Celebrating Earth Day with the SciSchmooze

Sunday, April 17, 2022

Apr 18, 2022

Blooming Prickly Pear cactus at the Tucson Botanical Garden, April 2019. Will climate change endanger cactus species?

Hello again Science Fans!

First off, Happy Easter, Passover, Ramadan, or whatever you are celebrating today.

I’m happy to report that my Ukrainian friend successfully got out of the country to safety with her daughter. So many have not been able to, or lost their lives trying. Imagine the uncertainty she faces now, in a country where she doesn’t speak the language and has no social support. Her daughter fell and chipped one of her front teeth yesterday. At home, that would prompt a quick visit to the doctor. Now, she’s unsure what to do. It is a daunting situation, but much better and safer than what she left. I applaud her bravery, and that of all the victims of this war.

The SciSchmooze event listing is longer than usual this week, mainly because of the Bay Area Science Festival, which returns this week and runs through next weekend. There are many events each day, almost all are free, and many are aimed at younger, budding scientists. Check out the listings on our calendar, or at the festival’s website. During the festival, the California Academy of Sciences, the ExplOratorium, and the Tech Interactive museum are offering discounted admissions. Details here.

It is nice to see the Festival’s outdoor events return. Stanford is also resuming on-campus lectures, as are other organizations. But there are some that I hope remain online. For example, while attending SETI Institute lectures in person has always been worthwhile, the lectures are available to the world when done online, and attendees have been from all corners of the globe.

The reduction or elimination of restrictions on events, screening, masks, etc. raises the question of whether or not we should be reducing these safeguards. Unfortunately, as with so much of the information about this virus and the pandemic, there is no clear answer. This NY Times article goes into quite a bit of detail about the effort to quantify COVID’s risk. While it is behind a paywall, you should be able to view it.

At a personal level, I’ve wondered when is the best time to get the second booster. I’m eligible for it. There is some evidence that a second booster would not be as effective as the first one, at least in terms of longevity. So if I had good antibody levels now, would it make sense to wait until those levels come down? I asked my doctor and we decided I should take an antibody test. It turns out there are several of these, offered by different manufacturers, and the results can’t be compared with those of the other manufacturers. A friend has been getting tested regularly and been tracking his results. Following his first booster last fall, his antibody levels exceeded the sensitivity of the test and they have remained there every since. The test I took is similar, but from a different lab and manufacturer. My doctor’s interpretation is that my antibody levels are still very high and he recommended I wait until infection levels rise enough in my area to make me nervous. As the NY Times article says, “Like it or not, the choose-your-own-adventure period of the pandemic is upon us.” Here’s another take on this “now or later” question from an epidemiologist who has reviewed the research, and another NY Times article on how to prepare for the next wave.

Friday is Earth Day. We need so much more than a day to call attention to climate change and the consequences. Take, for instance, the thawing of permafrost and what it means to the Arctic. (If permafrost isn’t frozen any more, shouldn’t it be called something else?) At the other end of the temperature spectrum, more than half of Cactus species could be in danger from rising temperatures. While we mostly think of cactus as prickly and unfriendly plants, they can also be sources of great beauty, as the picture above illustrates.

Meanwhile, temperatures in Neptune’s atmosphere are changing wildly.

A comet from the Oort cloud is coming, and it is huge! It is larger than Rhode Island! It will miss us by quite a bit, and won’t be here for nine more years, so no need for concern, yet.

I’ll be back next week with another edition of the SciSchmooze. Have a great week in science!

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Monday, 04/18/2022

Current Research in the Hua Lab: Understanding Chromosome Organization and its Implications in Human Disease - Livestream - 04/18/2022 12:00 PM
Sonoma State Biology Colloquium

Speaker: Lisa Hua, Sonoma State University

Editor's Note: Shona Mookerjee, Tuoro University & Buck Institute for Reserach on Aging, was originally scheduled to talk on this date.

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We Don't All Breath The Same Air - 04/18/2022 12:15 PM
Green Earth Sciences Building Stanford

Air pollution levels in the US have decreased dramatically over the past several decades, yet racial-ethnic exposure disparities persist. There is a need to better understand the underlying causes of these disparities in order to develop more effective policies to address them. In the first part of this talk, I will discuss the causes of existing disparities in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations. Combing data from mobile and fixed site monitoring, we have developed empirical exposure models for traffic and cooking primary PM2.5 concentrations at high spatial resolution for the continental US. These models indicate that traffic and cooking activities explain about seventy percent of the exposure disparities to PM2.5 at the national level. The large contribution of cooking was unexpected and highlights the need for potential new approaches to address long standing environmental inequities. In the second part of the talk, I will discuss the potential effects of adoption of new technologies on exposure disparities. To do this we have developed a reduced complexity air quality model to efficiently predict primary PM2.5 concentrations at high spatial resolution across the entire continental US. The model is designed to facilitate accounting for equity in environmental decision making. To illustrate the application of the model, I will present a case study of the potential impacts of widespread vehicle electrification on environmental justice.

Speaker: Allen Robinson, Carnegie Mellon University

Kitaev materials and time-dependent Majorana mean-field theory - Livestream - 04/18/2022 02:30 PM
Physics North Berkeley

As a rare example of an exactly solvable 2D quantum spin system, the Kitaev model has generated considerable theoretical interest as a playground for anyonic, neither fermionic nor bosonic, physics. Engineering the peculiar bond-dependent Ising interactions in a material initially seemed challenging, but today there is a collection of "Kitaev materials" known to host significant Kitaev interactions. In all such materials, however, other spin-spin interactions remain significant and whether or not the Kitaev spin-liquid is found in some region of their phase diagram remains an open question. In this talk, we will discuss our approach using time-dependent Majorana mean-field theory to compute the results of inelastic neutron scattering experiments in models near, but beyond, the Kitaev model. We find that features in the exact model are more robust than previously thought, perhaps implying that the materials are farther from the Kitaev model than expected.

Speaker: Tessa Cookmeyer, UC Berkeley

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Experimental demonstration of continuous quantum error correction - Livestream - 04/18/2022 03:00 PM
Physics North Berkeley

Given the inherent fragility of quantum systems, quantum error correction (QEC) promises to be a powerful tool in performing quantum computations. QEC traditionally consists of discrete rounds of error detection, where errors are detected using entangling gates and projective measurement. However, physical measurements consist of finite coupling strengths and are inherently continuous rather than instantaneously projective. By constructing direct parity measurements of superconducting qubits, we implement a QEC protocol using the continuous nature of measurement. We constantly monitor the system for bit-flip errors and actively correct them when detected.

