Stanford Investigates the Hits that Cause Concussions
It's no secret that concussions are endemic in American football at every level, from peewees to...
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Stanford Investigates the Hits that Cause Concussions
It's no secret that concussions are endemic in American football at every level, from peewees to...
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Scientists More Outspoken on Exteme Weather-Climate Links
One of the giants of climate science talks about extreme weather...and trashes California's plan...
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California Prepares First Fracking Regulations
The controversial drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing has created an oil and gas...
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With Large Oil Reserve, California Faces Fracking Debate
The new oil-and-gas boom that’s sweeping the country may be coming to California. With it comes...
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Growing Pains for California's Electric Car Charging Network
KQED Science explores the growing pains of building an electric car charging network and the...
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What Are Richmond Residents Breathing?
Chevron's Aug. 6 fire re-ignited questions many Richmond residents have asked for years. What...
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Cap-and-Trade 101: How California's Carbon Market Works
This week, California rolls out the heavy artillery in its attack on climate change with a...
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Looming Trade War Shakes Up U.S. Solar Industry
Federal officials have put trade tariffs on Chinese solar panels. American solar companies are...
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In Livermore, Still Waiting on Nuclear Fusion
The National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, has been called a modern-day moon-shot,...
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China Tries Greening from the Ground Up
Green building and sustainable design are a trend in California, but nowhere is the urgency...
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Can Meditation Ease PTSD in Combat Vets?
The crisis of mental disorders such as PTSD has forced the military to rediscover therapies that...
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Century-Old Battle Over Yosemite's 'Second Valley' Heats Up
One of California's oldest environmental battles is on the San Francisco ballot. Hetch Hetchy...
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Counting Climate-Challenged Pikas
A group of West Oakland students treks up to the Sierra to try to help a small mammal that may be...
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Water Banks: A Hedge Against Shrinking Supplies in a Changing Climate
For years, farms and cities have pumped water out to meet their needs. But now, as water supplies...
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A Cure for AIDS: Scientists Say It's 'On the Horizon'
Thirty years since the AIDS epidemic broke out, we're closer than ever to finding a cure. And Bay...
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Would You Eat Artificial Shark Fin Soup?
A San Francisco biotech startup wants to make synthetic shark fin soup out of microbes.
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Millions of Americans Use Medical Devices That May Be Vulnerable to Hacking
The Food and Drug Administration last Friday advised U.S. medical facilities to stop using a pump...
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The Generation That Survived a Death Sentence—Three Times
Many people with the rare blood disorder hemophilia never expected to be alive today. But many...
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Blacks Die From Asthma at Steep Rates, But Are Absent From Many Studies
UCSF scientists are on a mission to understand why black kids suffer from asthma much worse than...
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Do Alternative Treatments for Autism Work?
There is some evidence showing unorthodox treatments like diets and supplements help, but the...
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