From economic geology to ocean chemistry: the wide range of information that can be obtained from a humble pyrite grainPyrite incorporates a portion of several trace elements dissolved in the fluids from which it formed. Thus, trace element analysis of pyrite grains can give us information of these past fluids ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Wednesday, 01/08/25
Pathways to a Decarbonized French GridRTE is the French Transmission System Operator, the biggest in Europe. RTE is exploring electrical pathways to carbon neutrality, fulfilling France and Europe’s ambitious targets by 2050. In this desirable future, the electricity consumption will move from 25% to 60% of the France’ final energy consumption, supplied by a mix ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Marine mammal science and sanctuaries in California coastal watersMarine mammals are sentinels of changing oceans. Baleen whales, due to their massive size and energetic needs, can only thrive in regions where ocean conditions support exceptional productivity. The presence of these majestic creatures signals robust marine ecosystems, while their absence may warn of declining ocean health. California's coastal waters ...
The surface temperatures in Svalbard in the Norwegian Arctic have shown to dramatically increase along with global warming over the last few decades. The average temperature in Longyearbyen in Svalbard has increased by approximately 4 degrees Celsius since the opening of the University Studies at Svalbard about 30 years ago. ...
Happy New Year! 2024 brought us a lot of exciting space news, from a total solar eclipse to the launch of Europa Clipper and our celebration of 40 years as the SETI Institute. What does 2025 hold? Join hosts Beth Johnson and Franck Marchis for our first show of the ...
Professional pest management - the deliberate exclusion and removal of unwanted nonhuman life - is a form of overlooked and undervalued ‘dirty work’. Its unglamorous labour carries the stigma of engaging with squalid environments as well as the moral taint of animal execution. In light of this, and in a ...
GE Vernova was established in 2024 when General Electric spun off its energy businesses, including GE Power, GE Renewable Energy, and GE Digital.Building on 130+ years of experience, GE Vernova is leading a new energy era - electrifying the world while working to decarbonize it. With a portfolio of 55,000 ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
After Dark: Warm and FuzzyEnjoy a cozy night out at our galleries, where you’ll find dazzling artworks, fun programs, and warm company.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95 General, free for members
NightLife x SoulovelySlide through for NightLife's first-ever musical artists-in-residence with Oakland's groundbreaking cultural affair Soulovely featuring Aïma the Dreamer, Lady Ryan, Emancipation, and more.Plus, you can:Step inside the iconic Shake House and our four-story Osher Rainforest, where you can explore the Amazon’s treetops surrounded by free-flying birds and butterflies.Venture into our aquarium exhibit Venom ...
In the past decade, new studies of ancient DNA from fossils have shown that, until as recently as 40,000 years ago, our ancestors shared the planet with two close relatives, the Neanderthals and a mysterious group called the Denisovans. Both of those groups became extinct, but traces of their DNA ...
Where: Cost: Free
Fungi Fundamentals Part II: Top 10 Mushrooms of the Bay Area - LivestreamGet ready to level up your fungi knowledge with expert Christian Schwarz, co-author of Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast, back for a fungi-tastic evening! Last year’s Fungi Fundamentals event was so popular that we couldn’t cap it there. Christian returns to share his expertise and passion for Bay Area mushrooms ...
Shorebirds are some of the most migratory species on the planet. However, their populations in the Western Hemisphere have been declining over the past 40 years. To better understand what is driving changes in shorebird populations and to turn data into knowledge and then conservation action, in 2011 Point Blue ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 01/10/25
51st Santa Cruz Fungus Fair 2025Come to Santa Cruz and explore the fascinating world of Fungi. Learn interesting and fun facts about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area. Fungi will be beautifully displayed in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $10
Saturday, 01/11/25
51st Santa Cruz Fungus Fair 2025Come to Santa Cruz and explore the fascinating world of Fungi. Learn interesting and fun facts about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area. Fungi will be beautifully displayed in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $15 Adults, $10 Students/Seniors
The Physics Show - Three PerformancesThe Physics Show is a fun science show for kids and their families. This year we will have two weekends of shows in September and two weekends of shows in January.Tickets go on sale the first week of December, pending completion of construction at the venue.Performances at 10:00, 1:00, and ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: $6
The Restoration of Yerba Buena Island ??' Weaving Ecology with PlaceYerba Buena Island is the second largest natural island in San Francisco Bay. Together with the larger, man-made Treasure Island, its development and restoration is an on-going and multi-phase effort. Historically used as a naval base and training center, much of Yerba Buena Island’s native ecosystems have been replaced by ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Foothills Family Nature WalkEnvironmental Volunteers’ Family Nature Walks program is designed to help community members get to know our local open space areas. Small groups will be guided by a knowledgeable environmental educator during an exploration of a local open space. These small groups will be introduced to fun nature-based activities, and a ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Saturday Cinema: The Art + Science of Luminous FilmsCelebrate the Exploratorium’s winter exhibition Glow with a program of radiant animation and short documentaries, both meditative and kinetic.TV Light by Bob Kaputof (2 min.)Magnetic Movie by Semiconductor (2007, 5 min.)Nature by Numbers by Cristóbal Villa (2010, 4 min.)Daybreak Express by D.A. Pennebaker (1953, 5 min.) Rainbow Dance by Len Lye ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Weekend Workshop: Adapted for SurvivalDiscover the amazing world of animal adaptations and learn how different creatures survive in the wild by meeting live animals, examining biofacts, and playing fun games. Through these engaging activities, you’ll explore the unique traits and behaviors that help animals find food, protect themselves, and thrive in their habitats.Ages 5 ...
Where: San MateoCost: $55 General, $45 Members
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
Aurora - One of Nature’s Amazing Light ShowsLast year, California was treated to four - rare for California - auroral displays. Some of them were strong enough to be seen in the greater Bay Area. What causes them? How did they get this far south? Can you see the aurora with the naked eye? Where do the ...
