The Latest Stories From KQED Science
| Electric Avenue: One Oakland Block's Improbable Journey to Ditch Gas | | These Bay Area neighbors have written a rough draft of how to drop natural gas on a bigger scale. | | |
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| Skeptical State Regulators Delay Vote on PG&E’s $6 Billion Plan to Bury Power Lines | | The utility has proposed burying 2,000 miles of its power lines by 2026 — and raising customer rates to pay for it — in an effort to prevent its equipment from sparking the next big California fire. | | |
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| Where Can I See Monarch Butterflies in California This Winter? | | In the fall, these brilliant fluttering insects in hues of orange and black make their way from west of the Rocky Mountain Range to the many overwintering sites in coastal California. | | |
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| Crab Season Delayed Again to Protect Migrating Humpback Whales | | The endangered whales are believed to swim closer to shore because ocean warming has brought prey closer to land, which intersects in the areas where fishermen crab. | | |
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| The Current COVID Variants to Know, From Symptoms to Incubation Period | | After a summer swell of COVID cases, fueled at least in part by the EG.5 'Eris' omicron subvariant rises, numbers are starting to slowly fall around the state. Here's what you need to know about the incubation period, symptoms and testing. | | |
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| Deep Look: This Parasite is Cramping The Monarch Butterfly’s Style | | Monarchs are locked in a battle with Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE), a parasite that can trap a butterfly in its own chrysalis and deform its beautiful wings. Turns out there is a right way, and a *wrong* way, for you to help these butterflies in your backyard. | | |
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