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A Guide to NASA's Mars Mission Lingo - 8/3 KQED Science News Roundup
The Pleasures of Backyard Bird-Watching
We Are the Desert: Tackling California's Water and Electricity Woes
New President of Wildlife Conservation Society Says Mission Is to Protect Species, Majority of Californians Know Nothing About Cap-and-Trade - 8/2 KQED Science News Roundup
New Amphibian Species on the Increase, Developer's Plan to Build New Road into Yosemite National Park Rebuffed by Federal Court - 8/1 KQED Science News Roundup
Prescription Drug Disposal: Who Should Foot the Bill?
Avatars and the Mirrorbox: Can Humans Hack Empathy?
NASA to Athletic Mars Rover: 'Stick the Landing', UC Climate-Change Skeptic Changes Views - 7/31 KQED Science News Roundup
NASA Rover Closing in on Mars to Hunt for Life Clues, Rising Seas Threaten California's Coastal Past - 7/30 KQED Science News Roundup
California Considers Banning Dogs in Bear Hunts
7 Nations Face Sanctions Over Endangered Species, Turning The Tide at Ocean Beach - 7/27 KQED Science News Roundup
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hooded Oriole male\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41661\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/794px-Hooded_Oriole_with_grape_jelly-e1343945998394-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bird-watching forays into our beautiful East Bay Regional Parks are great, and I enjoy volunteering to watch the endangered \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/06/22/observing-life-and-death-in-the-ca-least-tern-colony/\">California Least Terns\u003c/a> in Alameda. I also love \u003ca href=\"http://bayislandnature.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-usual-suspects-backyard-birds-in.html\">my backyard\u003c/a>. It's filled with a changing kaleidoscope of wild neighbors I’ve gotten to know over the years, including some everyday urban birds and some breathtaking sightings. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've tried several methods of enhancing my local birding. Alameda already has lots of mature trees scattered over the island that provide great roosting and nesting areas. Seed-filled bird feeders brought in plenty of birds one winter until we developed a rat infestation. We've had better luck improving the habitat for birds by replacing our lawns with more diverse native and drought-tolerant plants. We now have more nectar plants, insects and habitat variety to support them. Nearby palm trees provide nesting space for both \u003ca title=\"Barn Owl ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Owl/id\" target=\"_blank\">Barn Owls\u003c/a> and spectacular \u003ca title=\"Cornell Labs website, Hooded Orioles\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Oriole/id\" target=\"_blank\">Hooded Orioles\u003c/a>. The orioles migrate from Mexico and Central America to summer as far north as the Bay Area. They visit passionflower vines on our fence and steal nectar, inserting their beak at the base of the flower without pollinating it. Their distinctive calls ring through our neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/03/the-pleasures-of-backyard-bird-watching/451px-pipilo_crissalis_1/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41662\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-41662\" title=\"California Towhee\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/451px-Pipilo_crissalis_1-190x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In our backyard ecosystem, we can watch a complete food web in action. From the seed eaters, like \u003ca title=\"Lesser Goldfinch ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lesser_Goldfinch/id\" target=\"_blank\">Lesser Goldfinch\u003c/a> gleaning Cosmos flower seeds, to \u003ca title=\"California Towhee ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/California_Towhee/id\" target=\"_blank\">California Towhees\u003c/a> hopping in the leaf litter to find juicy insects. There are even spectacular \u003ca title=\"Cooper's Hawk ID\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/coopers_hawk/id\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper’s Hawk\u003c/a> chases sometimes ending in birdy meals for the raptors. I recorded one of these encounters in my \u003ca title=\"Bay Island Nature blog\" href=\"http://bayislandnature.blogspot.com/2011/08/hawks-of-august.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Island Nature\u003c/a> blog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These observations are valuable to scientists. They rely on scores of us “Citizen Scientists” to collect data about our common and unusual local birds. You can be part of this collaborative! Projects range from committing 15 minutes of your time to devoting hours contributing to the body of knowledge about our avian friends. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This \u003ca title=\"Citizen Science projects website\" href=\"http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citsci/projects\" target=\"_blank\">line-up of projects\u003c/a> provides many choices for the beginner to expert birder. You can view some of the data compiled into amazing \u003ca title=\"Bird Species Occurrance Maps, Cornell website\" href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/about/occurrence-maps/occurrence-maps\" target=\"_blank\">bird species occurrence animated maps\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/03/the-pleasures-of-backyard-bird-watching/683px-coopers_hawk_2-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41681\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-41681\" title=\"Cooper's Hawk in flight\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/08/683px-Coopers_Hawk_21-287x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click on the species you’d like to see and watch as the map lights up as the year progresses and the birds migrate between their winter and breeding grounds. You can even help Cornell’s \u003ca title=\"eBird website from Cornell University\" href=\"http://ebird.org/content/ebird/\" target=\"_blank\">eBird\u003c/a> data collection website reach its 100 millionth entry, with a chance to win commemorative prizes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about your local birds either through websites mentioned above or classes and programs offered by state, national, the \u003ca title=\"East Bay Regional Parks website\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/activities\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Regional Parks\u003c/a> and the \u003ca title=\"Golden Gate Audubon Society website\" href=\"http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Gate Audubon Society \u003c/a>as well as others. I hope you’ll join me in enjoying the world of feathers and flight!