51st Santa Cruz Fungus Fair 2025Come to Santa Cruz and explore the fascinating world of Fungi. Learn interesting and fun facts about the hundreds of beautiful and fascinating species of mushrooms found in the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Area. Fungi will be beautifully displayed in a re-created woodland habitat. This unique Santa Cruz tradition features ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: $15 Adults, $10 Students/Seniors
The 18th Annual BAMS / Point Reyes National Seashore Fungus FairDuring the 18th Annual Fungus Fair, wild mushrooms collected in the park will be on display on the south porch of the Bear Valley Visitor Center with several mushroom-related exhibits inside the visitor center. We will also have presentations in the auditorium throughout the day. Roving Mushroom Ambassadors will be ...
Where: Point Reyes StationCost: Free
The Physics Show - Three PerformancesThe Physics Show is a fun science show for kids and their families. This year we will have two weekends of shows in September and two weekends of shows in January.Tickets go on sale the first week of December, pending completion of construction at the venue.Performances at 10:00, 1:00, and ...
In the 17th century, the Cartesian coordinate system was groundbreaking. It exposed the unity between algebra and geometry, accelerating the development of the math that took humans to the moon. It was not just another concept, but a cognitive tool that people could wield to express abstract ideas in visual ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Automated Decision Making for Safety Critical Applications Building robust decision making systems for autonomous systems is challenging. Decisions must be made based on imperfect information about the environment and with uncertainty about how the environment will evolve. In addition, these systems must carefully balance safety with other considerations, such as operational efficiency. Typically, the space of edge ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Life and the Meaning of DeathAn Inuit tale describes that when an elder can no longer contribute to the village they voluntarily venture out “onto the ice” so the polar bears will eat them, in turn the young villagers hunt the bear to provide continuing nourishment to their village - completing the circle of life. ...
The Central Andean and Himalayan orogenic belts provide an ideal natural experiment to test the potential role of climate in controlling orogeny. Approximately equal in age and along-strike length, both orogenic wedges are forming in plate-marginal convergent tectonic settings: The Andes in a retroarc setting and the Himalaya in a ...
Speaker: Giancarlo Savini is an Investment Principal at Future Energy Ventures with 15 years experience in ventures investments and commercial partnerships in the energy transition space. He worked in Shell Ventures, Honeywell Ventures where he was involved in 21+ transactions in Energy SaaS software platforms, Biofuels, Hydrogen and Energy Storage. ...
The human embryo begins as a simple, two-dimensional sheet of cells, with each cell possessing the ability to give rise to any cell type in the body. As development progresses, this sheet repeatedly tears, folds, and elongates to form the complex structures that define the human body. These dramatic changes ...
Solid State Physics is a field which continuously renews itself through the discovery of new materials and new phenomena. This has been particularly true for the subfield of superconductivity. One of the leading figures in this field for more than six decades was Stanford's Ted Geballe. We will review the ...
The traditional archival record has long been critiqued for the absence of depictions of Black life. Moreover, notions of Black livingness in sites of climate and environmental injustice, often known as “sacrifice zones” are often limited. Port Arthur, Texas is in many ways a “classic” example of one of these ...
How do we live with fire? Join us as for a talk about stewardship, resilience and hope.Fire is an essential part of California's ecology. Humans have been using it to shape the California landscape for thousands of years. But today many Californians' relationship to fire is one of fear. Obi ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22 General, members received discount
Unlocking Nature's Secrets: The Art and Science of Wildlife Tracking for Conservation and Adventure!Bart Kowalski is a passionate wildlife tracker and an ecologist with over 10 years of experience in wildlife management, sensitive species monitoring, and habitat restoration. He has earned a Level 3 CyberTracker Track and Sign Certification and co-leads the Bay Area Tracking Club, where he guides and inspires a community ...
All known lifeforms rely on the same molecular mechanism to translate information carried by DNA and RNA into proteins. This translation is accomplished by an incredibly complex system involving many dozens of very large and precisely interacting molecules. All viruses, bacteria, plants, and animals ultimately inherited this common molecular machinery ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Wednesday, 01/15/25
Examining Southern Ocean natural iron fertilization through a bio-optical lens - LivestreamPrimary productivity in the Southern Ocean is seasonally limited by the micronutrient iron. Shipboard observations in this region have historically been sparse, limiting our understanding of how iron modulates productivity both at Southern Ocean basin and annual scales, and in remote coastal Antarctic regions. Bio-optical observations from autonomous platforms??"biogeochemical ocean ...
This talk will analyze the extent to which the current global climate governance system allows for the establishment of fundamental energy justice. In our energy transition, how can we avoid systemic reproductions of energy injustice that have been historically ingrained within global energy systems? To what degree does a just ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Lithium Economy: Supply Chain Innovation and the Business of Energy Scale-Up Join Stanford Energy Club for its first SustainX talk this winter with some insightful conversation on the intersection of supply chain innovation and business strategies in the rapidly evolving lithium economy on January 15th at 5 pm at the GSB (Room TBD). This event features Kevin Hettrich, CFO at QuantumScape, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Why Silicon Valley Bank Crashed -What You Need to KnowWhy did Silicon Valley Bank fail this year, despite Dodd-Frank and despite seasoned senior managers? You get an explanation of some of the more important risk issues, FICO scores, Loss Given Default, company credit risk as a background to understanding SVB’s crash, the 2nd largest bank failure. And touch on ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Thursday, 01/16/25
AI Healthcare Conference at Stanford UniversityIntroducing T.H.I.N.K (Technology in Healthcare: Integration, Networks, and Knowledge) ??" a groundbreaking conference series that redefines the intersection of technology and healthcare. T.H.I.N.K at Stanford marks the debut of this innovative platform, bringing together thought leaders, tech pioneers, and healthcare professionals to explore the transformative potential of AI and cutting-edge ...
Where: StanfordCost: See weblink
SETI Live: Automated Discovery of Anomalous Features - RESCHEDULEDOver the past decade, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has captured thousands of high-resolution images of the Moon's surface??"far more than humans can manually review. To tackle this challenge, scientists have developed an automated system that quickly identifies scientifically significant images from the LRO data, making it the first anomaly ...
