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Dave Almandsmith · SciSchmooze

“Detector” [Image credit: Randall Monroe, xkcd]

Absurd: ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

MEDICINE / HEALTH

Several individual States [California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, & Washington] and the City of New York joined the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network, GOARN. Wisconsin announced its intention to do the same. ¿Why? Because the United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization [WHO] in January. Absurd.

Pete Muller/Prime for the Washington Post

Another deadly outbreak of an Ebola virus is underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Uganda. There are 471 known cases and 84 confirmed deaths but the numbers are climbing exponentially. A third of all staff of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control [CDC] stationed in Africa have been eliminated. In previous Ebola outbreaks, the CDC would rush supplies and manpower to assist in treating patients and in public education. The U.S. doesn’t do that any more. Absurd

Image credit: Wikimedia Foundation

Google’s health research arm, Debug, wants to release 32 million male mosquitoes across California. ¿Absurd? Well, because these lab-bred mosquitoes are sexually sterile and because wild females only mate once, Debug’s program will likely result in roughly a billion fewer mosquitoes for California’s people and animals to contend with. Well, i grew up in Minnesota where a single lake can harbor a billion mosquitoes; and Minnesota has over 10,000 lakes. But this is California and it is possible that Debug’s program could reduce the incidence of West Nile Virus here.

Comprehensive (and expensive) studies by the Food & Drug Administration clearly demonstrated that the current Shingrix and COVID vaccines are safe. However, the F.D.A. has blocked the publication of those studies. Absurd.

Military personnel are no longer required to get a flu shot. It is now a matter of individual choice. This is, of course, a policy that is contrary to public health practices, especially for soldiers living in crowded barracks. Absurd.

My EVENT PICKS

Action Together West – Protest demonstrations happening every day

Arctic Unfrozen - Monday 5:30, Commonwealth Club, S.F., $ discounted!

Skeptics in a Real Pub - Tuesday 7-9pm, Fiddlers Green, Millbrae

An Innovative Future for Planet Earth ... via Space - Tuesday 7pm, Novato

The Monterey Bay White Shark Project - Wednesday 11am, Moss Landing

Birding the Southern Oceans & Antarctica - Livestream - Thursday 7pm

Bair Island Sunset Walk - Friday 7pm, Redwood City

Family Bird Walk - Saturday Noon, Fremont

Life in Space Festival - Saturday & Sunday, The ExplOratorium, S.F., $

SkeptiCal 2026 – 27 June (a Saturday), 9am – 5:30PM, Oakland, $

A few words about SkeptiCal 2026: This is Northern California’s all-day conference on ‘science-based skepticism’. [ChatGTP: The practice of questioning claims based on objective, empirical evidence rather than accepting them on faith, anecdote, or authority.] The theme of this year’s SkeptiCal is “Misinformation.” Tickets are limited, and they will go up in price on the 15th.

PHYSICS & COSMOLOGY

Image credit: CERN

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland is indeed large. It is housed in a 27 km circular tunnel. However, CERN scientists now intend to build a 91 km circular tunnel to house a more powerful collider, the Future Circular Collider. In the above illustration, the smaller circle shows where the 27 km LHC is located. The large circle is where the intended Future Circular Collider might be located. ¿Absurdly large and expensive? We shall see.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin [Image credit: Smithsonian Institution Archives]

Prior to the 1925 PhD thesis of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, the prevailing belief was that the Sun and other stars were made of pretty much the same elements in the proportions as is found on Earth - just much hotter. Her understanding of the young science of quantum mechanics - and 2 years of work - led her to conclude the Sun had a million times as much hydrogen and a thousand times as much helium as believed. Although she studied at Harvard, at that time Harvard did not confer PhDs on women. Absurd. [Her PhD came from Radcliffe instead.]

BIOLOGY / ETHOLOGY

© Domiciano Pablo Romero Franco

Give an I.Q. test to bumble bees? Absurd? But that’s what researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland accomplished. They gave the bees time to become acquainted with a small Styrofoam ball and - in a separate session - introduced a sugar-coated artificial flower. Then the tests began. Open this link and watch the one-minute video: Bumble Bee Exam.

