After Dark: PrideCelebrate Pride with sci-fi representation, fun activities, and a thought-provoking exhibition about space.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95
PRIDE NightLifeKick off San Francisco Pride in a big way at NightLife. We’re celebrating love, acceptance, and the power of being unapologetically yourself. So get ready to dance the night away in your fiercest fit, shop local vendors, and more!
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25
Friday, 06/26/26
Attention-Guided Audio Compression for Multimodal LLMs - LivestreamDescription Audio compression is often proposed to improve the efficiency of multimodal large language models, but its impact on downstream task performance remains underexplored. This talk examines how semantic neural audio codecs behave under token reduction constraints, using cross-modal attention as a signal to discard frames with low semantic content. ...
Where: Cost: Free
Lick Observatory After Hours - SOLD OUTTake a walk through the Eastside of the Lick Observatory, culminating in a visit to the iconic Shane Telescope. After a journey through time with a history lecture, we’ll transition to a night of star gazing. Experience the cosmos firsthand through our expert-led portable telescope stations.Our behind-the-scenes After Hours Tour ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $81.88
Skeptics in an Oakland pubEnjoy an evening of socializing and feasting with fellow Bay Area science-forward folk in Drake’s Biergarten with great food. < Menu >Join us! This is a free event brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics. All are welcome.
Get your tickets now for the lowest price of the year for the 2026 SkeptiCal Conference, northern California’s meeting on science and critical thinking. Speakers (see weblink for abstracts and bios): Placebos for Pets: Alternative Medicine for Animals (Brennan McKenzie) Burning Questions: A Skeptical Examination of Wildfire Risk and ...
Where: OaklandCost: See website
Discover the Flyway TrailJoin us for a walk along the Flyway Trail! Discover wildlife from a 360 degree view at the Ravenswood Unit of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.We will meet in the Bedwell Bayfront Park parking lot, adjacent to the bathrooms, and walk through Bedwell Bayfront Park to ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Lick Observatory After Hours - SOLD OUTTake a walk through the Eastside of the Lick Observatory, culminating in a visit to the iconic Shane Telescope. After a journey through time with a history lecture, we’ll transition to a night of star gazing. Experience the cosmos firsthand through our expert-led portable telescope stations.Our behind-the-scenes After Hours Tour ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $81.88
Unraveling Dark EnergyAlthough dark energy makes up about 70% of our universe, it remains one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics. Unraveling its nature is the central mission of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a flagship cosmology program led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. By constructing the largest three-dimensional map ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Sunday, 06/28/26
Solar ObservingIt’s there for us year round, lighting our days and providing energy for our lives, so maybe it’s time to give it a closer look. Join SJAA for amazing and detailed views of the Sun, and be assured that we’ll be using special telescopes that will keep your eyeballs perfectly ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Marine Science Sundays: Sea Lions of the WorldThis month is all about celebrating the sea lion. Let's look at some of the diversity of sea lions around the world and what makes them super special. Join us as we explore the big, the small, the weird, and everything in between!Talks at 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM, and 2:00 ...
Kink is often misunderstood as something extreme or niche, but many of the skills practiced within kink and BDSM communities - communication, consent, curiosity, trust, and play - can improve intimacy for almost everyone, whether you consider yourself kinky or not.In this lecture, Certified Sex Therapist Claire Perelman explores five ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $27
A Giant Leap: How AI Is Transforming HealthcareDespite decades of investment, healthcare has been slow to embrace a digital transformation. Inefficiencies and problems with electronic health records persist. With the rise of AI, is healthcare finally at a turning point?Join us for a CHM Live book talk with Robert Wachter, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
You are what you eat, and for killer whales, it’s not always good news - LivestreamWhat can a tiny sample of killer whale skin or blubber reveal? Surprisingly, a lot! From their diet to the pollutants they carry and the effects on their health, a single biopsy opens a window into the wider ocean ecosystem. In this talk, Dr. Anaïs Remili will cover how lipid ...