Where: Cost: Free
Lunch Break Science - LivestreamLunch Break Science is a dynamic live web series featuring fascinating short talks, engaging interviews, and lively Q&A with Leakey Foundation scientists. Each episode digs deeper into the latest human origins discoveries, with topics like Neanderthals, chimpanzee behavior, and more! Even better, you can interact with researchers during the show ...
Where: Cost: Free
Inventing NASA Space Exploration Technologies for our Blue Planet & BeyondIs life unique to Earth in the universe? If so, how can we better explore space while preserving and protecting life as we know it? How can space exploration benefit us all and what can it teach us? These are the fundamental questions that drive my work. My research focuses ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Rising to the Challenge: A Flood-Resilient San Francisco - LivestreamSPUR and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) invite you to an engaging conversation about bold efforts to protect our city’s future. Join this webinar to learn about the SFPUC’s Floodwater Management Grant, the newly released flood elevation map, and a groundbreaking proposal for a flood-resilient building code aimed ...
As climate hazards like floods and wildfires intensify, local governments are under growing pressure to plan for these risks. Yet, only about 40% of local governments in the U.S. have completed hazard mitigation plans that qualify them for federal funding to address local risks. Why do some governments proactively build ...
The future of our energy systems depends on cutting-edge innovations in Grid Infrastructure Technology (Grid Infra Tech), essential for integrating renewable energy and supporting a sustainable, resilient grid. This seminar will explore the evolving innovation landscape in Grid Infra Tech, with a special focus on the critical subsectors where transformative ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
ChatGPT and Beyond: Insights, Applications, and Q&AJoin us for an insightful panel discussion featuring experts from the AI industry. Explore the foundations of artificial intelligence and uncover real-world uses that can transform businesses across sectors. This event includes presentation and an interactive Q&A to empower attendees with actionable insights about AI's potential for growth and innovation. ...
Discover the mesmerizing world of honey, bees, and colonies.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95 General, free for members
NightLife x SoulovelySlide through for NightLife's first-ever musical artists-in-residence with Oakland's groundbreaking cultural affair Soulovely featuring Aïma the Dreamer, Lady Ryan, Emancipation, and more.Plus, you can:Step inside the iconic Shake House and our four-story Osher Rainforest, where you can explore the Amazon’s treetops surrounded by free-flying birds and butterflies.Venture into our aquarium exhibit Venom ...
Female birds often hide in plain sight. Typically drabber and more inconspicuous than males, there is an unconscious bias towards male birds in birdwatching, photography, and even in our scientific knowledge about birds. This talk explores the history of focus on male birds, why it’s important to focus on females, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 01/17/25
AI Healthcare Conference at Stanford UniversityIntroducing T.H.I.N.K (Technology in Healthcare: Integration, Networks, and Knowledge) ??" a groundbreaking conference series that redefines the intersection of technology and healthcare. T.H.I.N.K at Stanford marks the debut of this innovative platform, bringing together thought leaders, tech pioneers, and healthcare professionals to explore the transformative potential of AI and cutting-edge ...
Aquaculture is the fastest growing food producing sector in the world, yet the U.S. is lagging behind in it's contribution despite being the second largest consumer of seafood globally. California being the most populous state in the nation contributes significantly to this demand, yet aquaculture has actually retracted in the state over the last ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Saturday, 01/18/25
Keeper Academy at CuriOdysseyIf you have ever dreamed of being an Animal Keeper this is the workshop for you! In this four-hour crash course, participants will experience a day in the life of an Animal Keeper. Spend a morning with us cleaning, prepping food, and making behavioral observations as you learn what goes ...
Where: San MateoCost: $130-$150
Parks As Ancestors: A Reflective WalkJoin us for a moderate walk and talk where we will gather and reflect on Parks as Ancestors. Inspired by the books and question What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? and Elementals, park staff hope to engage participants in an interactive hike through Lands End ??" a beloved park ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Winter in the California Collection - FULLJoin UCBG horticulturist Jon Kanagy for a seasonal tour through the Garden’s California Collection that combines plant highlights and horticultural tips. For our winter program, we will be observing and discussing garden events and activities that are key for this cool, wet time of year. Along the way, Jon will ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 General, $18 Members, $10 Students
One Tam Guided Nature Walk with Marin WaterCelebrate the Civil Rights leader’s life and legacy with a service event followed by an optional guided nature walk. Get ready to spend some time out on the watershed with your friends and family, while preserving Marin’s unique biodiversity!Join for an easy hike to learn about some of the most unique ...
Where: FairfaxCost: Free
Saturday Cinema: The Art + Science of Luminous FilmsCelebrate the Exploratorium’s winter exhibition Glow with a program of radiant animation and short documentaries, both meditative and kinetic.TV Light by Bob Kaputof (2 min.)Magnetic Movie by Semiconductor (2007, 5 min.)Nature by Numbers by Cristóbal Villa (2010, 4 min.)Daybreak Express by D.A. Pennebaker (1953, 5 min.) Rainbow Dance by Len Lye ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Starry Nights Star PartyJoin the San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) and Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (OSA) for an unforgettable night of exploring the night sky. Our knowledgeable docents, members of SJAA, will be your guides to providing valuable insights into the wonders of our universe. The viewing site, Rancho Canada del ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
The Science of Time TravelJoin us in the Planetarium for the inaugural event of Chabot’s Moonlight Lecture Series, featuring a captivating exploration on the science of time travel led by NASA engineer and author Bee Davis. After the talk, meet Bee during a book signing for her groundbreaking novel Fly Into the Sun, an ...
In August of 2001, an extremely bright, brief, extraterrestrial radio signal washed over the Earth. This flash of radiation lasted just a few milliseconds, originated from around four billion light years away, and contained more energy in a fraction of a second than the Sun gives off in an entire ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Investigating Plant Terpenoid Metabolism and Bioproduct Applications Plants are nature’s master chemists; they deploy complex networks of specialized metabolites to interact with other organisms and adapt to their environment. Among these metabolites, terpenoids encompass the largest class with critical functions in plant development, chemical ecology and stress adaptation. Terpenoid chemical diversity also offers a rich source for ...
