Seminars About Long-Term Thinking: Kate Darling

Tuesday, August 10, 12:30 p.m. Livestream MIT Media Lab research specialist Kate Darling addresses “The New Breed: What Our Animal History Reveals for Our Robotic Future. She is ... Read More

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Perseids Meteor Shower

Thu.–Sat., Aug. 11–13, midnight–dawn Northern night sky With little or no moon to ruin the show, this is a great year for watching the Perseid meteor shower, considered one ... Read More

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Wildlife Restoration in the Presidio

Friday, July 30, 11 a.m. Live stream Join a wildlife ecologist for a presentation to learn about the past, present, and future of Presidio wildlife. Ages 13 & up. Free, 415-561... Read More

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Sharks

Mon.–Sat., 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. & Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. California Academy of Sciences Sharks have persevered through multiple mass extinctions and evolved into more than 50... Read More

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Mother Trees and the Social Forest

Tuesday, June 15, 5 p.m. Live stream Part of the The Long Now Foundation’s Seminars About Long-Term Thinking series, this lecture features Suzanne Simard, Professor of Forest Eco... Read More

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Beginning Beekeeping: The Basics and Mid-Season Colony Health

Saturday, May 22, 10 a.m.–noon Garden for the Environment (1590 Seventh Ave.) Learn bee basics, their progress through spring and summer, and what to expect as colonies expand in... Read More

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Heino Falcke: Black Holes, the Universe, and Us

Thursday, May 27, 10–11 a.m. Live Stream Join this virtual discussion with German astrophysicist Heino Falcke as he discusses his new book, A Light in the Darkness, and wrestles ... Read More

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Sutro Stewards | Mt. Sutro Spring Wildflower Walk

Thursday; April 15, 1–3 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, 2–4 p.m. Sutro Native Plant Nursery (476 Johnstone Dr.) Experience spring in bloom on a one- to two-mile guided habitat tour s... Read More

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Cal Academy Night School | Earth Day for the People

Thursday, April 22, 7 p.m. Livestream Get inspired by people and organizations radically changing both the health of the environment and their communities and how these projects ca... Read More

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SFAA | The Dragonfly Mission to Titan, and the Search for Life

Wednesday, April 21, 7:30–9 p.m. Livestream S.F. Amateur Astronomers hosts this lecture by Dr. Chris McKay, senior research scientist from NASA Ames. Free, 415-561-4323 presidio... Read More

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Exploratorium After Dark | Bees

Thursday, April 8, 7 p.m. Live stream Dive into the rich tradition of beekeeping, its output, the biology of bees, and which species of bees are at risk and why. Ages 21 & up. ... Read More

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Consider the Oyster: Art, Science & Culture

Daily through April 30, open 24 hours Levy Art & Architecture (2501 Brant St.) This storefront window exhibition developed by Natural Discourse considers forests as viewed thr... Read More

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Magnificent Magnolias

Daily through March, 7:30 a.m.–6 p.m. S.F. Botanical Garden Admire the sights and scents on the branches of more than 200 elegant trees, as velvety silver buds and saucer-sized p... Read More

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Consider the Oyster: Art, Science & Culture

Daily through April 30, open 24 hours Levy Art & Architecture (2501 Brant St.) This storefront window exhibition developed by Natural Discourse considers forests as viewed thr... Read More

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Finding Life on Other Worlds

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m. Livestream Are we alone or do we share our solar system and galaxy with other forms of life? And how widespread are advanced civilizations with whom we ... Read More

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