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NASA Says Curiosity Won't Contaminate Mars – 9/11 KQED Science News Roundup
Scientific Whimsy: The Magical Art of Tiffany Bozic
Drivers Take Rover For Cool Spin on Mars – 9/10 KQED Science News Roundup
The Results Are In For My Genetics Quiz
California's Prop. 37: Are GMO Labels a Scarlet Letter?
Will the Asteroid Apophis Rock Our World?
California Researchers Create Apps For Health Studies – 9/7 KQED Science News Roundup
Geological Side Trips from Interstate 80: Griffith Quarry in Penryn
NASA's Dawn Moves On To Another Asteroid – 9/6 KQED Science News Roundup
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The groups identified the species Tuesday in a report presented to a global conservation forum on the southern South Korean island of Jeju.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/15/07/21/3437644/3/150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\">Experts release list of 100 threatened speciesSEOUL, South Korea (AP) - International conservation groups have unveiled a list of the earth's most threatened 100 animals, plants and fungi and say urgent action is needed to protect them. The groups identified the species Tuesday in a report presented to a global conservation forum on the southern South Korean island of Jeju.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dCfiP','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dCfiP\\'>Fracking in California takes less water</a>In Pennsylvania, the controversial practice of fracking can consume 4.5 million gallons of water per well, the liquid pumped deep underground to crack rocks that contain natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, has triggered a boom in energy production across the United States and sparked a fierce public debate that revolves around water.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dCfiP\">Fracking in California takes less water\u003c/a>In Pennsylvania, the controversial practice of fracking can consume 4.5 million gallons of water per well, the liquid pumped deep underground to crack rocks that contain natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, has triggered a boom in energy production across the United States and sparked a fierce public debate that revolves around water.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dCgKV ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/fb.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dCgKV \\'>Swine flu strains could mutate and infect humans, study says</a>Nobody knows where the next pandemic flu will come from. 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Now, scientists have evidence that influenza strains common in commercial pig herds can mutate in a way that would allow them to infect humans and spread easily among them.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Latimes\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dD4vT','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://media.baycitizen.org/uploaded/images/2012/8/treasure-island_5/original/treasure_island_5.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dD4vT\\'>SF wants state to conduct new study of Treasure Island cleanup</a>San Francisco will ask the state to conduct its own investigation of the cleanup of radioactive waste on Treasure Island, after receiving complaints that contractors hired by the U.S. Navy might have mishandled contaminated material. \\"We would like (state officials) to go out and conduct independent scans,\\" Michael Tymoff, project director for the city\\'s Treasure Island Development Authority, said in an interview.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.baycitizen.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Baycitizen</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://media.baycitizen.org/uploaded/images/2012/8/treasure-island_5/original/treasure_island_5.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dD4vT\">SF wants state to conduct new study of Treasure Island cleanup\u003c/a>San Francisco will ask the state to conduct its own investigation of the cleanup of radioactive waste on Treasure Island, after receiving complaints that contractors hired by the U.S. Navy might have mishandled contaminated material. \"We would like (state officials) to go out and conduct independent scans,\" Michael Tymoff, project director for the city's Treasure Island Development Authority, said in an interview.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org\" target=\"_blank\">Baycitizen\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dD4oJ ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/files/2012/09/ValleyFever_Dust-Storm_CraigKohlruss_FresnoBee-150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dD4oJ \\'>Valley Fever Cases Soar, Harm Remains Hidden</a>Valley fever starts with the simple act of breathing. The fungal spores, lifted from the dry dirt by the wind, pass through your nostrils or down your throat, so tiny they don\\'t even trigger a cough. They lodge in your lungs. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dD7TE ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/common/icons/t_wb_75.gif\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dD7TE \\'>GoDaddy Says No Attack Behind Web Outage</a>NEW YORK (AP) - GoDaddy.com says a Web hosting outage that involved thousands and possibly millions of websites on Monday was due to internal problems, not an attack by hackers. The outage lasted for about four hours and affected mainly small-business sites. GoDaddy.com hosts more than 5 million websites.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.nytimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Nytimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/common/icons/t_wb_75.gif\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dD7TE%20\">GoDaddy Says No Attack Behind Web Outage\u003c/a>NEW YORK (AP) - GoDaddy.com says a Web hosting outage that involved thousands and possibly millions of websites on Monday was due to internal problems, not an attack by hackers. The outage lasted for about four hours and affected mainly small-business sites. GoDaddy.com hosts more than 5 million websites.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nytimes\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dD5gU ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/nav/og-news.png\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dD5gU \\'>NASA Says Curiosity Won\\'t Contaminate Mars | KQED</a>HOST: NASA says there is no reason to worry that the Mars Curiosity rover may be contaminating the Martian surface with microbes from Earth. The agency wants to dispel concerns raised by a Los Angeles Times story, as KQED\\'s Amy Standen reports.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.kqed.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Kqed</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://a.s.kqed.net/img/nav/og-news.png\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dD5gU%20\">NASA Says Curiosity Won't Contaminate Mars | KQED\u003c/a>HOST: NASA says there is no reason to worry that the Mars Curiosity rover may be contaminating the Martian surface with microbes from Earth. The agency wants to dispel concerns raised by a Los Angeles Times story, as KQED's Amy Standen reports.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.kqed.org\" target=\"_blank\">Kqed\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dCfft','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/15/07/21/3437644/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dCfft\\'>Experts release list of 100 threatened species</a>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - International conservation groups have unveiled a list of the earth\\'s most threatened 100 animals, plants and fungi and say urgent action is needed to protect them. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43735\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/11/scientific-whimsy-the-magical-art-of-tiffany-bozi/symmetricaltruce_closeup/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43735\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-43735\" title=\"SymmetricalTruce_closeup\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/SymmetricalTruce_closeup.jpg\" alt=\"Tiffany Bozic - Symmetrical Truce, zoom\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/SymmetricalTruce_closeup.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/SymmetricalTruce_closeup-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Symmetrical Truce (zoom) - Tiffany Bozic\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca title=\"Tiffany Bozic\" href=\"http://www.tiffanybozic.net/\">Tiffany Bozic\u003c/a>, the first Artist-in-Residence at the California Academy of Sciences, named her first child after a rare bird found in Southeast Asia: \u003cem>Tesia olivea\u003c/em>. This scientific whimsy is typical of Bozic, as I learned during her talk at the San Francisco Public Library last Tuesday, September 4th as part of the Cal Academy lecture series. Her husband \u003ca title=\"Jack Dumbacher\" href=\"http://www.calacademy.org/science/heroes/jdumbacher/\">Jack Dumbacher\u003c/a>, curator of birds and mammals at the Academy, held four-month-old Tesia at the back of the room while Bozic spoke of her own early childhood inspirations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43736\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 223px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/11/scientific-whimsy-the-magical-art-of-tiffany-bozi/therisingson/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43736\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-43736\" title=\"theRisingSon\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/theRisingSon-223x253.jpg\" alt=\"The Rising Son - Tiffany Bozic\" width=\"223\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rising Son - Tiffany Bozic\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until the age of six, Bozic lived on a remote goat farm in Arkansas, running wild with the animals. \"I saw that slaughterhouses were not that different from watching birth take place,\" she says. She also drew constantly, and pored over the work of famous artist-scientists \u003ca title=\"Wikipedia - Audobon\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Audubon\">John James Audobon\u003c/a> and \u003ca title=\"Wikipedia - Haeckel\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haeckel\">Ernst Haeckel\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the girl from the Arkansas goat farm has become a globe-trotting grown-up. \"My favorite place besides San Francisco is Papua New Guinea,\" she says, but she's also traveled to Australia, China, the Galapagos and Namibia, often as a research assistant to Dumbacher. She takes pictures of children wherever she goes--my favorite from her presentation was of a tiny girl in rural China, carrying a sack of rice nearly her own size.