A key discovery from the past six decades of solar system exploration is that liquid water oceans may be a common planetary phenomenon. At least six ice-covered moons of the outer solar system present compelling evidence for subsurface oceans, and thus provide highly compelling targets in our search for life ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Soda Taxes in California - Public Health Impacts and the Policy Landscape - LivestreamThe recent passage of Measure Z in Santa Cruz marks an important milestone for local soda tax in California. Berkeley, the first city in the nation to implement a sugary drink tax, has demonstrated how these measures can reduce consumption, increase access to healthier options, and fund vital community programs. ...
Solid State Physics is a field which continuously renews itself through the discovery of new materials and new phenomena. This has been particularly true for the subfield of superconductivity. One of the leading figures in this field for more than six decades was Stanford's Ted Geballe. We will review the ...
Solvent-mediated chemical reactions are challenging systems for theory because the exchange of thermal energy between solvent molecules and reactants leads to a large available phase space in which only a small fraction leads to reaction. Cryogenic radiofrequency ion traps provide a powerful platform upon which to study the mechanics of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Jonathan Mingle on Climate Policy under Trump - LivestreamThe Trump campaign has signaled its plans to undo key federal environmental regulations and roll back Biden-era clean energy and climate policies. Journalist Jonathan Mingle will discuss his reporting on the first Trump administration's dramatic impacts on environmental policy, and on the fossil fuel industry and conservative groups that are ...
Where: Cost: Free
Popping the Science Bubble - Two TalksThe Marvelous Chemistry of Everyday LifeSpeaker: Jeremy Nicolai, UC BerkeleyFrom Pledges to Progress: City and Regional Climate ActionSpeaker: Kaihui Song, UC BerkeleyAttend in person or online (click here)
The advent of artificial intelligence has spawned numerous nightmare scenarios of a runaway technology negatively affecting everything from jobs to national security to individual rights. Now Reid Hoffman shares his unique insider’s perspective on an AI-powered future, making the case for its potential to unlock a world of possibilities. Imagine ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $35 General in person, $10 online
Radio Interferometry: Whose Baseline is it Anyway?Speaker:Jackie Champagne100 (Standard) Candles: A Century of Extragalactic AstronomySpeaker: Meredith Stone Click here to watch
Recent research highlights how our shifting climate triggers increasingly extreme conditions. In the North Pacific, this involves regime shifts, El Niño-driven events, and marine heatwaves - all spurring bottom-up changes in ecosystem productivity and structure. As long-lived, highly visible top predators, seabirds provide clear indicators of these shifts. Citizen science ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of three Pinus species on the California North Coast This master's thesis project will inventory the different species of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi associated with three pine species occurring in coastal Humboldt County: Bishop pine, shore pine, and Monterey pine. Additionally, disjunct Bishop pine in Mendocino County will be sampled for associated ECM fungi. If successful, the project will reveal influences ...
Reconstructing Evolutionary History and Processes: Insights from Analysis of Present-day and Ancient GenomesMy lab uses genetic data from present-day and ancient individuals as a tool to understand human evolution, adaptation and disease. The historical signatures of past events such as population mixtures and expansions, as well as human diseases and natural selection, have left traces in our genomes. We combine population genetics ...
We seek to define the capability that has enabled humans to develop the civilization we have, and that distinguishes us from other species. “Intelligence” does not work here because we have no agreed definition of what intelligence is or how an intelligent entity behaves. We need a concept that is ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Gamechanger: California Sues ExxonMobil Over Plastic Recycling Lies - LivestreamOn Monday, September 23, 2024 California Attorney General Rob Bonta launched a game changing lawsuit against ExxonMobil, the largest producer of single-use plastic polymers, for its role in deceiving the public about plastic recycling and chemical recycling. This groundbreaking lawsuit seeks to hold major players in the plastics industry accountable ...
Humans are modifying the atmosphere around us??"from climate change to air pollution??"in ways that feedback on society. Emissions of both long- and short-lived pollutants have local and global impacts, with large spatial variability. As we transition our infrastructure to mitigate and adapt to our changing climate and environment, we need ...
AI and Cloud computing’s power growth will increase US electric power consumption by 2% (2026) and to 8% (2030) (EIA,GS). Jevon’s paradox has overcome 50 years of energy efficiency improvements, driving computing power consumption to TerawattHours (BIG!). This growth both power grid stability and decarbonization, datacenters are slowing the retirement ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Thursday, 01/23/25
Harnessing natural variation to study the evolution of social behaviorNatural variation can provide powerful insights into the genetic and environmental factors shaping the origins and evolution of complex traits. Sweat bees harbor extraordinary variation in social behavior within and between species. Throughout their evolutionary history, these bees have repeatedly gained and lost sociality, resulting in many closely related yet ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
What RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Could Mean for the American Health Care System - LivestreamWhen Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was announced, public health advocates around the nation began sounding the alarm. The Center for Inquiry called him “wholly unqualified and manifestly unfit,” and that’s likely an understatement.In the weeks since, vaccine expert ...
