Emperor penguins breed through the dark Antarctic winter on sea ice, in one of Earth’s most extreme environments, making them difficult to monitor yet invaluable as indicators of Southern Ocean health. Our program follows penguins across their lives and vast ocean areas by combining long-term field observations with electronic tagging, ...
Gladstone’s Steven Finkbeiner shares how Gladstone’s AI-powered microscope is racing to cure neurodegenerative disease.Imagine a scientist that never sleeps, runs thousands of experiments at once, and learns from every success and failure in real-time. It’s not a person - it’s a microscope. Scientist Steven Finkbeiner, M.D., Ph.D., of San Francisco’s ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22 General, $5 Online, Students Free
Popping the Science Bubble: Wastewater viruses & plant sunscreenThis month's presentations will be:Tracking viruses in wastewater: Some are more vulnerable to soaps and detergents than others - Allie Nguyen, Environmental Engineering, UC BerkeleyMy research lies at the intersection of environmental water microbiology and public health. I am currently involved in multiple projects. One project focuses on wastewater-based epidemiology, ...
Naturalist Steven Stolper will speak about tropical ecology and share personal experiences with birds and animals that he encountered on a recent exciting adventure to Costa Rica. He will also talk about the tree research that brought him to the tropics for this particular trip, and how this important scientific ...
Abortion is a critical health care issue that demands informed discourse and action, yet the conversation is often reduced to slogans rather than substance. This talk explores the complexities of abortion through a social science lens, giving listeners the tools to understand the lived realities of people accessing abortion services.Dr. ...
Where: San JoseCost: $27
Nerd Nite SF #163: Caving 101, Gin & Tonics & Terawatt Wire Explosions Hey. What are YOU up to this summer? Taken any trips lately? You’ve come to the right place for some travel advice. If you’re feeling the heat, why not enjoy the cool cozy confines of a cave? If you’re ready to see the world, why not follow in the surprisingly ...
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 ...
