The Latest Stories From KQED Science
| From Richmond to Gaza: Bay Area Environmentalists Speak Out Against the War | | Bay Area’s climate and environmental leaders — both in the streets and in elected positions — have been at the center of the push for cease-fire resolutions. | | |
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| DEEP LOOK: Watch Spawning Corals Synchronize With the Night Sky | | When the moon, sun and ocean temperatures all align, an underwater “snowstorm” occurs. Corals put on a massive spawning spectacle by sending tiny white spheres floating up the water column all at once. | | |
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| Saving Salmon: Newsom Unveils Blueprint for Ending Decades-Long Decline | | Newsom’s plan includes dam removals and restoring river flows to save chinook and other salmon runs that are collapsing, but conservation groups call it too little, too late. | | |
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| | | Bioneers | Bioneers 2024 includes a broad array of inspiring presentations and sessions from leading scientists and researchers. Merlin Sheldrake, Suzanne Simard, Rae Wynn-Grant, Erica Gies and many more discuss cutting-edge research from mycology, forest ecology, wildlife biology and conservation to ecosystem regeneration, clean tech and water management.
For more information and to register visit conference.bioneers.org.
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| This Scientist Reveals the Physics Behind the Spiral Pass After 20 Years | | If you've ever watched part of a professional football game, you've probably seen a tight spiral pass. Those passes seem to defy fundamental physics. And for a long time, scientists couldn't figure out exactly why — until more recently. | | |
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| FDA Move to Ban Formaldehyde in Hair Straighteners Called Too Little, Too Late | | The FDA will soon move to ban formaldehyde in hair-straightening products. It's more than a decade after research raised alarms about health risks and other worrying chemicals remain in the products. | | |
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