Where: Cost: Free
FutureFest 2025: A conversation with the leaders of two Silicon Valley iconsAs 2025 begins, join us for a conversation about pushing the frontier of innovation with Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X (formerly Google X), and David Parekh, CEO of SRI. Together, with Pulitzer Prize-winning technology journalist John Markoff, they will explore the moments that transformed our world and discuss ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Pioneering the next energy frontier: From proven pathways to disruptive breakthroughsJoin the Stanford Energy Club for a discussion with Celina Mikolajczak, chief battery technology officer at Lyten - a supermaterial applications company.Celina is an engineering executive with experience working on lithium-ion batteries for the automotive, stationary, and consumer electronics sectors. She has led teams in cell engineering, manufacturing, reliability and testing, safety, and beyond - driving ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95, free for members
NightLife x SoulovelySlide through for NightLife's first-ever musical artists-in-residence with Oakland's groundbreaking cultural affair Soulovely featuring Aïma the Dreamer, Lady Ryan, Emancipation, and more.Plus, you can:Step inside the iconic Shake House and our four-story Osher Rainforest, where you can explore the Amazon’s treetops surrounded by free-flying birds and butterflies.Venture into our aquarium exhibit Venom ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Plot Twist: Could Artificial Intelligence Be the Transformative Force for Justice? Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, from predictive analytics to advanced data systems, has emerged as a catalyst for innovation. Yet, the criminal justice system lags decades behind, as more than 3,000 counties in the United States continue to rely on outdated and manual case management systems, making the path to justice ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22 General in person, $8 online
Microbes Mining Minerals: A New Route to Plant Cultivation Plants supply us with food, clothing, medicines, fuels, and other necessities of life. For their growth, plants need essential minerals from the soil. These nutrients can be provided by fertilizers, but over-fertilization can damage the environment. Is there another way? Many of the nutrients plants need to grow already exist ...
Speaker: Alex Filippenko, UC BerkeleyAttend in person or online (see weblink)
Where: NovatoCost: $20 Adults, $15 Students
Open Question: Artificial Intuition Can machines act naturally?What do machines and mother nature have in common? Finding novel solutions to existing problems, of course. Learn about AI and biomimicry at Open Question - only at the Exploratorium.Part of After Dark
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Friday, 01/24/25
Designing Future Airspace Operations and Lunar HabitatThis seminar will discuss selected ideas related to the intersection of Civil and Environmental Engineering discipline, and Berkeley Space Center’s mission. The speaker will share his research related to air traffic controller workload and their decision support tools, and how those insights changed the paradigm to enable airspace operations of ...
The cyanate (NCO-), cyanide (CN-) and nitrosonium (NO+) ions are stable nitrogen-containing species that serve as functional groups in organic chemistry and ligands to transition metals. They are routinely used as illustrative examples of specific chemical properties. For example, the cyanate ion is an archetypal ambidentate nucleophile, the cyanide ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
After Dark: Look UpTurn your eyes to the skies - discover the wonders of space science at our spring experience Look Up. Learn more about robo-explorers that can navigate the terrains on Mars and the moon, and immerse yourself in the stunning natural phenomena in outer space.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95 General, Members 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 ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Saturday, 01/25/25
Science Saturday: Sandy's Birthday Party! (Marine Mammals)Happy Birthday, Sandy!Join us in celebrating Sandy's birthday at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History during our Marine Mammals themed Science Saturday. This exciting FREE event will provide a unique and enriching experience for families and people of all ages. Come engage in interactive activities designed to educate and ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Stewardship Saturday: Eyeing Elephant SealsJoin Año Nuevo State Park and The Marine Mammal Center as we explore a natural breeding ground for one of the Center’s most common patients - elephant seals! Through this event you will learn more about these amazing creatures, how both organizations work to care for them in their natural ...
Where: PescaderoCost: Free with admission
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!Register at weblinkAges 4 - 12
Where: SaratogaCost: Free
Saturday Cinema: The Art + Science of Luminous FilmsCelebrate the Exploratorium’s winter exhibition Glow with a program of radiant animation and short documentaries, both meditative and kinetic.TV Light by Bob Kaputof (2 min.)Magnetic Movie by Semiconductor (2007, 5 min.)Nature by Numbers by Cristóbal Villa (2010, 4 min.)Daybreak Express by D.A. Pennebaker (1953, 5 min.) Rainbow Dance by Len Lye ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Weekend Workshop: Radical ReactionsGet hands-on with several different chemistry experiments and demonstrations. Learn how common household materials can be used to measure ph, or cause explosive reactions. Get ready to see what you can cook up in this intro to chemistry.Ages 5 to 10 years old
What can we do, today, to improve muscle strength and, accordingly, to increase healthy longevity, i.e., healthspan? It starts by understanding the science of strength and of muscle function, and then appreciating how muscle changes with aging. Ultimately, we find that healthspan increases with simple and effective evidence-based strategies for improving ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Sunday, 01/26/25
Empowering Homes: Transitioning to Renewable EnergyDid you know that gas appliances cause more smog in the Bay Area than cars do? And that gas stoves are related to 1 in 8 cases of childhood asthma?GOOD NEWS: there are federal, state, and local incentives (both rebates and tax credits) available NOW to help you upgrade to ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
History of DrawbridgeJoin Ceal Craig, Ph.D., a 20+ year volunteer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for a unique opportunity to dive into the history of Drawbridge, a historic town that once housed a thriving community on an island along the South San Francisco Bay. How did this community survive in ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Monday, 01/27/25
Feeding Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe from the Cosmic WebGas accretion onto galaxies is perhaps the most fundamental process driving their evolution, supplyiing fuel for star formation, setting the angular momentum and size of disk galaxies, and driving turbulence and disk instabilities. Over the last two decades, a coherent picture has emerged whereby gas is accreted onto dark matter ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Leveraging Windows of Opportunity in Early Childhood and Adolescence for Systems-Level ChangeOur goals for this session aim at a translational bridge - from actionable insights into sensitive periods of learning, to strategies for improving practices, policies, and organizational systems that support children and adolescents. We describe a framework, some key principles, and promising approaches. We highlight the need for interdisciplinary teams, ...
In the past, models of human cognition attempted to capture principles of human cognition but they could not actually achieve human like levels of performance in a wide range of domains. For example, they could not recognize objects in images, learn to beat a good Chess player, or translate from ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Human Cost of Wildfires: Protecting Health in a Changing Climate - LivestreamAs recovery efforts continue in the wake of the Los Angeles-area wildfires, the need for clear, evidence-based guidance on protecting communities and people’s wellbeing has never been more urgent. Join leading experts in climate science, pediatrics, mental health, environmental health, and climate adaptation to explore wide-ranging short-term and long-term health ...
