First Friday Nights at CuriOdysseySwing into the weekend with science, animals, music, food trucks, and fun! On the first Friday of every month, parents and kids celebrate together at CuriOdyssey.Dance to some of your favorite hits, while enjoying animal presentations and science activities. Activities and programs are different each time, so make it a ...
Where: San MateoCost:
Saturday, 11/08/25
Family Program: Trails and TailsJoin us for a hike through the Garden’s diverse collection in search of signs of animal activity! We’ll start the morning by crafting our Tails and Trails Journals before heading out on a 45-60 minute Garden hike. There will be lots of stops along the way to take measurements, check ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $8 - $20
LGO Guided Monarch WalkJoin the naturalists at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History for a free guided walk at the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary. Find monarchs clustering in trees or feeding from nectar plants, and learn about their amazing adaptations and how we can help protect them.
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Family Nature Adventures: Discover the Secrets of Local Owls! - RESCHEDULEDStep into the magical world of owls during this month’s adventure! Dive into the habits, calls, and diets of local owls. Experience hands-on science as you dissect owl pellets to uncover the mysteries of their meals. Bring your own binoculars or use our child-sized pairs as you join a guided stroll through ...
Where: OaklandCost: $25 General, $35 ages 3 - 8, $10 off members
Family Nature Adventures: Fungus Among Us - Exploring the Secret Life of Mushrooms!Unlock the mysterious world of fungi that thrives in the redwood forest! Learn about the fascinating life cycle of mushrooms, their role in the ecosystem, and how to identify various species. Venture into the forest with expert guides to discover different types of fungi growing in the wild and uncover their unique ...
Where: OaklandCost: $25 General, $35 ages 3 - 8, $10 off members
Mapping Heavy Metal Contamination in Chicago’s Neighborhoods - LivestreamFor over two decades, I have partnered with undergraduate students, environmental justice organizations, Chicago Public School (CPS) teachers and their students, and faculty from various Chicago universities to study heavy metal contamination across the city of Chicago. Projects have ranged from examining contamination caused by particular industries - including the ...
Where: Cost: Free
Twilight Tales at the RefugeLearn about the history of the Refuge while experiencing the salt marsh at sunset.Join us for an evening at the refuge in Alviso to hear tales of rails, tales of tails, and tales of gold, silver, and … garbage. You’ll learn why the refuge was created and why it is ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Sunday, 11/09/25
LGO Guided Monarch WalkJoin the naturalists at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History for a free guided walk at the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary. Find monarchs clustering in trees or feeding from nectar plants, and learn about their amazing adaptations and how we can help protect them.
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Marine Science Sunday - An Ocean FeastVisit our hospital and visitor center in Sausalito, California, to learn more about what The Marine Mammal Center is doing to help save marine mammals found along the California coast and beyond, and learn more about how you can help.These interactive presentations hosted by our award-winning educators feature multimedia, pictures, ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Free with admission
Microbes vs. Climate Change: Bay Area EditionPOV: You are amongst the smallest and mightiest population in the Bay Area. Join us to see how microorganisms cope with climate trends!Imagine life as some of the smallest, but mightiest living things in the Bay Area: microbes! Join us at the EEC for an interactive activity to learn about ...
The Emerging Market for Intelligence: The Supply, Demand, and Usage of LLMsWe document new facts about the supply and demand of LLMs as measured by API usage on Microsoft's Azure platform and on OpenRouter. We first document the rapid proliferation in the number of LLMs available, and the entry of inference providers such as DeepInfra, Fireworks, Cerebras, and Groq for open-source ...
From climate change to historic droughts, California’s water future continues to face ever growing challenges, but what are we doing to develop secure reliable water supplies and what is Los Angeles doing to become ‘water strong’? This seminar will highlight the steps that Los Angeles is taking to develop sustainable ...
To be successful in reducing CO2 emissions, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) must be implemented in industrial and power sector contexts with diverse site operations and incentive structures. Drawing on the case of SO2 control for coal-fired power plants, which is recognized as one of the most successful efforts to ...