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43737\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 194px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/11/scientific-whimsy-the-magical-art-of-tiffany-bozi/thebestintentions3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43737\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-43737\" title=\"theBestIntentions3\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/theBestIntentions3-194x253.jpg\" alt=\"The Best Intentions - Tiffany Bozic\" width=\"194\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Best Intentions - Tiffany Bozic\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, Bozic's talk was not primarily a travelogue, but a presentation of her new monograph, \u003ca title=\"Gingo Press - Drawn By Instinct\" href=\"http://www.gingkopress.com/03-gra/tiffany-bozic__art.html\">\u003cem>Drawn By Instinct\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, 150 pages of lush paintings that blend anatomical detail with emotional metaphor. \"Many are universal truths about life or lessons she would like to one day tell her daughter,\" wrote Dumbacher in the book's introduction. Though Bozic actually wasn't pregnant at the time, she says, \"Right after we submitted his text to the publisher, [our daughter] appeared as if she was summoned!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43738\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 179px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/11/scientific-whimsy-the-magical-art-of-tiffany-bozi/symmetricaltruce-lo/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43738\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-43738\" title=\"SymmetricalTruce.lo\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/SymmetricalTruce.lo_-179x253.jpg\" alt=\"Symmetrical Truce - Tiffany Bozic\" width=\"179\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Symmetrical Truce - Tiffany Bozic\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is a far cry from Arkansas farmland, but Bozic is determined to offer her child plenty of outdoor experience. \"I believe that we should encourage our children to \u003cem>love\u003c/em> nature, so they will want to protect it for their own children,\" she says. And though she is neither scientist nor educator, her work is unavoidably educational. \"Best Intentions\" describes the difficult choice of a \u003ca title=\"Wikipedia - Booby - Rearing Young\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-footed_Booby#Rearing_young\">mother blue-footed booby bird\u003c/a>; \"Symmetrical Truce\" is inspired by the incredible value of \u003ca title=\"Pigs in PNG - Animal Genetic Resources\" href=\"http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i2200t/i2200t06.pdf\">pigs in Papua New Guinea\u003c/a>. The first questions from the audience of Bozic's library talk were all science: \"What is that poisonous bird?\" and \"Does the flycatcher's bright yellow mouth attract flies?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the value of Bozic's work doesn't lie in its scientific accuracy--after all, you can't trust her not to paint an imaginary sea slug in with the real ones. 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Equipped with futuristic tools like a laser that can vaporize rock, the 2,000-pound robot arrived on Mars on Aug.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/15/04/45/3426687/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dBdu0%20\">Drivers take rover for cool spin on Mars\u003c/a>Matt Heverly, 36, started a recent workday as any young father might: up at 5:30, gulping coffee, fixing a bottle for the baby. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dBdu0 ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/15/04/45/3426687/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dBdu0 \\'>Drivers take rover for cool spin on Mars</a>Matt Heverly, 36, started a recent workday as any young father might: up at 5:30, gulping coffee, fixing a bottle for the baby. Heverly leads a team of 16 drivers at NASA\\'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Equipped with futuristic tools like a laser that can vaporize rock, the 2,000-pound robot arrived on Mars on Aug.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/15/04/45/3426687/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dBdu0%20\">Drivers take rover for cool spin on Mars\u003c/a>Matt Heverly, 36, started a recent workday as any young father might: up at 5:30, gulping coffee, fixing a bottle for the baby. Heverly leads a team of 16 drivers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Equipped with futuristic tools like a laser that can vaporize rock, the 2,000-pound robot arrived on Mars on Aug.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dBeCF ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dBeCF \\'>More private schools fall below threshold for immunizations - San Jose Mercury News</a>Parents who send their children to private schools in California are much more likely to opt out of immunizations than their public school counterparts, an Associated Press analysis has found, and not even the recent re-emergence of whooping cough has halted the downward trajectory of vaccinations among these students.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.mercurynews.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Mercurynews</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dBeCF%20\">More private schools fall below threshold for immunizations - San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>Parents who send their children to private schools in California are much more likely to opt out of immunizations than their public school counterparts, an Associated Press analysis has found, and not even the recent re-emergence of whooping cough has halted the downward trajectory of vaccinations among these students.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurynews\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dBdnl ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/15/05/16/3429279/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dBdnl \\'>India launches satellites in 100th space mission</a>NEW DELHI, India (AP) â India\\'s national space organization has marked its 100th mission by launching French and Japanese satellites. The Indian Space Research Organization said Sunday\\'s launch of a French observation satellite and a Japanese microsatellite was a success.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/15/05/16/3429279/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">India launches satellites in 100th space missionNEW DELHI, India (AP) â India's national space organization has marked its 100th mission by launching French and Japanese satellites. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43106\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/10/the-results-are-in-for-my-genetics-qui/quiz1image/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43106\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-43106\" title=\"Quiz1Image\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/Quiz1Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/Quiz1Image.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/Quiz1Image-400x231.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lots of right answers from clever QUEST respondents!\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In my \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/20/arm-yourselves-for-the-upcoming-genetics-revolution/\" target=\"_blank\">last blog entry\u003c/a>, I wrote a quiz that tested some basic knowledge about genetics that experts have found the public struggles with. What I found from the responses I received is that the QUEST public doesn’t struggle with them or, more likely, people only answer quizzes like this if they are pretty confident in the first place. The ten respondents did very well indeed!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I also learned that I need to work on my question writing skills. In my efforts to be brief and to the point, I ended up writing the occasional question that had more than one correct answer. Of course once I realized that I scored either of the correct answers as correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I’ll do below is go over each question in a bit more detail. I’ll talk about why I asked it and what the answer is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>1) Should you necessarily be scared if you find out you are 10 times more likely to get a rare cancer?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer to this one is no, you should not be scared. Everyone got this one right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If 1 in a million people get a certain cancer, the increase to 1 in 100,000 is pretty minimal. It is equivalent to \u003ca href=\"http://www.funny2.com/odds.htm\">the difference between\u003c/a> getting struck by lightning and dating a supermodel. Neither is at all likely!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason I included this question is that \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945403/\">one of the studies\u003c/a> suggested that this is a pretty common problem for people getting genetic counseling. They struggle with the idea of absolute vs. relative risk. In other words, the difference between how much more likely I am to get a disease compared to you versus how likely I am to get a disease period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43125\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 150px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/10/the-results-are-in-for-my-genetics-qui/motherdaughter/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43125\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-43125\" title=\"MotherDaughter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/MotherDaughter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"141\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just because you look like mom that doesn't mean you'll necessarily end up with her family's diseases.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>2) If you look like your mom, are you more likely to get the diseases that run in her family or your dad’s family?