Finding Center: A Balancing Act between Circus and ScienceOriginally a physicist, Julia Ruth travels the globe entertaining audiences with her acrobatics. Her multiple careers enrich one another as she continues to meld the arts and sciences.Speaker: Julia Ruth
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Tuesday, 02/20/24
Stanford Atmosphere/Energy SeminarThe Atmosphere/Energy Seminar is an interdisciplinary seminar with talks by researchers and practitioners in the fields of atmospheric science and renewable energy engineering. Addresses the causes of climate, air pollution, and weather problems and methods of addressing these problems through renewable and efficient energy systems.Speaker: Robert Huppertz, Orbio EarthRoom 200-030
Research in string theory has uncovered deep connections between strongly coupled quantum systems with chaotic dynamics and the quantum physics of black hole spacetimes. The realization of these ideas for cosmological spacetimes such as de Sitter space is much less well understood. After highlighting some of the challenges for finding ...
CRISPR gene drive is a new technology, but it mimics a natural process that has been known since the 1950s. The genes in an organism sometimes subvert the ability of other genes in the same organism to produce gametes. Such genes are said to induce “segregation distortion†or “meiotic drive.†...
Astronomy on Tap Tucson #95: India’s Solar Space Telescope + Astronomical Explosions - LivestreamA Trial by Sun’s Fire: Designing a Telescope to Study the Solar Atmosphere with India’s First Solar Space ObservatorySpeaker: Aafaque KhanFireworks in the Sky: a tale of one of the most energetic explosions in our universeSpeaker: Manisha ShresthaOn tap this month, we have Steward Observatory graduate student talking about India’s ...
Speaker: Roberto Flores Arzu, Biologist by San Carlos de Guatemala University-USACAttend in person or online via Zoom (see weblink)Editor's Note: Michael Wood was originally scheduled to speak at this event.
Do non-human animals possess a sense of fairness? In particular, do non-human individuals react negatively when they get fewer resources than others? New evidence suggests that the sense of fairness is a human-unique adaptation to our cooperative lifestyles, typically developing in children by age 8. Further, a new theory suggests ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Wednesday, 02/21/24
Europe’s Digital Future: an holistic approach to digital inclusion - LivestreamAs the world transitions to a new digital economy, access to digital technologies becomes a fundamental necessity for all. However, our adaptation to this new digital economy is significantly lagging behind, with many countries disconnected from the digital world and others failing to take necessary actions to prepare for the ...
It is widely believed that “the environment†is in crisis; that humankind is degrading, contaminating, and transforming the natural world in unprecedented and urgently dangerous ways. The evidence for these claims come from diverse sources and disciplines, and it ranges in scale from the cellular to the planetary and from ...
The global energy transition toward a carbon-neutral future relies on the large-scale integration of renewables and electrification in transportation, civil infrastructure, and industrial manufacturing sectors. This talk addresses two challenges of this transition: (i) the aggregation of small but vast distributed energy resources (e.g., rooftop solar and electric vehicles) to ...
Join us in person for a fascinating conversation with Garry Nolan, a cancer researcher at Stanford School of Medicine, whose scientific research interests extend to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).The study of the unknown starts with an observation of nature that begs explanation. Science as a template for exploring nature, or ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members in person, $5/free online
Nerd Nite SF#139: Hiking Trails, Gender Equity in Medical Research, and the History of the PresidioHidden History of the Presidio/MarinaSpeaker: Lucas HoWhat are the earthquake shacks? How did Laguna St get its name? Where was Irish coffee introduced to the US? Learn all this, and more hidden history of the Presidio/Marina.Lucas is a software engineer living in San Francisco who was born and raised in ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 Advance, $15 at door
No one anticipated the startling explosivity of the Hunga Tonga eruption in 2022, despite intermittent and increasingly intense precursor eruptions. Why is it so difficult to forecast the magnitude and intensity of eruptions? Some clues are provided by the complex and protracted eruptive sequence that preceded the c. 7700ybp eruption ...
Satellite observations over the past two decades indicate an increase in the Earth’s Energy Imbalance (EEI), which comprises signatures of radiative forcing and feedback factors. What is driving the trend? We utilize climate models used for the IPCC AR6 assessment to investigate the roles of the plausible causal factors, including the internal variability of the ...
Achieving global water security necessitates the treatment of unconventional and underutilized sources, for which pressure-driven desalination technologies are particularly well-suited. In these technologies, the membrane is the critical component and requires material breakthroughs to realize paradigm-shifting performance. Attempts to improve performance have been inconsequential over the last several decades - ...
