Diverse Voices in Fisheries SeminarUCSC's Fisheries Collaborative Program and the Santa Cruz-Monterey Bay Area Subunit of the American Fisheries Society invite you to the fifth annual, Diverse Voices in Fisheries Science Seminar. This will be a five-part series. We are excited to present Jonas Banta, UC Santa Cruz and Norris Center for Art + Science Fellow.
Environmental variation across temporal and spatial scales shapes individual differences in traits and causes resource acquisition and allocation to fluctuate dramatically. Technological advancements including animal-borne sensors have ushered in a research renaissance showing that differences across individual animals are much more common than previously recognized. Despite this progress, critical knowledge ...
The pursuit of understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying human longevity has emerged as a central focus in biomedical research, driven by the challenges posed by an aging global population. In this presentation, I will explore recent advancements in the identification and characterization of human longevity genes, shedding light on the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Climate Conversations: Rising Seas, Resilient CommunitiesJoin Save The Bay for an evening of conversation and community at Manny’s! This engaging panel discussion on sea level rise brings together experts from across the Bay to explore solutions to growing climate risks. Hear from local leaders in policy, government, and environmental advocacy as they share innovative, nature-based ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10
Thursday, 04/24/25
Coastal Walk at Pillar Point BluffJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful walk at Pillar Point Bluff just north of Half Moon Bay! You will be guided by POST ambassadors who will share details about the area’s interesting natural history, from the coastal scrub habitat to the Fitzgerald Marine Preserve which hosts tide pools ...
Where: Moss BeachCost: Free
SETI Live: Is Intelligent Life Easy? - LivestreamHuman-Like Life Probably Evolves "Right on Time" ?A recent study proposes a new model for the evolution of intelligent life, which challenges the long-standing "hard steps" theory that the emergence of intelligent life is an exceedingly rare event due to a series of improbable evolutionary milestones. A team led by ...
Where: Cost: Free
Climate One x SFCW: Alexis Madrigal, Margaret Gordon and Abby ReyesClimate One will be celebrating SF Climate Week with a series of programs featuring California and the San Francisco Bay Area’s leading voices in state and local policy, climate justice, arts and culture. The week will feature interviews, Q&As and performances that acknowledge today’s challenging political reality, while showcasing what’s ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members
The creation, recycling, and maintenance of continental lithosphere and its mainly stable cratonic cores have long been debated. I discuss our recent imaging work for North America and strive to put this in context of the Tibet/East Asia setting, contrasting the Farallon and Tethyan driven tectonic systems, as well as ...
SFCW at Climate One with San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Rep. Jared HuffmanClimate One will be celebrating SF Climate Week with a series of programs featuring California and the San Francisco Bay Area’s leading voices in state and local policy, climate justice, arts and culture. The week will feature interviews, Q&As and performances that acknowledge today’s challenging political reality, while showcasing what’s ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members
Acterra Teacher Training Workshop - LivestreamActerra’s youth Education Program offers free teacher training workshops. This year, we will be focusing on renewable energy education and the benefits of using a Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV). These workshops will help educators learn about climate change basics, and how to encourage younger generations to choose a ZEV as ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: Climate FuturesCelebrate the art and science of creating a hopeful climate future! Choose your own adventure with our illuminating programs, from artworks that embody changes in the natural world, to demos of transformative climate technology. Part of this year’s SF Climate Week, this After Dark promises an optimistic and inspiring look ...
Speaker: Ryan Reed, UC BerkeleyAttend in person or via Zoom (see weblink)
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Saturday, 04/26/25
Hike at Windy HillJoin POST on a guided hike on one of the first open spaces we protected as an organization! A POST Representative will share a few words about POST’s decades of conservation success before hiking groups leave to explore a strenuous but rewarding 7 mile hike with 1,500 feet of elevation ...
Where: Portola ValleyCost: Free
From Oakland to the Stars: A weekend celebration of our new exhibit, Universe UnveiledJoin us for a weekend full of hands-on discovery and community connection as we unveil our newest outdoor exhibit, Universe Unveiled, on the Observation Deck. From stunning space images to student-engineered rovers and hikes through the redwoods-there’s something for everyone!Opening April 26: Universe Unveiled A new outdoor exhibit exploring how ...
Where: OaklandCost: $24 General, $19 Youth/Senior/Student
Science Saturday: Earth and SustainabilityThis engaging event invites educators, families, and all ages to explore the vital connections between our planet's health and sustainable practices. Through interactive games, activities, and learning, participants will discover innovative solutions for environmental challenges and learn how to take meaningful action in their own lives.Experience the beauty of the ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
PelicanFest: Earth Day Celebration in PacificaJoin us at PelicanFest, an Earth Day celebration, an that event invites the Bay Area to discover and celebrate pelicansBooths will line the North Parking Lot with engaging activities for adults and children, to learn about pelicans and other local nature! Join environmental and community groups, and inspirational speakers as ...
Where: PacificaCost: Free
Beginner BirdingCome join a Ranger Guided Hike and Birding Program with a Marin Headlands Interpretation Ranger! Learn all about the many different types of birds that call the Marin Headlands home while hiking along the scenic Rodeo Lagoon Loop Trail beginning at Rodeo Beach.The program will consist of a 1.5-mile hike ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost:
Love our Earth FestivalJoin us for a day of environmental education, family-friendly activities, and community celebration. This cherished annual event brings together local organizations, environmental experts, and community members to promote sustainability and environmental stewardship.Free activities will include:Interactive environmental education exhibitsLocal vendorsChildren’s activities and craftsLive entertainmentFood trucks featuring local plant based cuisineTree plantingT-shirt ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: F
ART 101: Rotoscoping AnimationStep into the world of Kambui Olujimi: North Star, where body and movement take center stage, capturing these of weightlessness and freedom. In this hands-on, introductory workshop, you'll learn the technique of rotoscope animation, the process of creating animated sequences by tracing over live-action footage frame by frame. Drawing inspiration from Olujimi's Death ...
