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We use these varieties that haven't been changed for decades, for millennia in some cases. And it really doesn't make any sense.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem starts in today's vineyards. If you look at rows of Pinot Noir vines, you aren't just looking at the original varietal. You're looking at clones. That's because vines are grown from a branch that's taken off an existing plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Pinot noir is being propagated year after year after year. This essentially means that grapes have not been having sex very much,\" says Sean Myles , a geneticist at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says breeding is key for other crops, since farmers need seeds to plant every year. Wine grapes miss this opportunity to develop adaptability and disease resistance, since vines don't grow from seeds\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That means that we're not allowing the genetic material to be shuffled anymore. That genetic material is now standing still in time. And while the pathogens are evolving, the pinot noir is not,\" says Myles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andy Walker says there's plenty of genetic diversity out there for breeding, if you wanted to make today's varieties more heat tolerant or drought resistant. But there's a very big problem. Once your breed your pinot noir with something else, you can't call it pinot noir anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The last decision that hardest. Can we market this variety? We know it produces exceptional wine. We know the quality is better. But the next step is can we actually market it,\" says Walker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's a deal breaker for many vineyards, who think consumers won't buy varieties they don't recognize. Walker says looking ahead to climate change, there are already varieties out there today from Italy and Spain that would do well in a warmer California. \"We could produce Barbera instead, or Negroamaro or Nero d'Avola from southern Italy and we'd be far better ahead.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These lush reds are popular in Italy but not so well known to Californians. Walker says it'll come down to marketing. \"I don't think it's the consumer that's gonna make the shift. They have to be directed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's really a pull from consumers,\" says Nick Dokoozlian, a Vice President at \u003ca href=\"http://gallo.com/\">E & J Gallo Winery\u003c/a>, the largest family-owned winery in the US. \"In most cases, we're responding to consumer demand for a cultivar.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dokoozlian says Gallo has been testing new wine varieties throughout its vineyards and has found some promising grapes. \"The problem is we can't necessarily sell those varieties. 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But it can also help find aggressive prostate cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This controversy escalated in May 2012 when a government panel of health experts called the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) \u003ca href=\"http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1166176\" title=\"Screening for Prostate Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement\">recommended\u003c/a> against PSA-based screening for prostate cancer for men of any age, stating that the benefits of screening don’t outweigh the harms of overtreatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The USPSTF based its recommendation primarily on two large published randomized clinical trials that evaluated the effectiveness of PSA screening. The first is the U.S. Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial in which 76,685 men aged 55 to 74 years were randomly assigned to receive either annual PSA screening or “usual care.” The study found that slightly more prostate cancers were found in the PSA screened group, but the number of people that died from prostate cancer were about the same for both groups -- raising the question of whether men were harmed from overtreatment of cancers that weren’t life threatening. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, this \u003ca href=\"http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1166178\" title=\"Response to USPSTF Recommendation\">PLCO study is inherently flawed\u003c/a> because 52% of the “usual care” control group also received PSA screening and 40% of the study participants received PSA screening before enrollment in the trial. In addition, there were compliance issues –- many patients with abnormal screening tests didn’t have a prompt biopsy as instructed. Since so many men in the “usual care” control group received PSA screening, it isn't surprising that the prostate cancer mortality rates were the same for both groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The USPSTF also based its recommendation on the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) that randomly assigned 162,243 men aged 55 to 69 years to either PSA screening once every 4 years or an unscreened control group. This study initially found that prostate cancer deaths were reduced by 21% in the PSA screened group compared to the control group. After correcting for patients that did not follow the protocol-prescribed screening procedures, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19660851\" title=\"ERSPC results with data adjustments\">ERSPC found \u003c/a>that PSA screening actually reduced the risk for dying of prostate cancer by 31%. Many argue that this is a significant reduction. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ad hoc group of nationally recognized prostate cancer medical experts have argued against the USPSTF recommendations. This \u003ca href=\"http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1166178\" title=\"Response to USPSTF recommendation\">group states\u003c/a>, “We believe that eliminating reimbursement for PSA testing would take us back to an era when prostate cancer was often discovered at advanced and incurable stages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The view of this group is supported by a \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22847578\" title=\"PSA Screening: Analysis of Trends Over Time\">journal article\u003c/a> published in the July 2012 issue of Cancer. Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center estimated the total number of men in the current U.S. population who would have metastatic prostate cancer at initial diagnosis if PSA screening weren’t used. Such metastatic prostate cancer is usually \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22006014\" title=\"Prostate cancer: frequency of advanced disease at presentation and disease-specific mortality\">rapidly fatal\u003c/a> with a median survival of less than 1 year to 2.6 years, depending on age. The researchers used data from the \u003ca href=\"http://seer.cancer.gov/\" title=\"SEER\">Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results \u003c/a>Program to compute the number of men that had metastatic prostate cancer at first presentation for the years 1983 to 2008. The pre-PSA incidence rate was calculated for 1983-1985, the years just before the FDA approved PSA screening. This pre-PSA rate was then extrapolated onto the U.S. population for 2008. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study found that the there would be three times more men first presenting with metastatic prostate cancer today without the use of PSA screening. Specifically, they estimated that there would have been 25,000 men presenting with metastatic disease in 2008 in the absence of PSA-screening, instead of the 8,000 men that were actually observed using PSA-screening. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the uncertainty and controversy about PSA screening continues despite extensive research. Since I work in the field of prostate cancer research, friends and family members have asked my opinion. It seems to me that the new screening guidelines against PSA testing assume that ignorance is less stressful than having faith in your doctor; specifically, it's better to not even perform a simple PSA blood test because patients with low PSA levels are often over-treated. Why not just change how to treat patients with low PSA levels and repeat the blood test in 6 months to a year to see how quickly the PSA level rises -- since prostate cancer is more likely to cause a rapid rise in PSA levels? Is this common practice of “watchful waiting” by your doctor really more stressful than not having the blood test at all? For some, that simple blood test could also indicate that you have aggressive prostate cancer that has spread and needs immediate treatment. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, I'm not a medical physician so it's important to speak about your health with your doctor. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/news/News/task-force-recommends-against-routine-prostate-cancer-screenin\" title=\"American Cancer Society recommendation\">American Cancer Society\u003c/a> recommends that men discuss the possible risks and benefits of prostate cancer screening with their doctor before deciding whether to be screened. For men of average risk, testing typically begins at age 50. Men at higher risk (African-American men and men with a family history of prostate cancer), testing begins at age 45. Men need to make their own informed decision until researchers find a biomarker for prostate cancer that is better than PSA.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The Calaveras Dam brings Sierra water from the Mokelumne River to \u003ca title=\"East Bay Municipal Utilties District website\" href=\"http://www.ebmud.com/our-water/water-supply\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay MUD\u003c/a> water recipients while the Hetch Hetchy water is delivered to \u003ca title=\"SF Public Utilties Commission website\" href=\"http://www.sfwater.org/index.aspx?page=200\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco\u003c/a>. The mighty Sacramento River wends through the valley and past the State Capitol, watering farmlands along the way. Its headwaters are in the Cascade Mountains north of Redding, but many other tributaries, including the American and Yuba rivers add to its flow. 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A family of deer was feasting from old apple trees as two visiting children and their camera-wielding parents looked on at close range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hills and woods and meadows and streams of Angelo aren't quite like your average piece of back country: the Coast Range hills are drilled with wells and probes, the Douglas-fir and oak-madrone woods are wirelessly networked, the river-terrace meadows are dotted with flags and sensors, and the South Fork Eel River holds experimental nets and cages as well as aquatic life. The Angelo Reserve is a stage for 21st-century research that turns the very outdoors into a scientific laboratory. And it's just one of 38 such stages in the \u003ca href=\"http://nrs.ucop.edu/\">UC Natural Reserve System\u003c/a> that sample nearly all of California's biomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was at Angelo with a group of science writers to hear about some of the research projects going on. While the University of California runs it, the Reserve System serves many institutions. At Angelo, for instance, the U.S. Geological Survey has a stream-gauge station on Elder Creek, \u003ca href=\"http://nature.nps.gov/nnl/site.cfm?Site=ELCR-CA\">a National Natural Landmark\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/30/outdoor-labs-the-uc-natural-reserve-system/angelo-usgs/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43268\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43268\" title=\"angelo-usgs\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-usgs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-usgs.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-usgs-400x320.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heart of the reserve is the South Fork Eel River, part of the large Eel River watershed. The river not only provides salmon habitat, but also is California's largest sediment provider to the Pacific after the Bay Area. Biologists can tinker with all the ecological variables they can handle, from the members of the food web to the nutrients in the water. They can erect shades to restrict sunlight or screens to keep out predators, and they can add and subtract sediments from the streambed. And the untouched riverbanks minimize pollution and other distortions from human activities. UC Berkeley professor \u003ca href=\"http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/power/mary_power_history.html\">Mary Power\u003c/a> described some of the intricate trials her group has been carrying out in the Eel River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/30/outdoor-labs-the-uc-natural-reserve-system/angelo-eelriver/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43270\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43270\" title=\"angelo-eelriver\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-eelriver.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-eelriver.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-eelriver-400x261.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I found it charming in a nerdy way to see the river populated with dozens of little experiments as I hiked along the streambed. Of course, I was mostly noticing the rocks. There's underground research at Angelo, too, like the wirelessly networked watershed my group saw during our visit. The power comes from solar panels in the treetops, and the data is beamed live to Berkeley. UC Berkeley professor \u003ca href=\"http://eps.berkeley.edu/development/view_person.php?uid=1164&page=76\">Bill Dietrich\u003c/a> showed us around the installation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/30/outdoor-labs-the-uc-natural-reserve-system/angelo-top/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43273\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43273\" title=\"angelo-top\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-top.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-top-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intensive focus on this little watershed promises to pay off on the scale of whole rivers. What intrigued me is that it's shedding light on the zone of undisturbed but decayed rock—saprolite—between sound bedrock and the soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/30/outdoor-labs-the-uc-natural-reserve-system/angelo-subsoil/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43272\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43272\" title=\"angelo-subsoil\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-subsoil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-subsoil.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-subsoil-400x297.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This zone is turning out to be important in ways that the trees have always known about, but not us. Some trees seem to rely on the saprolite while others, even in the same biome, ignore it. Saprolite is a new variable that belongs in global climate models, and the data from Angelo is giving us the first outlines of its meaning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/30/outdoor-labs-the-uc-natural-reserve-system/angelo-graph/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43271\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43271\" title=\"angelo-graph\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-graph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-graph.jpg 599w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-graph-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://nrs.ucop.edu/by_name.htm\">The other 37 sites in the UC Natural Reserve System\u003c/a> have their own stories, and having now seen two of them (the other is the White Mountain Research Center, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/22/testing-a-new-drug-for-mountain-sickness/\">where I tested drugs for science\u003c/a>) my appetite is roused to learn more.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/30/outdoor-labs-the-uc-natural-reserve-system/angelo-eelriver/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43270\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43270\" title=\"angelo-eelriver\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-eelriver.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-eelriver.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-eelriver-400x261.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I found it charming in a nerdy way to see the river populated with dozens of little experiments as I hiked along the streambed. Of course, I was mostly noticing the rocks. There's underground research at Angelo, too, like the wirelessly networked watershed my group saw during our visit. The power comes from solar panels in the treetops, and the data is beamed live to Berkeley. UC Berkeley professor \u003ca href=\"http://eps.berkeley.edu/development/view_person.php?uid=1164&page=76\">Bill Dietrich\u003c/a> showed us around the installation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/30/outdoor-labs-the-uc-natural-reserve-system/angelo-top/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43273\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43273\" title=\"angelo-top\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-top.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-top-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intensive focus on this little watershed promises to pay off on the scale of whole rivers. What intrigued me is that it's shedding light on the zone of undisturbed but decayed rock—saprolite—between sound bedrock and the soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/30/outdoor-labs-the-uc-natural-reserve-system/angelo-subsoil/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43272\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43272\" title=\"angelo-subsoil\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-subsoil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-subsoil.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-subsoil-400x297.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This zone is turning out to be important in ways that the trees have always known about, but not us. Some trees seem to rely on the saprolite while others, even in the same biome, ignore it. Saprolite is a new variable that belongs in global climate models, and the data from Angelo is giving us the first outlines of its meaning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/30/outdoor-labs-the-uc-natural-reserve-system/angelo-graph/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43271\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43271\" title=\"angelo-graph\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-graph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-graph.jpg 599w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/angelo-graph-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://nrs.ucop.edu/by_name.htm\">The other 37 sites in the UC Natural Reserve System\u003c/a> have their own stories, and having now seen two of them (the other is the White Mountain Research Center, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/03/22/testing-a-new-drug-for-mountain-sickness/\">where I tested drugs for science\u003c/a>) my appetite is roused to learn more.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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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;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dlJRx','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://timeecocentric.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/sci_atlas_v_083012.jpg?w=240\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dlJRx\\'>NASA Launches Satellites to Study Earth\\'s Radiation Belts | Science and Space | TIME.com</a>(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) - Twin satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on a quest to explore Earth\\'s treacherous radiation belts and protect the planet from solar outbursts. NASA launched the science probes before dawn, sending them skyward aboard an unmanned rocket.<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://science.time.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Time</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://timeecocentric.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/sci_atlas_v_083012.jpg?w=240\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">NASA Launches Satellites to Study Earth's Radiation Belts | Science and Space | TIME.com(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) - Twin satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on a quest to explore Earth's treacherous radiation belts and protect the planet from solar outbursts. NASA launched the science probes before dawn, sending them skyward aboard an unmanned rocket.\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://science.time.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Time\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/dlJ0A','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/2012/08/CurryVillage_Yosemite_JunSeita_Flickr-150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dlJ0A\\'>Hantavirus Investigation at Yosemite Continues</a>State public health officials are warning 1,700 people who stayed in Yosemite National Park\\'s Curry Village tent cabins since mid-June about hantavirus. Three people who stayed in the tent cabins this summer have contracted the illness and two people have died. There may be a fourth case as well.<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://blogs.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 src=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/files/2012/08/CurryVillage_Yosemite_JunSeita_Flickr-150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dlJ0A\">Hantavirus Investigation at Yosemite Continues\u003c/a>State public health officials are warning 1,700 people who stayed in Yosemite National Park's Curry Village tent cabins since mid-June about hantavirus. Three people who stayed in the tent cabins this summer have contracted the illness and two people have died. There may be a fourth case as well.\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://blogs.kqed.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Kqed\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/dlIBM','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/dlIBM\\'>California considers accelerating toward driverless highway of the future - ContraCostaTimes.com</a>If signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the legislation would shift technology being mastered at places like Google and Stanford from test courses to public roads later this decade.<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.contracostatimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Contracostatimes</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/dlIBM\">California considers accelerating toward driverless highway of the future - ContraCostaTimes.com\u003c/a>If signed by Gov. 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Inside Bay Area</a>The inspections, which began Tuesday and will be conducted at the port through Thursday, are part of a monthlong statewide effort meant to ensure owners of trucks using state roadways are in compliance with air pollution regulations designed to reduce the amount of cancer-causing emissions that spew from big rigs.<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.insidebayarea.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Insidebayarea</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/site571/2012/0829/20120829__0830trucks~1_300.JPG\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dlItI\">Truckers at Oakland's port undergo pollution inspections - 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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/djSBF','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2012/08/681727main_kepler47_art_full-300x200.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/djSBF\\'>Astronomers Find Double-Planet, Double-Star System | Wired Science | Wired.com</a>Astronomers have published a study revealing that NASA\\'s exoplanet-hunting Kepler telescope has spotted two planets orbiting two suns for the first time. 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Except for difference in the mouth and fewer legs, \\"they\\'re dead ringers for (modern) gall mites,\\" he said.<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://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/14/67/66/3374474/3/150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\">Prehistoric tiny bugs found trapped in amberWhile older insects have been found in rock fossils, these are different because they are not compressed and better preserved, said study lead author David Grimaldi, curator of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Except for difference in the mouth and fewer legs, \"they're dead ringers for (modern) gall mites,\" he said.\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/di66T ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/14/57/03/3338484/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/di66T \\'>2nd death from hantavirus in Yosemite</a>Park officials are now contacting everyone who has stayed in the tent cabins since mid-June to warn them about the virus and advise them to seek medical attention if they have any symptoms of infection. Hantavirus is a rare viral infection carried by mice and passed to humans by the rodents\\' feces or urine.<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/14/57/03/3338484/3/150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/di66T%20\">2nd death from hantavirus in Yosemite\u003c/a>Park officials are now contacting everyone who has stayed in the tent cabins since mid-June to warn them about the virus and advise them to seek medical attention if they have any symptoms of infection. Hantavirus is a rare viral infection carried by mice and passed to humans by the rodents' feces or urine.\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://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/08/28/106649/scientists_study_earthquake_swarm_hitting_southern_california','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.kqed.org/assets/img/nav/og-news.png\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/08/28/106649/scientists_study_earthquake_swarm_hitting_southern_california\\'>Scientists Study Earthquake Swarm Hitting Southern California | KQED</a>Hundreds of small earthquakes have shaken desert towns east of San Diego in the last few days and geologists are hoping to learn more about why these \\"earthquake swarms\\" happen. Most Californians are used to the typical earthquake pattern: one big quake followed by smaller aftershocks.