Nuclear pore. (Image: Biozentrum, University of Basel)

You may already know that bacteria lack a nucleus. Multicellular organisms [ex: fungi, plants, animals] have a separate nucleus that contains DNA and all the equipment and ingredients to maintain and transcribe genes. Having a separate nucleus helps protect the DNA from bacterial and viral infections. Therefore there must be carefully guarded passageways through the nuclear membrane - and that is represented above. It is called a nuclear pore complex. Every nucleus has a thousand or more, and each of those can facilitate the transfer of a thousand ‘materials’ per second while blocking unwanted ‘materials’ without getting ‘plugged up’. This would have been considered an absurd possibility just a few decades ago.

FUN NERDY FLICKS

Dzhanibekov Effect - Sophie Ardenot - 13 secs
¿Huh?

Hubble Space Telescope - 250 to 250 - Mike Massimino - 1 min

¿Why So Many Tornadoes in the U.S.? - Cleo Abram - 1 min

MicroSoft Majorana Qubit Chip - Dr. Ben Miles - 2 mins

Hutterites and Allergies - Cup o’ Joe - Joe Schwarcz - 4 mins
Cow manure cream?

The Speed of light - Big Think - Michelle Thaller - 4 mins
It’s all relative

The Impossible Rogue Wave? - NOVA PBS - Athena Brensberger - 6 mins

Inside the $22Billion ITER Fusion Project - CNET - 9 mins

¿What to Do with Sunken Nuclear Subs? - SciShow - Hank Green - 10 mins

Quantum Mechanics & Atomic Clocks - NOVA PBS Official - 11.5 mins
It’s how we detect Einstein’s Gravitational Waves!

Climate: A Civilization-Scale Threat - PBS Terra - Maiya May - 12.5 mins

Glass Recycling & Land Restoration - Business Insider - Francisca Troutman - 13 mins

Mystery Signals Are Jamming GPS - Veritaseum - Derek Muller - 43 mins

Life: Past, Present, Future - Star Talk - Betül Kaçar, Tyson, Nice - 65 mins
Wonderfully entertaining!
“Life is a form of chemistry that maintains a kind of memory over long time periods.”

Have a great week in science, and consider one or more of the above listed events.
Dave Almandsmith, Bay Area Skeptics

“In the event of a nuclear holocaust, the only life remaining on Earth may be cockroaches, Keith Richards and physicists arguing about philosophical interpretations of quantum mechanics.”
—Tim Wogan (ca. 1982 - ) British freelance science journalist

Upcoming Events:
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Monday, 06/08/2026

Arctic Unfrozen - 06/08/2026 05:30 PM
Commonwealth Club San Francisco

Nowhere is the dual threat of climate change and geopolitical competition felt more strongly than in the Arctic. Sea ice is declining rapidly, wildfires are burning, and permafrost is thawing. At the same time, global interest is growing rapidly as the region transforms from being a frozen desert into an international waterway.

Mia Bennett, a geography professor at the University of Washington and the co-author, with Klaus Dodds, of the new book Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic, will join us to examine the state of the Arctic today. She’ll explore how the region is becoming a space of experimentation for everything from Indigenous governance to subsea technologies. Growing geopolitical competition is accompanying environmental disruption. Countries - including Russia, China, and the United States - are investing in the Arctic and consolidating their interests in strategic access, resource exploitation, and alliance-building.

The consequences of this emerging “Arctic Anthropocene” are truly global - from rising sea levels due to melting glaciers to tensions between great powers determined to protect their territories and resources, and the well-being of Indigenous peoples who have fought for centuries for rights and recognition.

Use promo code WONDERNAUTS for a $10 ticket discount.

Tuesday, 06/09/2026

The thermal history of shallow subduction beneath the southern Sierra Nevada - 06/09/2026 12:00 PM
Braun (Geology) Corner (Bldg 320), Rm 220 Stanford

The modern Sierra Nevada is underlain by some of the coldest continental lithosphere on Earth. Despite voluminous 130-80 Ma arc magmatism, subnormal heat flow has been recognized throughout the Sierra Nevada since the 1970’s. A comprehensive (n=125) thermal history analysis performed via K-feldspar thermochronology in the southern Sierra Nevada and adjacent Mojave Desert from 5-30 km mid-Cretaceous crustal depths reveals T-t historiesdominated by subduction refrigeration between 80-75 Ma and continued subnormal geotherms thereafter. The pattern of cooling as a function of depth and distance from the trench agrees with numerical models of plateau subduction that predict substantial removal of subcontinental mantle lithosphere and lower crust coupled with underplating of trench-derived sediment (Rand Schist). This argues against 10-0 Ma lower crustal delamination of arc cumulates. The shallow subduction signature is at odds with overlap of magmatic arc segments required by most variants of the Baja-BC model where a ~3000x250 km portion of British Columbia (Insular Terrane)thought to be derived from southern and/or Baja California is postulated to have translated north outboard of 100-80 Ma arc magmatism within the Sierra Nevada.