Speaker: William Livingston, UC Berkeley

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How have galaxies grown over the last 10 billion years? - Livestream - 04/18/2022 04:00 PM
What Physicists Do - Sonoma State University

Speaker: Kalina Nedkova, Tufts University

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A Dean's Life - 04/18/2022 04:00 PM
Sonoma State University - What Physicists Do Rohnert Park

Speaker: Jeremy Qualls, University of Southern Maine

Introduction to the Mainspring Linear Generator - Livestream - 04/18/2022 04:00 PM
Stanford Energy Seminar

Mainspring was founded in 2010 by three Stanford engineers seeking a new approach to generating clean, resilient, affordable electricity. Their research into high-efficiency methods of converting fuel to electricity led to the founding of the company and the development and prototype of their first linear generator. They also built a culture of collaboration and innovation.

Today Mainspring brings together a diverse, talented team of individuals who share the vision to address the growing threat of climate change and the need for affordable electricity for all. Our executive team brings deep expertise from leading clean energy companies and is backed by top-tier venture, strategic, and financial investors.

Speaker: Matt Svrcek, Mainspring Energy

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Assembling, cutting and steering to construct polarized microtubule highways in neurons - 04/18/2022 04:00 PM
James H. Clark Center (Bldg 340) Stanford

Melissa Rolls is the Paul Berg Professor of Biochemistry at Penn State. Her research focus is the cell biology of neurons, particularly microtubule organization. She uses this long-term background in cell biology to understand how neurons respond to injury. She is also committed to training scientists and Chairs the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences graduate program.

Room: Auditorium

Evolving Networks in Matter and Mind - Livestream - 04/18/2022 04:15 PM
UC Berkeley

Networks exist in both physical and conceptual spaces. Those networks can be treated as static and fixed, but in many cases evolve appreciably over a variety of time scales. In this talk, I will discuss the evolution of networks in matter and mind. I will separate my comments into three main sections. First, I will discuss principles by which to design mechanical networks that undergo precise, and pre-defined conformational changes (Kim et al. 2019 Nature Physics; Kim et al. 2022 Phys Rev X, In Press). Second, I will discuss connections between networks of matter and networks of mind, and relations among physical and conceptual spaces (Zurn & Bassett, forthcoming from MIT Press). Third, I will discuss an empirical study of evolving networks of mind, as manifest in how scientists cite the work of other scientists in the reference lists of their peer-reviewed papers (Teich et al. 2022 arXiv, and others), including relative imbalances in how we cite the work of gender, racial, and ethnic minorities. Collectively, the work will provide a conceptual framework for understanding evolving networks in matter and mind, with important implications for our understanding of our physical world and the processes of scientific inquiry.

Speaker: Dani Bassett, University of Pennsylvania

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Tuesday, 04/19/2022

Weekday Morning Hike at Rancho Canada del Oro - 04/19/2022 10:00 AM
Rancho Canada Del Oro Open Space Preserve Morgan hill

Join Peninsula Open Space Trust for an excursion where you'll explore the Mayfair Ranch - Longwall Canyon trails of Rancho Canada del Oro! You will be guided by POST Ambassadors who will share with you the history of the preserve, the region, and the importance of conservation in the area.

The hike is moderate to strenuous at about 4 miles round trip with about 700 feet of gradual elevation gain.

This wonderful preserve is a hub for wildlife, such as deer, bobcats, mountain lions, and more! In the Spring, you can expect a colorful array of wildflowers adorning the hillsides, and you may get a chance to see a beautiful little creek running through Llagas meadow.

How Pluto Got Kicked out of the Planet Club - Livestream - 04/19/2022 11:00 AM
Osher Livelong Learning Institute

In this nontechnical talk (illustrated with color images), you will hear the behind-the-scenes story of how Pluto got "demoted," and why its story nevertheless turned out OK. We'll discuss other demotions in astronomy history, and show the latest results from the New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by the "double planet" Pluto-Charon, and gave us a new understanding of both worlds. We'll also hear a bit about Pluto's "cousins" - the other intriguing dwarf planets at the edge of the solar system.

Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey: Public Briefing - Livestream - 04/19/2022 11:00 AM
NASEM Space and Aeronautics

What new discoveries are on the horizon for the next decade of planetary exploration? The Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 highlights key science questions, identifies priority missions, and presents a comprehensive research strategy that includes both planetary defense and human exploration. The report also recommends ways to support the profession as well as the technologies and infrastructure needed to carry out the science.

Learn more about the decadal survey by joining the National Academies for a public briefing. During the briefing, members of the committee will discuss the report's key findings and take questions from the audience.

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Astrophysics with high energy neutrinos - Livestream - 04/19/2022 03:30 PM
Stanford Applied Physics/Physics Colloquium

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is a detector consisting of a billion tons of ice at the geographic South Pole instrumented with thousands of photomultiplier tubes to detect neutrinos from GeV to EeV energies. In addition to neutrino physics measurements, IceCube discovered a substantial flux of astrophysical neutrinos in the TeV to PeV energy range. So far this flux is detected as a nearly isotropic glow, and resolving it into individual sources (neutrino astronomy) is just beginning. There is evidence that the neutrinos are produced by at least one distant galaxy powered by a massive black hole. But there must be at least hundreds of sources of the astrophysical neutrino flux, and likely multiple source classes. Along with gravitational waves, detection of this signal has launched a new era of multi-messenger astrophysics, in which these new messengers complement the traditional astronomical messenger (the photon). I will summarize our current understanding of astrophysical neutrinos, the search for their origins, and the role of neutrino astronomy in the multi-messenger context.

Speaker: Justin Vandenbroucke, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Two Talks: Popping the Science Bubble - Livestream - 04/19/2022 05:30 PM
Berkeley Public Library

Aging gracefully: cognitive aging and brain health

Speaker: Xi Chen (Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley) Black Holes: The Most Fascinating Zoo in the Universe

Speaker: Natasha Abrams (Astrophysics, UC Berkeley)

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Wednesday, 04/20/2022

Got Metal? Life and Metals, The Unexpected Connection - Livestream - 04/20/2022 10:00 AM
SETI Institute

Single-cell life appears quickly after the formation of our Earth and co-evolve with our planet over the eons. Biologists understand that all life requires trace elements, many of which are metals, to perform crucial chemical reactions. Recent studies show that geological activity, such as plate tectonics, plays a key role in controlling when and which metals are available for life during evolution.

We don't yet know how life appears and could thrive in extreme conditions and the importance of the concentration of metals to increase or stop this coevolution. This question is essential in the framework of the discovery of exoplanets which forms in different conditions and probably evolve differently.

To discuss the role of metals in the evolution of life here on Earth and exoplanets, we invited two scientists from the University of Naples Federico II in Italy: Donato Giovannelli, a Microbial Ecologist and Professor who works on the coevolution of Life and the Planet and Giovanni Covone, astrophysicist and Professor of Astrophysics, whose research focuses on exoplanets and exobiology.