<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://www.kqed.org/assets/img/nav/og-news.png\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/08/28/106649/scientists_study_earthquake_swarm_hitting_southern_california\">Scientists Study Earthquake Swarm Hitting Southern California | KQED\u003c/a>Hundreds of small earthquakes have shaken desert towns east of San Diego in the last few days and geologists are hoping to learn more about why these \"earthquake swarms\" happen. Most Californians are used to the typical earthquake pattern: one big quake followed by smaller aftershocks.\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\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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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/di5kB','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/14/70/06/3375508/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/di5kB\\'>Can Curiosity Mars mission inspire like Apollo?</a>While it did not rise to Armstrong\\'s \\"one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,\\" interest was so high in the rover Curiosity\\'s \\"seven minutes of terror\\" approach to the red planet earlier this month that NASA\\'s website crashed after receiving nearly 2 billion hits.<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/14/70/06/3375508/3/150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\">Can Curiosity Mars mission inspire like Apollo?While it did not rise to Armstrong's \"one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,\" interest was so high in the rover Curiosity's \"seven minutes of terror\" approach to the red planet earlier this month that NASA's website crashed after receiving nearly 2 billion hits.\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>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\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\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/di4oq ','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_1/original/treasure_island_6.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/di4oq \\'>Navy sought to stifle radiation concerns about Treasure Island</a>Shane Shifflett/The Bay Citizen As U.S. Navy officials readied a report this summer acknowledging a broader history of radioactive contamination at Treasure Island, they also sought to prevent California health officials from adding to the written record their concerns that the cleanup had been mishandled, according to internal emails.<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_1/original/treasure_island_6.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/di4oq%20\">Navy sought to stifle radiation concerns about Treasure Island\u003c/a>Shane Shifflett/The Bay Citizen As U.S. Navy officials readied a report this summer acknowledging a broader history of radioactive contamination at Treasure Island, they also sought to prevent California health officials from adding to the written record their concerns that the cleanup had been mishandled, according to internal emails.\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/di4tm','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2012/08/27/20/35/1dtQ3z.Hi.4.jpeg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/di4tm\\'>UC Davis students work to engineer plastic-degrading bacteria - The Sacramento Bee</a>Every weekday this summer, 10 students from different departments at UC Davis have come together in the university\\'s Genome Center to work on what they hope will one day be the answer to cleaning up the world\\'s landfills.<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.sacbee.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sacbee</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; 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Richie Poulton, a study co-author and professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand, said the message of the research is to stay away from marijuana until adulthood if possible.<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/14/67/71/3374676/3/150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\">Teen pot use linked to later declines in IQStudy participants from New Zealand were tested for IQ at age 13, likely before any significant marijuana use, and again at age 38. Richie Poulton, a study co-author and professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand, said the message of the research is to stay away from marijuana until adulthood if possible.\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/di60J','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/14/67/66/3374474/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/di60J\\'>Prehistoric tiny bugs found trapped in amber</a>While older insects have been found in rock fossils, these are different because they are not compressed and better preserved, said study lead author David Grimaldi, curator of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Except for difference in the mouth and fewer legs, \\"they\\'re dead ringers for (modern) gall mites,\\" he said.<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://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/14/67/66/3374474/3/150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\">Prehistoric tiny bugs found trapped in amberWhile older insects have been found in rock fossils, these are different because they are not compressed and better preserved, said study lead author David Grimaldi, curator of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Except for difference in the mouth and fewer legs, \"they're dead ringers for (modern) gall mites,\" he said.\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/di66T ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/14/57/03/3338484/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/di66T \\'>2nd death from hantavirus in Yosemite</a>Park officials are now contacting everyone who has stayed in the tent cabins since mid-June to warn them about the virus and advise them to seek medical attention if they have any symptoms of infection. 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The National Snow and Ice Data Center reported Monday that the extent of Arctic sea ice shrank to 1.58 million square miles and is likely to melt more in the coming weeks.<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://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Warm Arctic sets record for summer sea ice meltWASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists say critical ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to record low levels this overheated summer. 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