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4 Things You Should Know About California's Biggest Reservoir

You're not likely to find the biggest "reservoir" on a map — but you might be standing on it.

Free Event: It Takes Guts - A Night of Science + Trivia

Get to know your microbiome! Join KQED and the Gladstone Institutes for a night of intriguing gut science, fun trivia and prizes on June 29 from 6:30-8:30pm at SPARK Social SF in Mission Bay, San Francisco. This event is FREE. Eventbrite registration is required.

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Stink Alert! San Francisco's First Corpse Flower Blooms

corpse flower at SF Conservatory of Flowers

The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers issued a "Stink Alert" late Thursday afternoon about its corpse flower: Terra the Titan has started to open. Its stench will be the strongest tonight.

Something You Probably Didn't Expect From the Huge Sierra Snowpack: Earthquakes

The Minarets in the central Sierra Nevada

As mountain snows and surface water shift around the state, their changing mass can make mischief with seismic faults.

7 Specific Tactics Social Media Companies Use to Keep You Hooked

illustration of a couple looking at their smartphones over dinner

Find out the techniques used by tech companies to instill all that compulsive clicking and scrolling into your brain. The latest from our Future of You blog.

Support of KQED Science is provided by HopeLab, the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation, the Vadasz Family Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Smart Family Foundation and the members of KQED.