This talk will cover cybersecurity vulnerabilities discovered in private and public electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) systems and technologies that can reduce the risk of cyberattacks on these systems. Cybersecurity researchers have recently identified several vulnerabilities that exist in EVSE devices, communications to electric vehicles (EVs), and upstream services, such ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
SETI Live: 'Under Alien Skies: A sightseers guide to the Universe' - LivestreamPhil Plait, aka the Bad Astronomer, has been communicating and correcting space science since the turn of the century (sorry, Phil!). His first book, "Bad Astronomy", tackled numerous misconceptions and myths about astronomy and space missions. His second book, "Death from the Skies!", took a look at a variety of ...
Where: Cost: Free
Patience is a Virtue: The 15-Year NANOGrav Gravitational Wave ResultsThis past summer, the pulsar timing array community announced strong evidence for the presence of a stochastic background of nanoHertz frequency gravitational waves. This has been the primary goal of the community for the past two decades, and it took thousands of hours of telescope time, over 500,000 pulse arrival ...
This talk’s content might transform your 2024 Thanksgiving conversations! Our experiments show that a dozen different brief (usually under-five-minute) “hunks†of scientific information increase acceptance (among conservatives and liberals alike; i.e., without polarization) that anthropogenic Global Warming (GW) is occurring/concerning (e.g., Ranney & Velautham, 2021). These interventions include videos, temperature ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
After Dark: Fruiting FungiDid you know that mushrooms are the fruiting body of fungi? Hidden among forest floor and decaying logs, these ephemeral organisms are way more than a forager’s delight or a (sometimes) tasty dish. Join us for a fungi-tastic evening of mushroom identification and cultivation. Discover local specimens, use mushrooms for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
NightLife: Noise PopWe’ve got live music down to a science. Noise Pop Music and Arts Festival returns with a special guest. Stay tuned for details!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
The Hunt for Planet B - LivestreamThe Hunt for Planet B captures the human drama behind NASA's high-stakes Webb Telescope which launched on December 25, 2021. The film interweaves the creation of this massive machine - the most ambitious space observatory ever built - with the story of a pioneering group of female scientists on a ...
Where: Cost: Free
Electric Vehicle Financial Incentives Think you can’t afford an Electric Vehicle (EV)? Think again! Learn about the many financial assistance programs available for purchasing an EV. This webinar is available in Spanish and English. For more guidance, opt-in for a free consultation in the post-event survey.Register here.Â
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 02/23/24
Current Developments and the Future of Photovoltaic TechnologiesThe global PV market experienced consistent growth in the last decades that can well be called unparalleled. Since 1992 it is achieving an average annual growth rate above 30%!PV technology will continue to grow in energy conversion efficiency at ever-falling cost. We started with the old industry standard PV technology, ...
Climate change is already causing large damages from sea level rise, drought, and extreme weather. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions (often called ‘decarbonization’ reflecting the role of carbon dioxide in greenhouse warming) is imperative if these costs are to be mitigated or reduced. This seminar will draw on work from the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Saturday, 02/24/24
Celebrate Black History Month: AfrofuturismThis Black History Month, join Chabot Space and Science Center in a celebration of Black scientists, scholars, and artists of the past, present, and future. Afrofuturism is an activist aesthetic movement that imagines the future through a Black cultural lens. Through music, art, and storytelling, Afrofuturism imagines a just future ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free with admission
Science Saturday: SustainabilityLearn about energy and water conservation, minimizing food waste, and other actions you can take to help the Earth. Community partners will share what their organizations are working on and we will have lots of hands-on conservation activities for the whole family.
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Salamander Search at SanbornSanborn is famous for its amphibians; you just need to do some extra searching to find them! Join us for a fun day of looking under rocks, logs, and other unique hiding spots that Sanborn’s Salamanders call home!Ages 4 - 12, with registered adultRegister at weblink
Where: SaratogaCost: $25 per person
Stewardship Saturday: Navigating the Bay Shore with Cafe OhloneJoin Cafe Ohlone, Coyote Hills Regional Park, and The Marine Mammal Center as we embark on a winter hike through the marshes, along the bay shore, and up the hill, led by Cafe Ohlone co-founders and chefs Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino. Learn about Ohlone language, culture, and history; how ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Makerspace Science Talk with Dan PalanceJoin us for an informative presentation by Dan Palance on marine hotspots and their significance to coastal communities. Dan’s research uses hotspot concepts and advanced modeling to forecast shifts in top predator habitats and their prey. He collaborates with a large team from NOAA, UCSC, and beyond to bring cohesion ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission
Family Bird WalkLet family walks become a shared time of nature learning. We’ll begin by helping kids create their personal bird watching field guides, and then head out onto the trails to find those birds. A limited number of binoculars are available to borrow. Recommended for children ages 5-10. Extreme weather conditions ...
Take a relaxing walk in an area that often has striking sunsets while learning about the Don Edwards SF Bay Refuge. Image DetailsExperience the salt marsh at twilight on an easy stroll along refuge trails (about .6 miles). At the setting of the sun we will observe the beginning of ...
