There has been a precipitous rise in suicide behaviors among youth in the U.S. over the past decade. Barriers to treatment, calamitous environments, hopelessness, and associated traumas are among the potential contributors. Additionally, artificial intelligence may hold premise for identifying modifiable risk factors. This talk will address these and other ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Strange Synergies: Generative AI and the Playful Mind - LivestreamPlease join the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation for another semester of Design Field Notes. As part of our ongoing course DES INV 95, this speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and public.Speaker: ...
In 1972 Phil Andersen articulated the motto of condensed matter physics as “More is different.†However, for most condensed matter systems many more is quite similar to more - this is why computer simulations of relatively small systems give insight into far larger systems. There are, however, systems in which ...
Engineering Stem Cells and Extracellular Components for Tissue Regeneration and Translational MedicineThis presentation is providing an overview of the ongoing research at the UC Davis School of Medicine, Center for Surgical Bioengineering (CSB). CSB focuses on engineering stem cells and biomaterials to develop novel regenerative therapies for a variety of diseases, with the focus being on the birth defect program in ...
Anyone who has fallen off the conveyer belt of mainstream health care and into the shadowy corners of illness knows what a dark place it is to land. Where is the infrastructure, the information, the guidance? What should you do next? Susannah Fox draws on 20 years of tracking the ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members
Why coastal fog matters to ecosystems from a basic and applied perspective - LivestreamFog is a key ingredient to the summertime climate of coastal California. It offsets heat and water stress through shading and direct water inputs in terrestrial ecosystems. Fog events can also moderate stream temperature in sensitive riparian habitats. I will present highlights from three separate research projects that each examined ...
Where: Cost: Free
Collective Climates | CED Talks - Activist Infrastructure ImaginariesIn this CED take on TED Talks, three faculty from across the College of Environmental Design share their experiences working alongside communities on issues of climate resilience and repair. They ask, “How can we use our humanity, expertise, and position to benefit impacted communities?†Charisma Acey (City & Regional Planning), ...
As climate change intensifies, there is an increasing exposure of electricity distribution grids to the threat of climate-induced extreme events, such as wildfires. What factors shape the grid vulnerability to wildfires and how to adapt grids to the increasing wildfire threat in an affordable and equitable manner remain unknown. To answer ...
 Scientists have known for decades that climate change is an existential crisis. For just as long, critics say there has been a complete failure of our institutions to rise to the challenge. Governments have struggled to meet even modest goals. Fossil fuel interests maintain a stranglehold on political and economic ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members
We are lucky to be a community museum in an area that is rich in natural and cultural histories. An extension of Science on Tap, History on Tap will delve into the always interesting and often complex stories of the people and communities who have shaped our region. The inaugural ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $20 General adv. , $15 Members, Free for Students
​​Step into the world of illusions at After Dark! Join us for a throwback to the Victorian era with artist Melissa Ferrari. Using a magic lantern projector and hand-painted slides, Melissa will take us on a journey with creatures that may - or may not - be real. Then keep ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Join us for an in-person evening talk with Buck Institute Fellow Sidharth Madhavan to hear about his research on the biology of aging and Buck’s efforts to end the threat of age-related disease. As a Ph.D. Fellow in the Newman Lab Sidharth Madhavan investigates the propensity for small energetic metabolites to modulate proteostasis in Alzheimer’s ...
This topic dives into the core of consciousness through the lens of anesthesia and neuroscience, focusing on the biochemical interactions and neural circuits that shape our awareness, cognition, and perception. By examining how various neurochemicals, receptors, medications interact, we will aim to understand phenomena such as alertness, awareness, and perception. ...
Coding is the last step in writing a program. The first step is deciding what we want to achieve and how. The best methods for working through subsequent steps consist in using simple mathematics. Few programmers know how to do this or where to learn it. This lecture will use ...
WHAT: The Birth of the Science CommunicatorWhat is a science communicator? The era of once-a-decade outliers like Carl Sagan is long gone. In this current era of internet-borne disinformation and science denial pandemonium, science communication has emerged as a vibrant and painfully necessary field, with an army of science scholars focusing ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 04/12/24
Behind-the-Scenes Look at Pupping Season - LivestreamIt’s pupping season at The Marine Mammal Center: a time when our pens are filled with young animals in various stages of rehabilitation in preparation for their return to the ocean.Please join Veterinarian Dr. Alec Ortiz Colosi as he describes a typical day at The Marine Mammal Center during our ...
Dynamic Control Of Active MatterThrough the magic of ‘active matter,’ which converts chemical energy into mechanical work to drive emergent properties, biology solves a myriad of seemingly impossible physical challenges. I will present my lab’s efforts to develop new fluid mechanics models to direct the flow of matter enabled by the use of “active†...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Public Astronomy Viewing Nights - CANCELEDSonoma State University hosts astronomical viewing nights open to the public. Events are weather dependent. Check the weblink for cancelations prior to attending.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Saturday, 04/13/24
Stewardship Saturday: Investigating Tidepools for Ocean HealthThis free program for youth ages 13-18 features rotating themes exploring the science of the Marine Mammal Center.Join Latino Outdoors, Greater Farallones, and The Marine Mammal Center as we head to the shore to study tidepools and adventure along one of our local beaches. Through this event youth will have ...
Where: Bodega BayCost: Free
Love our Earth FestivalDon’t miss the 3rd annual LOVE OUR EARTH FESTIVAL, Saturday, April 13, from 10 am to 2 pm at Bloomhouse, a vibrant community-gathering spot at 2555 Pulgas Ave in East Palo Alto. Admission is free. We’ll learn how to Go Electric to Build Healthy and Resilient Communities, from people who ...
The historical foundations of cancer risk assessment were based on fundamental scientific errors that were never corrected, all within the framework of an extraordinary appeal to the authority of the radiation genetics community, led by Hermann J Muller. Even though these individuals were greatly talented and accomplished, they were driven ...
Where: Cost: Free
Family Nature Adventures: FlowersLearn about local flowers and how to identify them in a hands-on workshop. Then, put your flower spotting skills to the test as our Chabot educators guide you to the best blooms in the area.
Where: OaklandCost: $25 Adults w/children, $15 Youth age 3+
Foothills Family Nature WalkJoin us at Foothills Nature Preserve for a family-friendly nature walk, guided by EV docents. Please click the link above to register via EventBrite. Participation is free, but space is limited.
Attend the STEM Education Outreach Fair hosted by Seed Spoon Science! Seed Spoon Science is a group of faculty and undergraduate researchers dedicated to inspiring new generations to pursue an education and career in STEM. We are working with the Seymour Center to host a community outreach science fair with ...
Where: Santa CruzCost:
The Great Blue Herons of Golden Gate ParkNancy H. DeStefanis, American environmental educator, field ornithologist and lecturer, presents the lifecycle of the magnificent Great Blue Herons which breed at Blue Heron Lake (formerly Stow Lake) in Golden Gate Park. She discovered the first nest in 1993. To date 297 chicks have fledged there. DeStefanis, Founder and Executive ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Afternoon 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
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 in building 36 on the 4th floor observatory for a night of smooth jazz, bright stars, and a lot of fun! We play our jazz ...
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 ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
City Public Star PartyCome join the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers for free public stargazing of the Moon, planets, globular clusters and more!The event will take place in Tunnel Tops National Park, parking is located adjacent to Picnic Place (210 Lincoln Blvd for GPS) with the telescopes setup in the East Meadow.Dress warmly as conditions ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Starry Nights Star Party - CANCELEDThe San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA), working with the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (OSA), is glad to co-host a public star party at Rancho Canada del Oro (RCDO) Open Space Preserve. This site, just 30 minutes south of downtown San Jose, features dark skies. It's dark enough to ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Monday, 04/15/24
Generative AI and Digital Transformation in JapanWith the rapid advances in the last couple of years, generative AI has attracted a great deal of attention in advanced economies. The U.S. seems to be betting on its positive potentials while Europe is generally more apprehensive about its harmful aspects. Japan has arguably been one of the most ...
Speaker: Dr. Panning is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF. Dr. Panning's Lab studies mammalian stem cell epigenetics, focusing on X-inactivation and chromatin modifiers. Her website: https://bms.ucsf.edu/people/barbara-panning-phd.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Heterogeneity in Collective BehaviorAggregations of social animals, such as flocks, schools, herds, and swarms, are beautiful examples of self-organized behavior far from equilibrium. Such collectives have been the focus of a significant research effort in recent years, from many different perspectives. Biologists aim to understand the evolutionary benefits of acting together; physicists treat ...
Speaker: Dan Jurafsky, Stanford UniversitySee weblink for instructions to gain entry to the building.Room 126
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Policy Challenge of AI Safety Rapidly advancing AI has prompted a wide spectrum of views about AI safety, ranging from existential fears to skeptical dismissals of “doomers.†Meanwhile, few are tracking the actual policy work that is starting to address these concerns. As the first day of a set of discussions about AI and society, the Hoover Institution ...
Are there any circumstances under which the United Kingdom’s government should consider changing the law to allow intentional genome editing of human embryos for serious genetic conditions? British parliamentarians will debate this question when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act is renewed shortly.On the plane home from Hong Kong, immediately after ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
COVID-19: Do We Still Need To Be Concerned? - LivestreamKen Polse, Professor Emeritus, Optometry, and John Swartzberg, Clinical Professor Emeritus, Infectious Diseases & Vaccinology, will discuss the current state of Covid in the U.S. and our community, the new isolation and quarantine guidelines in California, the value of the updated Covid vaccine, the role of medications like Paxlovid in ...
Where: Cost: Free
Investigating cosmic origin and evolution with CMB-S4 The red-hot glow of the primordial universe, after 13.8 billion years of redshift, is observed today by our telescopes as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). Spatial variations of CMB intensity and polarization across the sky provide a record of conditions in the early universe, possibly encoding signatures from cosmic inflation ...
Luis Hernandez-Nunez is a Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar, a Branco Weiss fellow, and a Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) postdoctoral fellow at the laboratory of Florian Engert at Harvard University. Luis' research is focused on the circuit mechanisms for heart-brain interactions in zebrafish. Luis has also been awarded a Burroughs ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Commercializing low-carbon cementCanary Media reports that nearly all US energy grid capacity installed in 2024 will be carbon-free. What are the next levers in decarbonizing our global economy? Presented from the viewpoint of Sublime Systems, a venture-backed MIT spin-out, we examine a groundbreaking manufacturing technology poised to revolutionize the industry. This technology, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Physical systems that can learn by themselvesIn 1972 Phil Andersen articulated the motto of condensed matter physics as “More is different.†However, for most condensed matter systems many more is quite similar to more - this is why computer simulations of relatively small systems give insight into far larger systems. There are, however, systems in which ...
Radio and TV journalist Ira Flatow produced his first science stories back in 1970 during the inaugural Earth Day. Since then, he has worked for Emmy Award-winning science programs and covered science for a number of high-profile news organizations, and has hosted the popular public radio program “Science Friday†for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $50 General, $30 Members in person, $20/$10 online
Sara Morawetz (Media Artist) on "Measuring by Measuring Against: Experimental Methods in Artistic Practice" Leah Rosengaus (Director of Digital Health at Stanford Health Care) on "Towards Digital Health: Realizing the Promise of Care Transformation at Stanford Medicine and Beyond" Marisa Olson (Media Artist) on "The Meaning of Postinternet"Room: ...
