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Advanced Skin Cancer Was Once a Death Sentence. Immunotherapy Is Changing That
a doctor and patient high-fiving
"If I had been diagnosed five years prior, who knows if I would be here," says Ashley Walton, who after eight draining years of treatment has finally heard the magic word: remission.
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The $8.9 Billion California Water Bond That Has Environmentalists Divided
dwindling water reservoir
Proposition 3, a nearly $9 billion water bond, has split the environmental community, with some groups blasting it as a "generous giveaway" to agribusiness.
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Before It Turns to 'Jello,' Embarcadero Seawall May Get Voter-Approved Upgrade
flooded embarcadero
Backers say San Francisco Proposition A, a $425 million bond, is the only way to guarantee protection for three-and-a-half miles of San Francisco waterfront against earthquakes and rising seas.
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How Hot Was It In California Homes Last Summer? Really Hot. Here's the Data
family of four
A team of reporters and producers, with help from scientists, placed heat sensors inside dozens of homes around the state. What they found is that as the climate warms, home is no refuge in a heat wave.
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Voyager 2 Heads Beyond Our Solar System
Diagram showing the solar system and the heliosphere
On the heels of Voyager 1's historic 2012 breakout into interstellar space, its twin, Voyager 2, has begun to detect signs that it too may be on the verge.
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Huge Cluster of Octopuses Observed Southwest of Monterey
mass of octopuses
"This has never been discovered on the West Coast of the U.S., never in our sanctuary and never in the world with these numbers."
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