In this presentation, we explore how quasiparticles can be controlled and stabilized within 2-D solids by creating carefully designed atomic hetero structures. Quasiparticles give raise to phenomena such as excitons (bound states of electrons and holes), superconducting states, polaritons (hybrids of light and matter), as well as more exotic systems ...
My long-term research goal is to enable real robots to manipulate any kind of object so that they can perform many different tasks in a wide variety of application scenarios, such as in our homes, hospitals, warehouses, or factories. These tasks will require fine sensorimotor skills to, for example, use ...
Differential privacy is one of the most prominent definitions for privacy, being used not only in academic research but also in real-world applications such as Google’s next word prediction. The static data structures setting-where multiple queries must be answered in a differentially private manner over a static data set-is already ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Quantifying the physical genomeMy lab aims to understand how a 2 meter long object, the human genome, encodes for molecules which, through physical interaction with the genome itself, evince the immense cellular diversity we observe in the human body. I will discuss efforts to catalog regulatory elements and transcription factor grammars that are ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Resilience in ActionThe Berkeley Neuro-AI Resilience Center invites you to its inaugural event, hosted by center directors Professors Daniela Kaufer and Shafi Goldwasser. This evening will highlight the center’s mission to explore resilience as a unifying principle across neuroscience and computation. This event is co-hosted by the Simons Institute’s Research Pod on ...
Starting in undergraduate statistical physics, we study small systems that thermalize by exchanging quantities with large environments. The exchanged quantities - heat, particles, electric charge, etc. - are conserved globally, and the thermalization helps define time’s arrow. If quantum, the quantities are represented by Hermitian operators. We often assume implicitly ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Bitcoin+: Blockchain Architectures, Stablecoins, & Its Transformative PotentialBlockchain technology, widely recognized as the backbone of Bitcoin, has emerged as a revolutionary force poised to redefine industries far beyond cryptocurrencies. This talk delves into the foundational architectural features that distinguish blockchain from traditional technologies, including distributed ledger systems, cryptographic hashing, and consensus algorithms. These components enable blockchain’s unparalleled ...
Racial and ethnic diversity in the geosciences continues to be exceptionally low relative to other STEM fields. These demographics have not shifted over the past 40 years even as gender representation has improved and despite sustained attempts to achieve diversity. These results reflect a need to significantly alter institutional and cultural systems and ...
The concept of attractors, well-known in classical mechanics, proved very productive in the theory of black holes and inflationary cosmology. I will start with attractors in supersymmetric black holes and discuss how the discovery of Kaluza-Klein black hole attractors helped recently to explain the mysterious cancellation of ultraviolet divergences in ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Towards predictive protein separations: Imaging protein dynamics at nanoscale interfacesRecent efforts by our group and others have shown the promise of applying single-molecule methods to link mechanistic detail about protein adsorption to macroscale observables. When we study one molecule at a time, we eliminate ensemble averaging, thereby accessing underlying heterogeneity. However, we must develop new methods to increase information ...
Water has always been the heart of California, providing essential habitat for both waterbirds and people. After the Gold Rush, California experienced rapid and widespread destruction and modification of natural hydrological ecosystems and wetlands. This included the rapid conversion of Delta wetlands to peat farmland, development of many North Bay ...
Where: Cost: Free
Euclid: Mapping the Geometry of the Dark Universe - LivestreamEuclid is a new European Space Agency space telescope with NASA contributions designed to provide new insights into the nature of dark matter and why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. The term “dark energy” has been given to refer to the unknown cause of this accelerated expansion. ...
Where: Cost: Free
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary - Discoveries and Surprises - LivestreamChad King, Research Ecologist at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, will treat us to his many years exploring the Sanctuary. We will celebrate ocean protection with Chad as he leads us into the deep sea and shares his observations and discoveries, covering flora and fauna, including human impact on ...
Where: Cost: $10 donation suggested
Thinking in Planetary TimeDisrupting traditional western understandings of time that separate human history from natural history, Planetary Temporality recognizes that these two modes of history are now inseparable, and that meeting planetary challenges will require that we go beyond our lived experience of time, to think instead in terms of our deep-time embeddedness ...
Insufficient sleep dramatically changes how we feel and think, about ourselves and about others. Even a single night of sleep loss elevates levels of anxiety, depression, and asocial behavior in healthy adults. If sleep loss is chronic, this association can develop into a clinical mental disorder. Since 40% of adults ...
Oceanography remains vastly underrepresented in science communication. Take the example of a college freshman who might register for an oceanography class expecting to learn about sharks and whales, only to encounter topics like the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). While such subjects may seem less captivating, the key to effective ...
Where: Cost: Free
Engineering Real-Time Sensors and Sustainable Materials for a Healthier PlanetWe currently face rising global temperatures, dwindling natural resources, and increasing threats to human and ecological health. To help meet these challenges, my research group engineers biomolecules and microorganisms for real-time bioelectronic sensing and sustainable materials synthesis. We draw inspiration from how proteins and microorganisms transfer electrons to their environments ...
Decarbonizing the industrial sector to mitigate climate change is challenging: not only must multiple processes within existing coupled production systems be transformed, but changing technology and production geography will have consequences for workers, the local environment, and community health. Focusing on the iron and steel industry in the United States ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
A Philosophy of Planetary Computation: From Antikythera to Synthetic IntelligenceThe Antikythera mechanism, sometimes called the “first computer,” was more than a calculator; it was also an astronomical device. Thus the birth of computation is in the orienting of intelligence to its planetary condition. From Climate Science to Synthetic Biology, this remains the case.As computation becomes planetary infrastructure, its myriad ...
NASA’s VIPER lunar-rover is being planned as humanity’s first resource mapping mission on another celestial body. The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) will go to the South Pole of the Moon to get a close-up view of the locations that can sustain water ice - ice that could eventually ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free
Restoring Wetlands for Climate Resilience - LivestreamJoin us for an informative webinar with Ecological Engineer, Christina Toms, and Senior Water Resources Specialist, Judy Nam to discuss how wetland restoration helps communities adapt to climate change. Discover how these efforts enhance community well-being and foster climate resilience. Explore actionable ways to contribute and make a meaningful impact.Register ...
What are those amazing auroras we’ve been seeing around here in recent years? Laura Peticolas earned her B.A. in mathematics and physics at the University of Oregon Honors College and her Ph.D. in physics studying the aurora at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. She then spent 3 years as a ...
Where: San RafaelCost: Free
Thursday, 01/30/25
SETI Live: Automated Discovery of Anomalous FeaturesOver the past decade, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has captured thousands of high-resolution images of the Moon's surface - far more than humans can manually review. To tackle this challenge, scientists have developed an automated system that quickly identifies scientifically significant images from the LRO data, making it the ...
In this talk, Karan Bhuwalka will discuss how a game theory modeling approach to firms’ decision-making can lead to environmental outcomes significantly different from those predicted by system optimization. Karan will present results from a model of four mining companies making production decisions, to show how competitive behavior can lead ...
This talk will examine how technology can amplify deliberative democracy to foster a more informed and engaged society. Drawing on findings from two nationally representative online Deliberative Polls called America in One Room, the talk will demonstrate how online deliberation is alleviating polarization and producing lasting effects with hopes for a ...
Earthquakes occur when faults slip. While the most devastating earthquakes are of tectonic origin, human activities have been associated with the triggering of earthquakes that have caused substantial economic damage and societal concern. The demonstration that fluid injection can cause earthquakes dates back to the 1970s (Raleigh et al., Science ...
In many markets, protecting participants’ privacy comes into tension with economic and social objectives. We outline a framework for comparing the privacy of different protocols used to implement market rules and carry out computations. Protocols produce a set of contextual privacy violations - information learned about participants that may be ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Shaping Public Health Amidst Political Change - LivestreamThis session features Gina Daly, Director of Federal Government Relations at UC Berkeley and Eve Granatosky, Principal at Lewis and Burke Associates. Our guests will be giving a brief presentation, moderated by Frederick Smith, Assistant Dean for Students on the incoming Trump administration and how it may affect public health.Register ...
Where: Cost: Free
Adaptation Incentives in a Risky World: Lessons from Los Angeles - LivestreamIn this fireside chat, the Stanford Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI) is delighted to host Matthew Kahn, Provost Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California and Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, in conversation with Marc Roston, SFI Senior Research Scholar, as they discuss Adaptation Incentives in a Risky ...
Where: Cost: Free
Innovative Women in Climate & TechAn evening with women entrepreneurs, funders, and founders to discuss innovation and opportunities to create change.Discussion panel followed by networking and light refreshments.Moderator: Sri Kurniawan, Professor of Computational Media, Baskin School of EngineeringPanelistsMartina Doleshal, Entrepreneur, ESG and Sustainability LeaderKim Kolt, General Partner at Bay Bridge Ventures and Founder of For ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Female Founders in Healthtech: A Panel DiscussionJoin us for an engaging and insightful panel of mid-stage Female Founders in HealthTech, hosted by Female Founders Edge in collaboration with the Berkeley Haas Alumni Department. Hear from accomplished founders about their journeys, challenges, and successes in driving innovation in healthtech.What to Expect:Gain valuable insights from healthtech founders innovating ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $15 UC Berkeley Alum
Science on Tap: Fungus Among UsJoin us for a special night featuring fungus with local mycologists and mushroom experts! Fungi and mushrooms are still shrouded in mystery, and it often seems that the more we learn the more questions we have. Neither straight plants or animals, living in colonies and completely alone, able to provide ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $25 General, $15 Members, Students free with ID
Every year around the world, dozens of universities, civil space agencies, and nonprofit organizations plan crucial space missions focused on exploration, science, and education objectives, and then they struggle to get the funding needed to turn their dreams into reality. Ironically, at the same time, there are hundreds of family ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Silicon Valley Reads 2025 - Empowering Humanity: Technology for a Better WorldJoin us for a thought-provoking conversation about technology and humanity with Silicon Valley Read’s featured authors Charlee Dyroff (Loneliness & Company), Dr. Fei-Fei Li (The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI), and Ray Nayler (The Mountain in the Sea).Attendees are invited to come early ...
Rapidly changing ocean conditions are resulting in changes in marine species and across entire ecosystems that, in turn, affect communities and individuals who rely on these resources for their livelihoods, culture, and sustenance. Marine social science, an emerging field that embraces diverse methods to understand human??"ocean relationships, is increasingly called ...
Photonic research has a distinguished legacy beginning with the invention of the semiconductor laser diode 63 years ago that has enabled countless applications entrenched into modern society. Today we still mostly rely on Gaussian modes emitted from semiconductor lasers with often the objective of reducing the number of lasing modes. ...
Fungus Fair at Presidio Tunnel TopsJoin us outside the Field Station at Presidio Tunnel Tops for the Parks Conservancy Fungus Fair to explore the weird and wonderful world of fungus! Learn the process of how mushrooms grow, how to identify them in the wild, and what ecologists have been learning about fungus in the park. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
First Saturday: Free Tour of the Santa Cruz ArboretumAround the World in 60-90 Minutes!On the first Saturday of each month, the Arboretum offers a docent or staff-led tour of the Arboretum.Sometimes you will see New Zealand, South Africa, California, and Australia. Sometimes you might see combinations of several gardens or the developing World Conifer Collection or Rare Fruit ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free with admission, and for members
Sunday, 02/02/25
Native Seed Ball WorkshopLet's make native wildflower seed balls! Seed balls (or "seed bombs") are an easy and fun way to distribute seeds. We'll use native wildflowers such as California poppies because they support a variety of local pollinators such as bumblebees and butterflies.First we'll do a short walk around the Butterfly Garden, ...
Where: AlvisoCost: 0
Hidden Brain: An Evening with Shankar VedantamAre there parts of our minds that are hidden from us? This question launched the Hidden Brain podcast ten years ago. Since then, the program has helped millions of listeners accomplish their goals, improve their relationships, and develop a deeper understanding of their emotions.Now, host and creator Shankar Vedantam brings ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $58.50 - $78.50 (including fees).
Nina Beguš will present artificial humanities, an interdisciplinary framework using the humanities to thoughtfully approach the development of AI. We will focus on both fictional and historical representations of AI - from Eliza Doolittle to Eliza the chatbot - and reflect on recent product developments in AI and language while ...
White Dwards as Probes of Convective Overshoot and Evolved Exoplanetary SystemsWhite dwards are the stellar remnants left behind by the majority of stars. In 30 - 50% of the population, material such as asteroids, comets, moons, and even planets from their disrupted planetary systems can be identified by metal absorption lines detected in the white dwarf atmosphere. These stellar remnants ...
This presentation will trace the remarkable journey of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) from its invention in 1985 by G. Binnig, C. F. Quate, and Ch. Gerber at Stanford University - during my time as a graduate student under Prof. Quate - to its current role as a critical tool in ...
Most sporting activities involve a ball. In comparison to the impacting device (bat, club, racket, paddle, etc) the ball is consumable and tends to receive relatively little attention. Yet the ball is complex, inelastic, highly non-linear, and is an integral part of determining equipment performance. This presentation will consider mechanisms ...
Continuous approximation modelling is a logistical paradigm with origins at UC Berkeley in which detailed operational data is replaced by statistical summaries to analyze large-scale routing and distribution problems. This presentation introduces some new applications of computational geometry and geometric probability theory to study modern problems in last-mile delivery, districting, ...
More than a century ago, Albert Einstein presented his general theory of gravitation. One of the predictions of this theory is that not only particles and objects with mass, but also the quanta of light, photons, are tied to the curvature of space-time, and thus to gravity. There must be ...
There is a large body of work from the learning sciences providing us with insights into how people learn; and from Discipline Based Education Research (DBER) we know what discipline-specific difficulties students face. However, it is quite surprising that relatively little of this understanding has made its way into ...
Fracturing on small planetary bodies is controlled by low gravity, which differs from what is observed on Earth and other large planets. Studying the tectonics of small bodies is crucial for understanding the planetary evolution of recent and past lithospheres, from large to small, rocky to non-rocky bodies in the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Rethinking Clark Kerr: The Uses of the University in the Age of Generative AISpeaker: Gerald Chan, a scientist and legendary venture capitalist, has started over a dozen companies with intellectual property spun out from universities. Currently working at the intersection of AI and medicine, he is pushing the frontiers of population health. As a philanthropist and thought leader in higher education, his work ...
Extreme thinness can reduce the weight of electronics, which dramatically reduces discomfort when wearing. Furthermore, it also improves their mechanical robustness to bending because applied strain is determined by the material's softness and device thickness. In the simplified model, the film thickness is inversely proportional to the strain value, such ...
X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) is a powerful technique for electronic structure determination. Recent developments in extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light sources using the laser-based technique of high-harmonic generation have enabled core-level spectroscopy to be performed on femtosecond to attosecond timescales. We have extended the scope of tabletop XUV spectroscopy ...
How can stories help us create hopeful climate futures? What storytelling strategies might open pathways to imagine what lies beyond the dystopian and post-apocalyptic narratives so prevalent in popular culture? If we are not only to survive but to thrive over the next century, we need to reframe the stories ...
Human beings are remarkable for the many ways we can impact the world. We move through and interact with the world directly, or with the help of tools, using our brains and our muscles to control those tools. Robots can be thought of as tools, often with computers instead of ...
Join us for this talk to learn about scientific achievements that might give you and your loved ones access to transformational treatment options today or in the near future.Maybe you've heard about CRISPR gene editing or stem cell therapy in the headlines - now you can find out what these ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22 General in person, $5 online, free students
Chemical synthesis is responsible for significant emissions of carbon dioxide worldwide. These emissions arise not only due to the energy requirements of chemical synthesis, but since hydrocarbon feedstocks can be overoxidized or used as hydrogen sources. Using renewable electricity to drive chemical synthesis may provide a route to overcoming these ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Identifying energy poverty in the built environment using large datasetsBroadly, energy poverty is defined as insufficient energy access. One often missed sign of energy poverty is an inability to maintain a safe and comfortable indoor temperature. Using residential electricity consumption datasets in multiple regions, we determine the outdoor temperatures at which households start using their heating and cooling systems. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Deep Learning and Deep Sequencing for mRNA DesignTwo decades past the human genome project, genomics is at an inflection point from an era of discovery to an era of engineering. My research journey has paralleled this transition from uncovering fundamental mechanisms of gene regulation to developing new therapeutic applications. I’ll describe how our lab combines machine learning ...
Interactions among organisms are catalysts for biological innovation; this is especially true for symbiotic relationships between marine bacteria and their animal hosts.? From the glowing symbioses of anglerfish to gooey lesions on sharks and the intricate partnerships between bacteria and coral reefs, my research unravels the diverse and fascinating microbial ...
The transition to sustainable energy systems presents a fundamental paradox: developing nations are expected to achieve both rapid modernization and environmental sustainability in a fraction of the time that developed nations took to industrialize. This talk examines this temporal disconnect through the lens of coal-powered electricity, comparing the centuries-long industrialization ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Transforming Pacific salmon recovery from genes to ecosystemsFor millennia, Pacific salmon have been integral to the health of coastal ecosystems and human communities from California to Alaska. Salmon are ecological and cultural keystone species, connecting marine and freshwater food webs and supporting thriving fisheries. Yet, wild salmon have declined precipitously due to a combination of factors including ...
Sci-Fi movies often depict hibernation as the secret to long-duration human spaceflight. (Note: Even with ideal starship acceleration and deceleration - AND with the benefit of relativistic effects - the nearest exoplanet is 3.6 YEARS away!) Of course, the boundary between science fiction and science fantasy is hazy. Advances in ...
