The Latest Stories From KQED Science
| Stanford Infectious Disease Expert: What We Do and Don't Know About Omicron | | KQED's Brian Watt interviewed Stanford University infectious disease expert Dr. Julie Parsonnet for her take on the newly detected variant. | | |
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| First U.S. Case of Omicron Variant Found in San Francisco Resident | | Scientists at UCSF first identified it using a genomic sequencing surveillance system. | | |
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| California Failed to Protect Outdoor Workers from Wildfire Smoke Under Biden's New OSHA Chief | | The state rarely penalized employers for breaking the rules under Douglas Parker, who now leads the federal agency charged with ensuring worker safety, according to an investigation by KQED and The California Newsroom. | | |
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| CalAcademy’s Lauren Esposito on Scorpions and the LGBTQ+ Scientists Changing Science | | Scorpions might be terrifying to most people. But to scientist Lauren Esposito, they are the foundation of her career. | | |
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| Ahead of California's Ban on Gas-Powered Tools, Some Landscapers Call the State's Subsidy Inadequate | | California will ban most new gas-powered lawn equipment starting in 2024, but industry officials say the $30 million incentive program for small operators is not enough. | | |
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| California Has Rejected Dozens of Fracking Permits. But One County Is Now Suing the State Over the Denials | | California regulators haven't approved fracking permits since February, effectively phasing out the process ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom's 2024 deadline to end it. | | |
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| NASA to Launch a Telescope Bigger and More Powerful Than Hubble | | NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled for launch on Dec. 18, beginning a career of cosmic observation that may far exceed the venerable Hubble Space Telescope. | | |
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