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Saturday October 25, 2025
12:00 pm -
12:45 pm
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Add to CalendarOctober 25, 2025 12:00 pmOctober 25, 2025 12:45 pmPSTEvents - Bay Area Science FestivalJoin us for a live taping of That's Absurd Please Elaborate with podcast hosts Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet. Laugh, learn, and maybe discover something absurdly fascinating!https://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/event/thats-absurd-please-elaborate/akILMCXBezwgkecYZmwm128637Events - Bay Area Science Festival60false
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That's Absurd Please Elaborate

Summary: Join us for a live taping of That’s Absurd Please Elaborate with podcast hosts Trace Dominguez and Julian Huguet. Laugh, learn, and maybe discover something absurdly fascinating!
Saturday October 25, 2025
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
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Add to CalendarOctober 25, 2025 12:30 pmOctober 25, 2025 1:30 pmPSTEvents - Bay Area Science FestivalJump, hop, and balance while we learn about the science behind human performance.https://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/event/unlocking-human-performance-and-assessing-functional-movement/akILMCXBezwgkecYZmwm128637Events - Bay Area Science Festival60false
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Unlocking Human Performance and Assessing Functional Movement

Summary: Jump, hop, and balance while we learn about the science behind human performance.
Saturday October 25, 2025
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
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Add to CalendarOctober 25, 2025 12:30 pmOctober 25, 2025 1:30 pmPSTEvents - Bay Area Science FestivalExplore human cognition, affect, and physiology in the context of neuropsychiatric disorders.https://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/event/neuroscape-lab-tour/akILMCXBezwgkecYZmwm128637Events - Bay Area Science Festival60false
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Neuroscape Lab Tour

Summary: Explore human cognition, affect, and physiology in the context of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Saturday October 25, 2025
12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
PST
Add to CalendarOctober 25, 2025 12:30 pmOctober 25, 2025 1:30 pmPSTEvents - Bay Area Science FestivalDive into how the brain computes emotions and represents motivation, and how that is changed by depression or stress.https://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/event/emotions-motivation-and-neuroscience/akILMCXBezwgkecYZmwm128637Events - Bay Area Science Festival60false
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Emotions, Motivation, and Neuroscience

Summary: Dive into how the brain computes emotions and represents motivation, and how that is changed by depression or stress.
Saturday October 25, 2025
1:00 pm -
1:30 pm
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Add to CalendarOctober 25, 2025 1:00 pmOctober 25, 2025 1:30 pmPSTEvents - Bay Area Science FestivalCan UCSF PhD candidates present their research in three minutes? Hear from past UCSF Grad Slam Winners.https://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/event/science-in-3-minutes/akILMCXBezwgkecYZmwm128637Events - Bay Area Science Festival60false
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Science in 3 Minutes!

Summary: Can UCSF PhD candidates present their research in three minutes? Hear from past UCSF Grad Slam Winners.
Saturday October 25, 2025
1:45 pm -
2:45 pm
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Add to CalendarOctober 25, 2025 1:45 pmOctober 25, 2025 2:45 pmPSTEvents - Bay Area Science FestivalJoin us for this interactive experience and short segments from Observer the Film to discover a hidden universe everywhere you turn.https://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/event/hidden-in-plain-sight-finding-wonder-through-observation/akILMCXBezwgkecYZmwm128637Events - Bay Area Science Festival60false
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Finding Wonder Through Observation

Summary: Join us for this interactive experience and short segments from Observer the Film to discover a hidden universe everywhere you turn.
Saturday October 25, 2025
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
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Add to CalendarOctober 25, 2025 2:30 pmOctober 25, 2025 3:30 pmPSTEvents - Bay Area Science FestivalJoin us a tour of UCSF's Preclinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lab featuring superconducting magnets!https://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/event/whats-inside/akILMCXBezwgkecYZmwm128637Events - Bay Area Science Festival60false
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What's Inside?

Summary: Join us a tour of UCSF’s Preclinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging Lab featuring superconducting magnets!
Saturday October 25, 2025
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
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Add to CalendarOctober 25, 2025 2:30 pmOctober 25, 2025 3:30 pmPSTEvents - Bay Area Science FestivalDive into how the brain computes emotions and represents motivation, and how that is changed by depression or stress.https://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/event/emotions-motivation-and-neuroscience-2/akILMCXBezwgkecYZmwm128637Events - Bay Area Science Festival60false
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Emotions, Motivation, and Neuroscience

Summary: Dive into how the brain computes emotions and represents motivation, and how that is changed by depression or stress.
Saturday October 25, 2025
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
PST
Add to CalendarOctober 25, 2025 2:30 pmOctober 25, 2025 3:30 pmPSTEvents - Bay Area Science FestivalRobotics in measuring, time-lapse video of cells growing, and multi-color fluorescence in microscopy are tour highlights at the MBC Biolab.https://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/event/tour-of-a-biotech-laboratory/akILMCXBezwgkecYZmwm128637Events - Bay Area Science Festival60false
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Tour of a biotech laboratory

Summary: Robotics in measuring, time-lapse video of cells growing, and multi-color fluorescence in microscopy are tour highlights at the MBC Biolab.
Saturday October 25, 2025
3:00 pm -
3:30 pm
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Add to CalendarOctober 25, 2025 3:00 pmOctober 25, 2025 3:30 pmPSTEvents - Bay Area Science FestivalWhat is your favorite Halloween creepy crawly? KQED's Deep Look will help us gain new perspectives and meet extraordinary animal friends.https://www.bayareasciencefestival.org/event/deep-look/akILMCXBezwgkecYZmwm128637Events - Bay Area Science Festival60false
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Deep Look

Summary: What is your favorite Halloween creepy crawly? KQED’s Deep Look will help us gain new perspectives and meet extraordinary animal friends.

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The Bay Area Science Festival will manage all in-person events with the health, safety and well-being of our staff, volunteers, hosts, exhibitors, and guests in mind. In response to COVID-19, we will be implementing public health requirements for all event hosts and attendees in accordance with local and state guidelines in order to celebrate science safely throughout the Bay Area. 

The Bay Area Science Festival encourages you to get vaccinated, wear a mask and practice social distancing. Be sure to check back for updated and more detailed COVID safety information prior to attending.

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