Molly Bentley, Executive Director of Big Picture Science, will moderate the discussion. Together they will explore how biologists study the co-evolution between the Earth and the microbial world, focusing on the relationship between the geological release of metals necessary for life and present in low concentrations and how this down-to-Earth research can inform astronomers about the quest for life on exoplanets.

How to increase IoT data platform performance for edge devices? - Livestream - 04/20/2022 12:00 PM
IEEE Consumer Technology Society SF Bay Area

As the number of sensors and devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) increases by a CAGR of ~25%, i.e. doubles every 3 years, a critical question that arises is how to store, analyze and take quick actions on the massive amounts of time-series data for real-time applications for oil and gas, manufacturing, health, weather, seismic, security, and other industries.

TDengine is developed specifically to address this need and can run on Edge devices with 16MB of memory. It supports ARM32, ARM64 Lots of developers in China even play TDengine on Raspberry. Compared with InfluxDB, TimeScaleDB and other TSDBs, this is our big competitive advantage.

Topics to be covered:

The standard way to process Big DataCharacteristics of time-series dataInnovative design of TDengineWhy open source TDengine?Use Cases

Speaker: Jeff Tao, TDengine

Ask the Scientist - Brian Bergamaschi - Livestream - 04/20/2022 02:30 PM
Estuary & Ocean Science Center

How do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?

If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A session with our weekly Seminar speakers on Wednesdays from 2:30 - 3 PM.

Parents must give permission for children under 18 to participate.

Brian Bergamaschi is a chemical oceanographer who studies carbon and nutrient cycling in aquatic systems in rivers, wetlands, estuaries, and coastal environments, tying those studies to issues such as harmful algal blooms, beneficial algal blooms, mercury cycling, local and global carbon budgets, and other related topics. His research emphasis is on developing quantitative techniques for measuring rates of biogeochemical processes in situ in dynamic systems. But - mainly - he just likes to mess around on boats. He invites anyone interested in aquatic biogeochemistry to join him and his group in upcoming field work - just drop him a note at bbergama@usgs.gov.

Response of the Delta and Estuary to a major change in wastewater nutrient loading - Livestream - 04/20/2022 03:40 PM
Estuary & Ocean Science Center

In April of last year, the largest wastewater treatment plant discharging waste into the Northern Sacramento San Joaquin Delta completed a >$2B upgrade to its treatment processes. This resulted in a large reduction of total nitrogen loading to the Delta and a change in the chemical form of that nitrogen from mostly ammonium to exclusively nitrate. Many researchers suggest that ammonium can be deleterious for aquatic food webs, which was a rationale for the upgrade.

So what happened? We will show how nutrient species concentrations and phytoplankton abundances as well as their spatial distributions in the Delta compare before and after the wastewater treatment plant modifications. Although it is too early to assess if any long-term ecological changes resulted from this change, we will explore how observed differences may affect Delta and Estuary aquatic food webs.

Speaker: Brian Bergamaschi, USGS

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Tracking Marine Biodiversity with Genomic Tools from the Reef to the Plate in the Gulf of California. - Livestream - 04/20/2022 04:00 PM
UC Santa Cruz

Dr. Adrian Munguia-Vega, University of Arizona, will present his research for the first 30 minutes and the last half of the seminar will be a Q&A open to the audience.

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April LASER Event - Livestream - 04/20/2022 06:00 PM
LASER Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous

Nicole Yunger Halpern Joint Institute for Quantum Information and Computer Science, University of Maryland) on "Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday's Tomorrow"

Betty Sargeant (Media Artist) on "The Art of Collaboration: Decolonising Digital Landscapes"

Katia Zolotovsky (RISD) on "Bio-Futures: Engineered Living Materials for Transplanetary Habitats"

The Female Brain in Midlife and Beyond - 04/20/2022 06:00 PM
Commonwealth Club San Francisco

Women widely perceive aging as a change worthy of fear and resistance. But what if approaching the second half of life is actually more of a celebration?

Researcher, clinician and UCSF professor Dr. Louann Brizendine dives deep into the workings of the brain and finds that women can discover their best selves in their later stages of life with the right prescriptive advice. Since she published her studies centered on women's brain function in 2006, she has received an overwhelming response from the scientific community.

Her latest research contains a profound understanding of the nature of the female brain and unlocks new potential for women to understand and optimize the powerful changes their brain undergoes in midlife.

Attend in-person or online. See weblink for member pricing.

Moderator: Katie Hafner, journalist and Co-Exeutive Producer of "The Lost Women of Science" podcast

A-1: Alone in the Milky Way - Livestream - 04/20/2022 07:00 PM
San Francisco Amateur Astronomers

At the heart of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) lies the Drake Equation, a mathematically simple yet enigmatic formula proposed by American astronomer and SETI founder Frank Drake. The Drake Equation provides a way to estimate the number N of advanced civilizations present in our galaxy. Although N is often assumed to be a large number, (ie, there would be many civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy) large numbers for N are actually in conflict with observations, a contradiction known as the Fermi Paradox named after Italian-American physicist and 1938 Nobel Prize winner, Enrico Fermi.

Pascal Lee, planetary scientist at the SETI Institute examines the state-of-the-art of our knowledge about each term of the Drake Equation and reaches the surprising conclusion that N is likely to be a very small number, close to 1. We could be "IT". The implications of N-1 are profound and will be discussed.

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Making neural content meaningful and truthful - Livestream - 04/20/2022 07:00 PM
SF Bay Association of Computing Machinery

A text obtained by a deep learning (DL) content generation system (raw text) usually has major issues in terms of randomness and incorrectness. We build a content improvement system specifically oriented towards repairing these errors by finding correct and consistent sentences from various sources and substituting problematic entities, phrases, and sentences in raw content with the correct ones. We use text mining to identify correct corresponding sentences and the syntactic and semantic generalization procedure adopted to the content improvement task. We observed that raw content produced by a DL system like GPT-3 can be substantially improved for factual correctness and meaningfulness

Speaker: Boris Galitsky, linguist and machine language technologies

Nerd Nite SF #124: Songs & Psychedelic Assisted Therapy! - 04/20/2022 07:00 PM
Rickshaw Stop San Francisco

Get the f*** out of the bike lane! with Noam OsbandNoam is our friendly neighborhood anthropologist-director-producer-singer-of-nerdy-songs. Through his tunes you'll learn about moth lifecycles and various other topics, including but not limited to urban cycling etiquette and his PhD research on migrant labor. Noam is an anthropologist, musician, and director/producer living in San Francisco.

