Your Top Science Stories for this Week
| In Hollywood, it's not all about getting the science right; it's really about how science can inspire the twists and turns in a great story. We talk with the man who helps ignite that inspiration. | | |
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| | | OK. Maybe you would. But the lengths they have to go to to stock up for the winter will surprise you. When you see how carefully they arrange each acorn, you might just need to reorganize your pantry. | | |
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| | | San Francisco has a history of pushing back against Big Tobacco. Will the rest of the country replicate its latest salvo? | | |
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| | | The state of California is suing two companies, Nutraceutical Corp. and Graceleigh Inc., whose toddler formulas contain dangerous levels of lead that exceed both state and federal standards. | | |
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| | | The blood tests, developed by Stanford University School of Medicine and UC San Francisco, look for specific biomarkers in the mother's bloodstream. | | |
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| | | If widely adopted, direct carbon capture from the air could bring down costs and help reverse the course of global warming. | | |
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| | | Gray wolves are trekking farther south in California. A 2-year-old female, known as OR-54, recently wandered through Nevada County in the northern Sierra Nevada. | | |
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| | | Join Science Friday, Atlas Obscura and KQED on Wednesday, June 20 at Public Works in San Francisco for an evening of talk, tentacles, and merriment! Watch cephalopod-themed films from Science Friday and KQED’s Deep Look series, and you'll hear a talk "Octopuses: Not Aliens, Still Awesome" from cephalopod expert Danna Staaf. Tickets required. Doors open at 6:30pm, show at 7:30pm. | | |
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