Two Probes, One Star: A New Ear of Solar DiscoverySpeaker: George Ho, Southwest Research InstituteTriton: We Must Go Back!Speaker: Michael Velez, Southwest Research InstituteClick here to watch
In their hives, out in the fields, and all around the world, honey bees, Apis mellifera, play a multitude of roles: honey maker, nurse, guard, forager, navigator, dancer, communicator, pollinator and ambassador. In this talk, you will learn more about these roles and some of the remarkable abilities honey bees ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 07/02/26
After Dark: StarstruckFrom stardust to supernovae, the universe holds the secrets to our origins and possible futures.Tonight, explore the wonders of the cosmos through science, belief, and art. Find out what ancient star light can teach us about the Big Bang. Dig deep into how uncertainty informs both astronomy and religion, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95
Friday, 07/03/26
Ask a Scientist: MeteoritesJoin us to learn about meteorites from an expert and also see some samples!Current Osher Fellow Br. Guy Consolmagno is a Jesuit brother, a planetary scientist, and the Director Emeritus of the Vatican Observatory. He splits his time between the meteorite collection in Rome and the Vatican telescope in Arizona. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
First Friday: The Mother of All DemosA Special Performance by Sarah BuckiusStep into a zany and participatory, multimedia performance by artist Sarah Buckius. Adopting the role of a tech CEO, Buckius will explore the roles of women in past and future technologies, from textile patents to robot design and artificial intelligence training.Buckius is an exhibiting artist ...
First Saturday Tours are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to the Arboretum or to deepen your knowledge of the Arboretum’s plant collections. Each tour is a little different depending on the time of year, the interests of the tour guide, and the people who join in. For example, you ...
Despite decades of progress, women continue to face systemic barriers to success in medicine and science. This is the considered view of Dr. Jennifer Grandis, Distinguished Professor at UC San Francisco. In her new book, Harsh Medicine: Why Women Can’t Get Ahead in Science and Health Care, Dr. Grandis draws ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General in person, $10 online
The implementation of methods emphasizing inclusion and accessibility have noticeably increased in the geosciences over the last few decades. In particular, geoscientists of color and geoscientists with disabilities have both become the focus of various efforts to provide improved support for long-term success in the discipline. In order to continue ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Thursday, 07/09/26
SETI Live: Alien Skies Under Fire - LivestreamCould hazy exoplanet atmospheres be hiding important clues about alien worlds?Many potentially habitable planets orbit small, active stars that frequently unleash powerful bursts of ultraviolet radiation. New research shows that this radiation can alter the chemistry and optical properties of atmospheric hazes, changing what astronomers see when they observe these ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: Science of SportsDiscover the science behind how elite athletes harness physics, psychology, and strategy to perform at the highest level.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95
NightLifeThursdays hit different at NightLife. The museum comes alive after hours - wilder, more curious, and full of exciting creatures. Grab your friends, grab a hand-crafted drink, and let yourself wander into whatever weird or wonderful corner calls you. Plus, you can:Step inside our four-story Osher Rainforest, where you can explore ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $26
The Numerology of Toxicology: How Bad Science Travels into the Regulatory Domain - LivestreamScientific literature is routinely shaped, and sometimes outright manufactured, by parties with a commercial stake in the conclusions. Studies designed to defend a product’s efficacy or safety often acquire an outsized regulatory presence, circulating across jurisdictions and becoming load-bearing references for decisions made by agencies around the world. Once embedded, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 07/10/26
Lick Observatory After Hours - SOLD OUTTake a walk through the Eastside of the Lick Observatory, culminating in a visit to the iconic Shane Telescope. After a journey through time with a history lecture, we’ll transition to a night of star gazing. Experience the cosmos firsthand through our expert-led portable telescope stations.Our behind-the-scenes After Hours Tour ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $81.88
Saturday, 07/11/26
History of DrawbridgeAbout fifty years ago, the last inhabitant of Drawbridge left. Drawbridge was a small community in the middle of the south Bay marshes, about 3 miles north of Alviso, that existed from the late 1880s to mid-1970s. Learn about what was the catalyst for it to form, why people lived ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Family Nature Adventures: RedwoodsThis Months Theme: Guardians of the Forest - Discover the Oakland Redwoods!Journey into the majestic redwood groves of the Oakland Hills and explore the towering giants that call our local parks home.Interactive Workshop: Learn what makes coast redwoods the tallest trees on Earth and how they thrive in the unique ...