Through practices centered on creative computation, generative systems, and real-time interaction, artists today actively reconfigure, hack, and subvert emerging technologies, repurposing them as tools for expression and meaning-making.Drawing from my practice and research, this talk positions experimental media art as a critical research method. This approach moves beyond simple representation ...
Stanford professor Debbie Senesky will host a panel discussion with Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, Author of Atomic Dreams: The New Nuclear Evangelists and the Fight for the Future of Energy and Charles Oppenheimer, founder of the Oppenheimer Project and founder and CEO of the startup Oppenheimer Energy. As global energy demand grows for ...
Metals are critical to technology, but their supply chain includes antiquated techniques with large carbon emissions. A sustainable economy requires new science to connect science to engineering needs across the supply chain - from metal extraction to part fabrication. My group uses and develops advanced characterization techniques to study the ...
Laura’s research combines field work with (micro)structural and geochronological analyses to study tectonic histories and processes. Much of her work has been conducted internationally in remote regions of Mongolia and Papua New Guinea. Her EPS seminar will highlight current NSF-funded collaborative research much closer to home where she and colleagues ...
The current generation of redshift surveys provide three-dimensional maps of the Universe with tens of millions of galaxies spanning much of the observable universe. These maps explore physics beyond the standard model, including the physics of dark energy and early universe inflation. David will present measurements of cosmic expansion and ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Skeptics in a PubEnjoy an evening of socializing and feasting with fellow Bay Area science-forward folk in an Irish Pub on the Peninsula with great food. < Menu >Join us! This is a free event brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics. All are welcome.
This month, we have two excellent talks lined up: Dr. Cara Giovanetti (UCB/LBNL) will be telling us about the invisible substance that makes up 80% of the universe: dark matter. Then, we’ll hear from David Calvert (NC State University) about how ghostly neutrino particles allow us to study distant supernovae!Two ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Demystifying eBirdJoin us in welcoming Brian Sullivan, MAS Vice President and birder extraordinaire, as our November presenter. Brian will go over an eBird Q&A, and share how these Cornell Lab of Ornithology platforms transform the way we perceive birds.Brian currently serves as Digital Publications Lead at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, ...
There are many facts about spheres in high dimensions that are extremely counterintuitive when one's instincts anchor too heavily on circles and spheres in 2 and 3 dimensions. How much area is close to the equator? How much of the volume enclosed is close to the surface? When inscribed in a hypercube, what percentage of the volume ...
Neurosymbolic AI brings together the statistical nature of machine learning with the formal reasoning capabilities of symbolic AI. It seeks to offer a balanced approach to contemporary AI technologies, by combining the ability to learn from data, with the capacity to reason upon knowledge acquired from an environment. The main ...
Hundred-year-old giant clams, coral kingdoms that rival human cities, jellyfish that glow in the dark, and sea stars with super strength: ocean invertebrates are among the oldest and most diverse organisms on earth, In The Ocean’s Menagerie: How Earth’s Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life, leading marine ecologist Dr. Drew Harvell explores ...
The past few years have seen rapid advances in frontier AI models, demonstrating increasing performance and generality. As progress continues toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) scholarship and practice has a critical role to play in ensuring that AI technology is useful to and usable by people to ...
A family from the northern New Mexico tribe of Santa Clara Pueblo is developing a Tewa-language place-names project. Their work raises questions about the intergenerational passage and passing of cultural knowledge. Place-names call attention to the link between language and land. They orient communities to space and time. They hold ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Molecular Engineering to Tip Immune Balances between Tolerance and AggressionWe explore materials and protein engineering approaches to deliver antigens and cytokines to tip the immune balance between tolerance and aggression. In the context of tolerance, induction of regulatory T cells is critical, and antigen specificity can arise from exogenously administered antigens in the form of an inverse vaccine or ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Every Day, Computers are Making People Easier to UseA conversation with the editors of In Formation, a tech-critical magazine revived after 25 years.Once a cult favorite of the tech underground, In Formation is a tech-critical magazine revived after 25 years to examine how digital tools shape, and sometimes distort, our humanity. Join editors David Temkin, Alex Lash, Paulina ...
