The Latest Stories from KQED Science
| The Air Quality's Terrible Out There. So How Can You Keep it Clean Indoors? | | With the coronavirus, it's safer to be outside. With wildfire smoke, it's safer to be inside. We got some tips from the experts. | | |
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| The West Can't Firefight Its Way Out of Yearly Mega-Fires | | In another record-breaking year, communities are realizing the best way to survive wildfires is learning to live with them. | | |
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| Yes, We All Want a COVID Vaccine to Fix Everything. But That's Unlikely | | After the pandemic changed the thousand small details of how we live our lives, people hoped a vaccine would allow a return to ordinary things like coffee with a friend, or dropping the teens off at the mall. But the reality is likely to be a lot more complex. | | |
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| What's All This Smoky Air Doing to Your Body? We Asked a Lung Doctor | | These are unusual times, says Dr. Sharon Chinthrajah of Stanford. She has some tips to help you assess and reduce your risk. | | |
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| How Often Do Space Objects Hit Earth? A Primer | | On August 15, astronomers tracked a space rock called Asteroid 2020 QG whizz past Earth in the closest-ever-to-be-observed near-miss of our home planet. | | |
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| For Napa Volunteer Firefighters, Victory, Devastation, Then a Marriage Proposal | | It was an emotional few days for a volunteer firefighting couple from Napa County. After they celebrated helping to save their own community, they discovered that their childhood homes had been destroyed. So there seemed only one thing left to do. | | |
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| No, You Didn't Wake Up to the Apocalypse. Wildfire Smoke Turns Bay Area Sky Orange and Dark | | Dense smoke plumes from several large wildfires shrouded the Bay Area this week in eerie orange light. | | |
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| This is NOT a Dandelion. | | Not every yellow bloom — or fluffy white globe — taking over your backyard is a dandelion. Some of them are the most prolific plant you've never heard of: catsears. | | |
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