Wake the f*** up! Making the case for community and psychedelic medicine with Dr. Mellody Hayes

Dr. Hayes is on a mission to get you and everyone around you to wake up and reject narratives that people impose on you. She wants you all to love yourselves, connect with others, and is bringing the transformative power of psychedelic-assisted therapies to those experiencing post traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, and the complex emotions of end-of-life care. She'll be sharing her solutions on how to overcome alienating dominant narratives, aka the Disneyland version of ourselves aka our tendency to distract ourselves from negative emotions. She'll also be discussing her work in changing the western medicine narrative of psychedelics and highlighting their ability to remap pathways of pain in patients with PTSD and other mental illnesses.

Thursday, 04/21/2022

Russ Feingold on Climate and Democracy - Livestream - 04/21/2022 10:00 AM
Commonwealth Club - Online Event

Russ Feingold became a household name co-authoring the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, more commonly known as McCain-Feingold. It's the only major piece of campaign finance reform legislation passed into law in decades. Today he is using his experience navigating the levers of power to tackle alarming biodiversity loss and the worsening climate crisis Feingold believes "The threats posed to people from the destruction of nature are just as serious as those posed by climate change."

Join Climate One as Russ Feingold discusses one of the most vital questions of our time: How can a broken democracy heal a broken climate?

Science at Cal - Recyclable Plastics - Livestream - 04/21/2022 12:00 PM
Science @ Cal

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Smart Grid Seminar: Energy Atlas: Fine-grained mapping of DERs and infrastructures with ML - Livestream - 04/21/2022 01:30 PM
Stanford Energy

Zhecheng Wang (Stanford University) will discuss how he developed domain-tailored machine learning models and leveraged multi-modal geospatial data to construct "Energy Atlas". Energy Atlas is a large-scale map overlay for distributed energy resources (DERs) and electricity infrastructures. This can address challenges in renewable energy adoption and climate change mitigation.

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Being a Radiologist - Learn to read X-rays! - Livestream - 04/21/2022 04:00 PM
UC San Francisco Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

Have you ever wondered what it's like to have x-ray vision? A radiologist gets to use this superpower every day! By using a special camera, they are able to take a picture of your insides to look at your bones, organs, and muscles.

Join us for a conversation with some of UCSF's Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Team. We will touch on a number of topics and invite participants to ask questions about our work.

What is a Radiologist? - Livestream - 04/21/2022 04:30 PM
UC San Francisco Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

Have you ever wondered what a Radiologist does?

Do you know about the equipment Radiologists use?

What do Radiologists do all day?

Join us for a conversation with some of UCSF's Radiology and Biomedical Imaging Team. We will touch on several topics like: What is Radiology? How do you become a Radiologist? What do we look for in images? We'll also invite participants to ask questions about our work.

Rockin' Around Stanford - 04/21/2022 04:30 PM
Braun Corner (Bldg 320) Stanford

Take a geological walking tour of Stanford's campus!

Meet geologists at Stanford and learn about some of the tools they use when they go "out to the field" to investigate rocks. Then we'll head out on our walk, where we'll spend time exploring the rocks that make up several of the buildings and sculptures on Stanford's campus. We'll learn about where the rocks came from and how they got to Stanford. We'll also practice making geological observations and use them to think about how the rocks formed.

All ages are welcome to participate!

NightLife: Buzzzed - 04/21/2022 06:00 PM
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco

Find out what the buzz is about and how you can help powerful pollinators in a night dedicated to bees. More details to come!

After Dark: Discover the Wonder - 04/21/2022 06:00 PM
ExplOratorium San Francisco

Spark your curiosity at After Dark! As the Sun sets, we'll hit the rainbow lights, turn the music up, and open our doors, inviting you to take your imagination out to play. Be ready to bring fresh eyes to old favorites and uncover phenomenal new experiences.

Cell Phone Miniscope 6:00-10:00 p.m. Crossroads

We invite you to open your eyes to the amazing world of the ultra-tiny! Be sure to grab a miniscope kit and directions - then convert your cell phone into a portable, picture-taking miniscope using a simple plastic lens from a laser pointer. Use it to see the Exploratorium at its smallest scale, then take it home to continue exploring new environments!

Tinkering School Mars Mission Q&A 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Bechtel Gallery 3

Tinkering School (TS), a San Francisco - based educational program dedicated to youth-centered making and tinkering, created Tinkering School Mars Mission as an Earth-bound program that maintains the accuracy and challenges of real Mars rover operations. Inspired by (but not associated with) NASA's Mars missions, the TS team, composed of young people ages 14 to 20, collaborated to build an educational hands-on experience operating rovers in a simulated Martian lava tube. Join members of the team to learn more about their mission and prototypes and to test drive the newest generation of their rovers.

"Catios" Protect Cats, Birds and Wildlife - Livestream - 04/21/2022 07:00 PM
Golden Gate Audubon Society

Catios, outdoor cat enclosures, keep cats safe, healthy, and happy and help protect birds and wildlife. From small and simple to large and luxurious, catios solve the indoor/outdoor cat dilemma by providing additional territory and enrichment. Cynthia Chomos, catio designer and founder of Catio Spaces, will share the many ways you can create a visually appealing catio for your home and garden. Learn location considerations, building tips, resources, and get inspired to create a catio both you and your cat will enjoy!

Speaker: Cynthia Chomos, Catio Spaces

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California Condors - Livestream - 04/21/2022 07:00 PM
Peninsula Open Space Trust

Join this virtual event to learn about the ecology of California Condors and population recovery efforts from California Condor researchers Alacia Welch and Joe Burnett, two of the most experienced professionals in our region that are working to protect these iconic birds.

Since the 1980's when only a couple dozen individuals survived, the California Condor has made an incredible recovery on our state's Central Coast. There are now several hundred condors in the wild and in captivity, and wild populations continue a slow spread across California, Arizona, Utah and northern Mexico. Locally, Condors are being spotted further and further afield including in Big Sur and as far away as Mt. Diablo. But this incredible species is not out of the woods, and continues to be threatened with high mortality.

Alacia and Joe will provide updates on our local condor population that was first reintroduced at Pinnacles National Monument. We'll learn about the habits of the California Condor and what we can do to help these animals on a continued road to recovery.

NightSchool: City Nature - 04/21/2022 07:00 PM
California Academy of Sciences

Learn about how humans and nature converge in the Bay Area. More details coming soon!

Friday, 04/22/2022

Bair Island Interpretive Walk - 04/22/2022 10:00 AM
Bair Island Wildlife Refuge & Trail Redwood City

Join Peninsula Open Space Trust for a walking tour at Bair Island! You'll be guided by POST ambassadors who will share the history of this beautiful protected space, information about the species that live there, and what you can do to contribute.

