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California's Fire History Written in the Trees

Scientists are finding that in the not-too-distant past, forest fires were much larger than they...

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Warming Climate Could Transform Bay Area Parks and Open Space

By the end of the century, the Bay Area's landscape could look more like Southern California's,...

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Congrats, It's an App! Family Planning with Your Smartphone

Fertility apps are the newest high-tech trend in helping people conceive. There are dozens of...

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Climate Scientist to Politicians: It's Time to Face the Facts

In California, polling shows that most people think climate change is already having an effect....

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Is Raising Shasta Dam the Best Bet for California's Water Supply?

Shasta Lake is the largest reservoir in California, and government officials are completing plans...

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Valero Rail Project Fuels Tar Sands Speculation in Bay Area

Valero wants to start using trains to bring crude oil to its Bay Area refinery. But the project...

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In the Experience of Doubt, a Possible Cure for Alcoholism

In some alcoholics, the act of overriding one's better judgment to have another drink can be...

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Does Your Range Hood Suck? Cooking Spikes Indoor Air Pollution

When you're cooking dinner, the air inside your kitchen can sometimes be just as harmful as smog....

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Water Recycling Comes Of Age In Silicon Valley

Though engineers can purify sewage water to make it cleaner than what’s coming out of your tap,...

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As World's Largest Solar Thermal Plant Opens, California Looks to End Solar Wars

After controversy over a threatened species delayed several large solar projects, state officials...

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Who Profits from Proposition 65? (Part Two)

Proposition 65 is enforced by, among others, a small and little-known subculture of "private...

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Who Profits from Proposition 65? (Part One)

Proposition 65 was passed by voters in order to reduce Californian's exposure to toxic chemicals....

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Battle Rages Over East Bay Wildfire Plan

A proposal to cut 100,000 eucalyptus trees or more has stirred up controversy, and now, a...

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With Condors on the Brink, California Considers a Lead-Bullet Ban for Hunters

Lead poisoning is a major obstacle to recovery for the endangered California condor, but a bill...

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The Green Side of Drones: Science and Environmental Apps Abound

Drone enthusiasts in Silicon Valley are going beyond military and spy applications, exploring new...

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When Will Mental Illness be Diagnosed with a Lab Test?

Currently, doctors have almost no physical tests for mental illness, which cost the country more...

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A Summer Communing With California's Glaciers

Earlier this year, geologists in Yosemite Park came to the sad conclusion that one of...

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Could Rooftop Solar Kill Utilities? California Grapples with Solar's Success

Solar power is booming in California. The state is home to more than half of all rooftop solar...

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Airborne Lasers Yield Better Measure of California’s Water Supply

Snow runoff from the Sierra Nevada provides about a third of the state's water supply. Current...

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In Search of the Bacterial Garden of Eden

Now that scientists are starting to get a handle on what kinds of microbes live in the human body...

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