The Latest Stories from KQED Science
| Raising Peregrine Falcon Chicks Is a Real Cliffhanger | | High up in their 300-foot tower penthouse in Berkeley, falcon stars Annie and Grinnell's romance quickly gets real, as they face the tough demands of raising a family. The four eggs Annie lays tell a poignant story of the recovery of a species from the brink of extinction. | | |
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| Proposition 14: With Just Handful of Cures, California Stem Cell Agency's Fate Is In Hands of Voters | | How voters view the record of California's stem cell agency may go a long way in their decision whether or not to replenish a state fund for stem cell research with an additional $5.5 billion. | | |
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| 4 Million Acres Have Burned in California. But Scientists Say That's the Wrong Number to Focus On | | Wildfires in California have set a new record, but some fire scientists say focusing on that number is doing more harm than good. | | |
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| | | ArtSpan | Now in its 46th year, ArtSpan, a San Francisco based art nonprofit, invites you to experience our vibrant Bay Area art community at its virtual adaptation of SF (Open) Studios featuring over 250 artists distributed across multiple, interactive events.
Visit ArtSpan.org/sfos |
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| FDA Releases Stricter Vaccine Safety Guidelines Despite White House Interference | | The move follows a multiweek tug-of-war between Trump officials and government scientists over the review and timeline for upcoming vaccines. | | |
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| | | Pioneers in Genetic Editing Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| | | Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier discovered a way to cut into broken genetic material, remove it and replace it. | | |
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| | | UC Scientists Win Nobel Physics Prize for Black Hole Research |
| | | Reinhard Genzel of UC Berkeley and Andrea Ghez of UCLA received the prize for discovering a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. The UK's Roger Penrose also shared the prize for discovering that Einstein's theory of relativity predicts black hole formation. | | |
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| There Can Be Only One Fattest Bear, and Now We Know Who It Is | | We nod our collective caps to 747, a bear that "typically keeps his status by sheer size alone" according to tournament organizers. And this year he seemed particularly proficient at piling on the pounds. | | |
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