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer to this one is no as well. Nine out of ten respondents got this one right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The few genes associated with looks have very little to do with disease risk. Just because you and your mom have blue eyes, this has nothing to do with whether you have your mom’s increased risk for type 2 diabetes. There are different genes associated with each and they are independent of one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is another example. Let’s say Huntington’s disease runs in your dad’s family and your dad has the version of the huntingtin gene that will lead to him getting the disease. Your chances of getting the disease are 50% whether or not you have mom’s blue eyes and blonde hair or dad’s brown eyes and hair. The disease and the traits are caused by different genes...they do not come as a package deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the exceptions would be red hair and fair skin. These traits, which are caused by certain versions of the MC1R gene, do increase a person’s risk for skin cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I included this question because of the multitude of similar questions about this that I have received at \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist\">Ask a Geneticist\u003c/a> and because it is mentioned in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945403/\">genetics counseling study\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>3) If you have the recessive disease sickle cell anemia, should your kids be tested to see if they are carriers?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the way I was thinking about the question, the answer would be no. Only one out of ten people got this right but I suspect that may have to do with how I wrote the question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I was trying to get at is if you have a recessive disease, then all of your kids will almost certainly be carriers of that disease. So there isn’t really any need for genetic testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, we have two copies of each of our genes and for a recessive trait to be seen, both copies have to be the recessive version. Also remember that people pass one of their two copies of each gene to their child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What this means is people with sickle cell anemia have to pass a version of the hemoglobin gene that can lead to sickle cell anemia down to each of their kids. All their kids will be carriers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So a genetic test probably isn’t necessary for the kids because they are undoubtedly carriers. Now that doesn’t mean the other partner shouldn’t be tested. He or she definitely should be tested to determine his or her carrier status. This will affect their chances for having a child with sickle cell anemia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I included this question because both the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945403/\">genetic counseling\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19039252\">Australian\u003c/a> study showed that the idea of dominant and recessive traits was a confusing one. This also bears out in our list of \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist\">Ask a Geneticist\u003c/a> questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43115\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/10/the-results-are-in-for-my-genetics-qui/cuteredheadedbaby/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43115\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-43115\" title=\"CuteRedheadedBaby\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/CuteRedheadedBaby.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sometimes to look like one parent, you need genes from both! Red hair is one of these.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>4) If you look like your dad, did you get more of his DNA?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer here is a definite no. People almost always get half their DNA from their mom and half from their dad no matter who they look like. (Click \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask289\">here\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/paternal-grandmothers-dna\">here \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask435\">here \u003c/a>for some exceptions to this rule.) Eight out of ten people got this question right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again we have the issue where what we look like comes from only a few genes. Looking like your dad might mean you happened to get 20 or 50 of his genes related to physical appearance. This is out of the 25,000 or so genes we all have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, there are even some traits where you look like one parent because both parents contributed the right DNA. Let’s say you and your dad are a redhead. It is very unlikely you have red hair only because of him because red hair is a recessive trait and usually has to come from both sides of the family. In other words, mom had to pass you a red hair version of MC1R so you could look like your dad!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>5) If you flip a coin and get heads ten times in a row, what are the chances that the next flip will be a head?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer is 50%. Each coin flip is independent so what came before cannot affect the next flip. The coin doesn’t remember on which side it landed before. Nine out of ten got this one right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is a very common misconception that if you flip a coin and get ten heads in a row, the next flip is more likely to be a tail (it is due!). Heck, my dad plays the craps tables in Las Vegas by looking for tables where a seven hasn’t come up in a while and places his bets at that table. This is no way to win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In genetics this mostly becomes an issue in predicting a child’s traits based on the children that came before. If two parents have four girls, they might think that a boy is more likely next time around. And if both parents are carriers for cystic fibrosis (CF), they might feel that if they’ve already had a child with CF, the risk is decreased for the next child. After all, that Punnett square showed that 1 in 4 of their kids would have CF, right? Well, no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Punnett square was used to calculate the risk that each child has for getting CF. If your first child has CF, your second still has a 1 in 4 chance for getting CF. Just because your first got it, that does not affect your second child’s chances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43120\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 100px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/10/the-results-are-in-for-my-genetics-qui/dna/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43120\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-43120\" title=\"DNA\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/DNA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cells look different because they use different parts of the same DNA.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>6) True or false: Each cell in your body has the same DNA.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OK, this is the question I messed up on big time. By trying to keep it short and sweet, I didn’t ask the right question. What I should have asked was:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A muscle and a brain cell have the same DNA. True or False\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer to that question is “True” and we could have a nice discussion about how most of the cells in our body have the exact same DNA even though they look different. And then I’d go on to talk about how the differences come from the fact that each cell uses a different subset of genes. Sort of like following a single recipe in a cookbook to make cookies instead of following every recipe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But alas, I asked the wrong question and most of the respondents correctly noted the exceptions to the “every cell has the same DNA” idea. They noted that sperm and eggs have half the usual amount of DNA. And that because of mutations, various cells in our bodies have small differences from one another. They also mentioned that we are actually composed of our cells plus the trillions of bacteria that we all carry. (No one mentioned mature red blood cells which have no DNA.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I hope you enjoyed the quiz and that you’ll enjoy the book, \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/book-titles\">When Will Broccoli Taste Like Chocolate?\u003c/a>. I am happy to do more quizzes like this in the future if people are interested. Any suggestions on genetics topics?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>More scary news:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/10/the-results-are-in-for-my-genetics-qui/yikes/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43256\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43256\" title=\"Yikes\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/Yikes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/Yikes.jpg 434w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/Yikes-400x509.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\">\u003c/a> Click \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=465671563453860&set=a.456449604376056.98921.367116489976035&type=1&theater\">here \u003c/a>for source.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43106\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/10/the-results-are-in-for-my-genetics-qui/quiz1image/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43106\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-43106\" title=\"Quiz1Image\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/Quiz1Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/Quiz1Image.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/Quiz1Image-400x231.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lots of right answers from clever QUEST respondents!\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In my \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/20/arm-yourselves-for-the-upcoming-genetics-revolution/\" target=\"_blank\">last blog entry\u003c/a>, I wrote a quiz that tested some basic knowledge about genetics that experts have found the public struggles with. What I found from the responses I received is that the QUEST public doesn’t struggle with them or, more likely, people only answer quizzes like this if they are pretty confident in the first place. The ten respondents did very well indeed!