The Latest Stories From KQED Science
| Finally, Some Hope on the Climate Front: Global Temperatures Will Stop Rising, If We Act Fast | | One of the biggest obstacles to avoiding global climate breakdown is that so many people think there’s nothing we can do about it. But the best climate science you’ve probably never heard of suggests that humanity can still limit the damage if all of us take strong action starting now. | | |
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| California's Transition to Solar Energy Is at a Crossroads: What That Means for Equity and Your Energy Bill | | Homeowners with rooftop solar arrays can sell excess energy back to the utility company. A proposal to change how that works has ignited conflicts over fairness, jobs and the state's climate goals. | | |
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| Comunidades LGBTQ+ quedan fuera de la planificación de catástrofes | | Las comunidades LGBTQ+ pueden ser especialmente vulnerables a los efectos de los desastres climáticos debido a la discriminación, la pobreza, el racismo y otros factores. | | |
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| The Sordid Saga of San Francisco's Trash Cans | | It seemed like a simple question: “Why are San Francisco’s trash cans so unwieldy?” But it led us to a corruption saga. Still, the cans are set to be replaced by one of three custom cans. Which is your favorite? | | |
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| | | Genentech, A Member of the Roche Group | Guided by patient needs, Genentech Ophthalmology is driven to develop innovative treatments that will help fight vision loss and define vision care for decades.
Visit gene.com/scientists/ophthalmology to learn more. |
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| David George Haskell on Preserving The Earth’s Sonic Diversity | | The sounds that fill our natural world are not only beautiful, they’re at risk, writes biologist David George Haskell in his new book, “Sounds Wild and Broken.” Haskell joined KQED Forum to share more about our world’s sonic diversity. | | |
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| UC Berkeley Loses CRISPR Gene-Editing Patent Case | | In 2020, UC Berkeley scientist Jennifer Doudna, along with French scientist Emanuelle Charpentier, won a Nobel prize for her work on the revolutionary method for editing DNA known as CRISPR. But this week Doudna's lab at UC Berkeley lost its case with the U.S. patent office, stripping it of key patent rights to the tool. | | |
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| Human or Machine: Why Do We Want Robots to Sound Like Us? | | KQED’s interactive reporting project explores the increasingly human-sounding machine voices in our lives. | | |
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| UC Berkeley’s Famous Peregrine Falcon, Annie, Just Faked Her Own Death | | On Monday, Annie's death was announced. On Tuesday, she swooped back in like nothing happened. Wildlife biologists were shocked. | | |
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| Deep Look Video: Peregrine Falcons are Feathered Fighter Jets, Basically | | Have you been following all the drama with UC Berkeley's peregrine falcons? ICYMI, here's our Deep Look video all about how they catch other birds mid-flight by diving at more than 200 mph. To do it, they need some high-precision gear: special eyesight, talons and aerodynamics that can't be beat. | | |
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