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Category Archives: Science
Three Things to Know About the New Exploratorium
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The Exploratorium is opening on Wednesday at Pier 15. The new $300 million location, a restored pier, is three times the size of the old one, and it's a state-of-the-art green building, outfitted with solar panels and a heating and cooling … Continue reading
Video: Do The Terms 'Cage-Free' and 'Free Range' Mean Anything?
Have you ever stood bewildered in the grocery aisle doing your socially conscious best to figure out which eggs come from chickens not in cages, which come from those with access to the outdoors and which were provided with HBO? … Continue reading
Nuclear Byproduct Levels on Treasure Island Higher than Navy Disclosed
by Matt Smith and Katharine Mieszkowski, Center for Investigative Reporting Land slated for development on Treasure Island contains elevated concentrations of cesium-137, a byproduct of nuclear fission associated with an increased risk of cancer, according to an independent analysis commissioned … Continue reading
Drake's Bay Oyster Farm Files New Suit to Stay in Point Reyes
Pick one: local food or protected wilderness. It's the kind of dilemma that could lead Bay Area liberals to tear their hair out. That may be why the battle over Drakes Bay Oyster Co. has gotten so hot. Facing a … Continue reading
Six-time Everest Climber Receives Citizenship
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A Nepalese man who summited Mount Everest six times as a mountain guide received his U.S. citizenship Tuesday. Inside Oakland’s Paramount Theatre, Kami Sherpa sat in an aisle seat clutching an American flag for the first time as a naturalized … Continue reading
News Pix: Prop. 8 Oral Arguments, Bay Bridge Bolts Snap, Devil's Slide Tunnel Opens
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Crowds of people outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C protest the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday, March 27. (Jacob Fenston/KQED) On Tuesday March 26, the rainbow flag was raised over Berkeley City Hall to mark arguments in the … Continue reading
Engineers Zero in on Bay Bridge Broken Bolt Solutions
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Engineers have yet to settle on a fix for the more than 30 bolts they found had cracked on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, but there are two likely fixes engineers could implement, said Steve Heminger, the … Continue reading
Debate Takes on Safety of Flame Retardants
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[UPDATE: EPA announces plans to study whether flame retardant chemicals are safe] Does injecting sofas and armchairs with flame retardants hurt us or protect us? That debate took place in Sacramento Tuesday as part of a hearing on an arcane … Continue reading
Poll: Californians Wary of Price for Water Project, High-Speed Rail
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A majority of California voters say improving the state's water systems and creating a high-speed rail network are important, but they want to see smaller price tags attached to those projects. That's according to a poll … Continue reading
News Pix: Mass for New Pope, San Francisco Symphony on Strike, Turkeys Plague Residents
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Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone conducts a mass in honor of the election of Pope Francis, the first Pope from South America, on March 14, 2013. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED) Musicians for the San Francisco Symphony went on strike Wednesday, March 13 after eight … Continue reading