Speaker: Martin Grove, Stanford University

Quantum Sources of Gravity in the Lab - 06/09/2026 03:30 PM
Hewlett Teaching Center Stanford

There is no experiment today that tells us if the laws of quantum physics also apply to gravity. One possible approach is to make a quantum object so massive that we can directly measure its gravitational field. This would allow to probe gravitational phenomena that originate in the quantum superposition of a source mass - and hence to experimentally distinguish between classical and quantum field theoretic predictions of gravity. Realizing such quantum sources of gravity in the lab requires to explore extreme regimes of both quantum and gravity experiments, specifically: delocalized motional quantum states of sufficiently massive solid-state objects, as well as gravity experiments on the microscopic scale. I review the current status in the lab and the challenges to be overcome for future experiments.

Speaker: Markus Aspelmeyer, University of Vienna

Wonderfest: An Innovative Future for Planet Earth ... via Space - 06/09/2026 07:00 PM
Hopmonk Tavern Novato

Synthetic biology - creating new capabilities with life - promises to foster an innovative future for planet Earth in fields as diverse as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, and nanotechnology. As humans move beyond Earth to long duration stays in the International Space Station, and then onward to the Moon and Mars, the challenges of supporting human life will need radical new solutions that synthetic biology can deliver. In turn, those new solutions will facilitate technical, industrial, and social improvements back here on our home planet.

Speaker: Lynn Rothschild, Brown University and Stanford University

Skeptics in a Real Pub - 06/09/2026 07:00 PM
Fiddler’s Green Millbrae

Enjoy an evening of socializing and feasting with fellow Bay Area science-forward folk in an Irish Pub on the Peninsula with great food. < Menu >

Join us! This is a free event brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics. All are welcome.

The Achievement Paradox: Why We Excel at Success but Lose Ourselves in the Process - SOLD OUT - 06/09/2026 07:00 PM
Donkey & Goat Winery Berkeley

Modern culture rewards productivity, achievement, and external validation. Yet many high-achieving people still find themselves emotionally exhausted, disconnected from their bodies, and unsure why success doesn’t feel as fulfilling as they expected.

In this lecture, Dr. Chrissy Stachl, somatic empowerment coach and former UC Berkeley physical chemistry PhD, explores this question primarily through the lens of somatic coaching, nervous system work, and lived experience rather than as a traditional research-focused psychology lecture.

Drawing from her work with high performers, alongside ideas from somatic psychology, she examines how chronic achievement can pull people away from their emotions, relationships, and internal sense of self - and what it can look like to reconnect with themselves more fully.

Note: This lecture approaches these topics through the lens of somatic coaching, nervous system work, and personal development rather than clinical psychology. While it draws on ideas from psychology and related fields, it is not intended to be a research-focused psychology lecture.

Speaker: Chrissy Stachl, Samatic Empowerment Coach

Wednesday, 06/10/2026

The Monterey Bay White Shark Project - Tracking Predators and Prey - 06/10/2026 11:00 AM
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Moss Landing

The white shark populations of the eastern Pacific have been studied for over two decades, yet fundamental questions regarding predator-prey dynamics, population trends, and juvenile recruitment remain unanswered. In 2023, the multi-institutional Monterey Bay White Shark Project was established to comprehensively investigate this system using integrated methodologies. We use electronic tags on sharks and pinnipeds, aerial drones, environmental DNA, genome sequencing, underwater video, and artificial intelligence to examine predator-prey interactions, monitor behavior, investigate long-term movement patterns, and assess population trends. A coastal acoustic receiver array, monthly drone surveys, and long-term camera traps at pinniped colonies track how prey availability influences shark distribution. Pairing eDNA with biopsy sampling characterizes shark-pinniped relationships while capturing genetic variation to estimate abundance. Computer vision algorithms assess body condition and semi-automate re-identification among over 1000 individual sharks through dorsal fin morphology. This integrated approach advances understanding of ecosystem dynamics and informs evidence-based conservation strategies.