Where: San JoseCost: $30.00
CuriOdyssey Weekend Workshop: Water WondersExplore the incredible world of water by examining its unique physical and chemical properties through fun experiments and interactive activities. Discover how water changes forms, reacts with other substances, and why it’s essential for all living things on Earth.Ages 5 to 10 years old
Where: San MateoCost: $45-$55
Sunday, 04/27/25
From Oakland to the Stars: A weekend celebration of our new exhibit, Universe UnveiledJoin us for a weekend full of hands-on discovery and community connection as we unveil our newest outdoor exhibit, Universe Unveiled, on the Observation Deck. From stunning space images to student-engineered rovers and hikes through the redwoods-there’s something for everyone!Universe Unveiled A new outdoor exhibit exploring how we capture and ...
Where: OaklandCost: $24 General, $19 Youth/Senior/Student
Earth Day CelebrationCelebrate Earth Day with us at The Lawrence! Join community partners and UC Berkeley student organizations for our second annual celebration of the Earth and the nature that surrounds us. Learn about the traditional Ohlone method of acorn processing from Cafe Ohlone’s Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino, explore insect biology ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Event is free with admission to the science center
At the Foothills of an AI Era in ScienceAdvances in artificial intelligence are rapidly transforming the scientific enterprise, offering powerful new methods for generating hypotheses, designing experiments, and interpreting data. I will discuss the promise of AI to accelerate scientific discovery, sharing examples that illustrate emerging patterns of innovation driven by the rapid scaling of cycles of generation ...
Rapid advances in computational modeling, such as deep neural networks, applied to brain data and imaging technologies, like functional, quantitative, and diffusion MRI, are revolutionizing our understanding of how the human brain sees.Dr. Kalanit Grill-Spector, a neuroscientist at Stanford University and expert in how the brain ‘sees’ will give a ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Vaccination and its Historical Discontents - LivestreamHesitancy and resistance to vaccination is more common than not in U.S. history. This talk will explain how and why public attitudes toward vaccination have changed over time, with an emphasis on the twentieth and twenty-first-century trends reflected in today’s vaccination debates and controversies.Speaker: Professor Elena Conis is a writer ...
The harnessing and manipulation of electronic states in quantum materials has the potential to revolutionize computation, sensing, storage, and communications, thus impacting multiple facets of our everyday lives. In this talk I will discuss my group’s recent experiments with graphene, a highly versatile carbon-based quantum material that hosts ultra-relativistic charges. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Status of Circular Electron Positron Collider in China After the discovery of Higgs, Higgs factory is now recognized by the community as the highest priority for the future of particle physics. We proposed Circular Electron-Positron Collider in 2012, which is now almost ready for construction. I will describe its design, R&D and the construction planning.Speaker: Yifang Wang, Chinese ...
Symmetries and topology are central to our understanding of physical systems. Topology, for instance, explains the precise quantization of the Hall effect and the protection of surface states in topological insulators against scattering from disorder or bumps. However discrete symmetries and topology have not, until recently, contributed much to our ...
You are interested in a career in sustainability. You want to make a difference. Save the planet. Save humankind. How do you figure out what career to pursue, in the vast world of sustainability? Would it be better to work in a climate startup or a Fortune 500 company with ...
This presentation details recent progress in our laboratory toward the synthesis and evaluation of historically underemployed fluorinated functional groups that have been made more accessible using the TCICA/KF approach to oxidative fluorination. A major theme will be our recent merging of SF5 radical chemistry with strain-release functionalization of [1.1.1]propellane and ...
It is more difficult to access the Earth’s interior a few miles below our feet than it is to explore the surface of another planet hundreds of thousands to million miles away. Drilling has made it possible to explore the Earth’s interior and thus, go deep. But the thrill to ...
Over the last half decade, the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) have leapt from preschooler to undergraduate and beyond. This talk reviews recent progress in teaching LLMs to do science and reasoning, and speculates as to what it will mean for the future of theoretical physics if these trends ...
Junctions comprising individual molecules “wired” between nanoscale electrodes approach the limit of miniaturization for electronic circuits used in computation and data storage. While model studies of these atomically precise systems expose molecular structure-charge transport property relationships critical for the development of useful electronic components (e.g., wires, switches, or diodes), the ...
Radio and TV journalist Ira Flatow produced his first science stories back in 1970 during the inaugural Earth Day. Since then, he has worked for Emmy Award-winning science programs and covered science for a number of high-profile news organizations, and has hosted the popular public radio program “Science Friday” for ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $40 General, $30 Members, $8 Students in person
Going the Distance - One Humpback's Journey of Migration - LivestreamPlease join us as we embark on a global travel - virtually - along one humpback whale’s migration. You won’t want to miss the journey as chronicled by the marine biologists behind the discovery of this epic cetacean story. Transcending borders and species we will hear from Dr. Aylin Akkaya ...
Wonderfest Science Envoys are early-career researchers with enhanced communication skills and aspirations. Following short talks on provocative modern science topics, these two Science Envoys will answer questions with insight and enthusiasm:UC Berkeley astrophysicist Daniel Brethauer on Astronomically Rocking Out to Heavy Metals - The gold in jewelry, the uranium in a nuclear power plant, the ...