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I also learned that I need to work on my question writing skills. In my efforts to be brief and to the point, I ended up writing the occasional question that had more than one correct answer. Of course once I realized that I scored either of the correct answers as correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I’ll do below is go over each question in a bit more detail. I’ll talk about why I asked it and what the answer is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>1) Should you necessarily be scared if you find out you are 10 times more likely to get a rare cancer?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer to this one is no, you should not be scared. Everyone got this one right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If 1 in a million people get a certain cancer, the increase to 1 in 100,000 is pretty minimal. It is equivalent to \u003ca href=\"http://www.funny2.com/odds.htm\">the difference between\u003c/a> getting struck by lightning and dating a supermodel. Neither is at all likely!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason I included this question is that \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945403/\">one of the studies\u003c/a> suggested that this is a pretty common problem for people getting genetic counseling. They struggle with the idea of absolute vs. relative risk. In other words, the difference between how much more likely I am to get a disease compared to you versus how likely I am to get a disease period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43125\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 150px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/10/the-results-are-in-for-my-genetics-qui/motherdaughter/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43125\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-43125\" title=\"MotherDaughter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/MotherDaughter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"141\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just because you look like mom that doesn't mean you'll necessarily end up with her family's diseases.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>2) If you look like your mom, are you more likely to get the diseases that run in her family or your dad’s family?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer to this one is no as well. Nine out of ten respondents got this one right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The few genes associated with looks have very little to do with disease risk. Just because you and your mom have blue eyes, this has nothing to do with whether you have your mom’s increased risk for type 2 diabetes. There are different genes associated with each and they are independent of one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is another example. Let’s say Huntington’s disease runs in your dad’s family and your dad has the version of the huntingtin gene that will lead to him getting the disease. Your chances of getting the disease are 50% whether or not you have mom’s blue eyes and blonde hair or dad’s brown eyes and hair. The disease and the traits are caused by different genes...they do not come as a package deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the exceptions would be red hair and fair skin. These traits, which are caused by certain versions of the MC1R gene, do increase a person’s risk for skin cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I included this question because of the multitude of similar questions about this that I have received at \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist\">Ask a Geneticist\u003c/a> and because it is mentioned in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945403/\">genetics counseling study\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>3) If you have the recessive disease sickle cell anemia, should your kids be tested to see if they are carriers?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the way I was thinking about the question, the answer would be no. Only one out of ten people got this right but I suspect that may have to do with how I wrote the question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I was trying to get at is if you have a recessive disease, then all of your kids will almost certainly be carriers of that disease. So there isn’t really any need for genetic testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, we have two copies of each of our genes and for a recessive trait to be seen, both copies have to be the recessive version. Also remember that people pass one of their two copies of each gene to their child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What this means is people with sickle cell anemia have to pass a version of the hemoglobin gene that can lead to sickle cell anemia down to each of their kids. All their kids will be carriers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So a genetic test probably isn’t necessary for the kids because they are undoubtedly carriers. Now that doesn’t mean the other partner shouldn’t be tested. He or she definitely should be tested to determine his or her carrier status. This will affect their chances for having a child with sickle cell anemia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I included this question because both the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2945403/\">genetic counseling\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19039252\">Australian\u003c/a> study showed that the idea of dominant and recessive traits was a confusing one. This also bears out in our list of \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist\">Ask a Geneticist\u003c/a> questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43115\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/10/the-results-are-in-for-my-genetics-qui/cuteredheadedbaby/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43115\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-43115\" title=\"CuteRedheadedBaby\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/CuteRedheadedBaby.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sometimes to look like one parent, you need genes from both! Red hair is one of these.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>4) If you look like your dad, did you get more of his DNA?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer here is a definite no. People almost always get half their DNA from their mom and half from their dad no matter who they look like. (Click \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask289\">here\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/paternal-grandmothers-dna\">here \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask435\">here \u003c/a>for some exceptions to this rule.) Eight out of ten people got this question right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again we have the issue where what we look like comes from only a few genes. Looking like your dad might mean you happened to get 20 or 50 of his genes related to physical appearance. This is out of the 25,000 or so genes we all have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, there are even some traits where you look like one parent because both parents contributed the right DNA. Let’s say you and your dad are a redhead. It is very unlikely you have red hair only because of him because red hair is a recessive trait and usually has to come from both sides of the family. In other words, mom had to pass you a red hair version of MC1R so you could look like your dad!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>5) If you flip a coin and get heads ten times in a row, what are the chances that the next flip will be a head?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer is 50%. Each coin flip is independent so what came before cannot affect the next flip. The coin doesn’t remember on which side it landed before. Nine out of ten got this one right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is a very common misconception that if you flip a coin and get ten heads in a row, the next flip is more likely to be a tail (it is due!). Heck, my dad plays the craps tables in Las Vegas by looking for tables where a seven hasn’t come up in a while and places his bets at that table. 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"content": "\u003cp>Proposition 37 could make California the first state in the country to require labels on foods made with genetically-modified ingredients. It’s shaping up to be one of the most contentious -- and certainly the most expensive -- battles on the state’s November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one side are organic food groups that have spent about $3 million in support of the labeling law. On the other are biotech firms like Monsanto, and food giants like Pepsi, Sara Lee, and General Mills, which have contributed upwards of $28 million to try and keep GMO labels off food packages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 37 passes, you’ll see a change in nearly every part of the grocery store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take the cereal aisle, where Stacy Malkan with the \"Yes on 37\" campaign recently picked up a box of granola and pointed to the ingredients panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of these products have corn syrup, cornstarch, sugar beets, and soy products that are genetically engineered,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the United States, up to 90 percent of those foods are grown from seeds that have been genetically modified. Scientists made changes in the plants’ DNA to make the crop, for example, resist pests, or stay fresh longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malkan thinks that's something consumers should know about.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nWould labels inform people? Or scare them?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's not a warning sticker,” she says. “[it’s not] a skull and crossbones or anything. It's literally just a few words added to existing labels, just indicating [the food was] partially produced with genetic engineering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to the \"No On 37\" camp, there is nothing benign about a label.