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Category Archives: Science
Why This Bay Area Winter Feels Like 'Real Winter'
You're now free to shed the scarf and mittens. The Bay Area's cold snap is finally abating, with highs in the sixties expected this weekend. How cold was it? Maybe not as cold as it seemed. While San Jose managed … Continue reading
News Pix: Best Images of 2012
It's been an eventful year in the Bay Area. There were big protests, incredible views, intriguing wildlife, a World Series title, environmental disasters and many touching moments in the diverse communities that call this place home. Here are some of … Continue reading
Exploratorium Counting Down Final Days at Palace of Fine Arts Before April Move
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SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) After decades of educating students, tourists and Bay Area residents about the wacky ways of biology, physics, chemistry and more, the Exploratorium will be closing its doors at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco at … Continue reading
Why Were Hundreds of Squid Stranded on Santa Cruz County Beaches?; Video
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Scientists are asking themselves that question after hundreds of deep water Humboldt squid stranded themselves over the weekend. Hannah Rosen of Stanford’s Gilly Lab at the Hopkins Marine Station in Monterey told KQED's Peter Jon Shuler the squid might be … Continue reading
Reporting Tsunami Debris by Smartphone as it Drifts Toward California
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Debris from last year's Japan tsunami is still making its way across the Pacific, drifting toward the California coast, and researchers are looking for "citizen scientists" to help track and catalog it. And yes, there's an app for that. It's … Continue reading
NASA's Hansen: California's Cap & Trade Doomed to Fail
As climatologists go, James Hansen is a legend. In 1988, he was already warning Congress about the dangers of global warming. The scientist normally speaks in measured tones, but he evoked nervous laughter from the crowd at the Commonwealth Club … Continue reading
Mars Rover Finds Possible 'Ingredients for Life,' But It's No Big Deal. Really.
You can come out of your bomb shelter, put away your confetti, and in all respects calm down. The Curiosity Mars rover has not found life on Mars. It's true that Curiosity did scoop up some dirt containing sulfur, perchlorate, … Continue reading
What Will Climate Change Do to Our Past?
Archaeologists are combing California's coast, searching for artifacts before they're lost to rising seas.
News Pix: Cap-and-Trade Auctions; Scanning the Skies; Richmond Football!
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Six-year-old Aubrey Bown places a red carnation to honor her uncle, James Suh, a U.S. Navy SEAL, who was shot down in Korangal Valley, Afghanistan. Cupertino hosted the annual Veterans Day ceremony at Memorial Park. (Anna Li/Peninsula Press) California held … Continue reading
Calif. Chamber of Commerce Sues to Invalidate Cap-and-Trade Auctions
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The California Chamber of Commerce launched a legal torpedo at the state’s new carbon trading market, set to begin Wednesday. The group, which represents 13,000 businesses in the state, is asking the Sacramento Superior Court to invalidate the state’s first … Continue reading