Where: OaklandCost: $25 Adults, $35 Youth 3 - 8, $15 off for members
The Tech Interactive's Molecular Meals: Summer BBQ WorkshopExperience the ultimate summer BBQ reinvented through cutting-edge food science. Gather your friends and family for a culinary adventure where classic comfort food meets futuristic gastronomy. Using the precise chemical process of spherification, your group will step behind the kitchen counter to hand-craft a gourmet spread of edible, bursting spheres ...
Where: San JoseCost: $20.00 General, $15 Members + Admission charge
Lick Observatory After Hours - SOLD OUTTake a walk through the Eastside of the Lick Observatory, culminating in a visit to the iconic Shane Telescope. After a journey through time with a history lecture, we’ll transition to a night of star gazing. Experience the cosmos firsthand through our expert-led portable telescope stations.Our behind-the-scenes After Hours Tour ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $81.88
Twilight Marsh WalkExperience the salt marsh at twilight on an easy stroll along refuge trails (about 0.6 miles). You will learn about the habitats at the refuge, the wildlife it protects, why the refuge was established and why it is just as important for us. This program is led by USFWS volunteer ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Sunday, 07/12/26
History of DrawbridgeJoin us for a presentation at the Visitor Contact Station on the Bay Area's historic town!About fifty years ago, the last inhabitant of Drawbridge left. Drawbridge was a small community in the middle of the South Bay marshes, about 3 miles north of Alviso, that existed from the late 1880s ...
Some of the world’s best predators are in the ocean! Come learn about orcas, sharks, and even polar bears! You’ll hear about hunting habits to what we think makes them succeed, as we dive into some incredible top predators!30 minute presentations at 10:30 am, 12:00 pm, and 2:00 pm
Where: SausalitoCost: Free with admission
The Tech Interactive's Molecular Meals: Summer BBQ WorkshopExperience the ultimate summer BBQ reinvented through cutting-edge food science. Gather your friends and family for a culinary adventure where classic comfort food meets futuristic gastronomy. Using the precise chemical process of spherification, your group will step behind the kitchen counter to hand-craft a gourmet spread of edible, bursting spheres ...
Where: San JoseCost: $20.00 General, $15 Members + Admission charge
For two decades, the "complete" human genome wasn't actually complete. Roughly 8% stayed unknown because it was located in the most repetitive, copy-pasted stretches of our DNA, which happen to be the exact regions that I am interested in studying! Now, truly complete assemblies have finally filled in those gaps. ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Tuesday, 07/14/26
Encrypting to a Mathematical Fact - Theoretically SpeakingWhen people think of encryption, they typically imagine a plaintext being encrypted so that only someone with the correct cryptographic key can decrypt it. In this talk, Sanjam Garg (UC Berkeley) will discuss a different kind of encryption scheme, where a plaintext can be encrypted to a puzzle or, more ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free, registration required
Restoring the Carmel River: The Rancho Cañada Floodplain Restoration ProjectJoin Jake Smith, Planning & Conservation Program Manager for the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District, for an overview of the Rancho Cañada Floodplain Restoration Project at Palo Corona Regional Park. This ambitious effort is transforming a former golf course into restored floodplain and upland habitat along the Carmel River, reconnecting ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Skeptics in a Real 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.
When minds “connect,” the underlying brains synchronize their activity. The stimuli that most potently evoke this neural synchrony includes, perhaps surprisingly, the sharing of stories. Neuroscience now recognizes that narrativeconstitutes not only the basis of conscious experience, but also the principal mechanism that shapes human selves and societies - for ...
This month, we have two awesome speakers lined up! Anna Coerver (UCB) will be talking about the infancy of the Universe and the measurements we make to learn about its very early stages. Then, we’ll hear from Dr. Macy Huston (UCB) on discovering the invisible with gravitational microlensing.Our FREE Astronomy ...
