female membership. Using this data base I will review how the fraction of astrophysicists that ...
Two eclipses of the Sun are coming to North America during the 2023-24 school year - an annular (“ring of fireâ€) eclipse Oct. 14, 2023 and a total eclipse Apr. 8, 2024. People in two narrow paths will have the full eclipse experience each time. Everyone else (an estimated 500 ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free
Thursday, 05/11/23
Submarine Volcanic EruptionsMost submarine volcanic eruptions occur without being detected. When do record them,we find that submarine volcanoes erupt quite differently from volcanoes on land. I will summarize some of what we have learned over the last few years and hope to learn in the next few years from some new expeditions.Speaker: ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
InVADER Mission Conducts Deep-Sea Test - LivestreamA team of scientists and engineers from the SETI Institute, Impossible Sensing, NASA JPL, and other institutions will test their innovative robotic laser system on a deep-sea expedition aboard the E/V Nautilus. The mission, called InVADER (In-situ Vent Analysis Divebot for Exobiology Research), aims to advance technologies to explore, characterize ...
Where: Cost: Free
Investigating Pop Psychology: Pseudoscience, Fringe Science, and Controversies - LivestreamScience-based advances in the field of psychology continue to grow at an impressive rate; however, even more claims in psychology have little-to-no research support. What does it mean for a mental health treatment to be considered “evidence-based†and “science-based†- and how can you tell the difference?Psychologist Stephen Hupp will ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: Thought and ActionHow can art help us understand the world around us? How can it help us adapt to change? Tonight, use art as a lens to explore how we understand ourselves and our connected futures on this planet. Discover the experimental documentary Stitching the Future with Clues, which centers neurodivergence as ...
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, our alligator with albinism), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic ...
This talk will include a discussion of UFOs/UAPs and associated conspiracy theories, the strange object ‘Oumuamua, and more realistic ways of searching for extraterrestrial life. I’ll also share some of my thoughts on the likelihood of there being any other intelligent beings in our Milky Way Galaxy.Speaker: Dr. Alex Filippenko, ...
Abraham Verghese is Professor and Vice Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the School of Medicine at Stanford University. He is also a best-selling author and a physician whose focus on healing and empathy stands out in an era when technology often overwhelms the human side of ...
In this talk I will describe how pulsars (pulsating radio sources) were accidentally discovered during a research project to find quasars.Prof. Bell Burnell was responsible for the discovery of pulsars while a radio astronomy graduate student in Cambridge and has subsequently worked in gamma ray, X-ray, infrared and millimeter wavelength ...
Stanford biologist Billie Goolsby on Family Feud: Familial Decision-Making in Poison Frogs - Cooperation between parents tends to ensure family success, especially among poison frogs. Through direct observation, sound recordings, and hormone analysis, researchers test how coordination of parenting happens in nature - and how it predicts offspring survival.UC Berkeley physicist Ashwin Singh on Exploring ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 05/12/23
Coastal Walk at Pillar Point BluffJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for an afternoon walk 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 ...
Planning of marine areas is being developed worldwide to support ocean sustainability. However, a number of conceptual and practical challenges limit the effectiveness of developing and implementing MSP. On top of these challengesâ€"and with a high potential to significantly exacerbate themâ€"there is global climate change. Climate-induced changes in ocean conditions ...
Geophysical characterization of calderas is fundamental in assessing their potential for future catastrophic volcanic eruptions. The mechanism behind the unrest of Long Valley Caldera in California remains highly debated, with recent periods of uplift and seismicity driven either by the release of aqueous fluids above the magma chamber or by ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Nocturnal: Climate Conversations - CANCELEDWhen we think about nature in the San Francisco Bay Area, we tend to think its most iconic features like the redwoods, beaches, wildlife and especially the fog. As climate change continues to alter Northern California, we examine how this impacts some of our favorite natural treasures and what scientists ...
Where: OaklandCost: $20
Climate Fiction Storytellers The Climate Parables: Reporting from the FutureThe series starts with the idea that survival in the Anthropocene depends on upgrading not just our technology, but also our collective imagination. From there, acclaimed storytellers will perform work from some of the most creative science fiction writers such as Kim Stanley Robinson and Eliot Peper, speculating on what ...
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