This easy 1.5 mile walk with little to no elevation gain will highlight the wetlands and the marine life that live within, such as: endangered Ridgway's rails, salt marsh harvest mice, cottontail rabbits, peregrine falcons, pelicans, egrets, terns, and stilts. We recommend bringing binoculars to catch sight of some of the beautiful birds at Bair Island.

Limited capacity, register at weblink

STEM Storytime: Teen Inventors - Livestream - 04/22/2022 10:30 AM
Bay Area Science Festival

This virtual event recounts stories of real teen inventors and discoverers and what they did. Deepika used cement, a sunscreen ingredient, and sunlight to purify water for developing nations. Dasia devised sutures that change colors to save the lives of women. William taught himself the physics and engineering he needed to build a windmill to power an electrical pump to water crops during the dry season in his rural village.

These are stories of creativity, discovery, persistence, and determination to make a difference. A former middle school science teacher, Fred Estes, tells these stories and more. Where did their ideas come from? How did they go about their inventing and discovering? How did they overcome their roadblocks and problems? These are skills you can learn.

Come to listen and come to ask questions during this half hour virtual event.

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DNA Day - 04/22/2022 11:00 AM
Jack Baskin Engineering Santa Cruz

Please join us for our annual DNA celebration! Activities will include:

Welcome Address from Genomics Institute Scientific Director David HausslerPoster SessionStrawberry DNA Extraction by WiSEResource FairFree ACTG T-Shirts for everyone who participates in our Double Human Helix Conga Line!

This is a fun, celebratory event geared toward anyone and everyone who is interested in learning about the science of DNA.

Interactive tour at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Livestream - 04/22/2022 12:00 PM
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

As part of SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's 60th anniversary this year, we will be offering two engaging hour-long virtual tours that will cover some of SLAC's history, facilities and sciences that address discoveries and solutions for tomorrow's challenges. During the tour, the attendees will have the opportunity to interact with the tour guides in real time and win exciting prizes from trivia games.

Explore Physics at UC Berkeley - 04/22/2022 01:00 PM
Physics North Building Berkeley

Find out what it's like to study physics at UC Berkeley, what the world of research looks like, what the most interesting breakthroughs in physics have been, and get a personal overview of the community at UC Berkeley. Physics students will explain some interesting physics concepts, from quarks and subatomic particles to the universe and the Big Bang, and will answer questions from the audience.

Be ready to meet professors, researchers, student organizations, and visit modern labs. Get inspired to become a scientist!

Interactive tour at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Livestream - 04/22/2022 03:00 PM
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Saturday, 04/23/2022

How Synthetic Biology can help with Biodiversity Conservation - 04/23/2022 08:30 AM
San Bruno Mountain State & County Park Daly City

Have you ever wondered how synthetic biology can help conserve biodiversity in nature?

Many molecules and dyes are extracted from plants. Whether it be from the plant's stem, flowers, leaves, or seeds, when these molecules or dyes are extracted, the entire plant is often destroyed upon extraction, leaving nothing to put back into its original habitat.

Twist Bioscience, a leader in the synthetic biology industry, is helping to alleviate some of the burden that these plants take on so that they can continue to thrive in their own habitat. We are able to synthetically print the DNA used to generate many of these molecules and dyes so that the plant doesn't have to be destroyed. Not only does this help keep the plant where it belongs and allows for it to be a member of a complex and interconnected environment, but it also allows for less agricultural crops to be needed, which can free up large plots of land, avoid erosion and decrease pollution generated by pesticides.

In this guided tour, we invite you to take a walk with us in the San Bruno Mountain State and County Park where we will explore many native and non-native plants in the area, as well as focus on some of the plants that are often destroyed for their dyes and molecules.

The suggested minimum age for this event is 8 years old.

Science of Bubbles - 04/23/2022 10:00 AM
Stockmen's Park Livermore

Discover the Science of Bubbles at Quest Science Center's Science@Stockmen's Park series. Experience a dozen hands-on soap bubble activities, along with performances and competitions. Learn about the science behind surface tension, soap solutions, and special ingredients to make gigantic and colorful bubbles.

Explorers of all ages are welcome at this community drop-in event.

The Natural Wonders of Glen Canyon Park - 04/23/2022 10:00 AM
Glen Canyon Park San Francisco

Join the California Native Plant Society Yerba Buena tour to explore Glen Canyon Park!

Glen Canyon is one of San Francisco's significant natural resource areas containing a variety of wildlife habitats and vegetation including native grasslands, riparian areas, forbs, shrubs, willows and other trees. At this time of year, we hope to see the spring phase of local plants and glimpse the wildlife whose habitat is created by these natives plants and plant communities. The park features rock formations and a tributary of Islais Creek. We will walk and view parts of this 70-acre park to enjoy the flora, fauna, and natural history.

Presidio Archaeology: Behind the Scenes Tour - 04/23/2022 10:30 AM
Presidio of San Francisco San Francisco

Explore the rich history of the Presidio of San Francisco as it is discovered every day through archaeology. Head to the active dig site to meet Presidio archaeologists, see the remnants of the Spanish Fort and learn about the archaeological process. Archaeologists will talk about their methods and the state-of-the-art lab and collections facility where artifacts are studied to reveal the hidden stories of the indigenous Ohlone, Spanish, Mexican, and American families who have called the Presidio home.

Event located at Pershing Square

STEM Storytime: Teen Inventors - Livestream - 04/23/2022 10:30 AM
Bay Area Science Festival

Come to listen and come to ask questions during this half hour virtual event.

Click here to join.

Forests in Focus - 04/23/2022 11:00 AM
ExplOratorium San Francisco

Watch science unfold on screen through the lens of filmmaking in California woodlands. Ecology is progressing in new directions thanks to modern observational tools - allowing scientists to see, study, and protect the environment. Join the Science Communication Lab's team and guests for a screening and discussion of their award-winning short film "A Walk in the Woods." Learn what it was like filming a redwood forest after a large wildfire and how film can offer a new window into the natural world. This film will be available to watch at the Microcinema throughout the day.

Please visit the Museum Discount Page for full details on how to redeem a $5 discount for admission to the Exploratorium.

Nature & History Walk at Cooley Landing - 04/23/2022 11:00 AM
Cooley Landing East Palo Alto

Join Peninsula Open Space Trust for an easy, guided walk along the Bay Trail starting from Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto!

Guests will be guided by a POST ambassador, who will share about the natural history of the San Francisco Bay tidal wetlands! You will also learn about the history of people and reflect on layers of change in East Palo Alto, including pre-colonial times, the city's agricultural past, the many cultural groups who have settled there and the complex social forces that are shaping the area today.

This walk is an easy, 2.8-mile round trip on a flat, paved trail with no elevation gain. The walk will be guided at a moderate pace that should be comfortable for all ability levels and even guests with strollers. Bring sun protection, water, snacks, good walking shoes and anything else that will make for a comfortable hike!