Piero Scaruffi on "A History of Silicon Valley" Ge Wang on "What Do We (Really) Want From AI" Elise DeMarzo (Code: ART Festival) on "Digital Art, Real Community" Mihai Codreanu (Stanford) on "The Impact of University Research Parks"
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Decoding the Magnetic Interstellar MediumThe interstellar medium is the “stuff between the stars” in galaxies: the turbulent broth of gas and dust out of which new stars are born, and into which some old stars explode. Magnetic fields thread this interstellar environment, helping to sculpt galaxies through their influence on a diverse range of ...
An agent is simple: Prompt + Tools + Model + Boilerplate. The first three are where product teams create value. The last one - state management, history compression, streaming, cancellation, tracing, memory, persistence - is 80% of the code but 0% of the differentiation. At ThoughtSpot, we built an Agent ...
SETI Live: A New Way to Search for Alien Civilizations - LivestreamFor decades, SETI researchers have focused on finding narrow-band radio signals that might stand out from the natural universe. But what if an advanced civilization that wanted to communicate would choose a very different strategy?Join host Dr. Lauren Sgro and UCLA astronomer Dr. Ben Zuckerman as they discuss his new ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: Unplug and PlayYour monthly invitation to hang out and try something new - play science trivia, find your community, and connect deeply.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95
NightLife: AnalogTrade screen time for real time. Wander, make, and connect during a night dedicated to the non-digital world.
Where: San FranciscoCost: $26
Cats, Wildlife, and Solutions - LivestreamJoin our panel of experts to learn about how outdoor cats are impacting our urban ecology, with a focus on solutions that work for public lands, your neighborhood, and your home!This panel discussion will be moderated by Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s Conservation Director Whitney Grover and will include the following ...
For many people, IVF is imagined as a medical procedure. In reality, it often becomes a series of difficult decisions: what information to learn, which tests to run, how to interpret genetic results, and what to do when science can offer probabilities but not certainty.In this lecture, Christina Ren, a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $27
The Martians: The Story of a Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century AmericaWe're delighted to be joined this month by best-selling author David Baron whose most recent book, The Martians, covers a fascinating aspect of history. Just a century ago, Martians were thought to be real creatures. Noted and respected figures of society such as Alexander Graham Bell proclaimed that these Martians ...
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Friday, 07/17/26
Family Author Event: Amelia Otter's Mischief in the WaterAuthor Luke McLelan will read his delightful book about Amelia Otter, a real live otter who made some mischief in Monterey Bay and befriended surfers. Families with elementary age children are invited to join us for this free event. We will have books available for sale and the author will ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Lick Observatory After Hours - SOLD OUTTake a walk through the Eastside of the Lick Observatory, culminating in a visit to the iconic Shane Telescope. After a journey through time with a history lecture, we’ll transition to a night of star gazing. Experience the cosmos firsthand through our expert-led portable telescope stations.Our behind-the-scenes After Hours Tour ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $81.88
Bair Island Sunset WalkFlock together for a lovely walk along the marshes of Bair Island while viewing the flamboyant colors of a California sunset! The walk will be an easy 0.8 mile stroll along the marsh at Bair Island.Come view the sunset on our walking tour around the charming marshlands of Bair Island. ...
Where: Redwood CityCost: Free
Saturday, 07/18/26
Nature Journals and Sensory WalkJoin us to learn to make and decorate your own nature journal! Afterwards, use your journal to engage all your senses as you explore the habitats of the Refuge on a self-guided sensory walk! We will have signs set up to help guide your experience!We will provide all the materials ...
Where: FremontCost: free
Family Bird WalkJoin us on a fun, family, feathered Family Bird Walk! This program is especially recommended for families with children ages 5-10.Let family walks become a shared time of nature learning! We’ll begin by helping kids create their personal bird watching field guides, and then head out onto the trails to ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
The Tech Topple: The Largest Live Domino Build in California at The Tech InteractiveGet ready for the ultimate chain reaction! Tech Topple: The Great Adventure brings its massive, 40,000-domino spectacle back to The Tech Interactive for its 11th year. This year's jaw-dropping build features an intricate "one-ball path" where a single, determined ball will travel all the way from start to finish, triggering ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free with admission
Lick Observatory After Hours - SOLD OUTTake a walk through the Eastside of the Lick Observatory, culminating in a visit to the iconic Shane Telescope. After a journey through time with a history lecture, we’ll transition to a night of star gazing. Experience the cosmos firsthand through our expert-led portable telescope stations.Our behind-the-scenes After Hours Tour ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $81.88
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 ...
