Hello again, science fans,
Di nuovo ciao a tutti, appassionati di scienza,
[About 85,000 Bay Area residents speak Italian at home.)
SPACE
“Fram2” is a 4-person space mission scheduled for this week. It is funded by one of the crew, a Chinese billionaire, Chun Wang (王春). He will be flying as a citizen of Malta and accompanied by Jannike Mikkelson (Norway), Rabea Rogge (Deutschland), and Eric Phillips (Australia). They will be the first persons to orbit over the Earth’s Poles. (Pole to Pole in 46 minutes!) They plan to launch Monday evening (Pacific Time) from Florida. The launch time & live video can be found at RocketLaunch.Live.
Why Fram2? ‘Fram’ is Norwegian for ‘Forward’ and that was the name of the ship that took Roald Amundsen’s party to the Antarctic to become the first team to reach the South Pole.
Physics Girl was a favorite YouTube channel of mine - until it abruptly stopped creating content 2½ years ago when Dianna Cowern contracted Long Covid (from which she is hopefully beginning to recover). The International Astronomical Association has renamed Asteroid 1999 VG114 to 21943 Diannacowern “in recognition of her contributions to science communication.”
The Curiosity Mars Rover detected dodecane in a soil sample raising the possibility that life once existed on Mars. The 12-Carbon molecule could have come from a living organism but not necessarily. (This is a good segue into BIOLOGY)
BIOLOGY
It’s our best estimate that single-celled life on Earth began about 3.9 billion years ago and continued happily along for 3.2 billion years before multi-celled life evolved - six different times. That’s a mystery. ¿Why then? ¿What prompted multicellularity? ¿Why has multicellularity proven so successful? ¿Am i going to answer the above questions? Nope. We humans are still working on the answers. Plants now comprise about 83% of Earth’s biomass while single-celled organisms make up only about 14%. [Fungi: 2.2%; Animals 0.5%]
Sometime around 320 million years ago lived the last common ancestor of mammals and birds when reptiles split into synapsids (ancestors of mammals, etc.) and into sauropsids (ancestors of reptiles, dinosaurs, and birds). We know from fossils that the last common ancestor had a very small simple brain - i.e. not so smart. However, mammals and many bird species are quite intelligent, although with differences. Studying the very different brain anatomies of birds and mammals gives insight into how they achieved their intelligences. Perhaps this will help us better understand the aliens we may encounter some day.
¿What happens when you put a human ‘speech gene’ into a mouse? You get a mouse that gets chatty with prospective mates at the water fountain.
¿What happens when you put a wooly mammoth gene into a mouse? You get a wooly - but not so mammoth - mouse.
SUPPORTING SCIENCE
NCSE (National Center for Science Education) has a new podcast: Safeguarding Sound Science hosted by Mat Kaplan. The first three podcasts are top notch:
"What Climate Change? Tackling Climate Denial" with Michael Mann and Glenn Branch
"A Century of Disinformation: Naomi Oreskes and the Merchants of Doubt"
"Miseducation in the USA: How Our Kids Are Too Often Denied Climate Facts" with Katie Worth and Melissa Lau.
Next Saturday, April 5th, is an opportunity to join others in demonstrating badly needed support for science, medicine, and compassion in our government. The event is planned for 981 locations in the U.S. - as well as in the UK., France, Portugal, and Mexico. It is called “HANDS OFF!” and you can find the event nearest to you by clicking on the blue dots on this map. Organizations partnering for this event include Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Climate Action, Common Cause, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, League of Women Voters, National Education Association, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Stand up for Science, and 140 more.
ARCHAEOLOGY
We have plenty of evidence that Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens split off from each other about half a million years ago and then - starting about 47,000 years ago - interbred for about 7,000 years. Genetic research has identified another such splitting and recombining of our ancestors that suggests a separation of 300,000 years. Such splittings imply geographical separations, and with more research we may learn where each of these ancestral groups were living.
Not too surprisingly, Lucy - our most famous Australopithecine ancestor - was predominantly a vegetarian
If i used a really great way to catch fish, i’d probably let friends know about it on the Internet. Had i lived 16,000 years ago, i might have carved my method onto a flat stone. Apparently someone did just that. They carved a figure of a fish onto a stone with cross-hatching that appears to be a net.
RAFFLE
The prize is a small wooden tensegrity stand - perfect for displaying a small trophy or houseplant - or maybe just to baffle your guests. Also available in walnut color. Just send an email before noon Friday to david.almandsmith [at] gmail.com with your guess of an integer between 0 and 1,000. Last time, Madison guessed closest to the randomly generated 592 to win a wall clock displaying the first 12 elements of the Periodic Table.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
¿Are you polite to chatbots such as ChatGPT? I’m not. And there are downsides to being impolite. Certain that i was interacting with a chatbot since it rapidly filled the chatbox with ingratiating blurbs, i swore in response for its failure to “comprehend” my issue. As it turned out, a real live person was copying and pasting from a stash of standard responses. Oops. Apparently i am with the majority. Most Americans and Brits are impolite when dealing with chatbots. Besides the risk of misidentifying a real person as a chatbot, the practice of impoliteness can easily spill over into social life. Also, it puts you at a critical disadvantage when the robot uprising comes.
A $250,000 prize went to 18-year-old Matteo Paz for designing AI algorithms for sorting through astronomy data to classify objects. Wow, and wow.
THINGS TO DO THIS WEEK – My Picks
Update on the Bird Flu Livestream Mon 2pm
Wonderfest: Other Humans Tue 7pm, Novato
Tom Steyer on Climate Progress in 2025 Wed 5pm, Berkeley
Science under Siege Livestream Thurs 4pm
First Friday Art X Science Fri 6 - 10pm, Oakland, $
Computer History Museum TechFest Sat all day, Mountain View, $
Celebrate Earth Month at the Refuge Sun 10am - 2pm, Alviso
CLIMATE
Although we lag behind several other countries in transitioning away from fossil fuels, U.S. wind and solar electricity generation surpassed coal for the first time last year.
Here’s a weird one: ‘ice batteries’. When electricity is cheaper - generally in the middle of the night and early morning hours - freezers make ice. When the indoor temperature rises to the point that interior cooling is needed, air is blown over the ice and throughout the building. This is less expensive than powering up air conditioners when rates are high.
Producing ammonia for fertilizers contributes 2% to global CO2 emissions. Another way may be practical and profitable with zero CO2 emissions. By adding nitrogen to water that has a metal catalyst and pumping it underground in a geothermal well, ammonia is created with the heat and pressure. Ammonia is extracted from the returning water and that hot water is used to generate electricity. More nitrogen is added before the water is pumped back underground. A continuous loop. Sounds promising on paper.
Glaciers in Svalbard, Norway are melting and releasing large amounts of methane - a powerful greenhouse gas - as they melt. This was not expected and could be true of glaciers everywhere and could contribute to a serious feedback loop and could create a tipping point in global warming.
FUN (?) NERDY VIDEOS
Junk Food & Robert Kennedy - Show & Tell - Jo Schwarcz - 4 mins
Crinoids - Bizarre Beasts - Hank Green & Sarah Suta - 5 mins
Geothermal Optimism - Sabine Hossenfelder - 5.5 mins
476,000 Year-Old Human-Made Structure - University of Liverpool - 8 mins
World’s Most Common Mineral - SciShow - Hank Green - 8 mins
One Bomb to End it All - Kurzgesagt - 11 mins
¿Who Was Homo Luzonensis? - History with Kayleigh - Kayleigh A.N. - 14 mins
¿Do Whales Have a Language? - Dr. Ben Miles - 17 mins
Fusion Reactor Design - PBS SpaceTime - Matt O’Dowd - 20 mins
Strandbeest: Learning to Walk - Veritaseum - Derek Muller - 23 mins
Integrating Photonic & Digital Computing - Anastasi in Tech - Anastasiia Nosova - 28 mins
¿How Do Satellites NOT Crash? - Fraser Cain w Dr. Sydney Dolan - 37 mins
Have a good week. Maybe i’ll see you on Saturday.
Dave Almandsmith, Bay Area Skeptics
“It is important to take action and to realize that we can make a difference, and this will encourage others to take action and then we realize we are not alone and our cumulative actions truly make an even greater difference.”
- Jane Goodall
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Monday, 03/31/2025
Investigating the Hidden Origins of Fast Radio Bursts and Other Radio Transients - 03/31/2025 12:10 PM
Campbell Hall, Rm 131 Berkeley
Speaker: Tarraneh Eftekhari, Northwestern University
Update on the Bird Flu - Livestream - 03/31/2025 02:00 PM
UC Berkeley
Speaker: John Swartzberg, MD, is a clinical professor emeritus at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. Dr. Swartzberg is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases. Before joining UC Berkeley’s faculty part time since 1980 and full time since 2001, he spent 30 years in clinical practice. He is also the hospital epidemiologist and chair of the infection control committee at the Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley.
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AFM-SEM-EDS Correlative Microscopy in Materials Science - 03/31/2025 02:30 PM
Birge Hall Berkeley
Correlative microscopy is not a single method but rather a diverse collection of techniques that share a common approach. By applying multiple microscopy techniques to the same sample, researchers can analyze it across a broader range of magnifications than what a single technique can offer. The integration of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) into a unified analysis method, along with the necessary instrumentation, is particularly effective for characterizing physical properties at the nanoscale. SEM provides excellent guidance to regions of interest (ROI) and enables material sensitivity using Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) X-ray analysis, while AFM complements SEM by offering true quantitative 3D surface data and high spatial resolution. When advanced AFM modes are employed, such as those for electrical, magnetic, and physical properties, AFM-SEM-based analytical workflows become highly relevant for the non-destructive characterization of defects, impurities, and their correlation with performance and reliability.
In this presentation, we will explore the key design elements and workflows enabled by AFM-SEM-EDS systems, demonstrating their significance in materials research, including the study of 2D materials, nanoparticles, magnetic nanorods, Failure Analysis (FA), and semiconductor research. Additionally, we will discuss why the emerging field of AFM-SEM-EDS correlative microscopy allows scientists to study a broader variety of samples, as the complementary strengths of each technique enable the generation of a wider range of nanoscale information.
Speaker: Stefan Spagna, Quantum Design
The delivery of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility's new EBS source and beamline, and first results - 03/31/2025 03:30 PM
Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) Colloquium Series Menlo Park
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) has been carrying out a major reconstruction programme, which started in 2009 and ended in 2023. This programme, referred to as the ESRF Upgrade Programme, is grounded on ESRF role and mission of pioneering synchrotron science to the benefit of science and society at large. To this purpose, new adapted concepts - enhancing X-ray source and instrument performance to explore with high spatial resolution condensed and living matter - have been developed.
The implementation of the ESRF Upgrade Programme, allowed an almost complete reconstruction of the ESRF facility, with 27 new beamlines, a new storage ring-based X-ray synchrotron source (the EBS, Extremely Brilliant Source), and new scientific and IT infrastructures and instruments.
I will present a summary of the ESRF programme with emphasis to the construction and commissioning of the EBS storage ring, and on its impact to new opportunities in X-ray science and applications.
Speaker: Dr. Francesco Sette, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
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Ecological and evolutionary dynamics of biotic assembly in the Hengduan Mountains, China - 03/31/2025 04:00 PM
James H. Clark Center (Bldg 340) Stanford
I am the Curator of Flowering Plants at the Field Museum, and a faculty affiliate at the University of Chicago. I completed my undergrad at UBC and PhD at Harvard. My research focuses on plant evolution, biogeography, and systematics, with special emphasis on mountains and East Asia.
Speaker: Richard Ree, Field Museum
Room: Auditorium
Learning the shape of the immune and protein universe - 03/31/2025 04:15 PM
Physics North Berkeley
The adaptive immune system consists of highly diverse B- and T-cell receptors, which can recognize a multitude of diverse pathogens. Immune recognition relies on molecular interactions between immune receptors and pathogens, which in turn is determined by the complementarity of their 3D structures and amino acid compositions, i.e., their shapes. Immune shape space has been previously introduced as an abstraction of molecular recognition in the immune system. However, the relationships between immune receptor sequence, protein structure, and specificity are very difficult to quantify in practice. In this talk, I will discuss how the growing amount of immune repertoire sequence data together with protein structures can shed light on the organization of the adaptive immune system. I will introduce physically motivated machine learning approaches to learn representations of protein micro-environments in general, and of immune receptors, in particular. The learned models reflect the relevant biophysical properties that determine a protein’s stability, and function, and could be used to predict immune recognition and to design novel immunogens e.g. for vaccine design.
Speaker: Armita Nournohammad, University of Washington
CCS in the Global Climate Scene - 03/31/2025 04:30 PM
Stanford University Energy Seminar Stanford
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a much needed CO2 mitigation technology and it also has an interesting history in global climate and environmental policy and law. Now with engineered-CDR, it is still an active topic. Tim will provide an up-to-date summary of CCS in the global climate scene and in international environmental law, including the outputs from the latest UNFCCC COP meetings and carbon markets.
Speaker: Tim Dixon, IEAGHG
Tuesday, 04/01/2025
Engineering Life’s Language: Streamlined Approaches to Efficient Genetic Code Expansion - 04/01/2025 11:00 AM
Latimer Hall Berkeley
The genetic code is the foundation for all life. With few exceptions, the translation of nucleic acid messages into proteins follows conserved rules, which are defined by codons that specify each of the 20 proteinogenic amino acids. Supplementing translation with non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs) can yield protein sequences with new-to-nature functions, but existing ncAA incorporation strategies suffer from low efficiency and context dependence. Recently, our lab has developed technologies rooted in bioengineering and directed evolution that overcome longstanding limitations in genetic code expansion. In this presentation, I will discuss our efforts to develop new-to-nature proteins and peptides by altering the cell’s translation apparatus, including tRNAs, mRNAs, and the ribosome itself. Given the generality of our approaches and streamlined resources, our findings will accelerate innovations in multiplexed genetic code expansion and enable the discovery of chemically diverse biomolecules for researcher-defined applications.
Speaker: Ahmed Badran, Scripps
Is There any Landscape Signature of Permafrost? - 04/01/2025 12:00 PM
Braun (Geology) Corner (Bldg 320), Rm 220 Stanford
Permafrost influences hillslope and channel processes by controlling water availability for sediment transport and soil erosion, which changes with warming. I study how permafrost landscapes are shaped by climate by quantifying the pace and pattern of erosion across time and space. We find that low hilltop curvatures and drainage densities are universal topographic signatures of permafrost processes, seen in both the modern Arctic and landscapes underlain by permafrost during the Last Glacial Maximum. Landscapes that were colder during the Last Glacial Maximum have higher erosion rates than warmer landscapes with similar topographies, consistent with field and remote measurements from modern landscapes showing high sediment movement rates driven by wetness rather than steepness. We are mapping permafrost drainage networks, which are distinct from landscapes that do not have frozen ground, to understand their formation and changes under shifting climate conditions, as disturbances may indicate changes in the thermal state of permafrost. We also explore thermal channelization of suprapermafrost flowpaths to explain Arctic drainage patterns and vegetation trends.
Speaker: Joanmarie Del Vecchio, College of William & Mary
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Theory of Strange Metals - 04/01/2025 03:30 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center Stanford
Understanding "strange metal" phenomena - metallic behavior that deviates from that expected of an ordinary Fermi liquid down to the lowest measurable temperatures - is among the most puzzling open problems in condensed matter physics. Such phenomena are observed across many different strongly correlated materials. They seem tied to other interesting phenomena, such as quantum criticality and unconventional superconductivity. I will describe theoretical advances in understanding the possible origins of such phenomena in specific systems, including ruthenates and overdoped cuprates. In particular, I will describe how a strange metal regime can emerge when an unconventional superconductor is suppressed either by a high magnetic field or by temperature.
Speaker: Erez Berg, Weizmann Institute of Science
The quantum properties of molecular interfaces - 04/01/2025 04:00 PM
Latimer Hall Berkeley
Weakly bonded interfaces composed by molecular and solid-state inorganic materials give rise to a rich variety of nuclear motion and tunable nuclear structure that is tightly connected to diverse electronic properties in these systems. In my talk, I will discuss how we push the limits of density-functional theory and different ab initio techniques that capture nuclear motion to unravel the properties of realistic interfaces [1]. I will discuss how they can be connected to first-principles electronic structure and machine-learning approaches [2,3]. Applications where the quantum nature of the nuclei become indispensable to assess structural and electronic properties these interfaces will be shown and discussed [4], as well as how these can be characterised by the simulation of experimentally observable quantities like tunneling rate constants and advanced vibrational spectroscopy
Speaker: Mariana Rossi, Max-Planck Institute, Hamburg, Germany
An Informational Theory of Life - 04/01/2025 07:00 PM
Long Now Foundation San Francisco
Sara Imari Walker leads one of the largest international theory groups in origins of life and astrobiology. Walker and her team's key areas of research are in developing new approaches to the problem of understanding universal features of life; those that might allow a general theory for solving the matter to life transition, detecting alien life and designing synthetic life. Applying assembly theory, a physics framework based on molecular complexity that Walker and her team have expanded, opens a new path to identify where the threshold lies where life arises from non-life, and to detect and understand the evolution of life on our planet and in the universe.
Speaker: Sara Imari Walker, Arizona State University
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You can also watch this for free online on YouTube.
Wonderfest: Other Humans - 04/01/2025 07:00 PM
Hopmonk Tavern Novato
We are members of the genus Homo, distinguished from other primates as bipedal great apes. So far, we have found fossil evidence for several other members of our genus, i.e., several other humans. How does a fossil gain entry into this exclusive club? How many members are there? What do we currently know about these possible relatives - and why aren’t they alive, today, walking upright among us?
Our speaker is biological anthropologist Julie Hui, Adjunct Professor at the College of Marin.
Editor's note: This event was originally scheduled for February 18, 2025
Wednesday, 04/02/2025
The physics is against us: adventures in low-cost marine systems development - Livestream - 04/02/2025 11:00 AM
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Development of marine sensing and sampling systems is fundamentally limited and challenged by the ocean environment, from the physics of light attenuation to the vagaries of long-range acoustic propagation to the fact that salt water is corrosive. This presentation focuses on a series of projects lowering barriers to ubiquitous marine sensing: AUV swarming with one-way travel acoustic techniques, reconstruction of underwater position via single-hydrophone source sensing, production of a new lineless lobster fishing technology, and development of low-cost eDNA samplers to accompany acoustic payloads in understanding marine ecology. These seemingly disparate programs share an objective to reduce the cost of underwater systems by combining fundamental ocean physics with modern electronics and signal processing methods. Physics may be a barrier to low-cost ocean sensors and samplers, but it can also be a tool to see a bit further in the ocean.
Speaker: Erin Fischell, Acbotics Research, LLC
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Are we there yet? Advancing DNA methods for informing environmental management and policy - 04/02/2025 03:30 PM
Estuary & Ocean Science Center Tiburon
Environmental DNA (eDNA) methods are revolutionizing the way we monitor biodiversity in California. However, the adoption of eDNA methods for informing environmental management decision-making has been slowed by a lack of standardization among researchers and poor communication with user communities. To help expediate the transition from research to implementation, we initiated a series of studies to bring the gap between eDNA researchers and environmental managers. These studies ranged across a diversity of habitats and management concerns, from harmful algal blooms to endangered Southern California steelhead. This presentation will review the myriad of successes and obstacles faced when operationalizing a novel tool for routine applications and will highlight future directions for advancing the adoption of eDNA methods.
Speaker: Susanna Theroux, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
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Future Forward: How Semiconductor R&D Continues to shape our future - 04/02/2025 04:00 PM
Soda Hall Berkeley
Deirdre Hanford (Berkeley MSEE 1985) will discuss the need for cross-industry and academia collaboration and innovation at all levels of chip development - from design to manufacturing - and how she is leading this effort in her new role as the founding CEO of Natcast, the purpose-built, non-profit entity designated to operate the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC). Established by the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of the U.S. government, the NSTC is a public-private consortium dedicated to semiconductor R&D in the United States. It convenes industry, academia, and government from across the semiconductor ecosystem to address the most challenging barriers to continued technological progress in the domestic semiconductor industry, including the need for a skilled workforce. Ms. Hanford will also share perspectives on her own career journey including her 36 years at Synopsys in the Electronic Design Automation industry serving chip design teams around the globe.
Speaker: Deirdre Hanford, Natcast
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A Conversation with Tom Steyer on Climate Progress in 2025 - 04/02/2025 05:00 PM
David Brower Center Berkeley
Tom is the founder and co-executive chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, a climate-focused global investment firm. Central to the firm’s thesis is the belief of an absolute, unequivocal need to win in the marketplace with clean products and services that are cheaper, faster, and better. He is also a New York Times bestselling author, having released his first book Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War in May 2024.
The Move Toward AGI: Why Large Language Models Surprised Almost Everyone, and What’s Coming Next - 04/02/2025 05:00 PM
Calvin Laboratory Berkeley
The advent of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT changed forever the public perception of artificial intelligence. Our panel of experts will discuss why LLMs proved to be so surprising, even to researchers in the field, and why the explosion of increasingly powerful models has inevitably led to whispers about artificial general intelligence (AGI). We’ll examine whether LLMs are sufficient to get us to AGI and, if not, what the missing ingredients might be.
Panel:
Moderator: Anil Ananthaswamy, science communicator in residence, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing
Panelist: Dileep George, Google DeepMind
Panelist: Azalia Mirhoseini, Stanfor-Panelist: Luke Zettlemoyer, University of Washington
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Muscle and Strength - 04/02/2025 06:00 PM
Commonwealth Club San Francisco
Join us for a richly informative exploration of the central role of muscle in human life and health. Michael Joseph Gross, author of the new book Stronger, will share his urgent call for each of us to recognize muscle as “the vital, inextricable and effective partner of the soul.”
Gross draws on everything from the battlefields of the Trojan War in Homer’s Iliad, where muscles enter the scene of world literature; to the all-but-forgotten Victorian-era gyms on both sides of the Atlantic, where women build strength and muscle by lifting heavy weights; to a retirement home in Boston, where a young doctor makes the astonishing discovery that frail 90-year-olds can experience the same relative gains of strength and muscle as 30-year-olds if they lift weights.
These surprising tales play out against a background of clashing worldviews, an age-old competition between athletic trainers and medical doctors to define our understanding and experience of muscle. In this conflict, muscle got typecast: Simplistic binaries of brain-versus-brawn created a persistent prejudice against muscle, and against weight training, the type of exercise that best builds muscular strength and power.
Come hear how Gross looks at muscle and weight training in a whole new light. He’ll be in conversation with Guy Raz for a discussion about how all of us, from elite powerlifters to people who have never played sports at all, can learn to lift weights in ways that yield life's ultimate prize: the ability to act upon the world in the ways that we wish.
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Healthcare Simulation Lab! Empowering future medical providers through healthcare simulation - RESCHEDULED - 04/02/2025 07:30 PM
Marin Science Seminar San Rafael
Editor's Note: This event has been rescheduled for April 30
Thursday, 04/03/2025
Reprogramming Cellular Function: Molecular Glues for transcription factors - 04/03/2025 10:30 AM
Innovative Genomics Institute Building (IGIB) Berkeley
Molecular glues are small molecules that exert their pharmacological effects by inducing new protein-protein interactions. Originally identified as the mechanism of natural product macrocycles such as rapamycin and FK506, the discovery of new molecular glues has experienced a resurgence of interest. A key driver of this interest has been the development of both monovalent and bivalent molecular glues for E3 ligases that can induce ubiquitination and proteosome-mediated destruction of target proteins. Here we report the development of a new class of molecular glues targeting transcription factors which are DNA-binding proteins that regulate gene expression in mammalian cells. We focused on Bcl-6 which is a transcription factor that is critical to B-cell development but that becomes an oncogene in B-cell lymphomas such as Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). We developed a series of bivalent small molecules that we call transcription factor induced chemical inducers of proximity (TCIPs) that induce neo-protein-protein interactions between Bcl6 and either the transcriptional co-activator protein Brd4 (TCIP1) or the RNA-pol2 kinase Cdk9 (TCIP2). We demonstrate that these molecules function as molecular glues that can convert Bcl6 from a transcriptional repressor to a potent activator of the apoptotic cell death program. We demonstrate that the compounds rapidly modulate the Bcl6 gene expression program and induce apoptotic cell-death in Bcl6-dependent cellular models at picomolar concentrations. The lead compounds exhibit efficacy in PDX and germinal center B-cell murine models at well-tolerated doses. This works provides proof-of-concept that transcription factors can be reprogrammed by molecular glues which opens a host of therapeutic opportunities in oncology and many other diseases.
Speaker: Nathanael Gray, Stanford University
Room 115
The Long-Term Evolution of Icy Moons - 04/03/2025 12:00 PM
Mitchell Earth Sciences Building (04-560) Stanford
Our solar system hosts ~300 moons whose diversity challenges our understanding of planetary formation and evolution. Despite decades of research, many studies on the interior evolution and present-day conditions of Europa and Ganymede still assume that these moons formed hot with a metal-sulfide core, like Earth. In contrast, numerous formation models suggest that these moons accreted cold (a few hundred K), calling for a reevaluation of their long-term evolution. My presentation has three parts. First, I will introduce the “cold accretion” paradigm, where icy moons could form as cold mud balls and evolve slowly afterwards. Second, I will tour several of my collaborations motivated by Trinh et al. (2023). Topics include an ancient water ocean at Io, dynamos at the Galilean satellites, an ongoing dynamo at Triton, and dynamic habitability in Europa’s ocean. Third, I will discuss future projects for the next few years, as well as preparation for the upcoming fleet of spacecraft missions to icy moons in the coming decades.
Speaker: Kevin Trinh, Stanford University
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Room 350/372
Macroalgal past, present, and future: A place for developmental biology - 04/03/2025 12:30 PM
Valley Life Sciences Building Berkeley
Brown macroalgae have been present on our Pacific Northeast coast for at least 35 million years. The largest extant brown macroalgae form the canopy and sub-canopy of our incredible kelp forests, serving as foundational species for near-shore marine ecosystems. These organisms have an essential role in a thriving and sustainable ocean future. As a developmental biologist, I seek to understand how organisms grow the shapes and patterns of their bodies, how these bodies evolved, and how understanding them more deeply on a molecular level might be utilized for a sustainable future. In this seminar, I will discuss our current work around one particular developmental process: branching patterns in brown algae. I will highlight several ongoing collaborative projects, including those on fossils (past), phylogenies & trait mapping (present), and advancing molecular tools and understanding (future). Join me in discovering what body plans are evident in the brown algal fossil record, in describing beautiful branching morphologies & mapping them onto a modern phylogeny, and in building the tools & datasets necessary to understand (perhaps even change) how their genes lead to such body plans.
Speaker: Siobhan Braybrook, UC Los Angeles
SETI LIVE: Why is Mars Red? - Livestream - 04/03/2025 02:30 PM
SETI Institute
New Research Suggests Ferrihydrite is the Key In a recent study, Dr. Janice Bishop of the SETI Institute, along with postdoctoral researcher Adomas Valantinas from Brown University, propose that Mars' characteristic red hue is primarily due to ferrihydrite - a water-rich iron oxide mineral - rather than the previously assumed hematite. Analyses of data collected by Martian orbiters, rovers, and laboratory experiments showed that ferrihydrite closely matches the composition of the dust covering Mars' surface. Ferrihydrite typically forms in environments abundant in cool water, suggesting Mars once had significant liquid water on its surface. The research implies that Mars transitioned from a wet to a dry environment billions of years ago. Confirming these findings would require returning samples from Mars to Earth for comprehensive analysis. Join planetary scientist Beth Johnson for a chat with Dr. Bishop about the evidence for ferrihydrite and what it could have meant for life on Mars.
Science under Siege - Livestream - 04/03/2025 04:00 PM
Skeptical Inquirer
From pandemics to the climate crisis, humanity faces tougher challenges than ever before. But our efforts to effectively address these existential crises are frequently hampered by a common threat: politically and ideologically motivated opposition to science.
Join us for a Skeptical Inquirer Presents live stream with Michael Mann. He’ll discuss his collaboration with public health scientist Peter Hotez that examines the five main forces behind the modern-day anti-science movement: plutocrats, pros, petrostates, phonies, and the press. Mann has spent decades on the frontlines of the battle to convey accurate, reliable, and trustworthy information about science in the face of determined and nihilistic opposition. His presentation is both a call to arms and a roadmap for dismantling the forces of anti-science, empowering ourselves to promote scientific truth and, ultimately, averting disaster.
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Robotics at the University of Pennsylvania from Birth to Maturity: A Review of 30 Years of Research - 04/03/2025 04:00 PM
Sonoma State Dept. of Engineering Science Rohnert Park
In this talk, I will reexamine the evolution of robotics research at the University of Pennsylvania, covering the successes and struggles of PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty between 1972 and 2000. In 1972, I came to Penn’s newly formed Department of Computer and Information Science from Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory full of energy, enthusiasm, and the goal of establishing a similar lab at Penn. This talk demonstrates the creativity and ingenuity of young professionals at the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing, and Perception (GRASP) Laboratory. We collaborated with psychologists and engineers to build a community of roboticists. Our curiosity led us to build new vision and tactile systems and to investigate cooperative ground and air robotics systems. We used computational models supported and verified by experiments. Today, I am proud to say that almost all the students who cycled through the GRASP Lab are successful in academia or industry.
Speaker: Ruzena Bajcsy, University of Pennsylvania, Emeritus
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NightLife: Academy Day - 04/03/2025 06:00 PM
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco
Join us for a festive night of science and community in celebration of the Academy’s birthday.
After Dark: Our Place in Space - 04/03/2025 06:00 PM
ExplOratorium San Francisco
Design your own spacecraft, learn about NASA’s lunar missions, and wrap your hands (and brain) around the scale of our Solar System! Join us for an evening of thrilling adventure in outer space, including huge views of the Martian terrain and an immersive eclipse exhibit. Grab some friends, sip a cocktail, and experience a Thursday night that’s truly out of this world.
Ages 18+
The Future of Food and the Buzz of Science - 04/03/2025 06:00 PM
Lawrence Hall of Science Berkeley
The Lawrence is abuzz with insect science! You’re invited for an evening of exploration of science both big and small! Witness a flaming firefly in Serenity, a striking fusion of art and engineering by Oakland’s own Flaming Lotus Girls. Meet and learn from expert scientists about insect biology and evolution. Discover how insects and other future foods will innovate what’s on your plate.
Don’t forget your wings: visitors who come dressed up like a bug get $5 off admission!
Ages 18+
Tech at Nite - 04/03/2025 07:00 PM
The Tech Interactive San Jose
San Jose’s most innovative night out returns on Thursday, April 3, with Tech at Nite, an adults-only (21+) evening at The Tech Interactive!
This special after-hours event blends hands-on STEAM fun, interactive exhibits, and, well, nightlife! In the spirit of the season, you'll enjoy a unique line-up of local San Jose/Bay Area innovators to celebrate the “Science of Spring.” Get ready to hit the dance floor, create with nature, AND conduct a science experiment (all in one night!).
For an admission of just $35, you'll gain after-hours access to The Tech's groundbreaking exhibits, a free glass of Fungi Diversity Survey, and so much more!
Friday, 04/04/2025
First Friday Nights at CuriOdyssey - 04/04/2025 05:00 PM
CuriOdyssey San Mateo
Come together as a family, visit early, and stay late!
Swing into the weekend with music, food trucks, animals, and fun! On the first Friday of every month, from 5 pm until 8 pm, parents and kids celebrate together at CuriOdyssey.
Enjoying animal presentations, science activities, and dance to some of your favorite hits.
First Friday: Art X Science - 04/04/2025 06:00 PM
Chabot Space and Science Center Oakland
Discover the incredible fusion of creativity and discovery at First Friday: ART X SCIENCE! Bring your poetry & songs for a space & science-inspired open mic, craft cosmic zines using imagery from real space telescopes, explore a pop-up gallery of astronomical art, and take a glimpse behind the curtain with the filmmakers behind Dear Moon, a short film told from the perspective of Earth’s closest galactic companion, the Moon.
Celebrate the innovative spirit that connects these two worlds in an engaging, interactive evening the whole family will enjoy!
Saturday, 04/05/2025
TechFest - 04/05/2025 10:00 AM
Computer History Museum Mountain View
Save the date for CHM’s all-day TechFest, a family-friendly celebration blending the wonders of science fiction and real-world tech. Experience hands-on activities, interactive demos, the Museum’s latest exhibits, and more.
Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase - Livestream - 04/05/2025 10:00 AM
Bringing Back the Natives
Doug Tallamy will kick off this event by describing what you can do in your own garden to restore nature. Kathy Kramer will provide a retrospective on the Tour’s first 20 years. In a series of garden visits passionate garden owners and the talented designers of the Bay Area’s most beautiful and inspiring landscapes will take us on private tours of their gardens. Come learn how you can attract birds and garden for pollinators, plant milkweed for monarchs, garden for color and interest throughout the year, electrify your home, and more.
Agenda:
10:00-10:15 Welcome, Kathy Kramer, Tour Coordinator
10:15-11:30 “Answers to FAQ about how to transform yards into ecologically valuable gardens” by renowned ecologist Doug Tallamy, author of “Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens” and the New York Times bestseller “Nature’s Best Hope”
11:30-12:00 “How my husband and I transformed our yard from an ecological wasteland into a beautiful, native plant garden??"and the wildlife we have seen in it” by Kathy Kramer” by Kathy Kramer, San Pablo garden
12:00:12:30 “Gardening on the wild side, for wildlife’s sake” by Anita Pereira,: visit this Richmond garden on Saturday, May 3, 2025
12:30-1:00 “The Skyline Gardens Restoration Project: From weeds to wildflowers!” by Glen Schneider (fill out this volunteer form if you would like to help restore this area to greatness!)
1:00-1:30 “From a 1950s garden to a contemporary garden of California native plants with a flagstone path leading to a pinwheel tiling patterned patio” by Lois Simonds of Gardening With Nature’s Design, video by Ellyse Morgan and Tam Starita. Visit this Berkeley garden on Saturday, May 3
1:30-2:00 “Easing the biodiversity crisis one garden at a time: here’s how one renter did it” by Deborah Underwood, San Francisco garden
2:00-2:30 “Pruning native plants” by Leslie Buck: video by Ellyse Morgan Leslie Buck will demonstrate basic pruning techniques and cuts that look so natural you can’t tell your native plants have been pruned.
2:30-3:00 “AB-1572: The ‘non-functional turf’ irrigation ban, and how it will fundamentally reshape the California landscape” by Rebecca Pollon
Registration required at weblink to watch on Zoom. Also available on YouTube.
Additional session on Sunday, April 6. In-person tours on May 3 and 4.
Native bee workshop - 04/05/2025 10:00 AM
Bouverie Preserve Glen Ellen
Did you know that there are over 1,600 species of bees native to California?
Join instructor Kandis Gilmore to learn about the varied life cycles, ecological roles, and basic taxonomic groups of bees. We’ll study indoors and explore outdoors at the Bouverie Preserve in Glen Ellen in this hands-on workshop and field trip.
First Saturday: Free Tour of the Santa Cruz Arboretum - 04/05/2025 11:00 AM
Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden Santa Cruz
Around the World in 60-90 Minutes!
On the first Saturday of each month, the Arboretum offers a docent or staff-led tour of the Arboretum.
Sometimes you will see New Zealand, South Africa, California, and Australia. Sometimes you might see combinations of several gardens or the developing World Conifer Collection or Rare Fruit Garden. Tour length varies depending on what's in bloom and what the participants request.
Meet your tour guide(s) at 11:00 am at the entrance to the visitor parking lot. (Tours are canceled when the weather isn't suitable.)
Arboreteum cost is $10 General, $8 Seniors, $5 Ages 4 - 17
Sunnyvale’s Earth Day Festival: Empowering Our Community - 04/05/2025 11:00 AM
Sunnyvale Civic Center Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale's Earth Day Festival features family-friendly and sustainability-focused activities. Bike to the event and explore a variety of environmental activities hands-free after checking your bike at our free valet.
Local non-profit organizations will be tabling along West Olive Ave. to share their expertise on environmental protection. Visit the community booths to learn about sustainable actions such as electrifying your home and starting a compost. Enjoy live entertainment at the amphitheater in the redwood grove with lunch served on reusable foodware.
Other event highlights include:
Sustainable arts and crafts for kidsGuided tours of the beautiful trees on campusLunch and dessert from local food trucksAnd much more!
City Public Star Party - 04/05/2025 07:30 PM
City Star Parties - Tunnel Tops Park San Francisco
Come join the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers for free public stargazing of the Moon, planets, globular clusters and more!
The event will take place in Tunnel Tops National Park, parking is located adjacent to Picnic Place (210 Lincoln Blvd for GPS) with the telescopes setup in the East Meadow.
Dress warmly as conditions can be windy or cold in the Presidio. Rain, heavy fog or overcast skies cancel the event. Check the SFAA website for a cancellation notice before leaving for the star party.
Sunday, 04/06/2025
Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase - Livestream - 04/06/2025 10:00 AM
Bringing Back the Natives
Agenda:
10:00-10:15 Welcome, Kathy Kramer, Tour Coordinator
10:50-11:30 “Harden your home for fire safety” by Chief Colin Arnold, Berkeley Fire Department
11:30-12:00 “Fire-resistant native plants” by Jennifer Dirking
12:00-12:30 “Lawn Conversion to a sitting area surrounded by a rich tapestry of California keystone plants” by Lois Simonds: video by Ellyse Morgan and Tam Starita, Walnut Creek garden
12:30-1:45 “Gardening for bees: Choosing the plants that local, native bees need” Susan Karasoff
1:45-2:15 ”Making windows safe for birds: why it’s important and how to apply Feather Friendly markers (a demonstration)” by Erin Deihm”
Registration required at weblink to watch on Zoom. Also available on YouTube.
Additional session on Saturday, April 5. In-person tours on May 3 and 4.
Earth Month Celebration at the Refuge - 04/06/2025 10:00 AM
Don Edwards Refuge Environmental Education Center Alviso
Let's kick off Earth Month with a celebration at the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge! Join us any time during the event.
The event will be an open house, with time to explore, learn more about our endangered species, join a guided tour, participate in some arts & crafts, and much more as we celebrate our Earth!
Check the agenda at the weblink for more details about what we have planned alongside our partners.
Event parking may be limited. We highly encourage carpooling if possible!
RSVP at weblink
Solar Observing - 04/06/2025 02:00 PM
San Jose Astronomical Association San Jose
It’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 safe.
We’ll have white-light telescopes with dense solar filters that reveal sunspots. Further, we’ll show you hydrogen-alpha telescopes that isolate a very specific color of red that reveals prominences (often thought of as solar flares) and intricate texture within the Sun’s chromosphere (its atmosphere).
We can also share with you a little about how the Sun works and how complex magnetic fields drive the number of sunspots and prominences that we’ll see on a given day.
Around 2:15, we'll have a short, informal introductory talk, and at other times, you can enjoy the views and ask questions about the Sun, telescopes, or astronomy in general.
Monday, 04/07/2025
Understanding and Leveraging Microbial Symbioses to Mitigate Global Change Impacts - 04/07/2025 12:00 PM
Sonoma State University - Biology Colloquium Rohnert Park
Speaker: Adrienne Correa, UC Berkeley
Black Hole Jets: The Whole Story - 04/07/2025 12:10 PM
Campbell Hall, Rm 131 Berkeley
Speaker: Rob Fender, Oxford University
Advanced Transient Geothermal Wellbore Simulation - 04/07/2025 12:30 PM
Green Earth Sciences Building Stanford
Geothermal wells play a key role in the development, understanding and utilization of geothermal resources. Understanding the thermodynamic processes that occur within geothermal wells assists with their design, the interpretation of downhole measurements, and the optimization of reservoir management. However, the behavior of geothermal wells can be difficult or impossible to measure directly. Numerical simulation provides low-cost insight into the transient behavior of geothermal wells.
In this seminar, we will discuss the development of a transient geothermal wellbore simulator that can model complex flows of multi-phase fluid. We present example simulations that demonstrate rapid transient processes (e.g., opening and closing geothermal wells), interzonal flow, counter-flow processes, discharge stimulation methods such as air compression and gas lifts, and wells with water levels below the wellhead. Recent investigations of methods for coupling this wellbore simulator with a geothermal reservoir simulator will also be discussed.
Speaker: Ryan Tonkin, University of Auckland
Real-time twisting on a chip - 04/07/2025 02:30 PM
Birge Hall Berkeley
Two-dimensional materials (2DM) and their heterostructures offer tunable electrical and optical properties, primarily modifiable through electrostatic gating and twisting. While electrostatic gating is a well-established method for manipulating 2DM, achieving real-time control over interfacial properties remains a frontier in exploring 2DM physics and advanced quantum device technology. Current methods, often reliant on scanning microscopes, are limited in their application scope, lacking the accessibility and scalability of electrostatic gating at the device level. In this work, we introduce an on-chip platform for 2DM with in situ adjustable interfacial properties, employing a microelectromechanical system (MEMS). This platform comprises compact and cost-effective devices capable of precise voltage-controlled manipulation of 2DM, including approaching, twisting, and pressurizing actions. We demonstrate this technology by creating synthetic topological singularities, such as half-skyrmions or merons, in the nonlinear optical susceptibility of twisted hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). A key application of this technology is the development of integrated light sources with real-time and wide-range tunable polarization. Additionally, we envision a quantum analog capable of generating entangled photon pairs with adjustable entanglement properties. Our work extends the capabilities of existing technologies in manipulating low-dimensional quantum materials and paves the way for novel hybrid 2D-3D devices, with promising implications in condensed-matter physics, quantum optics, and related fields.
Speaker: Yuan Cao, UC Berkeley
Cryogenic electron imaging of macromolecules and subcellular components related to human health - 04/07/2025 03:30 PM
Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) Colloquium Series Menlo Park
My talk will cover recent advances in the application of near atomic-resolution single-particle cryoEM for the structural and functional analysis of macromolecules, revealing novel information that could not be predicted by AlphaFold. Additionally, I will discuss the potential power of cryovEM and cryoET in studying cells and tissues, with implications for human health.
Speaker: Wah Chiu, Stanford University
Attend in person or online (See weblink)
UC Berkeley Structural & Quantitative Biology Seminar - 04/07/2025 04:00 PM
Stanley Hall Berkeley
Speaker: Peter Walter, Altos Labs
Two Eyes are Better than One: JWST and ALMA Look at Star Formation - RESCHEDULED - 04/07/2025 04:00 PM
Sonoma State University - What Physicists Do Rohnert Park
Speaker: Mary Barsony, SETI Institute
This event will now occur on April 21, 2025.