Please register using a valid e-mail so you receive your e-ticket & the pre-event instructions.

Defeating Neurodegeneration: Virtual Career Panel and Tour - Livestream - 04/23/2022 12:00 PM
Denali Therapeutics

Join our diverse panel of Denali Scientists, as they discuss their journey from student to industry professional. Learn about how they chose their career paths and what majors, interests, and/or life factors influenced their way to a career in drug discovery/development for brain diseases. Experience a virtual lab tour of Denali Therapeutics, taking a sneak peek into Denali's technology and culture.

STEM Careers & Society - Livestream - 04/23/2022 12:30 PM
American Association of University Women

This online event will highlight the interdisciplinarity of STEM careers and ultimately illustrate how science and society are profoundly interconnected in our world today.

Now more than ever issues such as climate change and the COVID pandemic, to name a few, have demonstrated that scientific data must inform public policy, that proper government funding is needed to fuel innovation and the advancement of science, and that science data must be reported to the public in accessible yet accurate terms.

We invite you to join a panel that will explore topics from tech entrepreneurship to intellectual property, from science outreach to public policy, and how a STEM background can be applied to multiple professional fields, such as business, law, communication and public policy. We will hear from four women in different STEM career paths and then weave the audience questions into a broader conversation about science and society.

Introduction to PyGame Game Development - Livestream - 04/23/2022 01:00 PM
TeenTechSF

Learn from TeenTechSF and get a fun intro to video game design with PyGame! In this beginner friendly workshop, we will learn about the basics of programming and coding in Python, variables, conditionals, loops, and more. You will use trinket.io, python, and PyGame in order to create a cool snow animation. Don't just be a video game player, get started learning how to be a video game designer!

San Francisco Math Circle Math Festival - 04/23/2022 01:00 PM
San Francisco Math Circle San Francisco

At the San Francisco Math Circle, we make math accessible, inclusive, and fun!

The SF Math Circle is an extracurricular math enrichment program that encourages students to develop their identities as mathematical thinkers in a supportive, collaborative, and fun environment. We promote positive attitudes towards math and learning through engaging, hands-on puzzles and games that involve both creativity and critical thinking.

At the SFMC Math Festival, we'll provide a bunch of our favorite activities for students to explore. We'll have something for everyone, regardless of their math background. Students will be free to choose which activities to explore, and they're welcome to explore a variety of different activities over the course of the festival.

Virtual Earth Day Celebration: The Buzz about Bugs: Insect Chemistry - Livestream - 04/23/2022 02:00 PM
California Section American Chemical Society

The California Section of the American Chemical Society invites you to a FREE virtual Earth Week event to celebrate the importance of chemistry in everyday life! Download the event flier HERE.

Join us for presentations about this year's theme,

"The Buzz About BUGS: insect chemistry"

There will be fun, hands-on activities and exciting demonstrations, plus a virtual visit with ACS President Dr. Angela Wilson.

Protecting and Rehabilitating Local Raptors - Livestream - 04/23/2022 02:00 PM
Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley

Join the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley (WCSV) for an educational talk about local raptor species, issues that affect our local birds of prey, simple ways you can help at home in your neighborhood, and what WCSV does to rehabilitate sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife in the Bay Area. Bring your questions about raptors, and/or local wildlife in general!

The Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley is dedicated to providing sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife with exceptional free care, rehabilitation, and the opportunity for release. We also aim to educate the public about coexisting peacefully with local wildlife.

Join the event by clicking here.

Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2022 - Livestream - 04/23/2022 07:00 PM
Peninsula Open Space Trust

Join Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) and Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen) as we co-host the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. The film program will be available virtually to all who register for the event, available to watch from the comfort of your home anytime between Saturday, April 23rd and Friday, April 29th.

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is the largest film festival of its kind, showcasing the best and brightest in environmental and adventure films. Festival viewers can expect to see award-winning environmentally inspired short films, and have the opportunity to learn more about POST and Midpen's work here on the Peninsula and in the South Bay.

How Galaxies Die - Livestream - 04/23/2022 07:00 PM
East Bay Astronomical Society

Galaxies are beautiful and enormous groups of billions of stars. Galaxies can be very active, spinning rapidly, forming new stars, and cycling through cosmic gas similarly to how a person might breathe. Sometimes they can almost feel alive. And like all living things, eventually they die. Some die spectacularly, being shredded into twisting streams of stars by larger galaxies, and some age slowly until they become inactive collections of old and dying stars.

Most astronomers believe that the key to understanding how galaxies die is dark matter, a mysterious invisible substance which makes up most of the mass in the universe. Although we currently don't know much about dark matter at atomic scales, we know an incredible amount about its behavior at large distances and about its relationship with galaxies. The lives of galaxies are completely dominated by the dark matter around them, moving where the dark matter makes them move, growing when the dark matter allows them to grow, and dying when the dark matter forces them to die.

This talk will explore the fates of galaxies and their connection to dark matter.

Speaker: Dr. Phil Mansfield,Stanford University

See weblink to attend the talk.

Sunday, 04/24/2022

Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2022 - Livestream - 04/24/2022 07:00 PM
Peninsula Open Space Trust

Introduction to Rocketry - 04/24/2022 10:00 AM
Dwinelle Hall Berkeley

Come meet UC Berkeley's premier rocketry team, Space Technologies and Rocketry (STAR), and learn about the fundamentals of rocketry and engineering as you take a journey to space! Our presentation will explain the types of physical forces rockets and space shuttles experience and well as how the different components on the rocket help it fly. From the engine of the rocket to the fins and the engine structure, by the end of our presentation, you'll be ready to build your own model rocket with the help of STAR members.

Together, we will be building straw rockets, fly them outside, and we will see if you can describe how your straw rocket works with a mini rocket-science quiz.

No prior experience necessary and all ages are welcome.

Discovery Day @ Oracle Park - 04/24/2022 11:00 AM
Oracle Park San Francisco

Discovery Days are large-scale, outdoor events where the Bay Area's many STEM organizations connect with thousands of youth and adults.

The result? Super-charged, super-fun celebrations of science!

This FREE family focused event feature hundreds of dynamic demonstrations, engaging experiments, geeky games and astounding activities for all ages!

We are looking forward to being back in-person with countless hands-on activities, a Robot Zoo and opportunities to meet local scientists and engineers on every level of the ballpark.

Nature Expo at Daniels Nature Center - Skyline Ridge Preserve - 04/24/2022 01:00 PM
Russian Ridge Preserve Parking Redwood City

Share hands-on science and nature's wonders with docents and staff naturalists at Midpen's Daniels Nature Center located on the shores of Alpine Pond in Skyline Ridge Preserve. Learn about local flora and fauna, meet the resident gopher snake, Rolo, and celebrate Earth Day too!

