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- 02/07/2012 - Can Microbial Symbionts Protect Amphibians from a Pandemic Fungal Pathogen?
- 02/07/2012 - Empowerment and Dementia: How Best to Engage Those with Memory and Behavioral Challenges
- 02/07/2012 - San Francisco Math Circle Teachers' Circle
- 02/07/2012 - Adventure Ocean Quest - Tiburon International Film Festival
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The USGS National Wildlife Health Center investigates animal die-offs and threats to endangered species at its headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Feb 03, 2012
The Unequal Effects of Climate Change
Poor, urban and minority residents are most at risk for health problems linked to climate change, according to a new analysis of Los Angeles and Fresno counties. Continue reading
Feb 02, 2012
Insurance Industry Awakening to Climate Risks
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Biology | Feb 06, 2012
California’s Gray Wolves
Posted by Jennifer Skene
When a gray wolf wearing a GPS collar crossed from Oregon into California in December, it was the first wild gray wolf to
tread on California soil since the 1920s. It is debatable whether this lone wolf is a sign of things to come, but if wolves
return to California, their role in the ecosystem will be different than it was in times past.
Biology | Feb 06, 2012
Science Fair for the Rest of Us
Posted by Dr. Barry Starr
If you want to do a science fair project, one of the best places to do one in the South Bay is at Schmahl Science.
Blog | Feb 03, 2012
Life with the Leaf: 5 Tips to Beat Range Anxiety
Posted by Andrea Kissack
Five tips for easing range anxiety while driving an electric car.
Environment | Feb 03, 2012
The Bay Area's National Park Expands South
Posted by Amy Standen
The addition of Rancho Corral de Tierra is historic, "the largest land acquisition for Golden Gate National Recreation
Area pretty much since it began."
Geology | Feb 02, 2012
Geological Outings Around the Bay: Napa Glass Mountain
Posted by Andrew Alden
A Napa Valley roadcut was once a strategic resource center for the local inhabitants. Today it still draws visitors seeking
out that resource: obsidian.
Science
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Robots Encountering Socks
Suppose you're a robot. If you had a camera in your head, and you could watch a human doing a simple task, like bunching a pair of socks, could you, just by watching, learn to do it too?
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Two Deaths: A Poet And A Beetle
Poet Wislawa Szymborska had an eye for the smallest, the gentlest, the hard-to-notice creatures on Earth and this week she bid them all adieu. Krulwich remembers Wislawa Szymborska.
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20 Million Years Later, Russians Work To Drill Into Lake
Russian researchers in Antarctica are on the verge of piercing a hole through two miles of ice into an ancient lake, untouched by the light of day for some 20 million years. But it'll be a delicate process to break through without disturbing the pristine waters. Guest host David Green speaks with Antarctic researcher John Priscu about the process.
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New USDA Map May Mean Earlier Planting In North
A new map from the USDA has some northern gardeners hoping to grow plants that used to be considered too fragile for cold weather zones. The hardiness zone chart is about a half zone warmer than the last one issued in 1990. The USDA says the changes are not due to global warming, but to more sophisticated mapping methods. Seed sellers and buyers say that, whatever the reason, the warmer temperatures expand possibilities for planting this spring.