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take, for instance, Kent Bradford, a professor of plant science at the University of California, Davis, and director of its Seed Biotechnology Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bradford's team works with, among other plants, lettuce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43645\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/Bradford_scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-43645\" title=\"Bradford_scaled\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/Bradford_scaled-450x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kent Bradford directs UC Davis's Seed Biotechnology Center\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California supplies 80 percent of the nation's lettuce. But growers here, he says, increasingly find themselves at odds with a fact of nature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lettuce, he says, evolved for a Mediterranean climate. Its seeds lay dormant when it’s hot, and germinate when it rains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s getting hotter here in California. And farmers want to be able to grow lettuce year-round, not just when it rains. So Bradford’s team is developing a new kind of lettuce seed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points to several strands of straggly, stringy lettuce. At this overgrown stage, it's not appetizing-looking produce. But Bradford says these plants could help farmers adapt to a changing climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we've identified here is if we turn off this one gene, it eliminates that mechanism of inability to germinate at high temperature,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM isn't an ingredient, it's a technology \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of what bothers Bradford about Proposition 37 is that genetic modification isn’t an ingredient, like saturated fat. It's a technology, one capable of creating countless variations on nature, some of them potentially very useful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43644\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/Lettuce_scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-43644\" title=\"Lettuce_scaled\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/Lettuce_scaled-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Genetically-engineered lettuce can sprout in a hot, dry climate.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"You wouldn't want to label a screwdriver as dangerous just because someone might poke it through their hand or something.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bradford fears that if Prop 37 passes, consumers will regard those GMO label as a scarlet letter, a signal that the entire technology is flawed and dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Why would they be putting this on the label if it weren’t something I should be concerned about?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, that's the question many consumers have about genetically modified foods: Are they safe?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is GM safe? 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But that's also increasingly the case in California, where a recent poll found 65 percent of voters planning to support Prop. 37.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here in the states, at least, it wasn't always this way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We've been here before: The lesson of the Flavr Savr tomato \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Belinda Martineau was a plant scientist at the Davis-based biotech firm Calgene in the late 1980s and early 90s. She was part of the team that helped invent the Flavr Savr tomato, the world’s first commercially-available genetically modified whole food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martineau says she and others at Calgene weren't sure how the Flavr Savr was going to go over with the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Jurassic Park came out while we were readying the tomato for the marketplace,\" she recalls. \"We were worried about it. We were worried about the public’s perception.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43663\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 315px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/Martineau.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-43663\" title=\"Martineau\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/Martineau-315x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Belinda Martineau helped develop the Flavr Savr tomato\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So Calgene made a choice: total transparency. The Flavr Savr wasn’t just labeled, it came with a brochure shaped like a tomato.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It actually explained the genetic engineering technology in lay terms that people could understand,\" \"And it had a 1-800 number, in case people wanted to learn more.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No laws required that Calgene label the tomato. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Proposition 37 could make California the first state in the country to require labels on foods made with genetically-modified ingredients. It’s shaping up to be one of the most contentious -- and certainly the most expensive -- battles on the state’s November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On one side are organic food groups that have spent about $3 million in support of the labeling law. On the other are biotech firms like Monsanto, and food giants like Pepsi, Sara Lee, and General Mills, which have contributed upwards of $28 million to try and keep GMO labels off food packages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Proposition 37 passes, you’ll see a change in nearly every part of the grocery store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take the cereal aisle, where Stacy Malkan with the \"Yes on 37\" campaign recently picked up a box of granola and pointed to the ingredients panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of these products have corn syrup, cornstarch, sugar beets, and soy products that are genetically engineered,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It's literally just a few words added to existing labels, just indicating [the food was] partially produced with genetic engineering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to the \"No On 37\" camp, there is nothing benign about a label.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take, for instance, Kent Bradford, a professor of plant science at the University of California, Davis, and director of its Seed Biotechnology Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bradford's team works with, among other plants, lettuce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43645\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 450px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/Bradford_scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-43645\" title=\"Bradford_scaled\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/Bradford_scaled-450x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kent Bradford directs UC Davis's Seed Biotechnology Center\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California supplies 80 percent of the nation's lettuce. But growers here, he says, increasingly find themselves at odds with a fact of nature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lettuce, he says, evolved for a Mediterranean climate. Its seeds lay dormant when it’s hot, and germinate when it rains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s getting hotter here in California. And farmers want to be able to grow lettuce year-round, not just when it rains. So Bradford’s team is developing a new kind of lettuce seed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points to several strands of straggly, stringy lettuce. At this overgrown stage, it's not appetizing-looking produce. But Bradford says these plants could help farmers adapt to a changing climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we've identified here is if we turn off this one gene, it eliminates that mechanism of inability to germinate at high temperature,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM isn't an ingredient, it's a technology \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of what bothers Bradford about Proposition 37 is that genetic modification isn’t an ingredient, like saturated fat. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43575\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/07/will-the-asteroid-apophis-rock-our-world/earth-and-asteroid/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43575\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-43575\" title=\"Earth and Near-Earth Asteroid--dramatization only\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/earth-and-asteroid.jpg\" alt=\"Earth and Near-Earth Asteroid--dramatization only\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/earth-and-asteroid.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/earth-and-asteroid-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earth and Near-Earth Asteroid--dramatization only\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The red phone on my desk went off again, flashing and beeping urgently. What was it this time? Another super-villain escaped from prison, threatening the safety of Oakland City again? I pick up the phone to find out. Ah, it was Apophis again, back in the public eye and causing concern for one of our citizens. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This has been a dramatization. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Chabot Space & Science Center, I'm the one who answers the science help line, which is why I keep my cape and cowl close at hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ah, \u003ca title=\"Apophis on Bad Astronomy\" href=\"http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/31/repeat-after-me-apophis-is-not-a-danger/\" target=\"_blank\">Apophis\u003c/a>, that thousand-foot chuck of rock plotting to buzz the Earth. The citizen on the phone has called about Apophis before, so I figured it was time to back up my response with the word from a resident asteroid expert, Gerald, one of Chabot's asteroid tracking team—like Alfred passing the phone to Bruce. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gerald's report on Apophis: After 3.8 years of observations, we project that Apophis will pass by (and miss) the Earth by about 23,600 miles on April 13 (yeah—Friday the 13th) 2029 (in case you want to plan a party). Then, Apophis will revisit the Earth's vicinity on April 13th (not a Friday) 2036. And here's the meat of the deal with Apophis: if its trajectory on the 2029 flyby is anywhere near what is predicted, then there is no chance at all that it will hit us in 2036. There is only a small chance that within the range of uncertainty the 2029 passage will aim Apophis for a 2036 impact with Earth--but the probability of that are calculated at less than 0.002%. That's roughly the same probability as drawing a straight flush right off the top of the deck (to you non-poker-players, the odds of that are about 72,000 to 1).