\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_41613\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/08/01/prescription-drug-disposal-who-should-foot-the-bill/novomycin-resize/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41613\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-41613\" title=\"novomycin resize\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/novomycin-resize-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"antibiotics\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit:{link url=\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last week, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance requiring pharmaceutical companies to pay for prescription drug take-back programs in the county. The legislation is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.calpsc.org/assets/press/2012/2012-07-24_SupervisorMileyPressRelease.pdf\">first of its kind in the country\u003c/a>, though the industry has voluntarily contributed to a pilot drug disposal program currently running in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say the new rules will help prevent prescription drug abuse and will protect our waterways from being polluted by unused medicine flushed down a toilet. A representative for the industry group \u003ca href=\"http://www.phrma.org/\">Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://www.calpsc.org/assets/products/2012/2012-07-05_PhRMALetterofOpposition.pdf\"> says the group disagrees\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s debate over whether take-back programs \u003ca href=\"http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2012/05/junk-medicine/\">really are environmentally friendly\u003c/a>. But I’ll leave the environmental and public health discussion for another time. This new regulation, if it stands, is about money. And it’s part of a larger movement to shift responsibility for waste disposal from local governments to companies that make products like paint and batteries. Manufacturers then add the disposal costs to a product’s purchase price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pharmaceutical companies already pay for medicine disposal in the Canadian province of British Columbia, under requirements set by provincial legislation passed in 1997. Last year, \u003ca href=\"http://www.medicationsreturn.ca/\">the take-back program\u003c/a> collected about 76 tons of medicine from more than 1000 drop-off locations around the province. Containers, collection and medication incineration for the province \u003ca href=\"http://www.calpsc.org/assets/products/2012/2012-04-23_BC%20Case%20Study.pdf\">cost about $430,000\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drug take-back programs here in the U.S. are nothing new. Since September 2010, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Association has sponsored four nationwide medicine collection events. In the Bay Area, pharmacies and police stations\u003ca href=\"http://www.savesfbay.org/pharmaceutical-disposal-sites\"> from San Jose to Petaluma\u003c/a> regularly accept drugs for disposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s harder to find \u003ca href=\"http://www.takebacknetwork.com/local_efforts.html\">drop-off locations in other parts of the country\u003c/a>, especially those that accept controlled substances like narcotic painkillers. Cash-strapped city and county governments struggle to fund these programs within complicated federal, state and local regulations for medicine collection and disposal -- let alone pay staff members to administer the programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal law designed to carefully track potentially abused medicines, with the goal of reducing the possibility that they end up in the wrong hands, inadvertently limits collection locations. The U.S. Controlled Substances Act strictly limits who can accept unused narcotics. Only law enforcement officers can collect medicines recognized by this act, including steroids, sleeping pills and antidepressants. It’s turned into a big headache for pharmaceutical take-back program organizers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Convenience matters when choosing locations for pharmaceutical disposal sites, and a police station may not be the best choice. People tend to return medicine to a pharmacy where they first picked it up, but the current law prevents pharmacists from accepting controlled substances unless a police officer is present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act, signed by President Barak Obama in October 2010, addresses this legal restriction. This new law gives the U.S. Attorney General power to modify the Controlled Substances Act and extend collection privileges to people other than law enforcement officers. However, the DEA hasn’t released the new regulations yet, and disposal program organizers hope the new rules will appear soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even once the federal regulations are changed, there are state and local waste regulations to consider. In California, for example, medicines in a home are considered residential waste and exempt from any state disposal laws. But once drugs are combined in the same bin at a business or collection site, \u003ca