Become an AI Builder: Create Your First Project in One NightNo coding. Just come with an idea. Leave with a real project you can use and share in three hours.This is a free event. Seats are limited, and registration is required. Click here to save your spot.Join Builder Pub for a focused, friendly night of creating with AI. Builder Pub ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Lick Observatory After Hours - SOLD OUTTake a walk through the Eastside of the Lick Observatory, culminating in a visit to the iconic Shane Telescope. After a journey through time with a history lecture, we’ll transition to a night of star gazing. Experience the cosmos firsthand through our expert-led portable telescope stations.Our behind-the-scenes After Hours Tour ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $81.88
Saturday, 08/22/26
Wildlife tracking hike in the Sonoma ValleyJoin us for an engaging, curiosity-led morning of wildlife tracking at Bouverie Preserve with trail camera project manager, Kate Remsen. This hike and workshop is designed to welcome nature enthusiasts of all experience levels - no prior tracking knowledge needed. Whether you’re fascinated by wildlife, curious about trail cameras, or ...
Where: Glen EllenCost: Free
Foothills Family Nature WalkJoin us at Foothills Nature Preserve for a family-friendly nature walk, guided by EV docents. Good for ages 6 and up; all children must be accompanied by an adult.Register at weblink
Where: Los AltosCost: Free
Family Bird WalkJoin us on a fun, family, feathered Family Bird Walk! This program is especially recommended for families with children ages 5-10.Let family walks become a shared time of nature learning! We’ll begin by helping kids create their personal bird watching field guides, and then head out onto the trails to ...
Join us as we explore the marine mammals just under our Golden Gate bridge. We will learn about California sea lions at PIER 39, harbor seals, dolphins and even whales that come into the bay.30 minute presentations at 10:30 am, 12:00 pm, and 2:00 pm
Where: SausalitoCost: Free with admission
Lick Observatory After Hours - SOLD OUTTake a walk through the Eastside of the Lick Observatory, culminating in a visit to the iconic Shane Telescope. After a journey through time with a history lecture, we’ll transition to a night of star gazing. Experience the cosmos firsthand through our expert-led portable telescope stations.Our behind-the-scenes After Hours Tour ...
Sonoma Clean Power Getting to 100% Renewable EnergySonoma Clean Power (SCP) is building the renewable resources needed to keep the lights on through the winter when solar and wind output are low and batteries are empty.SCP is working to build up to 600 MW of new local geothermal powerThe Geothermal Opportunity Zone (GeoZone) is in northeastern Sonoma ...
Tackling climate change isn’t just a moral imperative - it’s an optimization problem. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), the gold standard for measuring environmental impact, has historically been slow, expensive, and data-starved. But AI can change that. By automating data collection, predicting missing inputs, and scaling complex calculations, “life cycle LLMs” ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Tuesday, 08/25/26
Drones: Taking Cetacean Research to New Heights - LivestreamPlease join us as we hear from marine biologist, Dr. Gina Lonati of The Marine Mammal Center’s Cetacean Conservation Biology department. Gina will discuss the myriad ways drones are being used to study cetacean behavior, ecology, health, and physiology. Including results from her PhD research on North Atlantic right whales, ...
Environmental justice is the principle that all people, regardless of race, income, or background, deserve equal protection from environmental hazards and equal access to healthy environments. In practice, those protections are distributed anything but equally.Mona Shomali, an Iranian American author, visual artist, and former adjunct faculty professor, has spent years ...
Viruses are infectious agents that exist in the twilight zone between the living and the non-living. Despite their tiny genomes and diminutive nature, viruses hold the power of life and death. They also contain remarkable molecular tools, some of which researchers have learned to harness to understand and control the ...
The idea that dolphins communicate with a complex form of language has been entrenched in our culture since the days of the TV show “Flipper.” I will discuss how this idea originated, and its continuing impact, bygiving a brief history of the study of dolphin communication. I will then discuss ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
Walk with a NaturalistJoin Shelby Hendricks, group tour and family programs manager, for an observation-based exploration of works currently on view through the lenses of art and science.These cross-disciplinary tours invite visitors to engage with artworks in unexpected ways, bringing a more-than-human dimension to scientific ideas while deepening our emotional connection to the ...
Repurposing CRISPR to turn genes on and offThe ability to precisely manipulate gene expression enables exploration of gene function and establishment of causal relationships. I will discuss CRISPR tools for turning genes on and off from a research and therapeutics perspective. I will also describe advances in CRISPRi/a functional genomics technologies highlighting platforms that enable single cell ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Reporting on AI: Ethics, Accountability and Human ImpactQ&A with journalists and Pulitzer grantees Garance Burke (Associated Press), Khari Johnson (Journalist) and Lam Thuy Vo (Documented), moderated by journalist and UC Berkeley Lecturer Jamil Smith.Register at weblink
Dean Michael D. Bolden talks with W. Kamau Bell about the current and potential impact of artificial intelligence on our families, communities and society.
Cannabis use during pregnancy is becoming increasingly common, yet many questions remain about its effects on developing offspring. Sophia Rogers, a Ph.D. candidate in Biopsychology at UC Davis, wants to help answer them.In this talk, Sophia walks through what researchers have learned from both human studies and animal models, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $27
Virtual Skeptics on the PubThis is a casual night of socializing with fellow science-forward skeptics and with others inhabiting our oblate spheroidal planet.Please join us! This is a free event brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics. All are welcome.Click here to join.
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 08/27/26
North Ridge Trail Hike at Purisima Creek RedwoodsJoin POST for a beautiful and strenuous but rewarding 4.5-mile hike through the redwoods at Purisima Creek Redwoods!This out-and-back hike is strenuous, with several inclines and declines. The hike itself will be roughly 4.5 miles in totality, with about 900 ft. elevation gain throughout the hike. We will enjoy the ...
Where: WoodsideCost: Free
Facilitated Communication, Authorship Testing, and The Telepathy TapesWhen Janyce Boynton participated in reliably controlled authorship testing for facilitated communication (FC) in 1993, little did she know that she’d still be talking about her experiences in 2026. After the testing, proponents of the technique said she was a “bad” facilitator, poorly trained. Now, they’re saying her student was ...
Where: Cost: Free
Science on Tap: Creatures of the Land & SeaJoin us for a special talk about creatures of the land and sea with two fantastic scientists! Dr, Jenny Duggan and Dr. Gerick Bergsma will regale us with tales about amazing creatures who make the land and sea their home! Diving into the depths of the ocean to explore the ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $25 General, $15 Members, $10 Students
After Dark: Deep ObservationsSlow down and give your attention to transformative experiences, from embodied sensations to deep space to experimental sounds.Ages 18+
Where: San FranciscoCost: $22.95
Partial Lunar Eclipse Watch PartyJoin Chabot astronomers for a live watch party of the Partial Lunar Eclipse, as the Moon drifts through Earth’s shadow and puts on a slow, spectacular transformation.Viewing will begin indoors in Studio 3 with real-time commentary and a live stream of the beginning stages of the eclipse, which won’t be ...
Where: OaklandCost: $24 General, $19 Kids, Free for members
The Silicon Gold Rush - How AI is Driving the Development of New ChipsAre AI chips the new frontier of computing? What happens when the world’s biggest cloud companies stop buying chips and start designing their own?In this program, we’ll unpack how companies once defined by software are now building custom silicon to run faster, cheaper, and at an unprecedented scale. The resulting ...