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though astronomers are planning to observe Apophis next year using the giant radio telescope at Arecibo to give us a more refined impact probability for the 2036 passage (still 24 years out!), the consensus among scientists is that the refinement should further diffuse concerns, not raise them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We know of about \u003ca title=\"Asteroid Risk Sentry Page\" href=\"http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/\" target=\"_blank\">1300 asteroids of significant size\u003c/a> that can pass close to Earth, and estimate there may be up to two or three times as many that we haven't spotted yet, but at this time there are no major threats projected to occur in the foreseeable future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013 there are two notable asteroid flybys of Earth. On February 15 a rock of the 200-foot size, called 2012 DA14, will cross our evening skies and pass within 17,760 miles of us, well within the fleet geosynchronous satellites that ring the Earth. It won't , repeat, won't hit us at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later in 2013, a much bigger asteroid, called 2005 WK4, will pass by at a much greater distance. The object is somewhere between 950 and 1420 feet across, but will pass no closer than about 2 million miles, on August 9th. Again, there is zero chance that it will hit us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With all of those rocks flying around that can cross Earth's orbit and therefore be a impact threat, what are the odds of one hitting us? Generally speaking, an object of the several hundred foot size hits Earth every few thousand years. In fact one did so in 1908, over Siberia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More sizeable objects, between 600 and 1600 feet across, strike us about every 100,000 years. And those really big ones, like the 6-mile diameter asteroid that struck the tip of the Yucatan 65 million years ago, the impact that is thought to have led to the demise of the dinosaurs, run into us about every 100 million years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are really steep odds if you're playing poker, but in this case that's a good thing. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>As the young state of California began to prosper, it came time to make substantial buildings. Thus the opportunity arose for the difficult art of quarrying and finishing granite to supply the need for good building stone. The High Sierra is made of granite, but in the 1800s it was remote and challenging country. (Note: By \"granite\" I mean what geologists refer to as \u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/more_igrocks/a/granitoids.htm\">granitoid\u003c/a>, a wide range of rock types that qualify as \u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/stonestuff/f/granitestone.htm\">commercial granite\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sierra granites represent the deep-seated bodies of magma that supplied the lava for a long chain of volcanic islands, rather like Japan or Indonesia today, during the Mesozoic Era some 80 to 160 million years ago. However, an accident of California geology placed an outlier of the High Sierra granite near Sacramento at the edge of the foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/06/geological-side-trips-from-interstate-80-griffith-quarry-in-penryn/griffithmap/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43600\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithmap.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"griffithmap\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithmap.png 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithmap-400x283.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sierra granite is colored dark red in this old state geologic map.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Quarrying of this granite began early in the 1850s, but the industry really burgeoned when a Welsh immigrant experienced in stonework, named Griffith Griffith, picked a good outcrop and started a quarry near Rocklin in 1864. He named his company town Penrhyn after the \u003ca href=\"http://www.penmorfa.com/Slate/penrhyn.html\">old Welsh slate district\u003c/a>. (Today's it's Penryn.) Here's where it fits on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.quake.ca.gov/gmaps/GMC/stategeologicmap.html\">state geologic map\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/06/geological-side-trips-from-interstate-80-griffith-quarry-in-penryn/griffithmapclose/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43595\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithmapclose.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"griffithmapclose\" width=\"600\" height=\"475\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43595\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithmapclose.png 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithmapclose-400x317.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Griffith Quarry soon landed contracts from governments and was off to the races. Parts of the Capitol building in Sacramento, the foundation of the San Francisco Mint and many old unsung railroad beds consist of Griffith stone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today the pit is preserved in \u003ca href=\"http://www.placer.ca.gov/Departments/Facility/Museums/LocalMuseums/quarry.aspx\">a Placer County park\u003c/a>. The old quarry office, made of the finest Penryn granite, is a museum that's open weekend afternoons. Don't miss it if you're there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43596\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/06/geological-side-trips-from-interstate-80-griffith-quarry-in-penryn/griffithmuseum/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43596\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithmuseum.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"griffithmuseum\" width=\"500\" height=\"396\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43596\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithmuseum.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithmuseum-400x317.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos by Andrew Alden\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some old quarries become destinations while some become eyesores. This one is something between the extremes in a state of genteel decrepitude, with interpretive trails and safety railings plus some benches and picnic tables. It's just the kind of place that kids should explore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/06/geological-side-trips-from-interstate-80-griffith-quarry-in-penryn/griffithpit/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43598\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithpit.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"griffithpit\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43598\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithpit.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithpit-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stone itself is still widely exposed in waste piles as well as the pit walls. Don't bring a rock hammer—you won't need it and the stones are protected anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/06/geological-side-trips-from-interstate-80-griffith-quarry-in-penryn/griffithpile/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43597\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithpile.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"griffithpile\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43597\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithpile.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithpile-400x288.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Close up, the stone is revealed as a relatively dark fine-grained granitoid with abundant biotite (black mica) plus black hornblende, white feldspar and a little gray quartz. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/06/geological-side-trips-from-interstate-80-griffith-quarry-in-penryn/griffithstone/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43599\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"griffithstone\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43599\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithstone.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/griffithstone-400x283.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I might call it a quartz diorite or even a tonalite, but you don't have to. 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"content": "\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dw4IE','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0905/20120905__vesta~1_VIEWER.JPG\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dw4IE\\'>NASA\\'s Dawn moves on to another asteroid - San Jose Mercury News</a>Click photo to enlarge LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One asteroid down, one to go. After spending a year gazing at Vesta, NASA\\'s Dawn spacecraft was set to cruise toward the most massive space rock in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter -- a voyage that will take nearly three years.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.mercurynews.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Mercurynews</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0905/20120905__vesta~1_VIEWER.JPG\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dw4IE\">NASA's Dawn moves on to another asteroid - San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>Click photo to enlarge LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One asteroid down, one to go. 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On Tuesday, the town council approved a $1.2 million energy prepayment to San Mateo-based SolarCity, which now has the go-ahead to build the arrays on town-owned properties.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.mercurynews.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Mercurynews</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dw4E6\">East Bay town hoping to save $4.4 million by going solar - San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>DANVILLE -- Town officials are hoping for big savings from four solar power arrays that will be going up around town this fall. 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That\\'s equal to the output of two large, gas-fired power plants. 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"disqusTitle": "Huge 7.6 Earthquake Hits Costa Rica – 9/5 KQED Science News Roundup",
"title": "Huge 7.6 Earthquake Hits Costa Rica – 9/5 KQED Science News Roundup",