The flavor of food comes from thousands of chemical compounds interacting with our senses in ways most of us never think about. As scientists work to create more sustainable alternatives to traditional animal products, understanding those flavors has become one of the biggest challenges in building the foods of the ...
I will describe several of our team’s previous and ongoing projects to examine dynamics and submesoscale processes through deep learning analysis of remote sensing datasets and ocean general circulation model (OGCM) outputs. By learning the fundamental patterns of sea surface temperature (SST) at scales of ~1 to 100km, we have ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Popping the Science Bubble: How neurons sparkLearn about cutting-edge research happening at UC Berkeley, directly from the scientists themselves. Join Popping the Science Bubble in the second floor Mystery Room or join us virtually on Zoom: http://bit.ly/PtSBBerkeley (register at the link).This month's presentations will be:How neurons spark: The story of nerve signals - Sirui Ning, Chemical EngineeringSecond ...
Like thoroughly scientific alchemists, nuclear chemists work to create elements that don’t exist naturally on Earth. These new super-heavy atoms could be long-lived, residing on proton-packed islands of stability off the far end of the periodic table. What new elements have most recently been added to the periodic table? How ...
Science Journal for Kids and Teens aims to make scientific research discoveries more accessible to a general audience and particularly to children. Students can have a hard time conceptualizing what scientific researchers do and how they communicate their findings. And many teachers, especially K-12, do not have adequate research backgrounds ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Exploring Strange New Worlds: Rocky Exoplanet Atmospheres with JWSTCan we learn about the history and geology of a rocky planet like Earth by measuring its atmosphere? In just a few decades, astronomers have gone from wondering whether planets exist around other stars to discovering thousands of them. Now the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is taking the next ...
From dating apps and reality TV to advice from friends and family, we're constantly told what makes two people compatible. But relationship scientists have spent decades studying a surprisingly simple question: what actually predicts whether a relationship will last?In this lecture, Dr. Annika From, a relationship researcher at the University ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $27
Virtual Skeptics on the PubThis is a casual night of socializing with fellow science-forward skeptics and with others inhabiting our oblate spheroidal planet.Please join us! This is a free event brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics. All are welcome.Click here to join.
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 07/23/26
After Dark: Out of This WorldLife beyond Earth - is it possible? Find out what it takes to survive in space, and hear from SETI scientists about the search for life off-planet.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95
NightLifeThursdays hit different at NightLife. The museum comes alive after hours - wilder, more curious, and full of exciting creatures. Grab your friends, grab a hand-crafted drink, and let yourself wander into whatever weird or wonderful corner calls you. Plus, you can:Step inside our four-story Osher Rainforest, where you can explore ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $26
The Science Behind Cat Color, Personality Traits and IntelligenceLearn about the science behind cat behavior, including the relationship among cat color, personality traits and intelligence, from Karol Maybury, Ph.D., a professor of psychology at the University of Maine at Farmington and co-founder of the Maine Cat Lab.Presented by San Francisco Public Library
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Friday, 07/24/26
Lick Observatory After Hours - SOLD OUTTake a walk through the Eastside of the Lick Observatory, culminating in a visit to the iconic Shane Telescope. After a journey through time with a history lecture, we’ll transition to a night of star gazing. Experience the cosmos firsthand through our expert-led portable telescope stations.Our behind-the-scenes After Hours Tour ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $81.88
Sunset Nature WalkDiscover the San Francisco Bay’s evening wildlife on a guided walk at Ravenswood Pond SF2! We’ll explore the shorebirds that gather here at dusk, learn about the vital role of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, and share simple ways you can support the health of this important ecosystem.This ...
