The Latest Stories From KQED Science
| Heavy Rain Is Still Hitting California. A Few Reservoirs Figured Out How To Capture More for Drought | | Decades-old rules mean most reservoirs aren't allowed to fill up in the winter. A new approach using weather forecasts is helping some save more water to help with California's drought. | | |
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| Bay Area Weekend Weather: A New Round of Winter Storms Is Coming | | California will see another round of stormy weather through the weekend and into next week, in an unwelcome continuation of the atmospheric river pattern that has been soaking the state for the last two weeks. | | |
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| State Regulators Scrutinize Climate Plan for Controversial Richmond Housing Development | | The new year is a make-or-break moment for a Richmond housing development atop a contaminated former waterfront site owned by the global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. | | |
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| Climate Change Makes Heat Waves, Storms and Droughts Worse, Report Confirms | | The connection between weather and climate change has never been clearer. And simultaneous extremes, such as hot and dry weather together, are particularly dangerous. | | |
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| 'Significant Overlap': Researchers Work to Understand Connection Between Autism and Gender Fluidity | | A recent study suggests a strong overlap between autism and gender fluidity as researchers work to understand the connection and explore how society can be more accommodating to people who live at this intersection. | | |
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| NASA’s Webb Telescope Has Discovered Its First Exoplanet | | The exoplanet was found using a satellite and spectrography. It has a similar size as Earth, but is much hotter and completes its orbit around its star in two days. | | |
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| Deep Look: The Curious Webspinner Insect Knits a Cozy Home | | If you’ve seen small, silken tents covering a log out in the woods, there’s a good chance you’ve spotted the homespun habitat of a webspinner. This insect spins silk with its front feet to create a home, umbrella and invisibility cloak - all in one! See how in this video from our archives. | | |
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