href=\"http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/homehazwaste/Medications/Business.htm\">voluntary state guidelines effective until January 2013\u003c/a> recommend treating it as medical waste. The new Alameda County ordinance requires it to be incinerated, and there are no medical or hazardous waste incinerators in the state. That means pharmaceutical waste must be shipped across state lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s an added wrinkle for controlled substances. If the collection bin contains any of these drugs, federal law requires it to remain the property of law enforcement or specially registered waste haulers until it is destroyed. In California, police officers accompany these collection bins to waste-to-energy incinerators in Los Angeles and Stanislaus County, says Bill Pollock, program manager of the Alameda County Household Hazardous Waste Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pharmaceutical disposal programs know how to work within these regulations, says Stevan Gressitt, one of the founders of the Institute for Pharmaceutical Safety, a collaboration of clinicians from several Maine universities. But running such a program requires consistant funding to cover medicine collection, disposal and staff training and time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the public asks for medicine take-back programs, local governments struggle to fund them, says Heidi Sandborn, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.calpsc.org/index.html\">California Product Stewardship Council\u003c/a>. That spurs legislation like the new Alameda County ordinance requiring the pharmaceutical industry share the responsibility for disposing of waste medicine. A stable source of funding means that collection sites can expand to convenient locations for more Alameda County residents, like pharmacies and hazardous waste drop off sites, Pollock says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This regulation is in the same spirit as \u003ca href=\"http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/epr/PolicyLaw/Paint.htm\">one signed by the governor in 2010\u003c/a> requiring paint companies to pay for disposal of leftover paint. Paint sold in California will soon have a surcharge to cover its disposal, Pollock says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike paint, the challenges of funding a medicine disposal program may not be over yet. A representative for PhRMA, the pharmaceutical industry group, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Calif-county-makes-industry-pay-to-toss-Rx-pills-3729594.php\"> told the Associated Press\u003c/a> that she questioned the county’s ability to require the industry to pay for such programs, although no legal challenge has been considered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're looking to get rid of unused medicine and there are no take-back programs near you, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has \u003ca href=\"//www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/UnderstandingOver-the-CounterMedicines/ucm107163.pdf%E2%80%9D\">guidelines\u003c/a> for its disposal. When directed by the manufacturer, flush some medicine down the toilet. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s harder to find \u003ca href=\"http://www.takebacknetwork.com/local_efforts.html\">drop-off locations in other parts of the country\u003c/a>, especially those that accept controlled substances like narcotic painkillers. Cash-strapped city and county governments struggle to fund these programs within complicated federal, state and local regulations for medicine collection and disposal -- let alone pay staff members to administer the programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal law designed to carefully track potentially abused medicines, with the goal of reducing the possibility that they end up in the wrong hands, inadvertently limits collection locations. The U.S. Controlled Substances Act strictly limits who can accept unused narcotics. Only law enforcement officers can collect medicines recognized by this act, including steroids, sleeping pills and antidepressants. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_41639\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/31/avatars-and-the-mirrorbox-can-humans-hack-empathy/mirrorbox_faces/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41639\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/mirrorbox_faces.png\" alt=\"Mirrorbox faces\" title=\"mirrorbox_faces\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41639\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/mirrorbox_faces.png 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/mirrorbox_faces-400x225.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faces from Megan Daalder's Mirrorbox project\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/31/avatars-and-the-mirrorbox-can-humans-hack-empathy/220px-avatar-teaser-poster/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41631\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/220px-Avatar-Teaser-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"Avatar Poster\" title=\"220px-Avatar-Teaser-Poster\" width=\"220\" height=\"326\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-41631\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Human solider Jake Sully jacks his mind into an alien body in order to spy on the real aliens, but ends up developing so much sympathy for them that he defects. The fact that his Na'vi body is physical and not virtual is an invention of moviemaker James Cameron for the sci-fi film \u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/\" title=\"IMDB - Avatar\">\u003cem>Avatar\u003c/em>\u003c/a>--but everything else about Jake's experience lines right up with modern psychology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers at Stanford's \u003ca href=\"http://vhil.stanford.edu/\" title=\"Virtual Human Interaction Lab\">Virtual Human Interaction Lab\u003c/a> have found it's very easy for people to inhabit virtual bodies, even if those bodies bear little resemblance to their own. 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The find, discovered at Border Cave close to South Africa\\'s northeastern border with Swaziland, is a comprehensive package of hunting kits and jewelry made of ostrich egg and marine shell beads.<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://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/14/33/42/3258533/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Researchers: Modern culture may have earlier startThe descendants of San people live today in southern Africa, so the items can clearly be traced forward to modern culture, unlike other archaeological finds, researchers said. 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south, less often up north A new report suggests that global warming is playing out quite differently in California, depending on whether it\\'s north or south of San Francisco Bay.<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/climatewatch/files/2012/07/IMG_2245.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/cCpwt\">Precipitation Trends Reveal a New North-South Split in California\u003c/a>Precipitation Trends Reveal a New North-South Split in California \"Extreme\" rain and snow events happening more often in the south, less often up north A new report suggests that global warming is playing out quite differently in California, depending on whether it's north or south of San Francisco Bay.\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\" 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To understand how these transitions happen, scientists have recently been tinkering with a strain of bird flu to see how many mutations it takes until its spreads from mammal to mammal.<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 src=\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/07/31/science/31FLU_SPAN/31FLU-thumbLarge.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Flu That Leapt From Birds to Seals Is Studied for Human ThreatAll human flu strains evolved from flu viruses that live in birds. 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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 class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/cCoQX ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://hosted.ap.org/photos/9/9e5a643e-3213-416d-916a-74c724b7028c-small.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/cCoQX \\'>News from The Associated Press</a>PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- It\\'s NASA\\'s most ambitious and expensive Mars mission yet - and it begins with the red planet arrival late Sunday of the smartest interplanetary rover ever built. Also the most athletic. Like an Olympic gymnast, it needs to \\"stick the landing.\\" It won\\'t be easy.<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://hosted.ap.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Ap</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://hosted.ap.org/photos/9/9e5a643e-3213-416d-916a-74c724b7028c-small.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">NASA to Athletic Mars Rover: 'Stick the Landing'PASADENA, Calif. 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Like an Olympic gymnast, it needs to \"stick the landing.\" It won't be easy.\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://hosted.ap.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Ap\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/cCp6U ','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/cCp6U \\'>UC climate-change skeptic changes views</a>The hot issue of global warming got hotter Monday when a UC Berkeley physicist, once a loud skeptic of human-caused climate change, agreed that the Earth is not only heating up but that people are the cause of it all. [...]<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\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/cCp6U%20\">UC climate-change skeptic changes views\u003c/a>The hot issue of global warming got hotter Monday when a UC Berkeley physicist, once a loud skeptic of human-caused climate change, agreed that the Earth is not only heating up but that people are the cause of it all. [...]\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/cCp22','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/14/33/42/3258533/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/cCp22\\'>Researchers: Modern culture may have earlier start</a>The descendants of San people live today in southern Africa, so the items can clearly be traced forward to modern culture, unlike other archaeological finds, researchers said. The find, discovered at Border Cave close to South Africa\\'s northeastern border with Swaziland, is a comprehensive package of hunting kits and jewelry made of ostrich egg and marine shell beads.<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://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/14/33/42/3258533/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Researchers: Modern culture may have earlier startThe descendants of San people live today in southern Africa, so the items can clearly be traced forward to modern culture, unlike other archaeological finds, researchers said. The find, discovered at Border Cave close to South Africa's northeastern border with Swaziland, is a comprehensive package of hunting kits and jewelry made of ostrich egg and marine shell beads.\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/cCp82 ','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/cCp82 \\'>Bottled water fills demand, wallets</a>David Montero drives three hours every week from his apartment in Iztapalapa, a crowded district on the eastern edge of the sprawling capital city, to the village where he was born to fill five 5-gallon jugs with clean water to mix with the juices he sells from a roadside stand.<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\\" 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south, less often up north A new report suggests that global warming is playing out quite differently in California, depending on whether it\\'s north or south of San Francisco Bay.