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"content": "\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/du90K','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/09/05/costarica/thumb.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/du90K\\'>Huge 7.6 Earthquake Hits Costa Rica</a>A massive earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter Scale (downgraded from the initial reading of 7.9) has struck along the western edge of Costa Rica, triggering tsunami warnings up and down the rim of Central and South America. The quake struck about 100 km west of the capital city of San Jose at about 8:42 a.m.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.theatlanticwire.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Theatlanticwire</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/09/05/costarica/thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/du90K\">Huge 7.6 Earthquake Hits Costa Rica\u003c/a>A massive earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter Scale (downgraded from the initial reading of 7.9) has struck along the western edge of Costa Rica, triggering tsunami warnings up and down the rim of Central and South America. The quake struck about 100 km west of the capital city of San Jose at about 8:42 a.m.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.theatlanticwire.com\" target=\"_blank\">Theatlanticwire\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dtjM4','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0904/20120904__ssjm0905ecobills~1_VIEWER.JPG\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dtjM4\\'>Few environmental bills make it out of the California Legislature - San Jose Mercury News</a>Environmental groups and their supporters hoping for a new wave of green laws from the California Legislature this year ended up with barely a ripple.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.mercurynews.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Mercurynews</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dtjM4\">Few environmental bills make it out of the California Legislature - San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>Environmental groups and their supporters hoping for a new wave of green laws from the California Legislature this year ended up with barely a ripple.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurynews\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dtk06','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/09/05/us/ENVIRONMENT/ENVIRONMENT-thumbLarge.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dtk06\\'>To Add Jobs, Many in California Look to Alter Green Law</a>But the landmark law passed in 1970 has also been increasingly abused, opening the door to lawsuits - sometimes brought by business competitors or for reasons unrelated to the environment - that, regardless of their merit, can delay even green development projects for years or sometimes kill them completely.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.nytimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Nytimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/09/05/us/ENVIRONMENT/ENVIRONMENT-thumbLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dtk06\">To Add Jobs, Many in California Look to Alter Green Law\u003c/a>But the landmark law passed in 1970 has also been increasingly abused, opening the door to lawsuits - sometimes brought by business competitors or for reasons unrelated to the environment - that, regardless of their merit, can delay even green development projects for years or sometimes kill them completely.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nytimes\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dtk4v','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120905&t=2&i=649419261&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88404IN00\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dtk4v\\'>U.S. officials sound worldwide alert for Yosemite hantavirus risk</a>SAN FRANCISCO | Tue Sep 4, 2012 9:37pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials have sent warnings to 39 other countries that their citizens who stayed in Yosemite National Park tent cabins this summer may have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne hantavirus, a park service epidemiologist said on Tuesday.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120905&t=2&i=649419261&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88404IN00\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dtk4v\">U.S. officials sound worldwide alert for Yosemite hantavirus risk\u003c/a>SAN FRANCISCO | Tue Sep 4, 2012 9:37pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials have sent warnings to 39 other countries that their citizens who stayed in Yosemite National Park tent cabins this summer may have been exposed to a deadly mouse-borne hantavirus, a park service epidemiologist said on Tuesday.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/du4Mb','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/binary/bd8c/ss_feature-1_3448.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/du4Mb\\'>Treasure Island: A Radioactive Isle | Feature | Oakland, Berkeley & Bay Area News & Arts Coverage</a>Margaret Billsborough has survived unspeakable traumas: childhood abuse, wrenching poverty, homelessness, and crack-cocaine addiction. So when she, and many other vulnerable people like her, were given the opportunity to move into an apartment on San Francisco\\'s Treasure Island, it seemed like a dream come true.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Eastbayexpress</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/binary/bd8c/ss_feature-1_3448.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/du4Mb\">Treasure Island: A Radioactive Isle | Feature | Oakland, Berkeley & Bay Area News & Arts Coverage\u003c/a>Margaret Billsborough has survived unspeakable traumas: childhood abuse, wrenching poverty, homelessness, and crack-cocaine addiction. So when she, and many other vulnerable people like her, were given the opportunity to move into an apartment on San Francisco's Treasure Island, it seemed like a dream come true.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Eastbayexpress\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/du5bm','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/binary/ad2a/EBXButton.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/du5bm\\'>Dianne Feinstein\\'s Study Comes Up Short | Eco Watch | The Bay Area Environment Column</a>In her attempt to block the creation of the first marine wilderness on the West Coast, US Senator Dianne Feinstein commissioned a study by the National Academy of Sciences to analyze research used by the National Park Service at Point Reyes National Seashore.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Eastbayexpress</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/binary/ad2a/EBXButton.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/du5bm\">Dianne Feinstein's Study Comes Up Short | Eco Watch | The Bay Area Environment Column\u003c/a>In her attempt to block the creation of the first marine wilderness on the West Coast, US Senator Dianne Feinstein commissioned a study by the National Academy of Sciences to analyze research used by the National Park Service at Point Reyes National Seashore.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Eastbayexpress\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/du7XA','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/15/00/47/3410425/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/du7XA\\'>The great chestnut trees of Europe are dying</a>In Cambridge, England, the two-century-old chestnut standing outside King\\'s College chapel has become a beloved icon. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/du90K','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2012/09/05/costarica/thumb.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/du90K\\'>Huge 7.6 Earthquake Hits Costa Rica</a>A massive earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter Scale (downgraded from the initial reading of 7.9) has struck along the western edge of Costa Rica, triggering tsunami warnings up and down the rim of Central and South America. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43424\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/05/braking-for-beetles-when-recreation-and-conservation-converge/beetle-approaching-carousel/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43424\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-43424\" title=\"Ohlone tiger beetle \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/beetle-approaching.carousel-640x358.jpg\" alt=\"Ohlone tiger beetle\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The endangered Ohlone tiger beetle, found only in Santa Cruz County, sports a forbidding set of mandibles, befitting this top insect predator. (Image: Tara Cornelisse)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wildlife biologists joke that they chose biology because they liked animals more than people, but now spend more time dealing with humans than wildlife. As biodiversity loss proceeds at an unprecedented rate—25% of all mammals alone are at risk of extinction—it’s not surprising that biologists increasingly focus on finding ways to protect what’s left. And protection strategies inevitably involve managing human behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wolf experts typically spend a disproportionate chunk of their time trying to convince people why taking even minor steps to coexist with carnivores—like mounting \u003ca href=\"http://sciencetrio.