Dinosaur Lookout Grand OpeningA new exhibit is roaring into The Lawrence! Join us for the grand opening of Dinosaur Lookout! Meet five colossal creatures that roar and move in our outdoor dinosaur park. Take in our sweeping view of the San Francisco Bay as you engage in hands-on dinosaur-themed activities. After meeting a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
Maker Faire Bay AreaSee the weblink for information on activities, classes and schedules, talks, and free ferry shuttle service from Vallejo (Saturday and Sunday only).Single day advance tickets: $48 General, $24 Youth; Day of tickets at door: $60/$30Weekend advance tickets: $80 Adult, $40 Youth; Day of tickets at door: $100/$50Parking passes for weekend ...
Join YSI as we walk around Alum Rock Park and teach you about our feathered friends! Learn how to identify birds by their key characteristics, how to use binoculars, and then make a craft that will help you attract birds into your backyard!A registered adult must accompany their child(ren) for ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Electric Home Tour 2024This fall, Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet (Acterra) invites the public to explore innovative, electrified homes across the Bay Area. Homeowners throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties will open their doors to showcase the electric appliances and equipment they’ve installed as replacements for gas-powered products. Building on ...
Where: Cost: 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
Comet 2023/A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS viewingThe Foothill College Astronomy Department and the Peninsula Astronomical Society will hold a special event to view newly discovered comet 2023/A3. It has just survived it's close pass by the sun, and is now moving past the Earth on it's many thousands of years orbit... so come enjoy it for ...
In the evolution of the Universe, there remains a gap in understanding the formation of first stars and galaxies, ~300,000 years after the Big Bang. These early stars brought with them the first light in the Universe, thus leading to ‘Cosmic Dawn’. Although this is an event of the past, ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunday, 10/20/24
Land x Good Fire: Northwest Sonoma CountyJoin fellows from Audubon Canyon Ranch's Fire Forward fellowship program for Sonoma County residents to learn about Good Fire.Join fellows from Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Fire Forward fellowship program for Sonoma County residents to learn about good fire. Land x Good Fire is part of the Resilient Forests and Watersheds Workshops ...
Where: Sonoma CountyCost: Free
Maker Faire Bay AreaSee the weblink for information on activities, classes and schedules, talks, and free ferry shuttle service from Vallejo (Saturday and Sunday only).Single day advance tickets: $48 General, $24 Youth; Day of tickets at door: $60/$30Weekend advance tickets: $80 Adult, $40 Youth; Day of tickets at door: $100/$50Parking passes for weekend ...
Where: Mare IslandCost: See description
Monday, 10/21/24
Global Encryption Day ConferenceGlobal Encryption Day (GED) is an annual event organized by the Global Encryption Coalition (GEC), designed to raise awareness about the importance of encryption in protecting privacy and securing digital communications. It brings together various stakeholders, including civil society organizations, technology companies, and individuals, to advocate for strong encryption policies ...
What can we learn about the structure of individual minds, human or artificial, using large-scale social data, such as the textual or visual data flowing through search engines and social media platforms? In this talk, I present a range of studies showing that large-scale social data can reveal striking insights ...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gained increasing global attention for its transformative potential across industries. Alongside robotics, it has become central to efforts aimed at accelerating clean technology and mitigating climate change. At the intersection of AI, automation, and energy storage, several critical questions emerge: What can data-driven approaches achieve that ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Water for All: Global Solutions for a Changing ClimateAs the cumulative effects of population pressure, increasing wealth and a changing climate intersect with water policies and investments that fail to consider impacts on human health and the natural environment, the world will experience more severe water crises in the coming decades. To provide transformative solutions that are likely ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Butterfly Walk in the GardenJoin our butterfly docent specialist Sally Levinson and Andy Liu for a guided walk through the Garden in search of butterflies, as you learn about their plant relationships and amazing life cycle. Bring binoculars if you have them.Registered children welcome. Pre-registration is required, space is limited. Groups larger than 6 ...
Topology plays a key role in describing quantum matter, which has been greatly explored in recent decades [for an introduction: Hasan & Kane, Rev. of Mod. Phys. 82, 3045 (2010)]. I present how tuning a topological insulator featuring a Dirac fermion can be used as a platform to realize emergent ...
Neutrinos, the only neutral elementary fermions, have provided many surprises. Flavor oscillations reveal the non-conservation of the lepton flavor number and demonstrate that neutrino masses are finite; yet they are surprisingly much smaller than those of other fermions (by at least six orders of magnitude!) It is then natural to ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Dark Matter Searches Using Gravitational Wave DetectorsDr. Nancy Aggarwall of UC Davis conducts precision measurements of fundamental physics. She uses techniques from Quantum Optics, atomic physics, and condensed matter physics to look for new physics in the form of dark matter candidates or gravitational waves from astrophysical, cosmological, and exotic sources.
Speaker: Lloyd Trotman, Cold Spring Harbor LabRoom: Auditorium
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Mechanisms and importance of lysosome repairDamaged lysosomes are harmful to cells and participate in propagation of neurotoxic protein aggregates. Recent studies have shown that damaged lysosomes can be repaired by several alternative mechanisms. In our group we have been characterizing lysosome repair mediated by ESCRT proteins and lipids transferred from the endoplasmic reticulum. In my ...
The spins of black holes in binaries observed with gravitational waves are an essential probe of physics on multiple scales, from the astrophysical formation environments of compact binaries to fundamental physics. At the same time, the imprint of spin on the observed signals is weak, making constraints more challenging compared ...
