The Latest Stories from KQED Science
| COVID Variants, Vaccines and Staying Safe: What You Should Know | | The three vaccines approved in the U.S. -- Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson -- are all effective against the coronavirus variants. As the virus mutates, it's a race against time to stop the spread of the pandemic. | | |
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| After Pandemic Disaster, California Looks to Solve Longstanding Nursing Home Problems | | The pandemic helped spotlight longstanding problems in the skilled nursing industry, and advocates across the political spectrum say nursing homes are now at a crossroads, as state and federal lawmakers put forward legislation to support care workers and to reform the way facilities are run. | | |
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| JAMA and Other Medical Journals Under Fire After Podcast on Racism in Medicine | | Weeks after it was scrubbed from the Journal of the American Medical Association's website, a disastrous podcast whose host questioned whether racism exists in medicine is surfacing complaints that elite medical journals have routinely excluded, minimized and mishandled issues of race. | | |
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| Meet the Interstellar Five, Robotic Explorers Venturing Far, Far From Earth | | More than four decades after launch, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is over 14 billion miles from Earth, one of five spacecraft bound for interstellar space. | | |
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| | | Ahead of Wildfire Season, Newsom Plans $536 Million for California Forests |
| | | State officials are rushing to thin forests, build fuel breaks around vulnerable communities and allow for planned burns before a dry winter turns into a tinder-dry summer. Last year's record-setting wildfire season charred more than 4% of the state. | | |
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| | | 'Gold Standard' Data Shows Much Longer Droughts in West |
| | | Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change warmed the planet, according to a sweeping government study released Tuesday that concludes the situation is worsening. | | |
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| EVENT: Hyper-Local Climate Resilience | | Two leaders in climate change adaptation discuss the challenges and solutions for building resilient communities. | | |
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| DEEP LOOK: Leaf Miner Fly Babies Scribble All Over Your Salad | | This fly's larvae tunnel inside bitter-tasting greens like arugula and kale, leaving squiggly marks behind. The plants fight back with toxic chemicals. So before laying her eggs, the fly mom digs into a leaf and slurps its sap – a taste test to find the least toxic spot for her offspring. | | |
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