You can also explore the preserve's trails on a short guided hike with docents, take one of two self-guided interpretive nature walks (download the audio tour in advance https://www.openspace.org/where-to-go/self-guided-walks or check out a listening device onsite; available in multiple languages), or hike on your own.

Monday, 04/25/2022

Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2022 - Livestream - 04/25/2022 07:00 PM
Peninsula Open Space Trust

Building Climate Resilience in the Bay Area - Livestream - 04/25/2022 10:00 AM
Save the Bay

The Save the Bay habitat restoration team grows 30-40,000 native plants every year to restore tidal marsh around the Bay Area with two nurseries where the magic happens. Join us for a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of our nurseries and take a look at the life cycle of one of our native tidal marsh species. Then, we will take you on a virtual tour of the shoreline and see these native plants in action providing habitat, filtering water, and protecting our shorelines from sea level rise.

Attendees will leave with an understanding and appreciation for the ecosystem services that humans and wildlife receive from tidal marsh wetlands and the restoration work that Save The Bay, and other organizations, are doing to restore this vital habitat.

Click here to attend.

Do Pinnipeds have Personalities? Investigating Mechanisms Behind Individual Behavior in Seals and Sea Lions - Livestream - 04/25/2022 12:00 PM
Sonoma State Biology Colloquium

Speaker: Dr. Gene DeRango, UC Santa Cruz

See link for Zoom information

Emergent electronic and excitonic physics in TMD moire superlattices - Livestream - 04/25/2022 02:30 PM
Physics North Berkeley

Heterostructures of 2D materials offer remarkable opportunities for creativity and control in electronic material design. Recently, a unique prospect for 2D stacks has emerged: the ability to tune the twist angle between atomic layers. With a small twist angle or lattice mismatch, the interference of two atomic lattices produces a large periodic pattern, called a moire superlattice, where the alignment between atoms varies periodically across the system. In this talk, I will focus on moire superlattices made from semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenide layers. I will introduce three experimental studies highlighting how a simple interference pattern can produce fascinating electronic and optical behavior, including unusual excitons, correlated electronic states, and modified spin transport.

Speakers: Emma Regan, UC Berkeley

Attend in person or online via Zoom information in weblink.

Stanford Energy Seminar: Nancy Skinner, CA State Senate - Livestream - 04/25/2022 04:00 PM
Stanford Energy Seminar

A social justice advocate, energy and climate change trailblazer and accomplished legislator, Nancy Skinner was first elected to the state Senate in 2016 after completing three terms in the state Assembly. Senator Skinner currently serves as chair of the Senate's Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and vice-chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus.

Skinner is a past member of the East Bay Regional Park District board, a former small business owner, and an active advocate to increase the number of women in elected office. She served on the Board of the East Bay Women's Political Caucus and launched the Women in Power PAC to support Democratic women running for state office.

Skinner's Senate District includes the cities of Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, El Sobrante, Hercules, Kensington, Oakland, Piedmont, Pinole, Richmond, Rodeo, San Leandro, and San Pablo. She is a graduate of UC Berkeley, earning both a BS and an MA.

BUDDI-MaNGA: a statistical spectroscopic survey of galaxy bulges and discs - Livestream - 04/25/2022 04:00 PM

What Physicists Do - Sonoma State University

Oh Behave! Changing the Way We React to Bias & Discrimination - Livestream - 04/25/2022 05:00 PM
Unconscious Bias Project

Can we really tackle bias and discrimination?

Dive into the research with Asst. Professor Eason, UC Berkeley Psychologist, to demystify why prejudice and bias have persisted for so long. Understand the impacts of our "representational landscapes", such as why folks like Native Americans and queer people get left out of our national narratives or how the presence of racial segregation maintains bias, and what actions we can take against it.

Then take some tools to that noggin' with science-tested practical techniques by the Unconscious Bias Project with Dr. Linet Mera that you can apply in seconds to fight discrimination when it comes up and when you see it happen in real life. Talk to the experts and learn practical tools you can apply any time to *actually* make the world a better place.

Speakers: Dr. Arianne Eason, UC Berkeley; Dr. Linet Mera, Unconscious Bias Project

The Quantum Origins of Gravity - 04/25/2022 05:30 PM
International House Berkeley

It was once thought that gravity and quantum mechanics were inconsistent with one another. Instead, we are discovering that they are so closely connected that one can almost say they are the same thing. Professor Leonard Susskind, Stanford University, will explain how this view came into being over the last two decades, and illustrate how a number of gravitational phenomena have their roots in the ordinary principles of quantum mechanics.

Changing Shorelines and the Future of San Francisco - 04/25/2022 06:00 PM
Candlestick point State Recreation Area San Francisco

San Francisco's shoreline has changed dramatically over the centuries and continues to change today.

Join a California State Parks Interpreter as we take a walk through the history of south San Francisco's shoreline and explore how our shorelines have shifted due to both natural phenomenon and human activity. You'll have the chance to trace the path of past shorelines, as well as get a glimpse into the future of our shorelines as we discuss how climate change and sea level rise will impact San Francisco, and what we can do to protect our shorelines for ourselves and future generations.

Wonderfest: Starship Reality-Check - 04/25/2022 07:00 PM
Hopmonk Tavern Novato

The stars beckon. But humans evolved on Earth, not to hurtle through space. For long-duration travel - interplanetary and, even, interstellar - what spacecraft accomodations are necessary? Is on-board human hibernation an option? Might we overcome the problems of space radiation and prolonged weightlessness? Finally, scientists may argue that the ideal craft for fast human interstellar travel is the constantly-accelerating "1-g starship," but what do engineers say?

Speakers: Pascal Lee, SETI Institute and Mars Institute; Tucker Hiatt, Wonderfest

Tuesday, 04/26/2022

Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2022 - Livestream - 04/26/2022 07:00 PM
Peninsula Open Space Trust

Before the Curtain Rises: How Do You Make A Film About Science? - Livestream - 04/26/2022 12:00 PM
Science Communication Lab

April Butterfly Walk in the Garden - FULL - 04/26/2022 01:30 PM
UC Botanical Garden Berkeley

April Butterfly Walk in the Garden - second session - FULL - 04/26/2022 03:00 PM
UC Botanical Garden Berkeley

What's Infecting Us? Laboratory Detection of Pathogens in the Current Era - Livestream - 04/26/2022 03:00 PM
UC San Francisco Department of Laboratory Medicine

3D Printing & Silicone Casting Demonstration - Livestream - 04/26/2022 04:00 PM
UC San Francisco Makers Lab

How To Bioblitz - Livestream - 04/26/2022 04:00 PM
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area

