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Century-Old Records Show Bird Species Have Seriously Declined in a Hotter...
It’s easy to imagine deserts as barren landscapes. Hot, punishing and absent of life. When we do think of life in the desert, it’s often cacti, snakes or other reptiles that come to mind. But turn your...
View ArticleNobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Discovery of How Cells Adapt to Low Oxygen
Three scientists who made important discoveries about how cells sense and adapt to different oxygen levels have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, in the first announcement of Nobel winners...
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These Giant Leaf Insects Will Sway Your Heart
You’ll have to look closely to spot a giant Malaysian leaf insect when it’s nibbling on the leaves of a guava or mango tree. These herbivores blend in seamlessly with their surroundings because they...
View ArticleLink Between High Blood Sugar and Alzheimer’s Is Bolstered by New Research in...
Brain scientists are offering a new reason to control blood sugar levels: It might help lower your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. “There’s many reasons to get [blood sugar] under control,”...
View Article‘Many-Headed Slime’ Gets Its Own Exhibit at Paris Zoo
A brainless, bright-yellow organism that can solve mazes and heal itself is making its debut at a Paris zoo this weekend. At least so far, “the blob” is more benevolent than the ravenous star of its...
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This Killer Fungus Turns Flies into Zombies
Some of the scariest monsters are the ones that grow inside another being and take over its body. Think of the movie “Alien,” where the reptile-like space creature pulsates and grows inside its...
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The Curious Webspinner Insect Knits a Cozy Home
Webspinner silk underneath a log at Guadalupe Oak Grove Park in San Jose, California. (Josh Cassidy/KQED) With the holidays just around the corner, it’s that time of year when you’re ready to burn off...
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Scientists Studied Thousand-Year-Old ‘Chewing Gum’ For Clues into Ancient Life
The dark little blob would be easy to overlook at an archaeological site. Hannes Schroeder, a paleogeneticist at the University of Copenhagen, says a student brought it to him from a Stone Age site in...
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The Big Science and Environment Stories of the Decade
The 2010s saw breakthroughs in medical science and spectacular discoveries in space and physics. For Californians, it was also the decade that climate change arrived in our front yards in the form of...
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How Scientists Detect the Most Lethal Shellfish Toxin You’ve Never Heard Of
There is a weapon that is released by algae around the world and concentrated, invisible, in the flesh of shellfish. An amount the size of a poppy seed is enough to kill a grown person. It’s part of an...
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Watch Bed Bugs Get Stopped in Their Tracks
Summer is a time of travel and fun. But with every bed an exhausted traveler lies on after a day of sightseeing, the chances of bringing home an unwanted bug increase. Don’t let this happen to you. An...
View ArticleFor Devastating Bat Fungus, Potential Treatments But No Easy Solution
Last week, state scientists announced they had discovered for the first time in California an invasive fungus that causes a disease responsible for the death of over 6 million North American bats. The...
View ArticleElon Musk’s Latest Startup Wants to Test Brain-Reading Sensors in Paralyzed...
In front of a crowd of techies packed into a planetarium, Elon Musk strode out on stage, waxed philosophical about achieving symbiosis with artificial intelligence, and made his latest ambitious...
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What Two Sisters With a Rare Heart Condition Taught Doctors About Our Genes
Early in February of 2008, just days after she was born, Tatiana Legkiy lay in a cardiac intensive care unit, her tiny body hooked up to a respirator. After crying for two hours, she was now briefly...
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5 Things You Thought You Knew — But Didn’t — About Rattlesnakes
It’s summertime. The season for hiking and adventures outdoors. You might see a rattlesnake out on the trail. Don’t freak out. Most of what we think we know about rattlesnakes is off base. Here are a...
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Removing Invasive Shrimp May Clear Lake Tahoe’s Waters
Removing a species of tiny shrimp may be the key to returning Lake Tahoe’s waters to the clear cerulean shade extolled in vacation guides. According to the latest State of the Lake report from UC Davis...
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Jumbo Squid Are Missing From Monterey Bay. Will They Ever Return?
Jumbo squid live up to their name. They can grow up to six feet long and can weigh 100 pounds. They’re deep red, muscular, and just plain mean. Mexican fisherman call them diablo rojo — red devil —...
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Pregnant Moms Who Breathe Dirty Air Have Children With Lower IQs, Study Finds
A new study focusing on mothers who breathe soot-laden air adds to a growing body of research into how air pollution affects cognitive development. Fine particles of pollution, small enough to breathe...
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Fear of Human Voices Can Shape an Ecosystem
In the mountains near Santa Cruz, there’s an area where nature’s rules don’t seem to apply. Everything looks normal — there’s a stream, oak trees, redwoods, bobcats, skunks and the occasional opossum....
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Peregrine Falcons are Feathered Fighter Jets, Basically
UC Berkeley is known for a lot of things, from Nobel Prizes to football games at Memorial Stadium and top-flight students. But lately, two campus residents have been getting a lot of attention: A pair...
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