Kate Crawford is an internationally leading scholar of AI and its impacts. She is a Professor at the University of Southern California in LA, a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Labs New York, Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney, and the inaugural visiting chair of AI and Justice ...
Carbonate melts play a crucial role in the deep carbon cycle, influencing both the geochemical evolution and geophysical properties of Earth’s interior. These melts are thought to form during the incipient melting of carbonated peridotite and subducted carbonated crustal materials at depths corresponding to the redox stability field of carbonate ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Autumn Bites: Satisfy Your Cravings with Flavorful, Carb-Controlled Snacks - LivestreamEmbrace the delicious flavors of fall. Discover creative recipes and tips to enjoy seasonal treats without compromising your health goals, making this autumn your tastiest yet! This webinar will be presented by Jessica Shipley, MS, RD, CDCES, who is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist ...
This seminar presents recent work utilizing high-resolution smart meter electricity data to inform climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, with a focus on residential air-conditioning (AC) access and usage. Drawing on a novel dataset of over 8.8 billion hourly electricity consumption records from approximately 200,000 households across Southern California, my ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
SETI Live: Where Water Boils the SkyWhat happens when a planet is full of water - but too hot for oceans? Meet the “steam worlds,” exotic exoplanets wrapped in thick water vapor and boiling at thousands of degrees. These strange worlds may be far from habitable, but they’re reshaping how scientists think about planets, water, and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Do Aliens Speak Physics? - LivestreamCarl Sagan famously said that alien civilizations may be alien in their biology, culture, and language, but we are likely to have physics and math in common with them. Today, many physicists are confident that alien intelligence will do physics much the way we do and that we can use ...
Where: Cost: Free
Financializing Disaster: Insurance and the Climate CrisisThe technical world of insurance is a critical lens through which to understand the escalating crises in climate change and housing. As climate risks intensify, both public and private homeowner insurance markets face unprecedented pressure, revealing the interconnections between housing affordability, wealth inequality, and the broader financialization of our communities. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Exploring the Quantum Frontier - LivestreamThe United Nations has named 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, highlighting one of the most exciting frontiers in science today. UC Berkeley physicists are leading the charge, exploring discoveries that could transform computing, communication, and our understanding of the universe. Come hear from a quantum measurement ...
Where: Cost: Free
History on Tap: Gold, Ghosts, & Legends of MontereyHidden bags of gold, family heritage, outlaw chases, and more are part of a fascinating tale that shines a light on many aspects of Monterey’s rich history. Join us for a special night with Brian Edwards and friends from the Monterey County Free Public Libraries to learn about our local ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $20 General, $15 Member, students free
After Dark: GatherAs the days grow shorter and the nights get longer, join us at the Exploratorium to celebrate community, ritual, and togetherness. From indigenous acorn processing, a traditionally communal event, to cooperative board games, come mark the changing of seasons by getting together with friends and loved ones.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95
NightLife: AvenuesNightLife is dedicated to showcasing the unique community, culture, and entertainment of San Francisco, and 'Avenues' is our effort to amplify all that the city's west side has to offer. Think block party in a museum. Shop and connect with local businesses and organizations curated by The Faight, Fleetwood SF, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
Motus Wildlife Tracking System - LivestreamThe Motus Wildlife Tracking System (‘Motus’) is an international collaborative research network that uses automated radio telemetry to study the movements of birds, bats, and insects. Motus, meaning “movement” in Latin, uses coordinated arrays of receiver stations that detect animals carrying miniaturized radio transmitters, enabling researchers to simultaneously track hundreds ...
The culture wars have now fully consumed the issue of sex and gender, placing the biological sciences at the front lines, an uncomfortable place for a scientific discipline. Nonetheless, contrary to what the culture warriors want people to believe, diverse sexual behavior is not a new development, or even a human ...
