Science, Nature and Technology

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Course Title Notify Me
4,000 Years of Women in Science Notify Me
A Bit About Bats Notify Me
A Californian Pomological Paradox: California is a Virtual Paradise for Fruit and Nut Tree Crop Production but Why Are So Many Fruit Farmers Disappearing? Notify Me
A Future for Nuclear Energy Notify Me
A Resilient Forest in the Future Sierra Nevada Notify Me
A Short History of Drinkable Water Notify Me
A Tale of Two Tunnels: Traffic Related Air Pollution and Human Health Notify Me
Advances in Pain Medicine Notify Me
Agriculture Detectives: What Killed the Horses in Benicia? Notify Me
AI and Politics Notify Me
AI Overview: News and Updates Notify Me
AI: Past, Present and Future Notify Me
Air Pollution: Fundamentals and Emerging Issues Notify Me
Amazing Ecuador: Land of Contrasts Notify Me
Ancient DNA: The Genomics of Human Populations Notify Me
Aquatic Invasive Plant Control in the CA River Delta Notify Me
Archeoastronomy: Focus on the Maya and Inca Notify Me
Are We Alone in the Universe? Notify Me
Are You There God? It's Me, Darwin: Evolution, Faith and Human Nature Notify Me
Arecibo Observatory: Its Ups, Downs, Ins and Outs Notify Me
Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Past, Present and Future Notify Me
Black Holes Can Dance Notify Me
Bodega Bay Marine Lab Tour Notify Me
Bridge to Apollo: NASAs Gemini Program Notify Me
Burrowing Owls Notify Me
California Water: Past, Present and Future Notify Me
Catching Conspiracy: History, Structure and Response to Conspiracy Theory Notify Me
Circadian Lighting at Home: UC Davis Lighting Technology Center Notify Me
Cities on Volcanoes Notify Me
COP-26 and After: Takeaways from the Climate Change Conference and The Ministry for the Future Notify Me
CRISPR 2.0: More Than Just a Research Tool Notify Me
CRISPR 2.0: More Than Just a Research Tool Notify Me
DEAN'S SERIES: From Complex Sewers to a Simple Box: A Wonderful Journey Launched by UC Davis Notify Me
Deconstructing Chernobyl Notify Me
Discernment in The Digital Age Notify Me
Diving into Antarctica Notify Me
Energy Planning for Regional and National Needs: A Case Study California Notify Me
Engineering America's First Moon Missions Notify Me
Future Food: Cultivated Meat and Alt Proteins Notify Me
Future Shock Tech Talk Notify Me
Geoscience and Global Politics Notify Me
Global and Local Climate Change Notify Me
Healthy Aging and the Brain: Part 1 Notify Me
How to Green-Up Plastics Notify Me
Human Origins and Evolution from a Genetic Perspective Notify Me
Human Origins and Evolution from a Genetic Perspective Notify Me
Hydrogen: Potential Role in the Pathway to a Carbon-Free Energy Future Notify Me
Introduction to Organic Electronics Notify Me
Lahaina: Almost Everything that Could Go Wrong Did Go Wrong Notify Me
Life Through the Eyes of a Ground Squirrel: Does Personality Matter? Notify Me
Lifestyles of Radioactive Isotopes Notify Me
Magnetic Resonance: A Transformational Tool for Science Notify Me
Making the Earth and the Moon Notify Me
Mars Mission: Landing Perseverance Notify Me
Modern Immunology – An Introduction Notify Me
Mother's Milk: Nature's First Superfood Notify Me
My Atomic Odyssey Notify Me
New Lessons for California from Hurricane Ian Notify Me
Nor Any Drop to Drink Notify Me
Not Built by Aliens! Machu Picchu - Masterpiece of Ancient Geologists Notify Me
Nuclear Physics: The Whole Enchilada Notify Me
Overview of the Global Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak Notify Me
Patterns in Nature Notify Me
Patterns in Nature-Part 2: Crystals and Snowflakes! Notify Me
Peaches: Queen of California Fruit Notify Me
Please Don't Bite Me! Notify Me
Please Don't Bite Me: Part 2 Notify Me
Pollinators We Never Talk About Notify Me
Primates, Leopards and Snakes, Oh My! Notify Me
Quantum Mechanics In Your Face! Notify Me
Rooted in Symbiosis: How Cooperation between Roots and Fungi Shapes Forests and Soils in a Changing World Notify Me
Scent Sense: Olfactory Science in Working Dogs Notify Me
Science Grand Rounds 2020: Exploring Mars Notify Me
Science Grand Rounds: Global and National Climate Change Update Notify Me
Science Round Table: What Do We Really Know About COVID-19? Notify Me
Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory Tour Notify Me
Technological Developments of the 60s that Changed the World Notify Me
The 60s Space Race Notify Me
The Circadian Clock and Chronomedicine Notify Me
The Earth BioGenome Project: Progress on Biology’s Moonshot Notify Me
The Evolution of Sustainable Wine Growing in California Notify Me
The Fight to Save the Planet Notify Me
The Fire This Time: Causes and Consequences of California Wildfires Notify Me
The Future of Energy: Room Temperature Superconductivity Notify Me
The Future of Fabrics: Textiles, Sustainability, and the Environment Notify Me
The Honey Bee Superorganism Notify Me
The Life of the Lowly Prune Notify Me
The Manhattan Project: 75 Years of the Atom Bomb Notify Me
The Nose Knows: Olfactory Science in Medical Research Notify Me
The Population Implosion: Where is Everybody? Notify Me
The Science of Family Life Notify Me
The Science of Gemstones and the Future of the Quantum Internet Notify Me
The Sleep-Wake Cycle Notify Me
The Social Contract: from Rousseau to the Honey Bee Notify Me
The Strange and Beautiful World of Microscopic Ocean Larvae: What Can They Tell Us About Ocean Health? Notify Me
The World of Fungi Notify Me
Ukraine: A Teachable Moment - Geoscience and War Notify Me
Understanding AI: Highlights, News, Trends & Impact Notify Me
Understanding Changing Oceans Notify Me
Up Close and Personal - Professor Ken Verosub on the Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria Notify Me
Update: California Wildfires Notify Me
Using Wheat Genetics to Address the Barrier of Celiac Disease Notify Me
Viral Evolution and Pandemics Notify Me
What Time Is It and Why Does It Matter? Notify Me
What Time Is It? Notify Me
Wine: Composition versus Aroma, Taste and Mouthfeel Notify Me
World Population Collapse: Our Next Apocalypse? Notify Me