<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/climatewatch/files/2012/07/IMG_2245.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/cCpwt\">Precipitation Trends Reveal a New North-South Split in California\u003c/a>Precipitation Trends Reveal a New North-South Split in California \"Extreme\" rain and snow events happening more often in the south, less often up north A new report suggests that global warming is playing out quite differently in California, depending on whether it's north or south of San Francisco Bay.\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\" 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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/cApVm ','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=20120729&t=2&i=635816556&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE86S1K9600\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/cApVm \\'>NASA rover closing in on Mars to hunt for life clues</a>CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida | Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:15pm EDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA\\'s Mars rover was on its final approach to the red planet on Sunday, heading toward a mountain that may hold clues about whether life has ever existed on Mars, officials 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.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 src=\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120729&t=2&i=635816556&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE86S1K9600\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/cApVm%20\">NASA rover closing in on Mars to hunt for life clues\u003c/a>CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida | Sun Jul 29, 2012 4:15pm EDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - 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Jerry Brown and federal officials, to build massive twin tunnels to divert water south from the Sacramento River near the small town of Hood.<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://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/14/31/71/3251826/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/cAoL0%20\">Delta folks hot over water tunnel plan\u003c/a>downstream residents are convinced they're being set up for ruin by a multibillion-dollar plan, backed by Gov. Jerry Brown and federal officials, to build massive twin tunnels to divert water south from the Sacramento River near the small town of Hood.\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/cAoQD ','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/cAoQD \\'>Russian cargo ship redocks with space station</a>MOSCOW (AP) â An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft has redocked with the International Space Station after an aborted attempt five days earlier. The Progress cargo ship had separated from the station a week ago to perform engineering tests and try out a new docking system and had been due to reconnect with the station 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.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\">Russian cargo ship redocks with space stationMOSCOW (AP) â An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft has redocked with the International Space Station after an aborted attempt five days earlier. The Progress cargo ship had separated from the station a week ago to perform engineering tests and try out a new docking system and had been due to reconnect with the station on Tuesday.\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/cAppU ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.trbimg.com/img-5016075c/turbine/la-sci-olympics-gender-20120730/187/16x9\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/cAppU \\'>Olympic Games and the tricky science of telling men from women</a>Of all the obstacles athletes have had to overcome to compete in the Olympics, perhaps the most controversial has been the gender test. Originally designed to prevent men from competing in women\\'s events, it is based on the premise that competitors can be sorted into two categories via established scientific rules.<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.latimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Latimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://www.trbimg.com/img-5016075c/turbine/la-sci-olympics-gender-20120730/187/16x9\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/cAppU%20\">Olympic Games and the tricky science of telling men from women\u003c/a>Of all the obstacles athletes have had to overcome to compete in the Olympics, perhaps the most controversial has been the gender test. 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I never saw one drop so quick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Bill Would Ban Hounds\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s just a menacing, reckless pursuit,” says Jennifer Fearing, California Director for the Humane Society of the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is nothing humane about chasing and harassing an animal like a bear for hours and miles on end until it’s so exhausted that it climbs a tree,” she says. Fearing says hounding is stressful for the bears and puts the dogs in harm's way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Humane Society is sponsoring a bill that would ban the use of hounds in both bear and bobcat hunting in the state. If the legislation fails, they’re not afraid to take it a step further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, my boss, has already pledged to pursue a ballot measure that would go ahead and eliminate their rights to pursue bears at all,” says Fearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Black Bears Doing Well\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bear hunting is regulated by California’s Department of Fish and Game. 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