Nanotechnology and Engineering for Medicine - Livestream - 04/26/2022 05:30 PM
UC San Francisco

Virtual Tour of Robotics Genome Editing Lab - Livestream - 04/26/2022 05:30 PM
Laboratory for Genomics Research

Protegiendo y rehabilitando Aves de rapiÃ±a locales - Livestream - 04/26/2022 06:00 PM
Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley

Space Debris and The Kessler Syndrome: A Possible Future Trapped on Earth - 04/26/2022 07:00 PM
The Interval at Long Now San Francisco

Human Impacts on Large Whales - Livestream - 04/26/2022 07:00 PM
American Cetacean Society

Wednesday, 04/27/2022

Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2022 - Livestream - 04/27/2022 07:00 PM
Peninsula Open Space Trust

Virtual Tour of Recology San Francisco - Livestream - 04/27/2022 12:30 PM
Recology San Francisco

Water Rocket Rally - 04/27/2022 01:30 PM
Hiller Aviation Museum San Carlos

Augmented Reality California Trail Scavenger Hunt - 04/27/2022 02:00 PM
Oakland Zoo Oakland

Ask the Scientist - Livestream - 04/27/2022 02:30 PM
Estuary & Ocean Science Center

Tales of the estuary: freshwater flow, plankton, and the decling longfin smelt - Livestream - 04/27/2022 03:40 PM
Estuary & Ocean Science Center

Fire and Climate Change - Livestream - 04/27/2022 04:00 PM
Acterra

Biomimicry: Nature's Design - Livestream - 04/27/2022 04:00 PM
The Energy Coalition

Exploring the Science of Gardening - 04/27/2022 04:00 PM
Candlestick Point Community Garden San Francisco

Collecting in the BLM Clear Creek Management Area south of Hollister - Livestream - 04/27/2022 07:00 PM
Peninsula Gem & Geology Society

Cosmobiology: Recent Progress in Cosmology, Exoplanets, and the Astrobiological Prerequisites for Life - Livestream - 04/27/2022 07:00 PM
Silicon Valley Astronomy Series

Your immune system in health and disease - Livestream - 04/27/2022 07:00 PM
Osher Center for Integrative Medicine

Liquid Sunlight and Artificial Photosynthesis: The Future of Solar Materials - Livestream - 04/27/2022 07:00 PM
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Deep Sea Mining, Coming Soon to an Ocean Near You? - 04/27/2022 07:30 PM
Museum of Art and History Santa Cruz

Wonderfest: Ask a Science Envoy: Robot Learning & Toad Navigation - Livestream - 04/27/2022 08:00 PM
Wonderfest

Thursday, 04/28/2022

Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium - Livestream - 04/28/2022 07:00 PM
Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium

Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2022 - Livestream - 04/28/2022 07:00 PM
Peninsula Open Space Trust

DÃa de la Ciencia: Un Vistazo al Laboratorio/Day of Science A Look into the lab - Livestream - 04/28/2022 11:00 AM
Science at Cal

Creekside Story Walk - 04/28/2022 02:00 PM
Oakland Zoo Oakland

How To Bioblitz - Livestream - 04/28/2022 04:00 PM
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area

Bird Scavenger Hunt - Livestream - 04/28/2022 05:00 PM
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

A Burning Question: What can long-term datasets teach us? - Livestream - 04/28/2022 06:00 PM
US Geological Survey Public Lecture Series

After Dark: Dark Matter - 04/28/2022 06:00 PM
ExplOratorium San Francisco

Protecting and Rehabilitating Local Raptors in Mandarin - Livestream - 04/28/2022 06:00 PM
Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley

Friday, 04/29/2022

Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2022 - Livestream - 04/29/2022 07:00 PM
Peninsula Open Space Trust

Marvelous Microscopic Marine Plankton - Livestream - 04/29/2022 03:30 PM
San Francisco Microscopical Society

Axolotls and Hummingbirds: Animals of Mexico with KQED's Deep Look - Livestream - 04/29/2022 05:00 PM
KQED

Family Maker Friday - 04/29/2022 05:30 PM
Black Pine Circle School Berkeley

Natural Dyes: colors from water, chemistry, and the plants around - 04/29/2022 07:00 PM
Atlas Cafe San Francisco

Saturday, 04/30/2022

Science Saturdays - Rocks and Minerals - 04/30/2022 10:00 AM
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History

18th Annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour - Bayside gardens - 04/30/2022 10:00 AM
Bringing Back the Natives

Youth Take Climate Action: Glen Park - 04/30/2022 10:00 AM
Glen Canyon Park San Francisco

Dancing Radiation Robot! - Livestream - 04/30/2022 10:00 AM
UC San Francisco Radiation Oncology

Dive in with DOER - 04/30/2022 10:00 AM
Dive In with DOER Alameda

Youth Take Climate Action: Gilman Playground - 04/30/2022 10:00 AM
Gilman Playground San Francisco

Youth Take Climate Action: Louis Sutter Playground - 04/30/2022 10:00 AM
Louis Sutter Playground San Francisco

StemFrenzy - 04/30/2022 10:00 AM
City College San Francisco

Youth Take Climate Action: Lafayette Park - 04/30/2022 10:00 AM
Lafayette Park San Francisco

SCIENCE-PALOOZA! - 04/30/2022 11:00 AM
Lawrence Hall of Science Berkeley

Midpen Bayside Family Festival - 04/30/2022 11:00 AM
Ravenswood Open Space Preserve East Palo Alto

Discovery Day Cal State - 04/30/2022 11:00 AM
Cal State East Bay Hayward

Mars Perseverance: Meet and Greet! - 04/30/2022 11:00 AM
ExplOratorium San Francisco

Dive in with DOER - 04/30/2022 02:00 PM
Dive In with DOER Alameda

Grey Water and Wetlands: The EcoCenter's Wastewater Treatment System - 04/30/2022 02:00 PM
EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park San Francisco

Sunday, 05/01/2022

18th Annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour - Inland gardens - 05/01/2022 10:00 AM
Bringing Back the Natives

Enjoy and record the wild things on Cerrito Creek - 05/01/2022 10:00 AM
Creekside Park Albany

Mars Perseverance: Meet and Greet! - 05/01/2022 12:00 PM
ExplOratorium San Francisco

Monday, 05/02/2022

Giant Salamanders and Little Alligators: Insights into West Coast Biogeography - Livestream - 05/02/2022 12:00 PM
Sonoma State Biology Colloquium

UC Berkeley Condensed Matter Physics Seminar - Livestream - 05/02/2022 02:30 PM
UC Berkeley Condensed Matter Physics Seminar

Indigenizing Astronomy: Cultural Perspectives on the Sky and the Future of Research - 05/02/2022 07:30 PM
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco