Greetings Friends of Science and Reason,
I have recently been noticing a lot of articles about how our world seems to be working now that we have really been tampering with it for the last few hundred years. One of the most compelling is Human Footprint | Top Predator | Episode 2 | PBS from PBS. (If you only open one link from this week’s missive I hope you can watch the whole 1 hour program. The whole series is excellent and there are elephants!) You may be aware of the trophic cascade discussions during the last few years. The program starts there but goes where you might not expect and how another apex predator has effected nature.
The discussions of how humans may positively or negatively effect nature are interesting because they usually are based on somewhat short timelines and whether we or the rest of the ecosystem benefit or suffer. Here are a few more considerations… If you are “less young” enough you might remember driving trips where you needed to stop and clean your windshield before you needed to refuel. Remember the decline in insect populations? What about the The surprising biodiversity of abandoned coal mines? So many things we think are constant actually aren’t. Consider how Rivers keep on moving. Native plant gardening is thought by many to be important. It’s OK to mow in May − the best way to help pollinators is by adding native plants. What should we think of all of the dwindling biodiversity we observe and hear about? Imagine being Deep in the lab with California's last museum taxidermy specialist and pondering what nature looked like not too long ago. I personally believe we could do well with a lot less people on the planet, especially the industrialized ones!
Here’s a bit of astronomy. (Hopefully to cheer you up after that!) It wasn’t that long ago that the sun and moon were dominating our conversations and even travel. Here’s a reminder of it. Well … Early analysis finds eclipse had noticeable effect on birds Here’s some more NASA Eclipse Science.
Of course I have some suggestions for things to learn about this coming week as well… (It’s late in the school year. I can’t list all that I think would be cool but…)
Nerd Nite #142: Time, Tentacles, and Most Delicious Poison - 05/22/2024 07:00 PM
After Dark: Hatch - 05/23/2024 06:00 PM It’s time for Pairings
Mercury Rising: The Toxicology of a Global Pollutant - 05/23/2024 07:00 PM
An Evening with the Stars 2024: Exploring the Fourth Dimension: Time - 05/23/2024 06:00 PM
There are a lot more too!
I’m often intrigued by how we sense scale. That might be the risk we think we are taking by jumping out of an airplane compared to driving to work or the relative size of things and how we understand or perceive the difference. Following on with a bit of astronomy… The first time I’d ever seen a good example was in Eugene, Oregon. If you ever get even close to Eugene you really need to Explore the Eugene Solar System Trail. You might want to try to show the scale of the solar system at Burning Man too! In case you want to build your own… Build a Solar System How big are the planets if the Sun is X inches across? (10−18 or 1⁄1 000 000 000 000 000 000 (one quintillion) of a second. An attosecond is to a second as a second is to about 31.71 billion years.)
Have you ever balanced a ruler on its’ end on your finger? Then consider a triple inverted pendulum
Did you know that May is National Nurses Month? You have probably heard of Florence Nightingale but did you know that Florence Nightingale brought modern science and statistics to nursing
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Have an excellent week wondering and learning.
herb masters
There is not a soul on Earth who can read the deluge of physics publications in its entirety. As a result, it is sad but true that physics has irretrievably fallen apart from a cohesive to a fragmented discipline. … It was not that long ago that people were complaining about two cultures. If we only had it that good today.
— Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist and science historian
Upcoming Events:
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Monday, 05/20/2024
Attosecond X-ray Free-Electron Lasers - 05/20/2024 03:30 PM
Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) Colloquium Series Menlo Park
The invention of attosecond light sources using high-harmonic generation has inspired a new field of research. Attosecond science is concerned with the study of electronic dynamics in quantum systems, and it has influenced a variety of scientific disciplines: from atomic and solid state physics to biology. The success of this technology has been recently recognized with the 2023 Nobel prize in physics awarded to Anne l’Hullier, Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Kraus.
The development of attosecond X-ray free-electron lasers has opened the next chapter in attosecond science. XFELs can produce X-ray sub-fs pulses with a peak brightness that is more than 7 orders of magnitude higher than conventional table-top sources based on HHG, and with a photon energy that extends into the hard X-ray regime.
Speaker: Ago Marinelli, Stanford University & SLAC
Attend in person, or online.
Plant adventures in photosynthesis - 05/20/2024 04:00 PM
James H. Clark Center (Bldg 340) Stanford
Erika Edwards is a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, and currently also serves as Curator of Botany and Paleobotany in the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and as Director of Marsh Botanical Garden. Her research focuses on various problems in plant evolution, and integrates across many types of biological data, from molecules to global climate, to build a complete picture of how and why plants have evolved such a diverse array of forms.
Simulating Global Climate, Energy, and Land Futures - 05/20/2024 04:30 PM
Stanford University Energy Seminar Stanford
How can we address climate change and boost equity? In this highly interactive session, we’ll use the En-ROADS global climate simulator, built by Climate Interactive and MIT, to test a wide range of climate solutions, from clean energy to nature-based solutions, electrification, and carbon removal. Andrew Jones and his team at CI and MIT Sloan engaged 128 Members of US Congress with the simulator before passage of the IRA bill.
Speaker: Andrew Jones, Climate Interactive
Attend in person or online (see weblink)
Flora of San Francisco's Serpentine Grassland, Starr King Open Space - 05/20/2024 07:00 PM
St Teresa of Avila Catholic Church San Francisco
Join us in San Francisco's Potrero Hill district to learn about the flora of Starr King Open Space. Home to the last remaining population of the county's Yellow Mariposa Lily, this talk, a part of our annual meeting, will focus on other plant species a part of the serpentine beltway that links the Presidio to Hunter's Point-Bayview.
Tuesday, 05/21/2024
A killer underneath? Linking petrology and paleoclimate - 05/21/2024 12:00 PM
Braun (Geology) Corner (Bldg 320), Rm 220 Stanford
Magmas and the gases they release link Earth’s interior to surface climate and environments. Examples range in scale from brief sulfur-driven cooling in the wake of explosive eruptions to major mass extinctions in the case of some of the voluminous magmatic episodes known as Large Igneous Provinces. However, the size of an eruption is only loosely correlated with the severity of its climate consequences, because processes in the mantle, magma storage/transport system, and atmosphere mediate the scale of outgassing and the climate response. Erupted deposits, considered in isolation, often provide an incomplete record of gas release that is apparently at odds with climate archives.
Speaker: Ben Black, Rutgers University
Whole Earth Seminar - 05/21/2024 03:30 PM
Earth and Marine Sciences Building Santa Cruz
Speaker: Barbara Ratschbacher, UC Santa Cruz
Delving into the Unknown: The Higgs Boson at Future Colliders - 05/21/2024 03:30 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center Stanford
The Higgs boson was discovered in 2012 by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the world’s most powerful particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Geneva, Switzerland. This particle plays a unique role in fundamental physics. It gives all of the known elementary particles, including itself, their masses. While we now have a strong evidence that the Higgs field is indeed the unique source of mass for the known elementary particles, the next step is to search for new interactions that could also explain why the Higgs field has the properties required by the Standard Model of particle physics.
Speaker: Caterina Vernieri
How AI Will Revolutionize Education - 05/21/2024 05:30 PM
Commonwealth Club San Francisco
Whether we like it or not, the AI revolution is coming to education. The founder of Khan Academy returns to Commonwealth Club World Affairs for a first look at how the artificial intelligence revolution will affect education, its implications for parenting, and how we can best harness its power for good.
Khan will draw on his work in his new book Brave New Words to explore how artificial intelligence and GPT technology will transform learning, and he’ll offer a road map for teachers, parents, and students to navigate this exciting (and sometimes intimidating) new world.
Speaker: Sal Kahn, Kahn Academy; Adam Lashinsky, "The Washington Post", Moderator
Attend in person or online
Pay-for Forays - 05/21/2024 07:30 PM
Mycological Society of San Francisco San Francisco
There has been a lot of discussion recently on the pluses and minuses of the explosion in the mushroom world of folks charging to take others on forays. I will address that. I've done over 200 of them. I teach my forayers how to identify mushrooms. I teach about the habitat, including trees, plants, and even geology if some are interested. These people rarely want to join a mushroom club to learn. They want to know only one thing on their day with me: Can I eat this? Let's talk about these forays. (My very first organized foray was when I went on a pay-for foray over 30 years ago with David Arora and the Late Great Larry Stickney.)
Speaker: Patrick Hamilton, Sonoma County Mycological Association
Attend in person or online (see weblink)
Astronomy on Tap Tucson #98: Dark Energy + Colliding Worlds - Livestream - 05/21/2024 07:30 PM
Astronomy on Tap
This month, we’ll be joined by NSF NOIRLab astronomer Dr. Yuanyuan Zhang talking about dark energy and the expanding universe and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory grad student Arin Avsar telling us about colliding worlds. And Steward postdocs Jackie Champagne and Danny Krolikowski will be telling us all about the latest and greatest astronomical news!
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Wednesday, 05/22/2024
Marine Heatwaves and Ecosystems in Alaska: Understanding Mechanisms of Change - Livestream - 05/22/2024 11:00 AM
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Global warming and marine heatwaves present two distinctly different challenges for marine ecosystems and coastal communities. While global warming is occurring quite rapidly, it represents a persistent change or press perturbation allowing some, albeit limited, reaction time for marine organisms and people. In contrast, marine heatwaves are abrupt, pulse perturbations occurring on time scales that are too short for adequate response and adaptation. Alaska, like other high latitude regions in particular, has experienced the effects of multi-decadal warming associated with climate change and the added impacts of recent marine heatwaves. Marine heatwaves in Alaska have disrupted ecosystems and livelihoods through not only declines, but also an overabundance of some resources. Understanding mechanisms of change are key to identifying which ecosystem components will recover, whether ecosystems have shifted to novel states, and what information is most relevant to help coastal communities as they struggle to adapt.
Speaker: Robert Suryan, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center
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Scaling Sustainability Innovation: Insights from DOE and Beyond - 05/22/2024 11:30 AM
Mitchell Earth Sciences Building (04-560) Stanford
Join us for an enlightening discussion with Professor Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate and Former U.S. Secretary of Energy. Professor Chu will share his unparalleled insights on scaling sustainability innovation as well as key learnings from his experiences at the Department of Energy (DOE) and beyond. His expertise deeply aligns with our mission to accelerate sustainability innovation.
Attend in person or online. Register at weblink
Room 350
Unraveling Health and Disease of Shellfish and Eelgrass - Livestream - 05/22/2024 03:00 PM
Bodega Marine Laboratory
Speaker: Lindsay Alma, Bodega Marine Lab, UC Davis
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Nerd Nite #142: Time, Tentacles, and Most Delicious Poison - 05/22/2024 07:00 PM
Rickshaw Stop San Francisco
“Why time might be circular: A Linguistic Investigation”Using the text of Alice in Wonderland as a reference point, follow Stepy down the rabbit hole to investigate the very real possibility that time might actually be happening all at once. However, we can only perceive it as going forwards or backwards because of linguistic constraints. But … what would happen if we broke free from the constraints of language?
Speaker: Stepy Kamei is a writer and podcast host
"Octopathos or, How to Draw an Octopus” Octopus bodies are about as far from human biology as it’s possible to be, and yet people still find them cute. How does this happen, and how can it be exploited to get people to care about ocean conservation? Cartoonist Sam Santos Julian will share his experience designing cartoon octopuses in his graphic novel Octopolis, how the principles of cartooning influence empathy in the reader, and - of course - how to draw an octopus.
Speaker: Sam Santos Julian is a cartoonist and the creator of Octopolis, a graphic novel that he self-published this year.
“Most Delicious Poison” Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a magic-mushroom cap, a marijuana bud, or an apple seed, and we find a bevy of strange chemicals. We use these to greet our days (caffeine), titillate our tongues (capsaicin), recover from surgery (opioids), cure infections (penicillin), mend our hearts (digoxin), bend our minds (psilocybin), calm our nerves (CBD), and even kill our enemies (cyanide). But why do plants and fungi produce such chemicals? And how did we come to use and abuse some of them?
Noah Whiteman is an evolutionary biologist at UC Berkeley
Feather Trails - A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds - Livestream - 05/22/2024 07:00 PM
Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society
“If you take care of birds, you take care of most of the environmental problems in the world,” according to conservationist Thomas Lovejoy. FEATHER TRAILS - A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY AMONG ENDANGERED BIRDS is the compelling story of a young woman’s attempts to “take care of birds” by working to save three endangered species. As she introduces captive-reared Peregrine Falcons, Hawaiian Crows, and California Condors to the wild, she discovers not only what it takes to be a wildlife biologist, but also what threatens the birds that she and others work so passionately to save. And as she learns about the dangers that have imperiled these charismatic species, she discovers that what is harming them may well threaten our own lives too.
Speaker: Sophie Osborn, Wildlife biologist, conservationist, and author
Register at weblink to receive connection information
Europa Clipper: Exploring Jupiter’s Ocean World - Livestream - 05/22/2024 07:00 PM
Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series
Jupiter's moon Europa may be a habitable world, containing the “ingredients” necessary for life within its ocean. Data from NASA’s earlier Galileo mission suggest that a global salty ocean exists beneath the icy surface. Tides have broken that floating ice shell to create ridges, bands, and chaotic terrains that may be related to local melting. The Europa Clipper mission will explore Europa with a remarkably capable suite of instruments, through multiple close flybys from Jupiter orbit. The spacecraft will examine the moon’s ice shell, ocean, and geology, and search for current activity - including plumes that emerge from surface cracks. This talk will summarize our understanding of Europa and the and status and promise of the Europa Clipper mission.
Dr. Robert Pappalardo is the Project Scientist for NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the Caltech.
Watch the lecture by clicking here
Science on Tap: From Healthy Whales to Healthy Oceans - 05/22/2024 07:00 PM
Museum of Art and History Santa Cruz
Baleen whales are some of the largest animals that have ever existed on our planet. They have enormous energetic needs that can only be satisfied by feeding on large schools of dense prey that are patchily distributed in the oceans. Using a suite of emerging technologies we have developed new tools that allow us to better estimate how much baleen whales consume and how this then leads to baleen whales acting as ecosystem engineers by recycling critical nutrients that stimulate primary productivity. Thus, given their energetic needs, the presence of whales reflects a healthy and functioning marine ecosystem that is in past sustained by the recycling of nutrients that whales produce. In this lecture, I will share our path to studying the underwater behavior of whales and how this has led us to better understand the ecological role of whales in ocean ecosystems.
This event was originally scheduled for March 27, 2024
Thursday, 05/23/2024
AI: From the Lab to the Market - 05/23/2024 05:30 PM
swissnex San Francisco San Francisco
French Tech SF and Swissnex are organizing an event featuring renowned AI authorities. The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly evolving, with new applications and innovations emerging all the time. This event will bring together leading experts in the field to discuss the latest trends and share their insights on how AI is transforming our world.
Join us and meet our experts:
Erwan Menard, Director Product Management Cloud AI at Google Cloud, will unveil cutting-edge strategies to bring AI applications from the lab to the market.
Henriette Cramer, ex-Spotify, Co-Founder of PaperMoon AI
Ronald Mallet, Senior Director of Research at Meta’s Reality Labs, will provide a glimpse into the future, sharing insights on groundbreaking AI research.
The discussion is moderated by Emilia Pasquier, CEO of Swissnex, who will guide a captivating panel exploring the latest trends and innovations in AI.
There will be a networking reception following the panel discussion where you can connect with other attendees and speakers.
Finding the Wild in a Tame World - 05/23/2024 06:00 PM
Commonwealth Club San Francisco
Many people in today’s world seek to reclaim the soul-deepening wildness that grounds them and energizes them when so much of the modern world seems designed to tame them. In his thrilling memoir of a life spent exploring the most incredible places on Earth - from the Great African Seaforest to the crocodile lairs of the Okavango Delta - Craig Foster reveals how people can attend to the earthly beauty around them and deepen their love for all living things, whether they make their homes in the country, the city or anywhere in between.
Foster will draw on the work he put into his new book, Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World. In it, he explores his struggles to remain present to life when a disconnection from nature and the demands of his professional life begin to deaden his senses. And his own reliance on nature’s rejuvenating spiritual power is put to the test when catastrophe strikes close to home
Foster is one of the world’s leading natural history filmmakers and won the 2021 Academy Award for Best Documentary for My Octopus Teacher.
After Dark: Hatch - 05/23/2024 06:00 PM
ExplOratorium San Francisco
Get ready for an egg-cellent evening at the Exploratorium! Join our Explainers to create the best vessel for your eggs at the egg drop challenge. Take a look at chicken embryos at different stages of development under a microscope. And don’t miss out on Pairings: Eggs, a tasting event exclusive for After Dark members where you’ll learn how to level up your egg preparation skills, guided by Exploratorium scientist Julie Yu, PhD and chef Loretta Keller.
NightLive: California Native - 05/23/2024 06:00 PM
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco
From towering redwood forests to vast deserts, breathtaking coasts to bustling cities, California has it all. Get an exclusive first look at our new exhibit California: State of Nature at a special NightLife celebrating the Native people, communities, and creatures that make our state so special.
An Evening with the Stars 2024: Exploring the Fourth Dimension: Time - 05/23/2024 06:00 PM
Campbell Hall, Rm 131 A Berkeley
Time-domain astrophysics pertains to the most violent phenomena in our Universe, including stellar eruptions, disruptions, explosions, and mergers. Combining multiple messengers of information (including light, particles, and gravitational waves, it constitutes a new frontier of discovery in Astrophysics. In this event we will explore some of the most recent advances in the field, and we will discuss some of the most exciting directions of research that will open up in the near future.
Speakers (all from UC Berkeley):
Raffaella Margutti, Associate Professor of Astronomy and Physics Wenbin Lu, Assistant Professor of Astronomy Kishore Patra, Grad student, Astronomy Department Alex Filippenko, Distinguished Professor of Astronomy
Register here by May 16.
'My Octopus Teacher''s Craig Foster: Finding the Wild in a Tame World - 05/23/2024 06:00 PM
Commonwealth Club San Francisco
Many people in today’s world seek to reclaim the soul-deepening wildness that grounds them and energizes them when so much of the modern world seems designed to tame them. In his thrilling memoir of a life spent exploring the most incredible places on Earth - from the Great African Seaforest to the crocodile lairs of the Okavango Delta - Craig Foster reveals how people can attend to the earthly beauty around them and deepen their love for all living things, whether they make their homes in the country, the city or anywhere in between.
Foster is one of the world’s leading natural history filmmakers and won the 2021 Academy Award for Best Documentary for My Octopus Teacher.
Speaker: Craig Foster, Author, Sea Change Project, Documentary Film Maker; Jon Young, Author, moderator
Tech Talk: Psyche - 05/23/2024 06:30 PM
Hacker Dojo Mountain View
The Psyche spacecraft, built by Maxar in partnership with NASA JPL, is flying to 16-Psyche, an all-metal asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. Humanity has never before explored a world like it. But terrestrial planets like Earth are presumed to have metallic cores beneath their crusts. Psyche will hopefully help us learn more about planet cores: how planets are formed or how they get ripped apart. If it could be mined, 16-Psyche could be worth $10,000 quadrillion (that’s 19 zeros).
Speaker: Ian Johnson, Maxar Space Systems
This talk has been rescheduled from May 2, 2024.
Bering Sea Saga - A Tale of Two Birders - Livestream - 05/23/2024 07:00 PM
Golden Gate Bird Alliance
Jonah Benningfield and Mark Rauzon both did seabird field work in Alaska’s Bering Sea. Jonah was situated on the famed Pribilof Islands, especially St. George and Mark cruised by there in the fog, surveying at sea from Victoria BC to Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow.
On-island and at-sea perspectives will show how changes in the Bering Sea affect its birds, from St. George’s 1,000 foot tall cliffs where 75% of the world’s Red-legged Kittiwakes nest, to the new range extension 500 miles north of the previous one, an indication of how animals are moving north into the Chukchi Sea. While Jonah tantalizes with an envious experience of rare Asian migrants like Long-toed Stints he studied daily behavior of Least Auklets.
Mercury Rising: The Toxicology of a Global Pollutant - 05/23/2024 07:00 PM
Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) Public Lecture Series Menlo Park
Every day, we come in contact with many different chemicals that have the potential to impact our lives. Toxicology is a field of science that helps us understand the interactions between us, our environment, and these chemicals, which are sometimes toxic. Heavy metals, such as mercury, are particularly interesting due to their toxicity to human health and their widespread environmental presence. X-ray experiments at facilities like the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource at SLAC can teach us the ways in which these harmful pollutants affect our everyday lives. This lecture will explore different areas of toxicology through case studies of mercury exposure in human and animal models. Discussion will include new insights into historic poisonings as well as other aspects relevant to human health and nutrition. The strength and versatility of synchrotron-based techniques allow us to delve into the sometimes dark, but always intriguing, mysteries that the field of toxicology has to offer.
Speaker: Ashley James, University of Saskatchewan
Register to attend in person, or attend online.
Friday, 05/24/2024
View from the Rocks: The Rheology and Petrology of Slow Slip - 05/24/2024 12:00 PM
Earth and Marine Sciences Building Santa Cruz
Speaker: Cailey Condit, UC Santa Cruz
Saturday, 05/25/2024
Stewardship Saturday: Watching for Whales - 05/25/2024 11:45 AM
Fisherman's Wharf Waterfront Lot (WF#1) Monterey
Join CA Ocean Alliance, Monterey Bay Whale Watch, and The Marine Mammal Center as we head into the ocean to look for cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) as well as other marine mammals! Through this event you will get to learn about the different cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises) present along our coast, explore how scientists currently research these animals, and support research by logging your own sightings. We hope by the end of this event you have a stronger understanding of the value and importance of these creatures for our ocean health and will have some goals for next steps to take on your conservation journey.
Possible sightings: orcas, humpback whales, dolphins, and hopefully more!Free lunch and snacks will be provided
This free program for high school students features rotating themes exploring the science of the Center.
3D Theater Opening Day: Wings Over Water - 05/25/2024 12:00 PM
Lawrence Hall of Science Berkeley
Wings Over Water 3D Premiere
Showtimes at 12, 2, & 4
3D Theater Opening Day: Wings Over Water 3D
Celebrate the reopening of our 3D Theater with a screen that doubles the surface area and a new state-of-the-art projector, and watch the premiere of Wings Over Water! The film tells the story of the epic journeys of three amazing bird families - the Sandhill Crane, the Yellow Warbler, and the Mallard Duck - as they soar across mountains, deserts, cities, and forests. Visitors can buy one 3D theater ticket ticket and get one free, and enjoy special bird-themed activities in our Outdoor Nature Lab.
Postcards from the Moon - 05/25/2024 07:30 PM
East Bay Astronomical Society Oakland
Robert Reeves’ presentation, “Postcards from the Moon”, summarizes his 60-year passion for observing the Moon by helping the others appreciate the beauty as well as the science of the Moon. Illustrated with images taken by Robert, a noted lunar astrophotographer, his presentation shows that a look at the Moon through a telescope is as much an exercise in cosmic art as it is science. The lunar enthusiast will see that the Moon is both the mysterious world puzzled over in the past as well as a world full of promise for future exploration. By explaining the nuances of the Moon and its varied geology, Robert provides the Moon with a personality and makes the Moon a valued nighttime friend.
Speaker: Robert Reeves, Author
Speaker will join via Zoom. Attend in person or online.
Tuesday, 05/28/2024
Short-lived Radionuclides in Meteorites and the Sun's Birth Environment - 05/28/2024 03:30 PM
Earth and Marine Sciences Building Santa Cruz
Learning in a Quantum World - 05/28/2024 03:30 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center Stanford
The Future of Health Care Is Unfolding - and Nursing and Public Health Are Leading the Way - 05/28/2024 05:30 PM
Commonwealth Club San Francisco
Is Flying Safe? - 05/28/2024 05:30 PM
Manny's San Francisco
Brief History of Everything - Livestream - 05/28/2024 06:00 PM
Night Sky Network
Wonderfest: Ask a Science Envoy: Life's Code; Gut Feeling - 05/28/2024 07:00 PM
Hopmonk Tavern Novato
Elephant Seals - Making a Living in the Open Ocean - Livestream - 05/28/2024 07:00 PM
American Cetacean Society
Wednesday, 05/29/2024
Reimagining Care: Adapting to Shifts in Behavioral Health Policy - 05/29/2024 05:30 PM
Manny's San Francisco
Quantum Computing and the Entanglement Frontier - 05/29/2024 07:30 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center Stanford
Thursday, 05/30/2024
Berkeley Institute for Data Science Seminar - 05/30/2024 12:00 PM
Sutardja Dai Hall Berkeley
NightLife - 05/30/2024 06:00 PM
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco
After Dark: Feeling Emotional - 05/30/2024 06:00 PM
ExplOratorium San Francisco
India's Digital Revolution - 05/30/2024 07:00 PM
Computer History Museum Mountain View
2024 Eclipse Image Extravaganza - 05/30/2024 07:00 PM
Los Altos Public Library Los Altos
Friday, 05/31/2024
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Seminar - 05/31/2024 12:00 PM
Earth and Marine Sciences Building Santa Cruz
Starry Nights Star Party - 05/31/2024 09:30 PM
Rancho Cañada Del Oro Open Space Preserve Morgan hill
Saturday, 06/01/2024
Family Day at Martin Griffin Preserve - 06/01/2024 09:00 AM
Martin Griffin Preserve Stinson Beach
East Bay Green Home Tour - 06/01/2024 10:00 AM
TBA
Chabot Pride: #SpaceForAll - 06/01/2024 10:00 AM
Chabot Space and Science Center Oakland
Nike Missile Site Veteran Open House - 06/01/2024 12:00 PM
Nike Missle Site Mill Valley
On The Bay film program + Bay Cruise - 06/01/2024 02:00 PM
ExplOratorium San Francisco
The Neurobiology of Love - Livestream - 06/01/2024 03:00 PM
Bay Area Humanists
Binocular Stargazing at Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve - 06/01/2024 09:15 PM
Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve Morgan Hill
Starry Nights Star Party - Rescheduled - 06/01/2024 09:30 PM
Rancho Cañada Del Oro Open Space Preserve Morgan hill
Monday, 06/03/2024
When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency - 06/03/2024 05:00 PM
SF Planning + Urban Research Assoc. (SPUR) San Francisco
Clouds and Chemistry of Small Nearby Worlds - 06/03/2024 07:30 PM
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco