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Should California Voters OK $5 Billion More for Stem Cell Research?

Fourteen years after Calif. voters approved $3 billion in funding to create a state stem cell agency, backers are planning to ask the public to pony up again. What achievements will they be able to point to?

How Two Consumer Products Giants Are Cutting Back on Water Use

California often has too much water or too little water. These two businesses are starting to look at how that affects them.

The Challenge: Visionary, Practical Plans for Rising Bay Waters … in Four Months

One team's vision for a more resilient Oakland waterfront

Design teams in the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge are now paired up with communities around the Bay, ready to develop sustainable visions for the future.

Gov. Brown Proposes One‑Tunnel Water Plan, Instead of Two

The project's two giant $16 billion water tunnels failed to gain enough support last year from local water agencies that would pay for it.

Government Scientists Say A Controversial Pesticide Is Killing Endangered Salmon

The insecticide chlorpyrifos, already under attack for its risk to small children, may be killing salmon as well.

Should You Get a More Expensive, 3‑D Mammogram?

It's not yet clear if the three-dimensional approach is more effective at catching cancers that will kill.

Agar Art Contest — Learn How to Make Bacterial Art

Design your own colorful and unique living art using Counter Culture Labs' colorful bacteria. Then, submit your piece for a chance to win!

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