Speaker: Samantha Andrzejaczek, Stanford University

Attend in person or online

Building the Conditions for Restoration; Community, Capacity, and Marine Science on the North Coast - Livestream - 06/10/2026 03:00 PM
UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory

Speaker: Sheila Semans, Noyo Center for Marine Science

This speaker was originally scheduled to speak on June 17, 2026

Register for Zoom at weblink

The IEEE Mass Storage Roadmap 2026 Update - 06/10/2026 07:00 PM
Valley Research Park Mountain View

A group of experts recently completed a roadmap for all types of digital storage technology out 15 years into the future. This includes NAND flash and new non-volatile memories, hard disk drives, magnetic tape, optical storage and DNA storage. Come to this talk to get a glimpse of the future of something that people can’t get enough of, digital storage technology.

Speaker: Tom Coughlin, Coughlin Associates

Attend in person or by Zoom (see weblink)

Thursday, 06/11/2026

Science on Tap: Sharks - 06/11/2026 05:30 PM
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Pacific Grove

Join us for a special talk on white sharks with a focus on their conservation! Dr. Chris Lowe of CSLB’s Shark Lab will be joined by fellow expert John O’Sullivan to discuss these incredible animals, their biology, and what we can do to help them! Sharks are often misunderstood and villainized, this will be an exciting opportunity to learn about the truth of white sharks and the way they work in the world. We hope you’ll enjoy this special opportunity to learn from some of the top researchers in the field about these amazing animals!

After Dark: Life in Space - 06/11/2026 06:00 PM
ExplOratorium San Francisco

What does it take to live in space … and who else might be out there? Find out at the opening of our summer exhibition Life in Space.

Ages 18+

NightLife - 06/11/2026 06:00 PM
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco

Thursdays hit different at NightLife. The museum comes alive after hours - wilder, more curious, and full of exciting creatures. Grab your friends, grab a hand-crafted drink, and let yourself wander into whatever weird or wonderful corner calls you. You never know what you’ll stumble into next, and that’s the whole point.

Step inside the iconic Shake House earthquake simulator and our four-story Osher Rainforest, where you can explore the Amazon’s treetops surrounded by free-flying birds and butterflies.Wander our newest exhibit, Vivid: Immerse Your Senses, for an unforgettable, embodied experience that awakens the senses and unlocks hidden worlds and unexpected perspectives.Venture into our aquarium exhibit Venom, to encounter live venomous animals and learn the power of venom to both harm and heal.Bask in the glow of one of the largest living indoor coral reef displays in the world: our 212,000-gallon Philippine Coral Reef habitat.Take in the interstellar views from the Living Roof, then grab a bite from the Academy Café and head to the West Garden to drink and dine under the stars.

Birding the Southern Oceans and Antarctica - Livestream - 06/11/2026 07:00 PM
Marin Audubon Society

There is no greater wilderness than the Southern Ocean! Between Antarctica and the southern points of the continents, there are islands with hundreds of thousands of penguins, millions of prions (a small seabird) and astounding numbers of fur seals, elephant seals and whales.

Alvaro will talk about some of the wonderful birds and wildlife of the subantarctic islands of New Zealand, as well as South America. Places like South Georgia, the Chatham Islands, Macquarie and of course the Antarctic Peninsula.

Speaker: Alvaro Jaramillo, Alvaro’s Adventures

Register at weblink

From Biology to Bots: The Engineering of the Human Hand - SOLD OUT - 06/11/2026 07:00 PM
Hawthorn SF Nightclub and Lounge San Francisco

Speaker: Hannah Stuart, UC Berkely

Friday, 06/12/2026

Bair Island Sunset Walk - 06/12/2026 07:00 PM
Bair Island Wildlife Refuge & Trail Redwood City

Catch a summer sunset and uncover the story of Bair Island on a guided walk.

Flock together for a lovely walk along the marshes of Bair Island while viewing the flamboyant colors of a California sunset! The walk will be an easy 0.8 mile stroll along the marsh at Bair Island.

Come view the sunset on our walking tour around the charming marshlands of Bair Island. Many birds and other wildlife species make an appearance at dusk. While strolling along the trail, you will learn about the fascinating history of the area, local wildlife species, and what you can do to contribute to the health of this important ecosystem. Bring your binoculars or borrow a pair of ours.

Register at weblink

Saturday, 06/13/2026

BubbleFest - 06/13/2026 10:00 AM
Chabot Space and Science Center Oakland

Get ready to be blown away at Bubblefest! Step into a world of wobbly wonders and popping surprises as bubble experts showcase the coolest tricks and mind-blowing science behind bubbles. From rainbow-colored bubbles to bubble art masterpieces, find something awe-inspiring for everyone!

Dive into the action with hands-on bubble experiments, watch bubbles dance with dry ice, and experience the thrill of being inside a giant bubble! And did you know bubbles hold secrets about stars and outer space?

Come join the bubbliest party in town with nonstop bubble fun for all ages!

NEW Exhibit at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Grand Opening Weekend - 06/13/2026 10:00 AM
Seymour Marine Discovery Center Santa Cruz

Say hello to See More HQ, a brand-new, bilingual interactive hub designed to bring real-time coastal science directly to you. Designed with timely relevance in mind, See More HQ rapidly brings you the freshest UC Santa Cruz research and most timely community solutions within days of them happening

Join us to celebrate our grand launch! We’re pulling out all the stops with a jam-packed schedule of special activities:

HQ Exploration Stations • Aquarium Feeding • Guided Outdoor Tours • Santa Cruz Maker Studios Pop-Up • Seaside Storytime

Don’t miss out on the fun - check the detailed schedule below and be among the very first to experience the new HQ!

June 13 Interactive Activities:

  • 10:00 AM: Seymour Center Opens

  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM: Santa Cruz Maker Studios (while supplies last!)

  • 10:30 AM: Aquarium Feeding

  • 10:30 AM: Seaside Storytime

  • 10:45 AM: HQ Exploration Station

  • 11:00 AM: Guided Outdoor Tour

  • 12:00 PM: Guided Outdoor Tour

  • 12:15 PM: HQ Exploration Station

  • 1:00 PM: Guided Outdoor Tour

  • 1:45 PM: HQ Exploration Station

  • 2:00 PM: Guided Outdoor Tour

  • 3:00 PM: Guided Outdoor Tour

  • 3:15 PM: HQ Exploration Station

  • 4:00 PM: Seymour Center Closes

Life in Space Festival - 06/13/2026 11:00 AM
ExplOratorium San Francisco

Join us for the launch of Life in Space, the Exploratorium’s brand-new summer exhibition! In celebration of its opening weekend, Pier 15 will feature even more hands-on activities and experiences about space science. Meet astronomers and learn about the search for extraterrestrial life. Discover sounds on other planets, peruse a menu of space food, and find out what it takes to become an astronaut. Don’t miss this all-ages exploration of how to stay alive - and even thrive - beyond Earth.

Family Bird Walk - 06/13/2026 12:00 PM
Don Edwards Refuge Headquarters & Visitors Center Fremont

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 find those birds.

A limited number of binoculars are available to borrow. Recommended for families with children ages 5-10, but all are welcome! This program is led by Ken Roux.

Registration required

Sunday, 06/14/2026

NEW Exhibit at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center, Grand Opening Weekend - 06/14/2026 10:00 AM
Seymour Marine Discovery Center Santa Cruz

Say hello to See More HQ, a brand-new, bilingual interactive hub designed to bring real-time coastal science directly to you. Designed with timely relevance in mind, See More HQ rapidly brings you the freshest UC Santa Cruz research and most timely community solutions within days of them happening

Join us to celebrate our grand launch! We’re pulling out all the stops with a jam-packed schedule of special activities:

HQ Exploration Stations • Aquarium Feeding • Guided Outdoor Tours • Santa Cruz Maker Studios Pop-Up • Seaside Storytime

Don’t miss out on the fun - check the detailed schedule below and be among the very first to experience the new HQ!

June 14 Interactive Activities:

  • 10:00 AM: Seymour Center Opens

  • 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM: Santa Cruz Maker Studios (while supplies last)

  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Kelp Pressing (while supplies last)

  • 10:45 AM: Aquarium Feeding

  • 10:45 AM: HQ Exploration Station

  • 11:00 AM: Guided Outdoor Tour

  • 12:00 PM: Guided Outdoor Tour

  • 12:15 PM: HQ Exploration Station

  • 1:00 PM: Guided Outdoor Tour

  • 1:45 PM: HQ Exploration Station

  • 2:00 PM: Guided Outdoor Tour

  • 3:00 PM: Guided Outdoor Tour

  • 3:15 PM: HQ Exploration Station

  • 4:00 PM: Seymour Center Closes

Life in Space Festival - 06/14/2026 11:00 AM
ExplOratorium San Francisco

Join us for the launch of Life in Space, the Exploratorium’s brand-new summer exhibition! In celebration of its opening weekend, Pier 15 will feature even more hands-on activities and experiences about space science. Meet astronomers and learn about the search for extraterrestrial life. Discover sounds on other planets, peruse a menu of space food, and find out what it takes to become an astronaut. Don’t miss this all-ages exploration of how to stay alive - and even thrive - beyond Earth.

Marine Science Sundays: Sea Lions of the World - 06/14/2026 10:30 PM
Marine Mammal Center Sausalito

This month is all about celebrating the sea lion. Let’s look at some of the diversity of sea lions around the world and what makes them super special. Join us as we explore the big, the small, the weird, and everything in between!

Talks at 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM, and 2:00 PM, each lasting 30 minutes.

Tuesday, 06/16/2026

Popping the Science Bubble: Neanderthal DNA & Plasmonic nanoparticles - 06/16/2026 05:30 PM
Berkeley Public Library Berkeley

How to Train Yourself to Think More Creatively - 06/16/2026 07:00 PM
Donkey & Goat Winery Berkeley

Wednesday, 06/17/2026

A Life Living Atop Others: Investigating Patterns of Diet and Reproduction for a Newly Identified Sabellid at Hydrocarbon Methane Seeps - 06/17/2026 11:00 AM
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Moss Landing

Startup: Personal Data Sovereignty in Building a Native Trustable Cloud - 06/17/2026 02:00 PM
Valley Research Park Mountain View

UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory Seminar Series - CANCELED - 06/17/2026 03:00 PM
UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory

Opening Reception: Along the Pacific Edge - 06/17/2026 05:00 PM
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Pacific Grove

The Many-faceted Role of Water in Planetary Habitability - 06/17/2026 07:00 PM
San Francisco Amateur Astronomers San Francisco

Nutrition Beyond Restriction: The Importance of Pleasure in Long-Term Health - 06/17/2026 07:00 PM
Mr. Mahjong’s San Francisco

Thursday, 06/18/2026

Stewardship Thursday: Experiencing Fish Kitchen - 06/18/2026 11:30 AM
Marine Mammal Center Sausalito

Big Technology AI Summit - 06/18/2026 01:00 PM
Commonwealth Club San Francisco

Unapologetic Deliciousness: Separating Nutrition Science from Nutrition Noise - 06/18/2026 05:30 PM
Commonwealth Club San Francisco

After Dark: Unplug and Play - 06/18/2026 06:00 PM
ExplOratorium San Francisco

kNightLife: Renaissance Faire - 06/18/2026 06:00 PM
California Academy of Sciences San Francisco

Birdy Hour: What the Birds Taught Us - Photography to Purpose - Livestream - 06/18/2026 06:00 PM
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

The Color of Care: Race and Bias in Modern Medicine - 06/18/2026 07:00 PM
Decentered Arts Studio San Francisco

Brain Rot: The Psychology of Attention in a Digital World - SOLD OUT - 06/18/2026 07:00 PM
Planted SF San Francisco

Friday, 06/19/2026

Juneteenth: The Art of Innovation & The Conserved Legacy - 06/19/2026 04:00 PM
San José Museum of Art San Jose

Saturday, 06/20/2026

TECHFEST Maker’s Lab - 06/20/2026 10:00 AM
Computer History Museum Mountain View

Family Nature Adventures: Birds - 06/20/2026 10:30 AM
Chabot Space and Science Center Oakland

Summer Solstice Sunset Walk - 06/20/2026 04:00 PM
Bouverie Preserve Glen Ellen

Twilight Marsh Walk - 06/20/2026 06:45 PM
Don Edwards Refuge Headquarters & Visitors Center Fremont

Sunday, 06/21/2026

Mushroom Art Fair ‘26 - 06/21/2026 10:00 AM
Sebastopol Grange Sebastopol

Father’s Day Beginning Bird Watching - 06/21/2026 10:00 AM
Don Edwards Refuge Headquarters & Visitors Center Fremont

Behind the Scenes Taxidermy - 06/21/2026 10:00 AM
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Pacific Grove

Junior Rangers at the Refuge: Snowy Plover Party! - 06/21/2026 10:30 AM
Don Edwards Refuge Environmental Education Center Alviso

Monday, 06/22/2026

PARC Forum: Moving quantum from lab to fab - 06/22/2026 05:00 PM
PARC Forum Palo Alto

Circadian Rhythms, Sleep, and Well-Being - 06/22/2026 07:00 PM
Swedish American Hall San Francisco

Search 360°: From Query Understanding to LLM-Enhanced Retrieval - Livestream - 06/22/2026 07:00 PM
SF Bay Association of Computing Machinery

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