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Earthquake App That Gives Up to 30-Second Warning May Be Available This Year
1906 earthquake
Scientists are hoping to create an early warning system for earthquakes on the West Coast.
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There Are Earthquakes on Mars! Wait ... They're 'Marsquakes'
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NASA is sending a robot to Mars to measure quakes for the first time. Scientists hope to learn more about early Earth.
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This Moment on Earth
Jasper Montgomery
This Moment on Earth, a new series from KQED Science, explores the heart of the question climate change poses for humanity: How do humans learn to live on this one Earth, together? Tune in this week to KQED's Perspectives program on 88.5 FM at 6:43 and 8:43 a.m. and 11:29 p.m. every weekday, and weekends at 7:36 a.m. and 8:36 a.m. Climate change is everyone's story.
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Upside-Down Catfish Doesn't Care What You Think
upside down fish
You might suppose this catfish is sick, or just confused. But swimming belly-up actually helps it camouflage and breathe better than its right-side-up cousins. Our new Deep Look!
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TESS Will Find Strange New Worlds Close to Home
TESS in orbit
On April 16, NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite spacecraft, marking the next phase in our search for worlds beyond our own.
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The Awesome Wonder of Science, in One Little Video
Filmmakers Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh nicely capture the universal human response that's triggered when we glimpse something so enthralling, in their video, "A New View of the Moon."
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Explore Your Future at UC Berkeley’s Cal Day
See all that UC Berkeley has to offer at its annual open house, Cal Day, on Saturday, April 21, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Explore the campus and participate in special events, including a screening of KQED’s Deep Look videos inspired by UC Berkeley research, from 10-11 a.m. at the #2040 Valley Life Science Building.
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