The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the largest and most complex telescope ever put into service in space. The Webb telescope is an infrared telescope designed to look back in time to when the first stars and galaxies formed.  It was developed by a collaboration between NASA, the Canadian ...
Where: Cost: Free
Transforming Climate Anxiety into Climate Action at WorkAre you worried about the climate crisis and don’t know where to begin to take action? A good place to start is your workplace. Companies wield enormous influence and they have an important role to play in reducing emissions and advocating for climate policy. When employees speak, companies act!According to ...
AI for healthcare has the potential to revolutionize how we practice medicine. However, to do this in a fair and trustworthy manner requires special attention to how AI models work and their potential biases. In this talk, I will cover the considerations for building AI systems that improve healthcare.Speaker: Roxana ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Engineering Extracellular Matrix Viscoelasticity to Probe Cellular ResponsesIn the body, cells are surrounded by a scaffolding of biopolymers that provide physical support and biochemical cues, known as the extracellular matrix (ECM). Hydrogel cell culture models have been used to reveal that properties of the ECM, notably matrix stiffness, can regulate a host of cellular behaviors, such as ...
I will discuss what motivated me to write a new book on the origin story of toxins made by plants and other organisms that humans use (and sometimes abuse) and I will give an overview of this general audience book.A deadly secret lurks within our spice racks, medicine cabinets, backyard ...
Recovery in the Anthropocene: When and how do populations survive disturbance? - LivestreamGlobal change is making acute disturbances such as novel infectious disease and extreme environmental changes increasingly common. These events can lead to mass mortality, shifting species distributions, and altered ecosystem function.  They can also select for adaptive traits, sometimes leading to evolutionary rescue. Survival and recovery depend on several factors ...
Clean fuel and stove interventions, like other health or development programs, require users to continually purchase the product, and affordability remains a major barrier. To ease financial constraints, microcredit has been the most commonly pursued tool, yet many low-income individuals need a safe place in which to save, not necessarily ...
Susan Glass, a poet and professor who has been blind since birth, has been mapping her surroundings by birdsong since childhood. Hear her account of how learning bird sounds has enabled her to experience the joy and beauty of birding while being a person who visually impaired.Register at weblink to ...
Where: Cost: Free
NERD NITE SF #141: Changing Clothes, Climates, and… Birds?Spring is in the air and with the changing of the seasons come deeper questions about what it means to “change.†Change can be as mundane as putting on new clothes - or as complex as getting into an elaborate cosplay. Change can be as world-spanning as human-made climate shifts ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 Advance, $15 at door
Given that the extent of the observable universe has yet to be mapped out, some might wonder why some physicists have introduced the concept of a multiverse into their models. Â This talk will examine why some eminent physicists, such as the late Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg, have been attracted to ...
An Emergency Medicine doctor thrives in the chaotic, bustling environment of the ER. Join Dr. Steve Garcia as he offers a glimpse into his non-traditional path to becoming a physician. He will describe the training of Emergency Physicians and how they diagnose and treat all patients in the Emergency Room, ...