Biology Seminar: We demand a seat at the table - 04/07/2025 04:00 PM
James H. Clark Center (Bldg 340) Stanford
Speaker: Stanley Andrisse, Howard University
Clark Auditorium
Eclipse Megamovie: From 2017 to 2024 - 04/07/2025 04:00 PM
Sonoma State University - What Physicists Do Rohnert Park
Speaker: Laura Peticolas, Sonoma State University
This event was originally scheduled for April 14, 2025
The Evolving State of the Federal Energy Regulatory Environment - 04/07/2025 04:30 PM
Stanford University Energy Seminar Stanford
Commissioner Judy Chang will discuss the role of Federal regulation in the rapidly changing American energy landscape. She will focus on trends, lessons learned, and regional variations across the electricity and gas sectors, and how regulators work to ensure reliable and affordable energy despite increasingly uncertain future conditions.
Speaker: Judy Chang, Federal Energy Regulatory Commision
Tuesday, 04/08/2025
UC Berkeley Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine Seminar - 04/08/2025 11:00 AM
Weill Hall Berkeley
The Present and Future of High-Energy Neutrino Astronomy - 04/08/2025 03:30 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center Stanford
Water at the Edge: On-Water Spectroscopy across Oil Droplets, Protein Surfaces, and Living Cells - 04/08/2025 04:00 PM
Latimer Hall Berkeley
Emergence of novel particles in quantum magnets - 04/08/2025 05:30 PM
International House Berkeley
How AI is used in Scientific Discovery & Patient Diagnosis - 04/08/2025 06:00 PM
San Mateo Public Library San Mateo
Monterey Audubon Society monthly meeting: John Muir Laws - 04/08/2025 07:30 PM
Meals on Wheels Pacific Grove
Wednesday, 04/09/2025
A controllable theory of superconducting pairing due to strong repulsion - 04/09/2025 10:00 AM
Physics South, Room 325 Berkeley
Innovations for Scalable Oceanography - Livestream - 04/09/2025 11:00 AM
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Confronting a Sea of Change: Overcoming Uncertainty and Inequality in Global Fisheries - 04/09/2025 11:00 AM
Ocean Health Building Santa Cruz
Butterfly Walk in the Garden - 04/09/2025 01:30 PM
UC Botanical Garden Berkeley
Sustainably Powering AI: The latest Stanford research - Livestream - 04/09/2025 02:00 PM
Stanford University
Southern California Respiration Quotient Controls - 04/09/2025 03:30 PM
Estuary & Ocean Science Center Tiburon
Energy and Resources Group Colloquium - 04/09/2025 04:00 PM
Giannini Hall Berkeley
Dismantling of Science and Medicine in America - 04/09/2025 06:30 PM
Lafayette Public Library Lafayette
New Worlds: Analyzing the Atmospheres of Exoplanets with the James Webb Space Telescope - 04/09/2025 07:00 PM
Foothill College Los Altos Hills
Eagle's Nest Mine - 04/09/2025 07:00 PM
Los Altos Public Library Los Altos
Thursday, 04/10/2025
UC Berkeley Integrative Biology Seminar - 04/10/2025 12:30 PM
Valley Life Sciences Building Berkeley
After Dark: See for Yourself - 04/10/2025 06:00 PM
ExplOratorium San Francisco
R & B NightLife - 04/10/2025 06:00 PM
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco
Apes, Men, and Morons: Eugenics, Evolution, and the Scopes Centennial - Livestream - 04/10/2025 06:30 PM
Bay Area Skeptics
Farallon Islands - A Place Like No Other - Livestream - 04/10/2025 07:00 PM
Marin Audubon Society
Friday, 04/11/2025
Four lectures in Catalysis - Livestream - 04/11/2025 02:00 PM
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry
Diving into Math with Emmy Noether - 04/11/2025 06:15 PM
Traitel Building Stanford
Saturday, 04/12/2025
Tri-Valley Innovation Fair - 04/12/2025 10:00 AM
Alameda County Fairgrounds Pleasanton
Introduction to Invertebrate Identification - 04/12/2025 10:00 AM
Bouverie Preserve Glen Ellen
Whalefest Monterey - 04/12/2025 10:00 AM
Old Fisherman's Wharf Monterey
Family Nature Adventures: Let’s Chat About Scat - Tracking Animals of the Redwood Forest! - 04/12/2025 10:30 AM
Chabot Space and Science Center Oakland
Magnified - 04/12/2025 11:00 AM
ExplOratorium San Francisco
Foothills Family Nature Walk - 04/12/2025 11:00 AM
Foothills Nature Preserve Los Altos
Beginner Birding - 04/12/2025 11:00 AM
Marin Headlands Rodeo Beach Mill Valley
Stories of Hope: Marine Mammals and Ocean Health in the Bay Area - 04/12/2025 12:00 PM
Fort Mason San Francisco
Sunday, 04/13/2025
Earth Month Volunteer Work Day at the EEC - 04/13/2025 09:30 AM
Don Edwards Refuge Environmental Education Center Alviso
Whalefest Monterey - 04/13/2025 10:00 AM
Old Fisherman's Wharf Monterey
Magnified - 04/13/2025 11:00 AM
ExplOratorium San Francisco
Monday, 04/14/2025
Restoration on the Kashia Coastline - RESCHEDULED - 04/14/2025 12:00 PM
Sonoma State University - Biology Colloquium Rohnert Park
The Unusual Mating Behavior of Harbor Porpoises - 04/14/2025 12:00 PM
Sonoma State University - Biology Colloquium Rohnert Park
Probing Young Planet Populations with 3D Self-Consnstent Disk Thermodynamics - 04/14/2025 12:10 PM
Campbell Hall, Rm 131 Berkeley
Eclipse Megamovie: From 2017 to 2024 - RESCHEDULED - 04/14/2025 04:00 PM
Sonoma State University - What Physicists Do Rohnert Park
ALIEN INVASION: Contributions of horizontal gene transfer to genetic, developmental and physiological novelty - 04/14/2025 04:00 PM
James H. Clark Center (Bldg 340) Stanford
Testing Gravity at ever shorter scale: a trip into exotic experimental physics - 04/14/2025 04:00 PM
Sonoma State University - What Physicists Do Rohnert Park
Stanford Energy Seminar: Michael Albrecht - 04/14/2025 04:30 PM
Stanford University Energy Seminar Stanford
Searching for Technological Life in the Universe - 04/14/2025 07:30 PM
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco