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 Historically used as a naval base and training center, much of Yerba Buena Island’s native ecosystems have been replaced by ...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 ...