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/electrifying-deterrents-wolves-and-fladry/\">fladry\u003c/a> (usually red flags attached to twine) along fences or placing livestock inside at night to thwart opportunistic predation—can benefit both wolves and humans. Lion biologists do much the same, while also reassuring anxious park visitors that lions really would prefer to make a meal of deer over people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biologists have one thing in their favor when doing public outreach for such charismatic carnivores. If people don’t have time to learn the ecological benefits of keeping lions and wolves on the landscape, they can easily appreciate the aesthetic value of having them around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a bit tougher for biologists like Tara Cornelisse to count on \u003ca href=\"http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/environmental-aesthetics/#EnvAesEnv\">conservation aesthetics\u003c/a> when making her case to protect another fearsome carnivore: \u003ca href=\"http://www.santacruzpl.org/endangered/species/16/\">the Ohlone tiger beetle\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ambush predator like its namesake, the tiger beetle relies on agility and keen eyesight to find, stalk, and pounce on potential prey, which includes ants, spiders, smaller beetles, flies, and whatever else it can catch. Tiger beetle larvae pop from their burrow like a mini jack-in-the-box to nab invertebrate passersby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43441\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 440px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/05/braking-for-beetles-when-recreation-and-conservation-converge/beetle-head-shot/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43441\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-43441\" title=\"beetle head shot\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/beetle-head-shot-440x360.jpg\" alt=\"ohlone tiger beetle \" width=\"440\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prey caught in the beetle’s powerful, sickle-shaped toothy jaws have little chance of escaping. (Image: Maycee Hash)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cornelisse’s endangered study subject, discovered in 1987, now lives in just five isolated grassland parcels in Santa Cruz County. Though Cornelisse, a PhD candidate in environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz, sees nothing but beauty in the “gorgeous\" little iridescent green beetle, it’s not likely to make the cover of \u003cem>National Geographic\u003c/em> anytime soon. And then there’s the human problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outdoor recreation is a leading cause of declines in endangered and threatened species on public lands. When Cornelisse started studying the tiger beetle, hikers and mountain bikers were viewed as their biggest threat, especially after a \u003ca href=\"http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/04.24.02/beetles-0217.html\">2002 news story\u003c/a> blamed bikers for making mincemeat out of the endangered arthropods as they blasted down trails in sensitive beetle habitat. As a result, trails were closed to protect the beetles, pitting humans against endangered species once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tiger beetles love disturbed landscapes, once a major feature of their coastal prairie habitat thanks to now extinct vegetation-trampling woolly mammoths, elk, and other ungulates, and to seasonal fires managed by Native Americans. The loss of grazers and the spread of invasive species means beetles increasingly struggle to find the bare ground they need to thrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Cornelisse sees a potential path toward tiger beetle recovery with help from some unlikely allies. Recreational trails appear to be replacing habitat lost to invasive grasses. And that means the species’ greatest hope of survival may rest with the very people who accidentally squash individuals on trails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ironically, trail closures lasted only a few years after anecdotal reports that spreading vegetation had reclaimed coveted bare-ground habitat. Since beetles appear to depend on recreational trails to hunt and find mates, Cornelisse is trying to figure out how to keep trails open while reducing beetle mortality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toward that end, she worked with Watsonville high school science teacher Bill Callahan to interview hikers and bikers alongside trails. She wanted to know if people would change their habits if they knew that doing so would benefit an endangered insect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43451\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 449px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/05/braking-for-beetles-when-recreation-and-conservation-converge/ohlonetigerbeetle-fws/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43451\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-43451\" title=\"ohlonetigerbeetle.FWS\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/ohlonetigerbeetle.FWS_-449x360.jpg\" alt=\"ohlone tiger beetle \" width=\"449\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ohlone tiger beetles need bare ground to hunt, find mates, and regulate their body temperature. Recreational trails may help replace habitat lost to invasive grasses and the absence of natural landscape disturbance and fires--as long as bikers follow posted rules aimed at reducing beetle casualties. (Image: US Fish and Wildlife Service)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Using cookies and water to lure folks away from their recreational activities long enough for the survey, Cornelisse and Callahan asked them a set of questions to determine their knowledge of the beetle and recreational impacts, and whether they valued its conservation and would comply with management strategies to conserve habitat and reduce beetle mortality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Strategies include slowing down, dismounting and walking, avoiding closed trails, using alternate routes, and helping to make new trails in grasslands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cornelisse discovered, as social science theory predicts, that education can affect attitudes and ultimately behavior. And people were delighted when they learned that their actions can have positive impacts on an endangered species, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When cyclists fly through tiger beetle territory at high speeds, the insects in turn fly off to nearby tall grasses, wasting precious energy needed to hunt and maintain body temperature. Bikers can cut their negative impacts in half simply by slowing down to speeds of 5 to 7 miles an hour in beetle habitat, Cornelisse’s research shows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because younger respondents tended not to know about the beetle, and those aware of the beetle and its plight were more likely to comply with conservation strategies, Cornelisse thinks educational outreach programs should target younger hikers and bikers, particularly high school mountain biking groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she hopes nature lovers beyond Santa Cruz County who haven’t heard of the beautiful little predator might consider lending a hand to create more beetle-friendly trails. It’s not every day mountain bikers—sometimes referred to as “wheeled locusts”—get a chance to show they respect and value public lands just as much as the rest of us.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43318\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/04/facebook-and-frank-gehry-will-the-new-building-be-a-marriage-of-sustainability/facebook/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43318\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook's new building\" title=\"facebook\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43318\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/facebook.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/facebook-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook's New Building - Frank Gehry/Gehry Partners\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Facebook hired \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry\" title=\"Wikipedia - Frank Gehry\">Frank Gehry\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-menlo-park/unveiling-our-campus-expansion/408653002515369\" title=\"Facebook - Campus Expansion\">design its new building\u003c/a>. Why?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given its \u003ca href=\"http://www.examiner.com/article/facebook-stock-drops-to-all-time-low\" title=\"Examiner - Facebook Stock\">plummeting stock price\u003c/a>, the company was probably pleased to find an architect who prides himself on \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/11gehry.html?pagewanted=all\" title=\"NYT - Keeping Buildings On Budget\">staying within budget\u003c/a>. But if the 'book wanted a green building (and who'd dare to build in the Bay Area without \"a big emphasis on being eco-friendly\"?), Gehry is a less than obvious choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry\" title=\"Wikipedia - Frank Gehry\">Wikipedia\u003c/a>, \"Much of Gehry's work falls within the style of Deconstructivism, which is often referred to as post-structuralist in nature for its ability to go beyond current modalities of structural definition.\" (Stop laughing, this is serious!) \"In architecture, its application tends to depart from modernism in its inherent criticism of culturally inherited givens such as societal goals and functional necessity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_43320\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 379px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/04/facebook-and-frank-gehry-will-the-new-building-be-a-marriage-of-sustainability/800px-aerial_view_of_empsfm/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43320\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/09/800px-Aerial_view_of_EMPSFM-379x253.jpg\" alt=\"Experience Music Project\" title=\"800px-Aerial_view_of_EMPSFM\" width=\"379\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43320\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Experience Music Project in Seattle, designed by Frank Gehry. Source: EMP|SFM Archive\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's hard to imagine a style that rejects societal goals and functional necessity meshing with any kind of environmentalism. On the other hand, \"green building\" covers a panoply of potential architectural attributes, so maybe there's room for overlap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gehry has a history of appreciating everyday building materials, like plywood and metal, which could be relatively sustainable if recycled and/or sourced locally. (Eco-pop quiz: would it be \"green\" to import recycled material from China?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the real rabbit hole of green building is energy use. Do you install uber-efficient air conditioners or none at all? Is it more important to make the building as efficient as possible or go for broke on generating clean energy? Is it better to source your energy from solar, wind, or tidal? (Okay, I don't know of any tidal-run building. But it would be cool.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then there's the question of water usage, especially in California. Low-flow toilets are obviously a good idea--\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Low-flow-toilets-cause-a-stink-in-SF-2457645.php\" title=\"SF Gate - Low-Flow Toilets\">except when they're not\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeriscaping\" title=\"Wikipedia - Xeriscaping\">Xeriscaping\u003c/a> seems like a no-brainer--but do you plant natives or hardy imports? Is it worth adding some water-guzzlers if they're great at carbon capture? 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