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 ...