Register here. Amy Ione (Diatrope Institute) on "Neuroscience and Art: The Neurocultural Landscape" Meredith Tromble (Artist and Curator) on "The New College Circle: The Lifelong Impact of a Creative School" Caroline Jones (MIT Art Historian) on "Impressionism as a Function of Techno-shock"
Where: Cost: Free
Tuesday, 10/22/24
Integrating blue foods into national climate strategies - LivestreamBlue or aquatic foods - foods that are wild-caught or farmed from oceans, rivers, and lakes - are increasingly recognized as a priority for climate action, yet they are often overlooked in climate discussions and underfunded in mitigation and adaptation financing. Policymakers have an opportunity to address climate impacts on ...
In her presentation, Katrin will discuss a newly developed methodology for projecting the costs of novel low-carbon technologies, with a focus on Direct Air Capture (DAC) technologies. This research introduces a novel approach for projecting technology costs by assigning empirically grounded experience rates to technology components based on their similarity ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Sewers for surveillance: Harnessing wastewater monitoring data for public health action - LivestreamThis month, the Bay Area Open Science Group will be joined by Elana Chan, a Civil & Environmental Engineering PhD Candidate in the Boehm Research Group at Stanford studying how wastewater monitoring data may be interpreted for public health action. Elana was recently awarded the Stanford University Libraries Data Sharing ...
I will discuss how vertebrate skin colours and skin appendages (scales, feathers, hairs, ...) are patterned through Turing and mechanical instabilities. First, I will show that Reaction-diffusion (RD) models are particularly effective for understanding skin colour patterning at the macroscopic scale, without the need to parametrise the profusion of variables ...
Super-resolution imaging and other fluorescence techniques have become seminal tools for scientists due to their ability to resolve heterogeneity and features normally obscured in traditional diffraction limited imaging. Super-resolution imaging has been optimized for and enabled important findings in cellular biophysics and catalysis, yet, super-resolution microscopy techniques have had limited ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Electric Vehicle Expo at StanfordThe EV Expo features 6 different makes / models of electric vehicles brought to campus by local residents who volunteer to share their insight and expertise as owners.Ice cream will be served to people who can demonstrate engagement with EV owners.Stanford’s Solar Car Team is also anticipated as an exhibitor ...
In the high-technology world, organizations innovate or die. Standing still is not an option. Too often, team leaders are selected for their technical expertise; the best contributor gets selected to lead. Unfortunately, this often leads to disaster. Leadership requires a particular set of soft skills, and, too often, companies promote ...
Dissolved inorganic phosphate (DIP) is the preferred form of phosphorus (P) for marine organisms, but it can be limiting in surface waters over large swaths of the global ocean. In these DIP-deplete zones, dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) comprises most of the total dissolved P pool as P esters (C-O-P bonds) ...
Over the past 15 years, with growing interest in cartography across various humanistic disciplines, the new area of ‘map studies’ has emerged as a cross disciplinary research field. This rise in mapping has driven scholars and activists to explore mapping ontologies, practices, and performances as critical tools in (counter)political, deep ...
Synchrotron-based X-rays are a powerful characterization tool that can probe across many relevant length scales (from atomistic to millimeter) with different techniques that are sensitive to distinct features such as microstructure, chemistry, and morphology. Because of the high flux available and penetrating power of synchrotron-based X-rays, batteries can be probed ...
“Brick by Brick: The LEGO-cy”Speaker: Jonathan Chinchilla, GoogleDive into the fascinating world of LEGO, exploring its evolution from a simple toy to a global cultural icon. Uncover intriguing facts, the power of pivoting, and its influence on nostalgia, culture, and education. See why LEGO continues to captivate and inspire across ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 advance, $15 at door
Join the Marigold Project at After Dark, where we’ll celebrate the joy of life through ceremonial poetry, pageantry, music, and dance, rooted in the signature Day of the Dead Festival of Altars traditions. Together, we’ll honor our global ancestors and reflect on the balance of elements in the natural world: ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95, 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 60,000 live animals (including familiar faces like Claude, our alligator with albinism), the night is sure to be wild.Step inside the iconic ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Friday, 10/25/24
Silicon Valley AI Enterprise SummitGet ready to dive into the world of artificial intelligence and its impact on business. Join us for a day filled with insightful keynotes, engaging panel discussions, and networking opportunities with industry experts. Whether you're a seasoned AI professional or just starting to explore its possibilities, this event is perfect ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free for attendees
Morning Hike at Bear Creek RedwoodsJoin us for this beautiful hike! A POST volunteer will share a few words about POST’s decades of conservation success before the hiking group explores a moderately strenuous but mostly shaded 5.4 mile hike with ~900 feet of elevation gain.In one of the county’s best preserved, second-growth coastal redwood forests, ...
The year 2025 has been designated "International year of Quantum Science and Technology" by UNESCO to inform the public about the revolution brought to science and everyday life by quantum theory. In fact, the year 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the Schrödinger equation - the mathematical foundation of quantum mechanics. At the ...
Commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) are a crucial part of the U.S. economy, moving 72 percent of freight by weight. Though only comprising 5 percent of vehicles on the road, CMVs represent 11 percent of vehicular miles driven. Due to the size of these vehicles, CMV-associated crashes are more likely to ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
MetabarcodingFungi (and their DNA) are practically everywhere: in soil, in water, and on the inside and outside of other organisms. A relatively novel DNA sequencing technique, called “metabarcoding,” allows scientists to sequence fungal DNA from nearly all of the members of a fungal community within nearly any type of substrate, ...
Where: SebastopolCost: 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. The event duration is 2 hours. SJAA volunteers will share night sky views from their telescopes.Please refrain from bringing your own telescopes (Binoculars are ...
