Skeptics in the PubEnjoy an evening of socializing and feasting with fellow Bay Area folk in an Irish Pub on the Peninsula.Please join us! This is a free event brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics. All are welcome.
Fusion research aims to bring sun-like energy production safely to Earth. Recent advances have been momentous, including scientific breakthroughs at Lawrence Livermore Lab’s National Ignition Facility, where Earth’s most energetic lasers drive hydrogen atoms to fuse in a controlled thermonuclear reaction. What challenges remain as we work to put the ...
This month, we have two very exciting and wildly different talks lined up: Dr. Josh Dillon (UCB) will tell us all about mapping the Universe. Then stick around for a talk by Dr. Steve Croft (UCB/Oxford/SETI), who will give us an update on the search for alien life!Two Pitchers is ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Counting Molo - a Volunteer Bird Counter's Experience - RESCHEDULEDHow do you even begin to count over half a million nesting birds on the largest albatross colony on Earth? What is it like to live on a tropical atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for six weeks?Join Kyan Russell this month to hear about his experience and ...
Pelagic, or "open ocean", birding is when you go looking for bird species that live on the open ocean, like shearwaters, storm-petrels, alcids, albatrosses, and others. Bird watching from a rocking vessel may initially seem like birding on "hard" mode, but it's a fun way to see highly specialized species, ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Perseids Meteor Shower ViewingGet ready to wish upon a star - again and again - at our Perseid Meteor Shower Watch Party! Join us under the open August sky for one of nature’s most dazzling light shows as the Perseids streak across the heavens. These fiery meteors, born from the debris of the ...
